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Note: for new subjects the form requires you to upload a syllabus or the Catalog office will not consider the proposal.

CATALOG RESOURCES

Graduate Degree Updates Process/Timeline
List of subjects by discipline area/instructor
Catalog Update Instructions
Registrar’s Subject Listing
Registrar’s Catalog Standards (Guides for titles, descriptions, etc.)

Catalog Update Form

Your Information

Your name *

Your email address *

Desired Catalog Changes

Select all that apply.

Desired changes: *

NO CHANGES NEEDED

Subject title

Subject description

Pre- and/or Co-requisites

# of units or the unit breakdown

Level

“Joint” or “Meets-With” Status (add or drop)

Manner of grading

Enrollment limitations (add, drop, change)

“Repeated for Credit” status

GIR status (CI-H, HASS, etc.; undergraduate only, add or drop)

Term length (half or full)

Lab fee (add or drop)

Add NEW SUBJECT

Permanently remove subject

Subject Number *

Current Subject Title *

Change Subject Title

Change subject title to *

Change Subject Description

Change subject description to *

Pre-Requisites/Co-Requisites

I want to *

add a pre-requisite

remove a pre-requisite

add a co-requisite

remove a co-requisite

pre-requisite or co-requisite subject #(s) (or # of FLEXIBLE units if changing from fixed to flexible):

Unit Adjustment

I want to adjust units in this way: *

Make a flexible unit class a fixed unit class

Make a fixed unit class a flexible unit class

Change the number of units for a fixed-unit class

Number of units *

Please enter in x-x-x format where first x = number of hours in class, second x = number of hours in lab/recitation and third x = number of hours to be spent outside of class.

Change Class Level

I would like the level of this class to be *

undergraduate

graduate

Adjust Joint and/or Meets-With Status

I would like to *

Add meets-with status

Remove meets-with status

Add joint status

Remove joint status

Enter subject number(s) that will have added or removed meets-with or joint status:

Change Manner of Grading

I would like the manner of grading to be *

letter grade

pass/fail

Add/Change/Remove Enrollment Limitation

I want to *

add enrollment limitation

change enrollment limitation

remove enrollment limitation

Enter enrollment limitation *

Add/Remove Repeat for Credit Status

I want to *

add repeat for credit status

remove repeat for credit status

Add/Change/Remove GIR Status

Please speak with Tessa Haynes regarding the details post-submission.

Please enter details *

Adjust Term Length

Change term length to *

half-term subject

full-term subject

Which half of the term will subject meet? *

first half of term

last half of term

Add/Change/Remove Lab Fee

I want to *

add lab fee

change lab fee

remove lab fee

Enter fee amount $ *

New Subject Information

Discipline area *

A+U

ACT

COMP

HTC or AKPIA

New subject title *

Enter Catalog course description

Please read guidelines for writing Catalog course descriptions at https://registrar.mit.edu/faculty-curriculum-support/curriculum-schedule-planning/proposing-subject/catalog-standards/subject

Level of new class *

undergraduate

graduate

Instructor or person with overall responsibility for subject *

In which term will class be taught? *

Fall

IAP

Spring

New subject term length *

half-term

full-term

Which half of term will class meet? *

first half

last half

Please enter the number of units in x-x-x format *

Please enter in x-x-x format. The first x = number of hours of class time. The second x = the number of hours in lab/recitation. The third x = number of outside hours expected

Method of Grading *

letter grade

pass/fail

Will there be any pre- or co-requisites? If so, list them here.

Will this class be a required or required/restricted elective for a degree program? If so, please explain here

If this subject was ever taught as a special subject what was the subject number and term(s) taught?

Syllabus Upload *

Maximum file size: 2MB

Allowed file types: pdf doc docx.

Rationale for changes, addition of new subject or subject removal: *

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