A regular, full-time graduate student at MIT may enroll to take subjects (exclusive of thesis) at Harvard (except for Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School) without paying additional tuition, provided that this enrollment does not exceed one-half of his or her total registration for the term. Included in the above category are MIT full-time special graduate students. This cooperative arrangement is not applicable to the summer session or IAP.
Requests for registration under this cooperative arrangement must be approved by the MIT department of registration and should be confined to subjects that are not offered at MIT. Students will not be allowed to attend classes in which additional registrants put an undue load on the instructors. The procedures to be followed are available at http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/crossreg/hxfaq.html. Grades earned in Harvard subjects appear on the transcripts of MIT graduate students as the closest equivalent MIT grade.
Graduate students are eligible to participate in the Wellesley-MIT Exchange Program. Wellesley courses are not considered H-level subjects, but may be accepted for graduate credit toward a student's degree with the approval of the department. For details about the exchange, see the program description in the Undergraduate Education section of Part 1.
In conjunction with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MIT offers graduate degree programs in oceanography and applied ocean science and engineering. All decisions, from admission to the conferring of the joint degree, are made by consensus of MIT/WHOI joint discipline committees. The programs in oceanography involve the departments of Biology and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT. The applied ocean science and engineering programs involve the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Information regarding the program may be obtained from the MIT Joint Program Office or the Education Office at WHOI.
An arrangement for cross-registration has been made between the MIT departments of Economics and Political Science and the African Studies Program of Boston University. Details of the procedures to be followed are similar to those for Harvard-MIT cross-registration.
A cooperative arrangement exists between the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis University. Cross-registration is restricted to one or two subjects per term in the areas of social welfare at Brandeis and urban studies at MIT.
A cross-registration agreement exists between MIT and the School of Dental Medicine at Tufts University. The program is restricted to specific graduate subjects at each institution.
Founded in 1993, the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (GCWS) is a pioneering effort by faculty at six degree-granting institutions in the Boston area and MIT to advance women's studies scholarship through a series of ongoing team-taught interdisciplinary graduate seminars, curriculum development events, and an annual gender studies conference. Currently there are nine participating institutions, including Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Simmons College, Tufts University, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.
In keeping with the collaborative tradition of women's studies, GCWS offers seminars to students matriculated in graduate programs at our member institutions. GCWS faculty explicitly integrate gender analyses with issues of class, race, culture, ethnicity, and sexualities, and the practical and public-policy implications of feminist theory and scholarship are considered. Courses are designed not only to examine existing feminist scholarship, but to open paths to the creation of new knowledge. Graduate courses also provide crucial intellectual support for students pursuing feminist work within the framework of traditional disciplines. There is no fee for GCWS courses. Students are granted credit for participating by their home institutions. In 2005, the GCWS office moved from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study to MIT, where it continues to reside.
Several seminars are offered per year; enrollment in each is limited. Graduate students must complete an application; undergraduate students must first consult with the director of women's and gender studies at MIT. Admissions decisions are based on the student's background and brief statement of interest. For application information, contact the consortium at 617-324-2085, or visit http://web.mit.edu/gcws/.