M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
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Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#2> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering.
Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#3They could call it the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#4> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering. Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
Both. Undergrads have certain humanities requirements to fulfill - obviously some are natural fans, others treat it like an "eat your broccoli" requirement. Independent of requirements, MIT also has a fairly good reputation for philosophy, political science, linguistics, media studies, and a few other areas.
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#5> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering. Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
You can major in humanities at MIT, albeit it's somewhat uncommon.
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#6They could call it the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
It is noted in this FAQ that CSAIL will become part of the new college.
http://news.mit.edu/2018/faq-mit-stephen-schwarzman-college-...
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#7> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering. Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
It is possible to major in humanities subjects at MIT but it's rather rare. See the statistics at https://registrar.mit.edu/stats-reports/majors-count .
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#8> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering. Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
You can major in humanities at MIT, albeit it's somewhat uncommon.
I'm an MIT alumnus ('92). A friend of mine specifically went to MIT to study political science, because of the high-quality faculty and the very small number of students majoring in it. He was one of four majors our year, and got to know the professors very well. He had a blast.
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#9College of Statistics and Nonlinear Function Approximation
Re: M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1B
#10> The college, Ms. Nobles said, offers the possibility of a renewal for humanities studies at M.I.T., where students flock to computer science and engineering. Do MIT students major in humanities subjects, or is the department's purpose to make engineering students well-rounded through taking electives in their department?
Last year, 90 degrees in the Humanities were awarded by MIT out of a total of 3,490. This presumably includes double majors.
The largest subcategory was Economics, which is considered a humanity subject at MIT.