Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP)

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• About the Committee
• Work of the CUP
• Other Information
• Members' Area
  • AY2013
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  • AY2011
  • AY2010
  • AY2009
  • AY2008

Committee on the Undergraduate Program

cup-www@mit.edu

Office of Faculty Support

Room 12-127

617-253-6776

ofs@mit.edu

Work of the CUP

GIR Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement
• Subcommittee on the HASS Requirement
  • HASS Requirement Reports (Annual)

Undergraduate Programs

Majors

• Proposing a new undergraduate degree program to the MIT Faculty and its Standing Committees

Minors

• Interdisciplinary Minor Degree Program Criteria, Revised February 2011 (PDF)
• Resolution enabling minors in disciplines other than HASS, October 1992 (PDF)
  • Letter from the Faculty Chair clarifying the 1992 resolution on minor programs, October 1993 (PDF)
    
• Resolution to permit a minor in HASS, April 1987 (PDF)

 

Experiments

(see Rules and Regulations of the Faculty for explanation)

Active Educational Experiments

• None currently

Concluded Educational Experiments (AY2008 – and on)

• Governance of Interdisciplinary Minors (AY2010-AY2012)
• Enrollment Management for Major in Course 20 (AY2005-AY2009)
• Project-based Communication Intensive (CI) Subjects (AY2007-AY2009)
• Enrollment Management for Minor in Course 15 (AY2005-AY2009)
• Sophomore Exploratory Subject Experiment (AY2004-AY2008)
• SB Program in Comparative Media Studies (AY2003-AY2008)

 

Additional Reports and Policies of the CUP

• CUP Statement and Policy on the Release of First Year Student Hidden Grades, February 2010 (PDF)
• Final Report of the CUP's Subcommittee on the Educational Commons, November 2008
• Review of Pass/No Record Grading and the Sophomore Exploratory Subject, January 2008 (PDF)
• Report on Alternative Freshman Programs, April 2005 (PDF)
• Report to the Faculty on Advising and Mentoring of Undergraduates, March 2005
• Report of the Educational Design Project, August 1999
• Mentoring Undergraduates at MIT, May 2001
• Report on Freshmen Pass/No Record Grading and Advanced Placement Policy, October 2000
• The First Year at MIT: Principles and Priorities, November 1999
• Baker Foundation Guideline
• Experiment on +/- Grade Modifiers, March 1999 (PDF)
• Final Report of the CUP Subcommittee on Freshman Advising, May 14, 1997 (PDF)
• Final Report of the CUP Subcommittee on Freshman Advising, November 1998 (PDF)

MIT Reports to the President*

(see Chair of the Faculty section)

• 2009-2010
• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008
• 2006-2007
• 2005-2006

*More recent reports will be posted when available.

 

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