Spring 2026 Media Arts and Sciences Course List
PROGRAM IN MEDIA ARTS AND SCIENCES, SPRING 2026
Full MIT class schedule online at MIT Office of the Registrar
UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECT LISTINGS
MAS.342 Esvelt/Specter
Safeguarding the Future (3 0 9)
W, 10am-1 pm in E15-341
MAS.453J Adib
Mobile and Sensor Computing (3 0 9)
T/R, 1-2:30pm in 66-168
MAS.460 Choucri/Madnick/Pentland
Cybersecurity (3 0 9)
Not offered Spring 2026
GRADUATE SUBJECT LISTINGS
MAS.552J Larson
City Science (3 0 9)
W, 1-4pm in E15-341
MAS.600 Herr
Human 2.0 (0 9 0)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.664J Raskar/Agrawal/Karaman
AI for Impact: Solving Societal-Scale Problems (2 0 7)
R, 10am-12pm in E14-633
MAS.712 Resnick
Learning Creative Learning (3 0 9)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.750 Breazeal
Human-Robot Interaction (2 0 7)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.771 Picard
Autism Theory and Technology (2 0 10)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.772 Picard
AI for Mental Health (9 or 12 units)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.808 Dagdeviren
Decoders 2.0: Microfabricated Devices (3 0 6)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.810 Dagdeviren
Decoders 1.8: Project Realization in Cleanroom (3 3 6)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.826 Machover
Projects in Media and Music (3 3 6)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.836 Feldmeier
Sensor Technologies for Interactive Environments (3 3 6)
M/F, 2-3:30pm in E15-359
MAS.837 Paradiso
Principles of Electronic Music Interfaces (3 0 9)
R, 2-5pm in E15-341
MAS.839J, 16.839J Ekblaw
Operating in the Lunar Environment (2 2 8)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.841 Esvelt
Evolution: Natural and Directed (3 0 9)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.842 Esvelt/Specter
Safeguarding the Future (3 0 9)
W, 10am-1 pm in E15-341
MAS.859 Wood
Space Technology for the Development Leader (3 0 3)
M, 9am-12pm in E14-493
MAS.862 Gershenfeld
The Physics of Information Technology (3 0 9)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.864 Gershenfeld
The Nature of Mathematical Modeling (3 0 9)
R, 1:00-4:00 in E14-493
MAS.865 Gershenfeld
Rapid-Prototyping of Rapid-Prototyping Machines: How to Make Something that Makes (Almost) Anything (3 9 0)
Not offered Spring 2026
MAS.885 Kong/Jacobson/Church
How To Grow (Almost) Anything (3 0 9)
Lecture: T, 2-5pm in E15-359
Recitation: R, 5-7pm in E15-359
MAS.940 Esvelt
Preparation for SM Thesis I (1 0 2)
W, 4-6pm in E15-341 (enrollment limited to first year MAS students)
Special Topics
MAS.S60 Liang
Modeling: MultiModal Approaches (3 0 9)
T/R, 2:30-4pm in E14-633
MAS.S61 Karahalios
Rethinking Algorithmic Culture (2 0 10)
R, 10am-12pm in E15-359
MAS.S62 Ishii
TeleAbsence: Designing the Future of Human Connection Across Time (3 3 6)
T, 1-4pm in E15-341
MAS.S63 Picard/Turkle/Barczi
What is a Better Future? (2 0 7)
T, 10:30am-1pm in E15-341
MAS.S64 Roy
Meaning x Machines (2 0 7)
W, 1-3pm in E14-514b
MAS.S65 Dagdeviren
Frontiers in Women’s Health (2 0 10)
W, 10am-12pm in E15-466
MAS.S66 Farahi /Staback Rodriguez
Design Across Scales and Disciplines (2 2 8)
Lecture: T, 3-5pm in N52-337
Lab: W, 7-9pm in N52-337
MAS.S67 Sarkar
Life Nanomachine Symbiosis (2 0 10)
R, 1-3pm in E15-466
MAS.S68 Breazeal
Data science in action (3 0 9)
M, 1-4pm in E15-341
MAS.S69 Lieberman
Recreating the Past (2 0 7)
T, 4:30-6:30pm in E15-341
MAS.S70 Resnick/Kumar/Yee/Hynd/Walker
Community-Driven Innovation (3 0 3)
W, 10am-1pm in E15-359 (H3)