Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Committee on the Undergraduate Program records
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Series 1 includes agendas, background materials, and minutes of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a committee of the faculty. Series 2 consists of minutes of the Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement. Series 3 consists of the minutes of the Subcommittee on the HAAS Requirement Minutes, a subcommittee created in May 2009. Chronological and topical indexes are included in each years set of notes.
Dates
- 1985 - 2017
Creator
Access note
All materials in this collection are restricted for 20 years from their date of creation. The contents of folders that are more than 20 years old are open.
Conditions Governing Use
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Historical note
In 1985, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee on Educational
Policy recommended that its responsibilities be broadened and divided between two new faculty committees: the Faculty Policy Committee and the Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP). The faculty approved the changes in May 1985.
from: http://web.mit.edu/committees/cup/
The Committee on the Undergraduate Program exercises oversight for the undergraduate academic program including the freshman year, the General Institute Requirements, and other interdepartmental educational activities. The Committee considers proposals that would establish or change educational policies related to the undergraduate program, and it makes appropriate recommendations on these proposals to the MIT Faculty. One of the CUP’s particular responsibilities is in encouraging innovation and experimentation in undergraduate education and therefore, it has the authority to approve limited educational experiments and grant exceptions to existing policy and procedure in these cases.
At its meeting May 20, 2009 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Faculty passed recommendations for changes to the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement, as proposed by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP). It also called for the creation of a new Subcommittee of CUP to oversee the HASS requirement, which was established as the Subcommittee on the HASS Requirement.
Extent
11 Cubic Feet (1 record carton, 30 manuscript boxes)
1.95 Megabytes (1 digital file)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Committee on the Undergraduate Program
- advisory bodies Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- curricula Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- faculty governance Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- planning Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
- undergraduates Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Committee on the Undergraduate Program
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 September 22: Digital archivist, Joe Carrano, updated collection level extent and listing to reflect accession 2018-014
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Repository Details
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