ORGANIZING FOR-CREDIT SUBJECTS

Who Can Post IAP For-Credit Subjects

How to Determine Units for IAP Credit Subjects

How Often Should a Class Meet

How to Post IAP Subjects

Safety and Liability

Role of IAP Coordinator / IAP Administrator

Dates to Remember

Reserving Rooms / AV Equipment

Post / Revise Your IAP Subjects

Participation & Eligibility

Subjects offered for academic credit must be sponsored by an MIT academic department and must have faculty supervision. Only the academic department's designated IAP administrator may post a for-credit subject.

How to Determine Units for IAP Credit Subjects

1 unit = 1 hour per week x 13 weeks of fall or spring term = 13 hours

How often should a class meet?

• Leader determines distribution of hours over 4 weeks of IAP
  
  
• 19 class days and 1 holiday (Martin Luther King Day) in IAP 2003
  
  
• Final exam within IAP (no examination period)
  
  
• Hours should match units in MIT Bulletin
  
  
• While unit breakdowns in MIT Bulletin do not represent IAP weekly loads, they provide the ratio of scheduled hours to outside work, such as:
  • 1/2 (seminar with 2-0-4 units)
  • 1/3 (subject with 3-0-9 units)
    
    
• If units are to be arranged, they should follow typical ratios of scheduled
  hours to outside work. It might be helpful to review some examples from a previous IAP

Determine reasonable load of class and lab hours with enough time for outside work hours.

How to Post IAP Subjects

IAP '03 for-credit subjects must be submitted and posted electronically. Before you attempt to post a subject, you must obtain posting authorization from the IAP office. If you are not the authorized IAP Administrator or have questions about submitting subjects, please contact iap-www@mit.edu.

In order to post an IAP subject you must have the following:

• An MIT username with password (generally this is your MITKerberos ID)
• An MIT personal certificate. (Those without an MIT personal certificate can obtain one here and follow the instructions.)

Go to How to Use the For-Credit Subjects Posting Forms to find out how to use the electronic posting system.

Once you have prepared your subject electronically you may submit it for review by the IAP office. When your subject or activity has been approved, it will automatically be posted in this IAP '03 Online Guide. If submitted by Friday November 1, 2002, it will be also be published in the printed IAP Guide, available in early December.

Safety and Liability

Institute Guidelines for health, safety, and legal regulations, as well as policies for the use of MIT facilities, must be met for all activities. The Safety Office must be consulted if your subject or activity involves any of the following:

• high voltage
• pressure vessels
• ballistics
• aircraft
• large balloon
• structures
• use of hazardous materials, equipment, or machinery
• explosives
• open flames
• hazardous wastes
• public art displays or performances
• building, tower, or bridge construction on MIT property
• anything that might endanger life, limb, sight, or hearing of participants or bystanders.