Concourse is a unique program for first-years within MIT. It focuses on integration of the disciplines, teaching math and science within the broader human framework. Highly dedicated teachers teach small classes that permit a truly interactive learning environment.
To be admitted to the program, you must select Concourse as your first choice in the Advising application all students complete. This process changes from year to year so please check back for specific details in the spring which can be found here.
Once selected for the program you will be assigned a Concourse advisor and they will work with you during orientation to develop the best course schedule for you. In order to remain in Concourse you must participate in the Friday seminar, enroll in one of the HASS offerings, and take one additional class within Concourse.
Yes. Only three core courses (including the seminar) need be taken within Concourse in the fall semester, and two in the spring. In order to complete General Institute Requirements (GIRs), Concourse students will take at least one “mainstream” class with some students opting for more.
Yes, you must be a first-year to be in Concourse, but many of our students return and play active roles in the greater Concourse community as upper-class mentors, tutors, graders, and community organizers.
You need to sign up for the Concourse First-year Advising Seminar through the advising application before the June deadline. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions!
Unique experience of rigorous technical learning within a broad, humanistic framework. Education for leadership and freedom. Small class size. Community. Individual attention. Nightly tutoring. Instructors who know you as a person, and not just by name. Twenty-four hour access to the lounge and kitchen. Did we say community?
Concourse functions as an anarcho-syndicalist commune, but for purposes of outside communication, our resident lady of the lake has appointed Program Director Professor Anne McCants as point of contact. She can be reached at amccants@mit.edu or via a message carried in a coconut by African swallow. Assistant Director Sasha Rickard can be contacted at rickard@mit.edu or via telephone at +1-617-253-3200.