MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (SHASS)

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences is one of MIT's five Schools. It brings together eleven faculty-housing units:

Arts

• Music
• Theater Arts

Humanities

• Comparative Media Studies / Writing
• Literature
• Philosophy

Humanistic Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• History
• Science, Technology, and Society

Social Sciences

• Economics
• Linguistics
• Political Science

These units operate alongside five centers, labs, and programs:

• Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
• Center for International Studies
• Global Languages
• MISTI
• Women's and Gender Studies

The School is home to six graduate programs, all of international stature, and a large number of undergraduate programs.