MIT Institutional Research
Office of the Provost
  Common Data Set 2003-2004

 

E. Academic Offerings and Policies

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions.

___
Accelerated program     
___
Honors program
_X_
Cooperative (work-study) program   
___
Independent study
_X_
Cross-registration   
_X_
Internships
___
Distance learning   
___
Liberal arts/career combination
___
Double major  
___
Student-designed major
___
Dual enrollment  
_X_
Study abroad
_X_
English as a Second Language (ESL)  
_X_
Teacher certification program
___
Exchange student program (domestic)  
___
Weekend college
___
External degree program
___
Other (specify): ___

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation:

_X_ Arts/fine arts     _X_ Humanities
___ Computer literacy   _X_ Mathematics
___ English (including composition)   ___ Philosophy
___ Foreign languages   _X_ Sciences (biological or physical)
___ History   _X_ Social science
_X_ Other (describe): physical education requirement, communication requirement, writing requirement, laboratory requirement, restricted electives in science and technology (REST) requirement

Library Collections

Report the number of holdings at the end of the 2002-03 fiscal year for each of the categories below. Refer to the Academic Libraries Survey, Section D "Library Collections," lines 22-26, column 2 for corresponding equivalents.

E4. Books, serial backfiles, and other paper materials (including government documents) [line 22]:  2,707,849
E5. Current serial subscriptions [line 26]:  22,597
E6. Microforms [line 24]:  2,367,273
E7. Audiovisual materials [line 25]:  596,928
E8. E-Books [line 23]:   ___

 

Institutional Research
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