MIT Reports to the President 1997-98

ENROLLMENT IN HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS, 1997-98

Field

Elective Subjects

HASS Distribution
Total Enrollment

#Subjects

(#Sections)

#Students

#Subjects

(#Sections)

#Students

#Subjects

(#Sections)

#Students

Anthropology

11

(11)

128

4

(4)

178

15

(15)

306

Archaeology

6

(6)

86

1

(1)

32

7

(7)

118

Economics

25

(36)

1,872

2

(2)

55

27

(38)

1,927

Foreign Languages & Literature

61

(89)

957

24

(40)

564

85

(129)

1,521

History

31

(31)

285

13

(13)

291

44

(44)

576

History of Art & Architecture

3

(3)

29

4

(4)

127

7

(7)

156

Linguistics

6

(6)

93

0

(0)

0

6

(6)

93

Literature

29

(30)

329

18

(25)

583

47

(55)

912

Music*

10

(26)

319

10

(15)

431

20

(41)

750

Philosophy

14

(14)

164

6

(6)

308

20

(20)

472

Political Science

26

(26)

302

8

(8)

208

34

(34)

510

Psychology

10

(11)

400

1

(1)

348

11

(12)

748

STS

11

(11)

86

5

(5)

148

16

(16)

234

Theater Arts*

20

(23)

246

3

(3)

29

23

(26)

275

Urban Studies

15

(15)

199

3

(3)

69

18

(18)

268

Visual Arts

9

(9)

84

2

(5)

105

11

(14)

189

Women's Studies

12

(12)

31

5

(5)

44

17

(17)

75

Writing

35

(60)

862

5

(6)

121

40

(66)

983

Other Subjects

6

(6)

56

3

(3)

84

9

(9)

140

Totals

340

(425)

6,528

117

(149)

3,725

457

(574)

10,253

Notes:

1. Figures were obtained from the MITSIS system, which shows the final tally for each class.

2. The numbers shown are for undergraduate subjects which normally satisfy the HASS Requirement; they do

not include subjects allowed by petition.

3. (#Sections) refers to the number of autonomous class sections; it does not apply to subjects which meet in a

single lecture and divide into discussion sections.

4. For joint subjects, figures are given for the subject number under which students enrolled.

5. HASS-D Language Option subjects (Level III or IV languages) are included in the HASS-D figures.

Music and Theater Arts 6-unit performance subjects are not included in these statistics.

MIT Reports to the President 1997-98