The G in the center of the department shank features an icon that represents
your department or program. This page lists the current departments and
programs at MIT that grant degrees and can be featured in the GradRat.
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Course 1 - Civil and Environmental Engineering
This icons features a bridge (civil engineering) over a river
(environmental engineering) to bring the two aspects of the course
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Course 2 - Mechanical Engineering
The GradRat for Mechanical Engineers features a gear and a hex nut, two
items that boldly represent the tools and results of working in that major.
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Course 3 - Materials Science and Engineering
A BBC structure (Body Centered Cubic Unit Cell) represents the
depth of the work done with materials in Course 3.
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Course 4 - Architecture
Two primordial tools of the architect, a t-ruler and a triangle,
form an important number for Architecture majors.
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Course 5 - Chemistry
The periodic table backs a beaker where Boron, the fifth
element of the table, is darkened.
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Course 6 - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The 0 and 1 on top represent Computer Science, and the
lightning bolt and XOR gate Electrical Engineering. Also, the bolt is
meant to resemble a 1 and the gate a 0, so that the four symbols together
give 0110 -- 6 in binary, for the course number. The line separating the
top and bottom halves is both a sine wave (EE) and a tilde (CS).
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Course 7 - Biology
The DNA double-helix represents biology majors.
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Course 8 - Physics
There are many icons that could represent physicists; with substantial help
from Course 8 students, we found one that is still obviously physics, but by
its complexity represent the uniqueness of MIT students too: a feynman diagram
depicting an intermediate stage (graduate school).
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Course 9 - Brain & Cognitive Sciences
In addition to symbolizing the goal of understanding the workings of the
brain and the mind, the icon is of Brain & "Cog". |
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Course 10 - Chemical Engineering
Chemistry is depicted by the beaker and egineering by the cog.
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Course 11 - Urban Studies & Planning
DUSP students emphasized the importance to
their program of the human elements of people and collaborative planning.
The picture in the background is of a city skyline.
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Course 12 - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
EAPS students study the Earth, and their feedback said they wanted the
Earth in their icon, so the Earth it is.
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Course 13 - Ocean Engineering
Inside a cog, which represents engineering, is the ocean shoreline
and a star fish which lives within.
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Course 14 - Economics
Economics is about understanding numbers and representing them, usually in
a graph. This graph shows a positive outcome after being at MIT!
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Course 15 - Sloan School of Management
The Sloan Senate and Sloan students worked together to decide on the icon
that would represent them --- they chose that icon which alreay says "Sloan"
across the world: the iconized MIT Killian Court facade which is part of all
Sloan gear.
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Course 16 - Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
An Apollo 11 command module, whose guidance system was designed at MIT,
represents the Astro students; a supersonic airplane, whose propulsion
system was developed mostly at MIT, represents the Aero students. A circle
in the background represents the Earth, from which the Apollo module is
departing and inside which the supersonic plane is flying.
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Course 17 - Political Sciences
Democracy and the right to vote is an essential part of the political
sciences and teachings of this major.
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Course 18 - Mathematics
The simpliicity of this symbol is both elegant and full of meaning:
it denotes the ring of integers, uniquely appropriate both for
math and for the ring.
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Course 21 - Humanities
MIT Humanities encompass a large range of studies: music and theater
arts, literature, writing, anthropology, and foreign languages. We
put as many symbols as possible into this icon to put together the many
parts that make up a Course 21 student.
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Course 22 - Nuclear Engineering
There are many icons that denote nuclear engineering, so we asked
the students in the Nuclear Engineering department to chose one
icon to represent them.
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Course 24 - Linguistics & Philosophy
Linguistics is clearly shown by the sound waves comming off
the silhouette of a human face. Philosophy asks and tries
to answer many questions, mostly about the human being;
a subtle question mark in the icon represents philosophy.
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Biological Engineering Program (BE)
The DNA double helix represents biology; the cog brings in the
engineering.
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Computation for Design and Optimization (CDO)
The curriculum design choice for MIT graduate program, Computation for
Design and Optimization (CDO).
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Comparative Media Studies Program (CMS)
CMS students work with a lot of media - in our times media
is quickly identified as writing or video, so we put together
both into one icon.
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Center for Real Estate Program (CRE)
Real Estate can encompass huge properties in a financial disctrict,
but utlimately the most important part is to allow individuals to have
their own state.
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Engineering Systems Division (ESD)
Systems bring together different complex entities (the two
different cogs) and makes them work together as part of one
system.
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Division of Health, Science and Technology (HST)
The snakes in a cross spiral are classic symbols of medicine; but
in this case they go around a test tube, rather than a cross, to
represent the science and technology aspect.
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Leaders for Manufacturing Program (LFM)
LFM already has a logo that represents them, it is used here.
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Media Arts and Sciences Program (MAS)
If you need this one explained, you're not a
MAS student. Take a look inside their building, or at their
business cards.
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Masters of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG)
The existing logo of the MLOG program was a perfect choice for the
MLOG icon.
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Naval Engineering
Students from the Naval Engeineering program chose this propeller
as their icon.
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Operations Research Center
Members of the Operations Research Center requested and approved this icon.
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System Design and Management Program (SDM)
SDM already has a logo that represents them, it is used here.
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Sloan Fellows
Members of the Sloan Fellows groups requested and approved this icon.
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Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
The star above STS symbolizes the union of Science (the rounded
element), Technology (the pointy start), and Society (the union).
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The Technology and Policy Program (TPP)
TPP requested that we use their own logo, shown here.
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WHOI Oceanographic Institute
This image is an iconic representation of the sailboat used
in the official WHOI logo.
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The committee worked throughout the spring and summer months to contact
graduate students through GSC representatives. We had over 150 e-mails
with great feedback, and used them to create the icons.
