Information on preregistration and registration is available at at http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/reg/. Additional information may be found at http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/undergrad/academic-guide/ and and http://web.mit.edu/gso/gpp/.
A person becomes an MIT student at the start of the term for which he or she is admitted or readmitted. Regular student status is retained until graduation, unless the student withdraws or is disqualified.
For the fall and spring terms, undergraduate and graduate students must complete the three steps listed below in order to continue student status during that term:
Students who do not complete these steps by the published deadlines are subject to fines. Failure to pay charges and complete registration by the end of the fifth week of the term (Add Date) will result in the loss of student status.
Undergraduate and graduate students registered in the spring term who do not graduate or withdraw from MIT retain their student status throughout the following summer, whether or not they register for the summer session; they cease being students if they do not register in the fall (although the rules for student status with regard to loan repayment are somewhat different). Graduate students making progress toward a degree during the summer must register for the summer session in accordance with Graduate Students Office regulations.
Students do not have to pre-register for the Independent Activities Period to retain student status between fall and spring terms.
If a student has begun the registration process but wishes to withdraw, he or she must notify Student Support Services if an undergraduate; his or her registration officer if a graduate student; and, in addition, the International Students Office if an international student.
A person wishing to be reinstated as an undergraduate must apply for readmission through Student Support Services. A person wishing to be reinstated as a graduate student must apply for readmission through the Admissions Office and the student's department. International students also need to be cleared by the International Students Office.
People on campus who are not registered during a term are not considered students and have no student privileges.
All students at MIT are assigned an advisor. Advisors to freshmen are MIT faculty and staff, assigned at the beginning of the freshman year. (Freshmen may change advisors through the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming, Room 7-104.) Upperclass undergraduates who have declared a major are assigned a departmental advisor. Each graduate student is assigned to a faculty member in his or her department who also serves as the student's registration officer. Each student's program must be approved by his or her advisor, and changes may be made only with the advisor's approval.
Students register for their subjects on Registration Day at the beginning of the term. All subjects to be taken during the current term, including ROTC and thesis, should be listed on the Registration Form. Separate procedures are used for cross-registering at Harvard University, Massachusetts College of Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Wellesley College.
A second-year undergraduate student may take a subject using the exploratory option. An exploratory subject is one in which the student may either accept the grade awarded in the subject or change the subject to listener status through Registration Day of the succeeding term. Students are able to designate one subject in each of their fall and spring terms. Any subject at MIT may be designated as exploratory. Students must use special forms, available on WebSIS, to designate a subject as exploratory, remove the designation from a subject, or change an exploratory subject from credit to listener after Drop Date. The faculty advisor's approval and signature are required. Students can designate the exploratory option through Add Date. Students who choose to drop the subject completely can do so up until Drop Date. After Drop Date and through Registration Day of the succeeding term, students may request a change in the status of an exploratory subject from graded to listener. The Committee on Academic Performance will not consider petitions from students to add the exploratory status after Add Date, to change the grade to listener status after Registration Day of the succeeding term, or to reinstate the grade and credit once a student has forfeited them. Exploratory subjects are offered under a five-year experiment authorized by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program through the academic year 2007–2008.
A third-year or fourth-year undergraduate student may take an elective subject using the junior-senior P/D/F option. The subject is then graded on a P, D, or F basis (where P means C or better performance). The faculty advisor and student must be sure that the subject designated for P/D/F grading is not used to fulfill a Departmental, Writing, Minor, or General Institute Requirement, and that the student does not take more than a total of two subjects under this option during his or her junior and senior years, until the undergraduate program is finished. The subjects may be taken in the same term or in separate terms, including IAP. The P/D/F option is not available to students for graduate degree credit. All forms to change a subject to or from P/D/F grading under the junior-senior P/D/F option must be signed and approved by the advisor and submitted by Add Date for the given term.
Add/Drop/Change Forms signed by the student's faculty advisor for undergraduates and registration officer for graduate students should be used for changes in registration after Registration Day. For adding a lotteried subject, the instructor's signature is also required. For adding other subjects, the instructor's signature is required after the first week of the term. After the fifth week of the term the instructor's signature certifies that instruction in that subject began approximately at the time of approval. The specific deadlines for such changes are listed in the Academic Calendar available at http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/calendar.html. All Add/Drop/Change Forms should be hand-delivered by the student to the Student Services Center, Room 11-120.
