Curious about taking Compass in a future year? Want to hear more from Compass faculty and students? Check out some of Compass’ recent content and features below!
Thought Ones: What do we value?
Is there one ultimate good? Who are we without the ability to act? Are shared values important? And can our contestants handle their hot sauce?
Watch a 21.01 professor and student take on increasingly difficult questions from the course and increasingly spicy sauces in Thought Ones, produced for 21.01!
“What do you do when there is no lever?”
21.01 Professor on the trolley problem, Thought Ones
MIT’s Compass to life
An exciting initiative from across SHASS explores the persistent moral and social questions central to the human experience: what is value, merit, truth, a good society?
“Through seminars, debates, and simulations, students will engage in how to think about what kinds of humans they want to be, what kind of society they want to help create, and how we live together when we have different values and beliefs.“
SHASS feature on 21.01
21.01 Teaser Video
Hear what current students have to say about the need for a HASS education, dialogue across disagreement, and addressing big questions at MIT.
“When we graduate from MIT, we’re not just going to be engineers and doctors and researchers; we’re going to be humans, first and foremost.“
Siddhu Pachipala ’27, on HASS at MIT