Pre-registration
Information
On-Line Pre-registration
Lotteried
Subjects
Physical Education
Lottery
Differences
from Spring
and Fall Terms
No Registration Forms
Adding and Dropping
Cross-Registration
Grades
On-line
Guide Subject
Listings (for credit)
Who Is Eligible To Take IAP For-Credit Subjects?
Full-time regular students in either the fall or spring terms may take IAP subjects for no additional charge. Students do not have to take subjects to retain their student status between fall and spring terms.
Students who are not paying full tuition in either the fall or spring term are subject to additional tuition charges and should consult the Registrar's Office, 11-268.
New graduate students and undergraduate transfer students who have been admitted for spring term, as well as returning students who will be registered full-time in the spring, are eligible to take IAP subjects, but should contact Betty Bradley, Associate Registrar, x8-6422, so that they may pre-register for IAP.
Special students should consult p. 48 -49 of the MIT Bulletin for information on their eligibility.
Pre-registration Information: Subjects requiring pre-registration
For-Credit Subjects are listed in the IAP Guide: both on-line and in the printed versions distributed on campus.
Subjects continuing from fall term: such as 8.01L, 18.02A, and 18.023A. Freshmen should pay special attention to the credit restrictions for IAP for these subjects, particularly if they wish to take the Second Summer Program.
Special topics, thesis, and UROP subjects: Students who are graduating in February and are continuing their thesis over IAP must pre-register for thesis on WebSIS.
Students use WebSIS to pre-register centrally for credit subjects taken during the Independent Activities Period, January 8-February 2.
Because of the 12-unit IAP credit limit for students, departments continuing subjects into IAP should note the distribution of units below. The Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) is unlikely to approve petitions to exceed the 12 unit IAP limit.
All continuing students taking non-lotteried credit subjects pre-register on WebSIS starting Friday, December 1, 2000. (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 19th when IAP pre-registration will be closed so that grade sheets can be prepared.
Some IAP credit subjects conduct lotteries. Students wishing to take lotteried credit subjects do not pre-register for these subjects on WebSIS. Instead, students must follow the instructions posted by each subject's organizer. Students must contact the subject's organizers and enter the subject's lottery by the published deadlines. The subject's organizers will notify students of the outcome of the lottery. 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 January 19th, students should contact the instructors.
Students choose Physical Education classes for IAP by entering the Physical Education lottery at WebSIS starting on Thursday, December 7, 2000, and ending at 1pm December 14, 2000 . Lottery results will be available the next day.
Differences from Spring and Fall Terms
IAP is different from spring and fall terms. Generally students are not required to participate in IAP, and they have historically had few restrictions on adding and dropping subjects during IAP. The new IAP process is designed to preserve the nature of IAP while providing instructors with class lists before subjects begin.
Advisors are encouraged to discuss IAP plans with their advisees, but advisors will not be signing paper registration forms as they do in the fall and spring terms.
Students will not have to file Add/Drop Forms with signatures from their advisors and instructors. They will use WebSIS pre-registration to change subject selection up until January 19th. Because of the varied dates for IAP subjects, there is no single add or drop date. Once subjects have begun, students should check with instructors about adding and dropping. 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 19th so that instructors will get accurate grade sheets. If the grade sheet is not accurate, instructors may add or drop students as appropriate.
As part of the Wellesley-MIT Exchange, MIT students may take credit subjects offered as part of Wellesley's Wintersession. Students should remember 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.
Aside from Wellesley, there is no cross-registration with other schools during IAP.
Grades are due by Thursday, February 8, 2001and 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.
IAP Units of Credit for Subjects that Extend Into/Beyond IAP
For 8.01L, 18.02A, 18.023A and 18.01 during IAP:
Subject (begun in Fall '00): 8.01L 18.02A 18.023A 18.01 Units Applied Towards IAP: 6 units 6 units 6 units 6 units Available units for IAP: 6 units 6 units 6 units 6 units
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.
Subject (begun in Fall '00):
10.491
Units Applied Towards IAP
4 units
Available units for IAP:
8 units
UROP activity for credit also counts towards the credit limit.
These guidelines approved by the Committee on Academic Performance and the IAP office. If you need more information, call Betty Bradley x8-6422 or Maggie Devine-Sullivan at x3-4164.
