Committee on the Undergraduate Program

Committee on the Undergraduate Program 2008-09

The Committee on the Undergraduate Program exercises oversight responsibility for the undergraduate academic program, including the freshman year and interdepartmental programs, giving special attention to long-term directions. This committee is responsible for encouraging experimental innovation in undergraduate educational policy. The committee exercises authority to approve and supervise limited educational experiments. More details on the responsibilities of the CUP can be found at the website for the Rules and Regulations of the Faculty.

Members
Steven Hall, Chair (2011)
Associate Chair of the Faculty* (Melissa Nobles)
Chancellor Designate Representative (Peter Child)
Dean for Undergraduate Education* (Daniel E. Hastings)
Dean for Undergraduate Education Designate* (Diana Henderson)
Meg Jacobs (2010)
Timothy Jamison (2009)
Steven Leeb (2011)
Laura Schulz (2010)
Bernhardt Trout (2009)
Roy Welsch (2009)

Student Members
Yi Cai, '09
YeSeul Kim, '10
Benjamin Mensah, '11

Staff to the Committee
Anna Frazer, Executive Officer
Patricia Fernandes, staff to CUP

*Ex officio

Committee on the Undergraduate Program Subcommittees
Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement

Committee on the Undergraduate Program Experiments (see Rules and Regulations of the Faculty for explaination)
Sophomore Exploratory Subject Experiment (AY2004-AY2008)
Spring 2007 project-based Communication Intensive (CI) Subjects

Reports of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program
Review of Pass/No Record Grading and the Sophomore Exploratory Subject, January 2008 (PDF)
Report on Alternative Freshman Programs, April 2005 (PDF)
Report to the Faculty on Advising and Mentoring of Undergraduates, March 2005
Report of the Educational Design Project, August 1999
Mentoring Undergraduates at MIT, May 2001
Report on Freshmen Pass/No Record Grading and Advanced Placement Policy, October 2000
The First Year at MIT: Principles and Priorities, November 1999
Baker Foundation Guideline
Final Report of the CUP Subcommittee on Freshman Advising, May 14, 1997 (PDF)
Final Report of the CUP Subcommittee on Freshman Advising, November 1998 (PDF)

Other MIT Initiatives Related to Undergraduate Education
The Presidential Task Force on Student Life and Learning, 1998
The Presidential Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons

Policies and Procedures
Process for New Undergraduate Degree Programs