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<p>Actually, MIT requires sixteen subjects (MIT-speak for courses), eight in math and science and eight in humanities, arts, and social studies: [MIT</a> Course Catalog: Undergraduate General Institute Requirements](<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT) . Note that four subjects must be communication intensive, two in humanities, arts, and social studies, and two in one’s major.</p>
<p>Harvard’s general education requirements include eight half-courses (Harvard-speak for semester long courses): [Program</a> in General Education](<a href=“http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/gened.html]Program”>http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/gened.html)
. However, there is also one additional semester of writing: [Writing</a> Requirement](<a href=“http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/writing_requirement.html]Writing”>http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/writing_requirement.html) , as well as possibly up to two semesters of foreign language: [Language</a> Requirement](<a href=“http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/language_requirement.html]Language”>http://static.fas.harvard.edu/registrar/ugrad_handbook/2009_2010/chapter2/language_requirement.html) . This makes a total of nine to eleven half-courses other than the concentration (major) and the number of courses to graduate.</p>