A student is responsible for checking the accuracy of his or her initial Registration Form and any subsequent forms submitted to the Registrar's Office, for ensuring that the office is provided with a correct current term address, and for carefully reviewing the Status of Registration on WebSIS to make sure that it accurately reflects his or her registration. Steps to eliminate any discrepancies should be taken promptly by the student. The student should keep copies of the original Registration Form and all subsequent Add/Drop/Change Forms as evidence of having followed these procedures.
If an undergraduate wishes to add or drop a subject or to make or change a P/D/F designation after the deadline dates, the student must petition the Committee on Academic Performance (CAP), Room 7-104. Graduate students must petition the Graduate Students Office, Room 3-138. S uch petitions are not automatically approved.
An undergraduate student who wishes to withdraw during a term or arrange for a leave of absence must see a dean in Student Support Services, Room 5-104. Graduate students should consult their registration officer, department graduate office, or the Graduate Students Office, Room 3-138. International students should also consult the International Students Office, Room 5-133.
In order to receive a degree, a student must submit an online SB Degree Application or Advanced Degree Application by the deadline established in the Academic Calendar for each term. A degree will not be awarded unless all financial obligations to the Institute are clear and there are no pending disciplinary actions.
Prerequisites are used to indicate the sequence in which subjects are to be taken and the base of knowledge on which a particular subject will build. Before taking a subject, a student should complete any prerequisite(s) listed in Part 3 for that subject. (Corequisites, which are listed in italics, are to be taken concurrently.)
Once prerequisites and corequisites are included in a subject listing, it is the responsibility of the instructor to ensure that the subject is taught at the appropriate level. At the first class, instructors should reiterate the prerequisites and corequisites, and describe acceptable substitutions.
Students who do not have the stated prerequisites should obtain the permission of the instructor. Instructors may request that the Registrar's Office identify students without prerequisites, and in some cases, screen them from the subjects.
If the instructor allows a student to waive or make a substitution for a prerequisite, it is then the student's responsibility to master any missing background material in a timely fashion so that the content of the subject does not change for other students in the subject.
The instructor may determine that a student does not have the required preparation and knowledge to take a subject and may, with the help of the Registrar's Office, exclude the student from the subject.
Some departments require students with a D-level performance in certain prerequisite subjects within the departmental program to do additional work or to retake the prerequisite before proceeding with the follow-on subject.
The credit hours (units) for each subject indicate the total number of hours spent each week in class and laboratory, plus the estimated time that the average student spends each week in outside preparation, for one regular term. Each subject is listed in Part 3 with three credit numbers, showing in sequence the units allotted to class time (lecture and/or recitation); laboratory, design, or fieldwork; and preparation. Each unit represents about 14 hours of work per term. The total unit credit for a subject is obtained by adding together all the units shown. Additional information regarding subject designations may be found in the Explanatory Notes that introduce Part 3.
The typical undergraduate student load, based on a four-year program, is 45 to 54 units per term (four or four and one-half subjects). However, if approved by his or her faculty advisor, a student may follow a program leading to an SB degree in more or less than eight terms.
The Institute feels that the concept of a four-year residential college, requiring a full-time academic program, is central to the MIT undergraduate experience. An MIT degree represents not only a specified number of credit units and a collection of subjects, but an intensity and continuity of involvement in an academic enterprise and an immersion in the culture of MIT as well. In general, MIT is not an appropriate place for pursuing an undergraduate education on an extended, part-time basis.
Undergraduates registered for fewer than 36 units (not including Listener and ROTC subjects) are considered to be less than full-time. Students who have been awarded financial aid should consult with the student financial aid staff about possible adjustments in financial aid. If taking less than a half-time load (below 18 units), undergraduates should check with the student loan counselors regarding possible impact on the repayment and grace period of outstanding loans and eligibility for new loans.
International students are required by immigration regulations to be registered full-time (36 or more units) when school is in session in order to maintain legal status in the US. Students should check with the International Students Office regarding immigrations regulations.
