Fall 2026 Media Arts and Sciences Course List

MIT's Program in Media Arts and Sciences has released its Fall 2026 course list, featuring AI-focused courses such as MAS.665J 'AI for Impact: Global Ventures' led by Raskar and Vyahhi, MAS.S60 'AI Agents for Cognitive Augmentation' by Maes and Danry, and MAS.S62 'How to AI an AI for (Almost) Anything' by Liang. The list includes 20 courses, with several not offered in Fall 2026, and spans topics from human-robot interaction to space-enabled designs.

PROGRAM IN MEDIA ARTS AND SCIENCES, FALL 2026 Full MIT class schedule online at MIT Office of the Registrar http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi Work for a Member organization and need a Member Portal account? Register here with your official email address. Full MIT class schedule online at MIT Office of the Registrar http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi MAS.A21 Esvelt Choosing Problems Wisely 0 3 0 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.A02 Resnick Designing Creative Technologies for Kids 0 3 0 MAS.552J Larson City Science 3 0 9 W, 1-4pm in E15-341 MAS.630 Picard Advanced Seminar: Affective Computing and Ethics 2 0 10 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.665J Raskar/Vyahhi AI for Impact: Global Ventures https://aiforimpact.github.io/ 3 0 9 R, 10am-12pm in E14-633 MAS.745 Sarkar Next-Generation Nanoelectronics and Biotechnology 2 0 10 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.750 Breazeal Human-Robot Interaction 2 0 7 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.809 Dagdeviren Decoders 1.9: Introduction to Microfabrication 3 0 6 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.825J Machover Musical Aesthetics and Media Technology 3 3 6 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.834 Ishii Tangible Interfaces https://www.media.mit.edu/courses/MAS834/ 3 3 6 T, 1-4pm in E15-341 MAS.837 Paradiso Principles of Electronic Music Interfaces 3 0 9 Not offered Fall 2026 MAS.838 Ekblaw/Newman Prototyping our Sci-Fi Space Future: Designing & Deploying Projects for Zero Gravity Flights https://zero-gravity.pubpub.org/ 2 2 8 T/R, 1-2:30pm in 33-218 MAS.858 Wood Can Space Enabled Designs Advance Justice and Development? https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/can-space-enabled-designs-advance-justice-and-development/ 3 0 9 M, 9am-12pm in E14-493 MAS.863J Gershenfeld How to Make Almost Anything https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MAS.863/ 3 9 6 Lecture: W, 1-4pm in E14-633 Recitation: R, 5-7pm in E14-633 MAS.881J Boyden Principles of Neuroengineering 3 0 9 T/R, 10:30am-12pm in 46-5165 MAS.883J Boyden/Jacobson/Bonsen Revolutionary Ventures: How to Invent and Deploy Transformative Technologies 2 0 7 R, 2-4 pm in E14-633 MAS.921 Karahalios Proseminar in Media Arts and Sciences 3 0 9 R, 1-3pm in E15-341 MAS.941 Breazeal/Pataranutaporn Preparation for SM Thesis II 3 0 6 W, 10am-noon in E14-633 MAS.S60 Maes/Danry AI Agents for Cognitive Augmentation http://cognitive-agents.media.mit.edu/ 2 0 10 T, 11am-1pm in E15-341 MAS.S61 Lieberman Drawing ++ https://drawingpp.media.mit.edu/ 2 0 7 T, 4-6pm in E15-359 MAS.S62 Liang How to AI an AI for Almost Anything 2 0 10 W, 2-4pm in E15-359 MAS.S63 Farahi Critical Matter: Body, Emotion, and Material Intelligence https://www.media.mit.edu/courses/critical-matter-body-emotion-material-intelligence/ 3 0 9 F, 2-5pm in E15-341 MAS.S64 Adib Wireless & Physical AI: Mobile, Multimodal, and Spatial Perception 2 0 10 M, 3-5pm in E15-341 MAS.S65 Kong/Jacobson/Church How to BioManufacture Almost Anything 2 0 7 Lecture: T, 2:30-4pm in E15-359 Recitation: R, 4-5pm in E15-359 MAS.S70 Feldmeier ultra low-power systems design https://web.media.mit.edu/~geppetto/courses/low power-26/low power systems.pdf 2 2 2 M, 1-3pm E15-359 MAS.S90 Paradiso Intro to MAS 0 3 0 R, 3-5pm in E15-341 indicates subject limited to students enrolled in the MAS program