REGISTRATION INFORMATION

About IAP Credit

Adding and Dropping Subjects

On-Line Pre-Registration

Subjects Extending into January

Lotteried Subjects

Physical Education Lottery

Grades

Cross-Registration

About IAP Credit

• For-Credit Subjects are listed both in the online and printed versions of the IAP Guide. The print version is distributed around campus the first week of December.

• When it comes to credit, the Independent Activities Period is different from spring and fall terms. Generally students are not required to participate, and they have historically had few restrictions on adding and dropping subjects during this period. The IAP process is designed to preserve the more flexible nature of the Period while providing instructors with class lists before subjects begin.

• Advisors are encouraged to discuss January plans with their advisees, but advisors will not be signing paper registration forms as they do in the fall and spring terms.

• Subjects continuing from fall term: such as 8.01L, 18.02A, and 18.023A impact the amount of units a student may take during January. Freshmen should pay special attention to the credit restrictions on these subjects, particularly if they wish to take the Second Summer Program.

Adding and Droping Subjects

• Because of the varied dates for subjects offered in the Independent Activities Period, there is no single add or drop date. Once subjects have begun, students should check with instructors about adding and dropping.

• Students will not have to file Add/Drop Forms with signatures from their advisors and instructors. They will use WebSIS pre-registration (see below) to change subject selection up until January 16, 2003 (5PM).

• Students may not drop subjects after submitting the final assignment or examination.

• Students are responsible for making sure that their subject selection is accurate on WebSIS by January 16, 2003 so that instructors will get accurate grade sheets. If the grade sheet is not accurate, instructors may add or drop students as appropriate.

On-Line Pre-Registration

• Students use WebSIS to pre-register centrally for credit subjects taken during the Independent Activities Period, January 6-January 31.

• Special topics, thesis, and UROP subjects: Students who are graduating in February and are continuing their thesis through January must pre-register for thesis on WebSIS.

• Due to the 12-unit IAP credit limit for students, departments continuing subjects into IAP should note the distribution of units below (see IAP Units of Credit for Subjects that Extend Into/Beyond IAP). The Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) is unlikely to approve petitions to exceed this 12 unit limit.

• All continuing students taking non-lotteried credit subjects pre-register on WebSIS starting Monday, December 2, 2002 (For lotteried subjects, see below)

• The pre-registration system will stay open so that students may update the information in WebSIS to reflect adds and drops they have made until January 16, 2003, when Independent Activities Period pre-registration closes.

Subjects that Extend Into IAP

There is a strictly enforced 12-unit credit limit for all students during the Independent Activities Period. Credit earned for certain fall subjects impacts this 12-unit limit.

For 8.01L, 18.02A, 18.023A and 18.01 taken during IAP:

Students taking ONE of the above subjects cannot receive credit for more than SIX (6) additional units in IAP.

Students taking TWO of these subjects CANNOT receive credit for ANY additional units in IAP.

UROP activity for credit also counts towards the credit limit.

Lotteried Subjects

• Some credit subjects offered in the Independent Activities Period conduct lotteries. Students wishing to take lotteried subjects do not pre-register for them on WebSIS but instead follow the instructions posted by each subject's organizer.

• Students must contact the organizers and enter the subject's lottery by the published deadlines. The organizers will notify students of the lottery outcome. Students who get space in a lotteried subject will automatically be registered by the department (this applies to lotteried subjects during IAP only).

• Students who wish to drop lotteried subjects should immediately inform the instructors and delete the subjects from their pre-registration on WebSIS so that wait-listed students can take their places. After pre-registration closes on Thursday, January 16, 2003 (5PM), students should contact the instructors.

Physical Education Lottery

Students choose Physical Education classes for the Independent Activities Period by entering the Physical Education lottery at WebSIS (Dates TBA). Lottery results will be available the next day.

Grades

Grades are due by Thursday, February 6, 2003 and will become available on WebSIS later that month. Students should contact their instructors to make sure the grades were submitted. Grades will appear on students' official transcript under the subject's official MIT Bulletin title.

Cross-Registration

As part of the Wellesley-MIT Exchange, MIT students may take credit subjects offered as part of Wellesley's Wintersession. Students should note that the 12-unit credit limit during IAP includes any subjects taken at Wellesley. Wintersession subjects and directions for cross-registering at Wellesley are available at the Student Services Center, 11-120.

Wellesley College students wishing to register for subjects offered in the Independent Activities Period should see Mr. Dan Engelhardt in MIT's Student Services Center, Room 11-120, (617) 258-6434, dane@mit.edu, to complete cross-registration. You should see Dan once your classes begin, but no later than January 18, 2002. If the subject has a lottery, be in touch directly with the contact person.

Aside from Wellesley, there is no cross-registration with other schools during IAP.

Credit guidelines for the Independent Activities Period are approved by the Committee on Academic Performance and the Academic Resource Center. If you need more information, call Betty Bradley x8-6422.