Undergraduates planning to register for fewer than 32 units should complete a Tuition Adjustment–Light Load Form. Once enrolled as a regular student, an undergraduate may not carry a light load of subjects (register for fewer than 32 units) for more than a total of two terms without petitioning the Committee on Academic Performance (CAP). The CAP allows use of the light load beyond a second term only for very special circumstances. Arrangements to take a light load of subjects should be initiated prior to the beginning of the term; the student’s term bill will reflect the light load tuition rate if the Tuition Adjustment–Light Load From is submitted by the beginning of July for the fall bill and the beginning of December for the spring bill. Light load tuition adjustments are not normally available to students who are (or were) in cooperative and internship programs. Additional information is available at the Registrar’s Office, room 5-119.
Advanced Standing Examinations are given in August/September, December, January/February, and May. These examinations may be taken only by students who have never been registered for or attended class at MIT in the subject concerned. Special students are not eligible to take Advanced Standing Examinations.
Except for entering freshmen and transfer students, who may take Advanced Standing Examinations offered during Orientation, students must petition to take an Advanced Standing Examination. The petition must be approved by the faculty member in charge of the subject and by the student's advisor. The petition must be submitted to the Schedules Office, Room 5-111, at least three weeks before the first day of the examination period. For more information, see the Advanced Standing Exam procedures, at http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/schedules/advst.html.
Students interested in taking higher-level examinations should check in advance what preparation is required.
The instructor may require evidence of competence in addition to the examination if the subject normally involves
measures of student performance that are qualitatively different from the examination.
A freshman in the first term who achieves C or better performance on an Advanced Standing Examination will receive the grade P, as well as credit for the subject. For freshmen, such credit will be counted toward the 54- or 57-unit credit limit for the current term if the examination is taken either during the December or May examination period. No record will be kept of D or F performance if the exam is taken during the September examination period; nonpassing D or F grades on Advanced Standing Exams taken later in the freshman year will be posted on the internal record but not on the transcript.
An internal record is kept of all grades for Advanced Standing Examinations taken by transfer students. If a transfer student is granted ABC/No External Record grade reporting in his or her first term, grades for any Advanced Standing Examinations taken at the beginning or end of that term will have only A-C grades reported on the transcript. If the examination is taken at the end of term, the credit earned would count toward the student's 57-unit credit limit.
For all other students, including transfer students on regular grade reporting, a grade ranging from A through F will be recorded on the student's internal record and transcript.
A grade on an Advanced Standing Examination will not be incorporated in the student's term or cumulative rating. A passing grade entitles the student to full credit for the subject.
If a student is on academic warning, an Advanced Standing Examination taken during the term will count toward the student's 48-unit credit limit. Examinations taken in September or February will not count toward the credit limit.
If a student fails an Advanced Standing exam, he or she may not retake the exam, but may register for the same subject in any subsequent term.
Students may view their internal grade reports on WebSIS. Students may request transcripts of their academic record at the Student Services Center, Room 11-120. Transcripts are available in an unofficial version free of charge or in an official version at a cost currently set at $4 per copy. The unofficial version is printed on blank paper and does not have an official seal or the Registrar's signature.
These term regulations and examination policies derive from Rules and Regulations of the Faculty, available at http://web.mit.edu/faculty/rules/. They apply to academic exercises during the fall and spring terms. Questions of interpretation and requests for exceptions to regulations should be referred to the Chair of the Faculty.
Class Times. Exercises should, in general, be held between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Exercises begin five minutes after and end five minutes before the scheduled hour or half-hour.
Beginning of Term. Early in the term, the faculty member should inform students of expectations regarding permissible academic conduct. Particular attention should be given to such questions as the extent of collaboration permitted or encouraged, and the use of prior years' materials in completing problem sets, lab reports, and other assignments.
Scheduling Final Examinations. Final examinations are held during the final examination period at the end of each term, and are scheduled through the Schedules Office. A final examination should last at least one hour and not more than three hours. Final examinations may not be cancelled once they are announced, and, after the final examination schedule is published, the time of the final examination may not be changed.
Students are responsible for attending the final examinations in subjects for which they are registered. The schedule is issued several months before the examination period. Students are responsible for obtaining examination schedules and reporting any conflicts in examinations to the Schedules Office before the time limit given on the examination schedule.
After the Last Scheduled Class. No classes, examinations, or exercises of any kind may be scheduled after the last regular scheduled class in a subject except for final exams scheduled through the Schedules Office. Formal review should be held during regular class periods, but the rule does not exclude the possibility of sessions after the last day of classes at which the instructing staff is available to answer questions of students who choose to attend. (The architecture design reviews that occur during finals week are considered to be equivalent to final examinations and are scheduled by the Department of Architecture.)
