Freshman Advising Seminar Descriptions

This section provides you with access to descriptions of the freshman advising seminars that will be offered during the 2008-2009 academic year.

In choosing a FAS, try not to focus too sharply on what you think your major might be. Many MIT students find themselves as seniors following very different paths than they anticipated when they were freshmen. Keep your mind open to other possibilities.

The information is organized as follows:

• Residence-Based (RBA) Seminar Descriptions- Please read through the descriptions of Residence-Based Advising Seminars. In making your seminar selections, remember that you must apply for seminars, which are associated with your preferred residence. Note that McCormick seminars are only open to women. Next House is co-ed. RBA seminars are organized according to the residence for which they are offered.
  
  
• Non-Residence Based Seminars (regular FAS)-Please read through the descriptions of the Freshman Advising Seminars. Seminars are one way to explore some of MIT’s richness right at the beginning of your college career, and are also a chance to try out a topic you might be interested in pursuing later in more depth. These non-RBA seminars are organized according alphabetically by seminar title; A-J seminars and K-Z seminars.