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academic departments

 Subject
Subject Source: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Scope Note: Administrative units responsible for teaching, research, and learning in a specified field of study

Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:

Course Catalogue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1865 - 1866

 Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/82466

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Committee on Summer School of Engineering records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39080008695022]
Identifier: AC-0231
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and reports relating to the establishment of the summer surveying camp run by the Department of Civil Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The camp was located in East Machias, Maine and was known informally as "Camp Technology." In addition to records of the committee planning the establishment of the camp, there is also information on the camp's operations in it's first 20 years.

Dates: 1909 - 1932

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Comparative Media Studies records

 Collection — Box 3: [Barcode: 39080032137231]
Identifier: AC-0592
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises records created by the Comparative Media Studies (CMS) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1989 to 2008. The collection also contains archived versions of the Comparative Media Studies/Writing department and CMS program websites.

Materials include: undergraduate and graduate syllabi, posters, articles, and research materials.

Dates: 1989 - 2008; 2017 - Ongoing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Concourse Program records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0459
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises records created within the Concourse Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1971 to 1996. Included in the collection are archived versions of the Concourse Program website spanning from 2017 through the present.

Dates: 1971 - 1996; 2017 July 21 - Ongoing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics curricula

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0401
Scope and Contents

The collection contains examinations and course notes prepared for 16.501 (Aerodynamics of a Compressible Fluid).





Dates: 1914 - 1983

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics student records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0253
Scope and Contents The collection consists of student records kept by the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1920-2009. Undergraduate student folders may contain part of the student application; reports on academic standing, including copies of grades; professors' evaluations; and disciplinary actions. Graduate student folders may contain MIT applications; reports on academic standing, including copies of grades; correspondence with professors...
Dates: 1920 - 2009

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Biological Science student records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0248
Scope and Contents

The collection contains graduate student records including grade transcripts, correspondence about academic performance, and thesis topics kept by the Department of Applied Biological Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1972-1991.

Dates: 1972 - 1991

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Biological Sciences records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0442
Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection consists of the administrative records and publications of the Department of Applied Biological Sciences (ABS) and its predecessors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Records from the administrative office include correspondence, memos, departmental reports on safety, and lists of faculty and graduate students. Records from the department head's office include faculty meetings with agendas and notes, departmental policies and issues, and files relating...
Dates: 1960 - 1988

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture curricula

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0475
Scope and Contents of the Collection A notable item in this collection is a document of 1866, Outline of a Course of Architectural Instruction, a pamphlet by William R. Ware, the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) It discusses early plans for an architecture curriculum in the beginning years of MIT. The curricula collection was assembled from a variety of sources in the MIT Libraries. More complete information about classes in all years...
Dates: 1866 - 1942

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture faculty records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0411
Scope and Contents

This collection contains faculty records kept by the Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dates: circa 1970-1995

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0586
Scope and Contents

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biological Engineering records date from 1984 to 2004. Collection materials include enrollment statistics, faculty presentations and research summaries, fellowship records, and administrative files.

Dates: 1984 - 2004

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0619
Scope and Contents

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biology records span 1883 to 2017. Records include research summaries, annual reports, course brochures, Conversations with Scientists videos, and an archived version of the Department of Biology website.

Dates: 1883, 1892, 1984-2017; Majority of material found within 1984 - 2017

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology student records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0178
Scope and Contents

This collection contains student records kept by the Department of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1941-2008.

Dates: 1941 - 2008

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Business and Engineering Administration records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0114
Scope and Contents of the Collection This collection of the records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Business and Engineering Administration, Course 15. Materials in boxes 1 to 6 were created by Erwin H. Schell, who was the first Business Management faculty member hired, and the first head of department. Schell was hired in 1917 and taught and directed Course 15 until his retirement in 1951. Records in boxes 1 and 2 consist of 17 volumes of outlines, reading lists, examinations, lecture notes and...
Dates: 1916 - 1959

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering curricula

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0122
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection contains bound student reports from the School of Chemical Engineering Practice stations (1917-1961), and photograph albums from the school's Mt. Katahdin trips (1930-1935) and other activities (1958-1972). Bound volumes of materials used in department classes include course descriptions and schedules; class handouts; problem sets and solutions; copies of quizzes, project assignments, and reports; and evaluation forms. There is also some information about department...
Dates: 1903 - 1992

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering faculty and staff personnel records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0444
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of personnel records of faculty and some academic staff kept by the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1968-1992. Materials includes letters of appointment, salary information, curricula vitae, correspondence, writings and publications, and termination forms.

Dates: 1968 - 1992

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0288
Scope and Contents of the Collection Administrative records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Chemical Engineering include annual reports, records of MIT and departmental committees, correspondence with MIT administrative officers, departments, and centers, and professional organizations, including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Cancer Society, and the Engineers' Council for Professional Development. Included are correspondence and memoranda about the curriculum and course...
Dates: 1924 - 2003

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering student records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0322
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of undergraduate and graduate student records kept by the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1922-2013. Undergraduate records include grade transcripts and correspondence about academic requirements and performance. Graduate records also include applications and information about theses.

Dates: 1922 - 2013

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry curricula

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0051
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises Department of Chemistry curricula dating from 1877 to 1985.

Dates: 1877 - 1985

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-0184
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection has two series. Series 1 is administrative records. Series 2 includes building plans for and a booklet about the River Hydraulics Laboratory and specifications for the Hydrodynamics Laboratory.

The digital material in the collection is found in Series 1. It consists of recordings to a conference comprising mostly RealMedia videos and an html file. Also in this series is the archived website of the Department.

Dates: 1928 - 2010

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering student records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0424
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of student records created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Undergraduate student folders may contain grade transcripts and correspondence about academic requirements and performance. Graduate student folders may contain applications, grade transcripts, and correspondence about academic requirements, performance, and theses.

Dates: 1973 - 2017

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering curricula

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0215
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains course notes for the Civil Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The bulk of the material dates from 1890 through 1917, including notes for courses on hydraulics and theory of structures (George Swain), stereotomy and warped surfaces (Dwight Porter), highways (Frederick E. Foss), and railroad engineering.

Dates: 1890 - 1978

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0494
Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, clippings, photographs, and audio and video cassettes pertaining to the administrative functions of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

Dates: 1941 - 1998; 2018 - Ongoing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences student records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0472
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises student records maintained by the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Student records in the collection were for undergraduate and graduate students that graduated between 1947 and 1996. Official student records are maintained by the Office of the Registrar.

Dates: 1947 - 1996

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0394
Scope and Contents of the Collection Most of the records were created while Robert Lyle Bishop (1958-1964) and Edgar Cary Brown (1964-1982) were heads of the department. The collection contains correspondence, plans, reports, and studies on affirmative action; and information about department committees, changes in the graduate and undergraduate curricula, and visiting committees. Included is a department history with lists of all faculty and student evaluations of courses. Also included is Brown's correspondence with the...
Dates: 1947