An instructor may give an extension to an individual student, but blanket extensions should not be given to the entire class.
Excused Absences from Final Examinations. A student may be excused from a scheduled final examination for reasons of illness or significant personal problems. Undergraduates should contact a dean in Student Support Services and graduate students should contact the dean for graduate students if they wish to seek an excused absence; faculty members with questions about this process should contact the appropriate office. See definition of "O" and "OX" under Grades.
The faculty member in charge of a subject may excuse a student from a final examination for such reasons as conflicts either between examinations or with religious holidays. In these cases, a mutually satisfactory agreement should be reached between the student and the faculty member, the agreement ratified in advance of t he examination by the head of the department in which the subject is offered, and the faculty member prepared to submit a grade based on other evidence.
Class Times. For undergraduate subjects, during the instructional period of the fall and spring terms, there should be no required academic exercises between 5 pm and 7 pm, Monday through Thursday, and between 5 pm Friday and 8 am Monday.
Beginning of Term. By the end of the first week of classes, the faculty member must provide:
By the end of the third week, the faculty member must provide the precise schedule of tests and major assignments.
Tests and Academic Exercise Outside Scheduled Class Times. Tests, required reviews, and other academic exercises held outside scheduled class times should not be held on Monday nights.
In addition, tests should:
A student who is unable to take the test owing to a conflict with a scheduled academic exercise or extracurricular activity must be allowed to do so at another time.
When a test is held outside scheduled class time, during that calendar week:
Final Examinations. In some undergraduate subjects, final examinations may be ex camera (out-of-room) examinations. Ex camera examinations are a different mode of testing intended to give students access to computers and libraries and evaluate their abilities to select resources and answer questions of an integrative nature. Ex camera final examinations are not intended as a way to increase the amount of material covered.
A faculty member must obtain the permission of the Chair of the Faculty to hold ex camera final examinations. Permission will be granted for no more than five years. The ex camera examination must:
End-of-Term Tests and Assignments. The Friday preceding the start of the Reading Period is defined as the Last Test Date. No tests will be held after this date until the Final Examination Period.
If a subject has a final examination, no assignment may fall due after the Last Test Date.
If a subject does not have a final examination, at most one assignment may fall due between the Last Test Date and the end of the last scheduled class period in the subject. This single assignment may include both an oral presentation and a written report if the two derive from the same project.
Optional assignments between the Last Test Date and the last scheduled class period in the subject should be for self-study, and may not be used toward part of the grade in a subject, even for extra points or as substitutes for earlier assignments.
Beginning of the Term. By the end of the third week, the faculty member must provide:
Tests and Academic Exercise Outside Scheduled Class Times. A student who is unable to take a test that is held outside of scheduled class time owing to a conflict with another scheduled academic exercise or extracurricular activity must be allowed to do so at another time.
End-of-Term Tests and Assignments. For each subject with a final examination, no test should be given and no assignment, term paper, or oral presentation should fall due after the Friday preceding the start of the Reading Period.
For each subject without a final examination, at most, either one in-class test may be given, or one assignment, term paper, or oral presentation may fall due between the Friday preceding the start of the Reading Period and the end of the last regularly scheduled class in the subject. An in-class test given during this period is limited to one normal class period (or to one and one-half hours, whichever is shorter).
Every effort must be made to give final exams as scheduled during the final examination period. Because students have included the final exam in their planning for the subject, faculty members may not choose to cancel exams; they must give the exam as scheduled, or as rescheduled in the event the Institute is closed because of snow or other emergency (see below).
If the Institute is closed during part or all of Registration Day, students, faculty, and staff can call 617-258-8378 or go to http://web.mit.edu/registrar/ to get up-to-date information regarding rescheduled registration activities.
Massachusetts state law regarding student absence due to religious beliefs has been adopted by the Institute as follows:
Any student who is unable to attend classes or participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day because of his or her religious beliefs is excused from any such activity. The student will be given the opportunity to make up the work that was missed, provided that the makeup work does not create an unreasonable burden upon MIT.
