Teaching this fall? You should know . . .

. . . the faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects.

View the complete regulations at http://web.mit.edu/faculty/teaching/termregs.html.

Select requirements are provided below for reference.

Contact Faculty Chair Krishna Rajagopal at x3-6202 or krishna@mit.edu for questions or exceptions.

No required classes, examinations, oral presentations, exercises, or assignments of any kind may be scheduled after the last regularly scheduled class in a subject, except for final examinations scheduled through the Schedules Office.

Undergraduate Subjects
By the end of the first week of classes, faculty must provide:

• a clear and complete description of the required work, including the number and kinds of  assignments
• the approximate schedule of tests and due dates for major projects
• an indication of whether or not there will be a final examination, and
• the grading criteria and procedures to be used

By the end of the third week, faculty must provide a precise schedule of tests and major assignments.

Tests, required reviews, and other academic exercises outside scheduled class times shall not be held on Monday evenings. In addition, when held outside scheduled class times, tests must:

• not exceed two hours in length
• begin no earlier than 7:30 p.m. when held in the evening, and
• be scheduled through the Schedules Office

In all undergraduate subjects, there shall be no tests after Friday, December 4, 2015. Unit tests may be scheduled during the final examination period.

Graduate Subjects
By the end of the third week, faculty must provide:

• a clear and complete description of the required work, including the number and kinds of  assignments
• the schedule of tests and due dates for major projects
• an indication of whether or not there will be a final examination, and
• the grading criteria and procedures to be used

For each graduate subject with a final examination, no other test may be given and no assignment may fall due after Friday, December 4, 2015. 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 December 4 and the end of the last regularly scheduled class in the subject.

Collaboration Policy and Expectations for Academic Conduct
Due to varying faculty attitudes towards collaboration and diverse cultural values and priorities regarding academic honesty, students are often confused about expectations regarding permissible academic conduct. It is important to clarify, in writing, expectations regarding collaboration and academic conduct at the beginning of each semester. This could include a reference to the MIT Academic Integrity Handbook.

Compressed Calendar and Career Fair
As you plan your syllabi, please be aware that this fall (as in any year in which Labor Day is so late) we have a compressed calendar. We have 63, rather than the usual 65, days of instruction. There is no September student holiday. This means that many students will be seeking to balance the Career Fair on Friday, September 25, with academic exercises. While this is not a recognized conflict, and instructors should use their own judgment about what is best for individual classes, I encourage you to try to avoid major assignments or exams on that day. There is also no Tuesday holiday following Columbus Day; a Monday schedule of classes will be held on that day. The last class day will be Thursday, December 10.

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