Individual Activities Period

anon89723960
Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:25:25 +0000

If you’re a full student in either fall or spring, you’re eligible to take IAP subjects (no additional costs). (Note, you’re only eligible for housing for the half of IAP adjacent to the term you’re paying for. But I guess that’s probably not relevant ^^)

You might want to visit the website - [MIT’s Independent Activities Period: IAP 2012](http://web.mit.edu/iap/)

Most IAP classes are just worth general elective credit rather than fulfilling a specific GIR or department requirement, but this is not always the case. You can take some HASS’s over IAP - mostly language classes - and a couple majors like architecture do have department requirements offered over IAP.

As for how often they meet, it depends on the class. Language classes (12 units/1 class) tend to meet daily. Some classes only meet for a week or two if they’re worth fewer units, or only three days a week, etc.

Most people come in with some credit or classes and end up not needing anything over IAP. I personally didn’t come in with any credit and would like to lighten up my senior year since I plan on taking some difficult labs You’re capped at one full subject per IAP (all the classes I’ve taken for credit have been 6 units, or half a subject - I’ve seen subjects ranging 2-12 units during IAP) unless you petition.