The Institute will not levy fees or charges of any kind when allowing the student to make up missed work. In addition, no adverse or prejudicial effects will result because students have made use of these provisions.
For more information, visit http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/webrel.html.
The Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) ensures that the minimum academic standards proposed by the individual departments for undergraduate students are consistent throughout the Institute and conform to the rules and regulations approved by the faculty. In view of the individual nature of student academic performance, the CAP does not establish rigid standards of academic performance to be used throughout the Institute. The Institute generally expects undergraduate students to complete the requirements for a single SB degree in four years; the usual load of subjects is approximately 45–54 units of credit per term. Normally, however, the CAP accepts a minimum academic record of at least 36 units of credit with a term rating of 3.0 or above (on a 5.0 scale) at the end of any regular term, unless the Committee has specifically notified an individual student that a higher level of performance is required. (The latter would only occur as a result of previously poor performance.)
When these criteria are not met, the CAP considers each student's academic performance on an individual basis. Consideration is given not only to the grades received in the various subjects for which the student is registered, but also to the total number of subject units, the nature of the subjects themselves, progress toward the degree, and those factors in the student's own personal situation that may have affected his or her academic performance in a given term. The Academic Guide for Undergraduates and Their Advisors gives more detailed information concerning the end-of-term procedures followed by the CAP in reviewing the academic records of undergraduate students. Published by the CAP and the Office of Faculty Support, this resource is available at the following website: http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/undergrad/academic-guide/. For further information, contact the CAP Office, Room 7-104, 617-253-4164, or visit http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/cap/.
In order to receive federal financial aid under Title IV, an undergraduate student is considered to be making satisfactory progress as long as at least 33 units per term have been completed with a term rating above 3.0 at the end of any regular term. All undergraduates whose performance falls below this standard will be considered, for Title IV purposes, to be under CAP review during the subsequent term. A student will be considered to be making satisfactory progress unless the CAP withdraws permission for the student to continue.
It is the responsibility of the Committee on Graduate Programs (CGP) to monitor minimum academic standards for graduate students and special students in accordance with the rules and regulations of the faculty. The CGP reviews the academic records of all graduate students at the end of each term (including the summer session), giving particular attention to students with cumulative ratings below 3.5 to 4.0. Consideration is given to low grades and factors affecting a student's ability to meet the requirements for the degree program in which he or she is enrolled.
Recommendations for action by the CGP are made by departmental graduate committees. Unless extenuating circumstances are found, students who are not making satisfactory progress towards a degree may be denied permission to continue or may be warned that without substantial improvement the following term, they may be refused further registration.
More detailed information concerning procedures followed by CGP may be found in the online publication, Graduate Policies and Procedures, at http://web.mit.edu/gso/gpp/. It is also important for students to be informed about individual department requirements and expectations concerning academic performance.
In order to receive federal financial aid under Title IV purposes, a graduate student is considered to be making satisfactory progress as long as his or her cumulative grade point average exceeds 4.0, and if the number of terms of enrollment does not exceed five for a master's candidate or 10 for a PhD or ScD candidate. Graduate students whose performance falls below this standard will be considered, for Title IV purposes, to be under CGP review during the subsequent term. A student under CGP review will be considered to be making satisfactory progress if the CGP does not withdraw permission for the student to continue.
Grades at MIT are not rigidly related to any numerical scores or distribution functions, that is, grades are not awarded solely according to predetermined percentages. As can be seen from the following grade descriptions, a student's grade in a subject is related more directly to the student's mastery of the material than to the relative performance of his or her peers. In determining a student's grade, consideration is given for elegance of presentation, creativity, imagination, and originality where these may appropriately be called for.
Passing Grades. Undergraduate and graduate students who satisfactorily complete the work of a subject by the end of the term receive one of the following grades:
A Exceptionally good performance demonstrating a superior understanding of the subject matter, a foundation of extensive knowledge, and a skillful use of concepts and/or materials.
B Good performance demonstrating capacity to use the appropriate concepts, a good understanding of the subject matter, and an ability to handle the problems and materials encountered in the subject.
C Adequate performance demonstrating an adequate understanding of the subject matter, an ability to handle relatively simple problems, and adequate preparation for moving on to more advanced work in the field.
Note that the MIT internal grading system includes plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers for use with the letter grades A, B, and C for all academic subjects (except advanced standing exams). These modifiers are included on internal grade reports. However, they are not officially part of student's grades, they do not appear on MIT transcripts, and they do not affect internally or externally reported grade-point averages.
