Major Codes

How Major Codes are Used at WPI

Except for doing an easy sort in Excel and creating an internal percieved hierarchy, major codes are just abbreviations.

Major Codes
AE Aerospace Engineering
  in conversation: Aero, Aerospace
 
BBT Biotechnology
  in conversation: Bio, Bio-Tech
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
BC Biochemistry
  in conversation: Bio, Bio-Chem
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
BCB Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/academics/Majors/BCB/index.html
 
BE Biomedical Engineering
  in conversation: Bio, Bio-Med, Bio-Med-Eng
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and M.E., and Ph.D.
 
BIO Biology
  in conversation: Bio and Bio-Tech
  other notes: available as a B.S. and M.S.
 
CA Computers With Applications
  in conversation: Computer Apps, CA
 
CCN Computer and Communications Networks
  other notes: a specialization offered to students receiving an M.S. in CS or ECE
  Web address: http://grad.wpi.edu/Programs/cndept.html
 
CE Civil Engineering
  in conversation: Civil, Civil Eng.
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., M.E., and Ph.D.
 
CH Chemistry
  in conversation: Chem
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
CM Chemical Engineering
  in conversation: 'chem. eng.'
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
CO Consortium Student
 
CS Computer Science
  in conversation: CS, not Comp-Sci
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
EC Economics
  in conversation: Economics
 
ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering
  in conversation: ECE
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
ECON Economics
 
ED Engineering To Be Declared
 
EP Environmental Policy & Development
  in conversation: Environment and Policy
 
ET Economics and Technology
  in conversation: Economics Tect, Economics Technology
 
EV Environmental Engineering
  in conversation: Evnironmental, Environmental Eng.
 
EVE Environmental Engineering
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/EVE/
 
FPE Fire Protection Engineering
  other notes: available as an M.S. and Ph.D.
 
HU Humanities and Arts
  in conversation: Humanities
  other notes: usually specified with a concentration
 
ID Interdisciplinary
  in conversation: Interdisciplinary, ID
 
IE Industrial Engineering
  in conversation: IE, Industrial
 
IMGD Interactive Media and Game Development
  in conversation: IMGD, Game Development
 
IN International Studies
  in conversation: International Studies
 
IT Information Technology
  other notes: an M.S. degree offered by Management
  Web address: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu/Graduate/MSIT/
 
LAE Liberal Arts & Engineering
  other notes: Written LA&E
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/LAE/index.html
 
MA Mathematical Sciences Department
  in conversation: Math
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
MAC Actuarial Mathematics
  in conversation: Actuarial
  other notes: available as a B.S.
 
MBA Masters of Business Administration
  other notes: a masters degree offered by the Management Department
 
ME Mechanical Engineering
  in conversation: Mech. Eng., ME, Mechanical, Mechanical Eng.
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
MFE Manufacturing Engineering
  in conversation: MFE
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
MG Management
  in conversation: Management
 
MGE Management Engineering
  in conversation: Management Engineering, MGE
 
MIS Management Information Systems
  in conversation: MIS
 
MTE Materials Science & Engineering
  in conversation: MTE
  other notes: available as an M.S., and Ph.D.
 
MTI Marketing and Technological Innovation
  other notes: M.S. degree offered by Management
 
ND To Be Declared
  in conversation: Undeclared
 
ODL Operations Design and Leadership
  other notes: an M.S. degree offered by Management
  Web address: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu/Graduate/MSODL/
 
OIT Operations and Information Technology
  other notes: M.S. degree offered by Management
 
PH Physics
  in conversation: Physics
  other notes: available as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
 
PHE Engineering Physics
  in conversation: Engineering Physics
 
PWR Professional Writing
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/PWR/
 
RBE Robotics Engineering
  Web address: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Majors/RBE/
 
SD System Dynamics
  in conversation: System Dynamics
  other notes: available as a B.S., interdisciplinary M.S. available with Math
 
ST Society, Technology & Policy
 
SX Non Degree Seeking Student
 
Historic Major Codes
AB Applied Bioscience
 
AM Applied Mathematics
 
BBI Biology
 
BMP Biomedical Engineering/Medical Physics
 
BS Biomedical Science
 
BU Business
 
CEI Civil Engineering Interdisciplinary
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
CHI Chemistry Interdisciplinary
 
CL Clinical Engineering
 
CMBC Biochemical
 
CPM Construction Project Management
 
CSC Computers with Commercial Applicatipm
 
CSM Computers with Mathematical Application
 
DL Dramatic Literature
 
DS Digital Systems
 
EE Electrical Engineering
  in conversation: EE
  other notes: no longer offered since ECE became accredited
 
EEB Electrical Engineering - Biomedical
 
EI Electrical Instrumentation
 
ENS Experimental Nuclear Science
 
EST Environmental Studies
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
ESY Electronic Systems
 
GS General Science
 
H & T Humanities & Technology
 
HTE Humanities, Technology & English
 
HTH Humanities, Technology & History
 
LS Life Sciences
 
LSI Life Sciences Interdisciplinary
 
MEB Mechanical Engineering - Biomedical
 
MGC Management Computer Science
 
MGS Management Science & Engineering
 
MNS Master of Natural Science
 
MT Materials Engineering
 
MTE Materials Engineering
 
ND Non-departmental
 
NE Nuclear Engineering
 
PL Planning
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
SE Sanitary Engineering
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
SSE Systems Software Engineering
 
STE Structural Engineering
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
TC Technical, Scientific, and Professional Communication
  in conversation: Tech Writing, Technical Writer, Communication
  replaced by: PWR - Professional Writing
 
TE Transportation Engineering
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
UDP Urban Development Planning
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
UEP Urban & Environmental Planning
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 
UP Urban Planning
  replaced by: CE - Civil Engineering
 

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