D Minimally acceptable performance demonstrating at least partial familiarity with the subject matter and some capacity to deal with relatively simple problems, but also demonstrating deficiencies serious enough to make it inadvisable to proceed further in the field without additional work. Some departments require students with D-level performance in certain prerequisite subjects within the departmental program to do additional work, or to retake the prerequisite, before proceeding with the follow-on subject.
P When use of the passing grade P is authorized, it reflects performance at the level A, B, or C, with the student graded on a P/D/F basis.
Note that the internal use of plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers does not affect use of the P grade.
Non-Passing Grades. The grades and notations used for subjects not passed or not completed by the end of the term are as follows.
DN Signifies a D grade on Freshman Pass/No Record.
F Failed. This grade also signifies that the student must repeat the subject to receive credit.
FN Signifies an F grade on Freshman Pass/No Record.
O Absent. This grade indicates that the student was progressing satisfactorily during the term but was absent from the final examination, did not turn in the final paper or project, and/or was absent during the last two weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX. Unsatisfactory performance because of absence throughout the term should be recorded as F.
OX Absence satisfactorily explained to and excused by a dean in Student Support Services in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for graduate students in the case of a graduate student. The faculty member in charge of the subject will be notified when an O is changed to an OX. An OX carries no credit for the subject. However, the faculty member in charge must provide the student the opportunity to receive a credit-carrying grade. This may be done with or without the instructor requiring a make-up final examination or other additional evaluation procedure.
I Incomplete. The grade I indicates that a minor part (less than one-fifth) of the subject requirements has not been fulfilled and that a passing grade is to be expected when the work is completed. The grade I for the term remains permanently on the student's record even when the subject is completed. A typical example of a "minor portion of the work required" might be a paper or a laboratory report. The work is to be completed before Add Date of the succeeding term of the regular academic year; however, the faculty member in charge, in negotiation with the student, has the right to set an earlier or later date for pedagogical reasons or extenuating circumstances.
Graduate students may extend the five-week deadline with the explicit approval of the faculty member in charge. To complete an Incomplete after the five-week deadline, graduate students must petition the dean of graduate of students. A final grade will not be posted until an approved petition is received in the Registrar's Office.
The instructor is required to submit an Instructor's Report Form for a grade of I reported for an undergraduate. On the form, the instructor provides the date by which the outstanding work is to be completed and a default final grade. The default final grade represents the grade the student would have earned, using appropriately low scores for the missing work. If the subject has not been completed by Add Date of the succeeding regular term, the default final grade will be posted to the student's record unless a later deadline has been specifically agreed upon by the instructor and the student.
No grade of I can be assigned to any undergraduate in the term in which he or she graduates. All grades of Incomplete awarded prior to fall 1996 must be resolved prior to graduation.
J A notation assigned for work such as thesis, UROP, Special Topics, or "At Plant" registration (internship or industrial practice), which has progressed satisfactorily, but has not been completed. Grade given upon completion of the work in a later term also covers this term. Faculty members must obtain approval from the Committee on Curricula or the Committee on Graduate School Programs to use the grade of J in subjects other than those mentioned above.
U A notation for thesis work that has not been completed and in which progress has been unsatisfactory. Grade given upon completion of the work in a later term also covers this term. Unless a student's progress improves significantly, the student may expect that grade to be failing.
T Temporary notation. It is used for subjects which cover the equivalent of one term's work, but are scheduled over parts of two normal grading periods. Prior approval must have been obtained from the Committee on Curricula for undergraduate subjects or the Committee on Graduate Programs for graduate subjects. This notation is recorded only on the student's internal record. A permanent grade must be assigned when the subject is finished.
Other Notations. The following notations are also used on the academic record.
S Notation for credit awarded for work done elsewhere.
SA Notation for satisfactorily completed doctoral thesis. Doctoral theses are not graded.
DR A notation to be used only on the student's internal record for a subject dropped after the fifth week of the regular term.
LIS A notation to be used on the student's internal record for a subject the student registered for as a listener.
URN A notation for a subject in UROP taken for pay or as a volunteer rather than academic credit.
VIS A notation for a research subject taken as a non-degree visiting student.