• Undergraduate Eligibility/Requirements for Architecture Design Studio
• Undergraduate Registration Advice

Students Receiving a "D" in either 4.101 or 4.104

Freshman who get a "D" (or an "F") in 4.101 (and 4.104) get no credit for it towards graduation. Upperclassmen who are not concentrating in Architectural Design and get a "D" in 4.101 (or 4.104) get credit towards their graduation requirement. Upperclassmen who are concentrating in Architectural Design and get a "D" in 4.101 (or 4.104) and then retake it and get a better grade will earn free elective credit towards graduation for the "D."

Students Receiving a "C" in 4.101 or 4.104

Students who received a "B" in 4.101 or 4.104 and a "C" in the other will be reviewed at the end of their first Level One studio. Should they not be allowed to continue on to second semester Level One, they will need to switch concentrations within the Department.

Eligibility Rules for Level One Studio
1. Minimum grade requirements discussed above.
2. Equivalent junior status (being a junior with too few credits is not sufficient).
3. Completion of two of the core requirements: 4.301, 4.401, 4.605, 4.206. It is recommended that all four be satisfactorily completed.

Eligibility Rules for Level Two Studio
1. Completion of 4.440, Basic Structural Theory.
2. Pass "gating," the process by which the architectural design faculty reviews the work of all students when they have completed their second Level One studio. Gating is definite regardless of grades, though low grades are an indication of how you may fare in the gating process.

There are three gating options:

a.

student will pass to Level Two studio,

b.

student will be allowed to take a third Level One studio,

c.

student will not be able to take any more studio courses.

To Complete the Architectural Design Discipline Stream

Students who have done well in Level One architectural design studios but do not wish to continue to a third studio, or students who have not done well enough to be allowed to continue to a third studio, may substitute two intermediate level subjects in either visual arts, building technology, or architectural history (both subjects must be from the same category).

Students may take no more than four architectural design studios as an undergraduate. Students may take a fifth studio only after they have been admitted to our graduate M.Arch. program by the Department Admissions Committee.

General Advice for Sophomores
• Complete all six Science Requirement subjects, the three HASS-Distribution subjects, and Writing Phase One by the end of your sophomore year. The longer they are postponed, the more difficult they become to schedule and to get yourself psyched up for.
• The best preparation for the first Level One architectural design studio is completion of 4.101, 4.104, 4.301, 4.401, 4.605, and 4.206. Thus students intending to take their first Level One architectural design studio in the Fall semester of their junior year should try to complete all these subjects by the end of their sophomore year. At the very least, 4.101, 4.104, and two of the remaining four core subjects must be completed prior to entering Level I studio.
• The Department offers one full subject which satisfies the Institute Laboratory Requirement: 4.411. It is offered only in the Fall.
• Both 4.42J and 4.440 are REST subjects offered in the Fall and Spring respectively. Note that 4.42J can be taken under the other numbers, 1.42J, 2.45J and should be if you plan to use it as your second REST along with 4.440. The Institute does not allow both required REST subjects to be from the same department.
• The second term of your sophomore year is the best time to choose a HASS concentration field. Therefore, the first term of your sophomore year is generally the best time to take HASS subjects which together with those you took as a Freshman will help you make an informed choice. As soon as you have decided on your HASS concentration, regardless of how far along you are towards completion, you should see the Field Advisor in that concentration, discuss what is needed to fulfill it, make a reasonable guess at the subjects you will take, fill out the "Proposal for a Concentration" form, have it approved by your Field Advisor, and send the copies to the appropriate parties (send the Registrar's Copy to Bette Davis in 14N-408, not to the Registrar's Office).
• The Committee on the Writing Requirement is very serious about the Writing I deadline of the first Monday in November. Obviously you should comply by passing a paper. Remember that you will be able to revise/rewrite/resubmit/negotiate later.
• The first Level One studio is offered only in the Fall making it impossible to start the 21-credit architectural design studio sequence in the Spring. Therefore, you must take 4.104 as a sophomore if you intend to start the regular architectural design sequence in your junior year.
• If you are considering taking a junior or senior semester studying at another school at home or abroad, you should speak to Transfer Credit Examiner Les Norford as soon as possible. It can be done and increasing numbers of students do it, but it requires careful and early planning.

General Advice for Juniors

• You should have chosen one of the four area discipline streams in the Department by this time. The longer you wait, the harder it will be to plan your program and the less flexibility you will have.
• If you plan to concentrate in Architectural Design and have taken 4.401 and 4.404, you must take a Level One studio this Fall. It is impossible to start the 21-credit Architectural Design studio in the Spring. The students who we believe to be eligible for a Level One studio will be listed on the "Level One Eligibility List" to be posted outside Headquarters a week prior to Registration Day. If your name is not listed there and you believe it should be, you must see Nancy Jones or Renee Caso before Registration Day. Students taking Level One studio should read Undergraduate Eligibility/Requirements for Architecture Design Studio carefully.
• If you still have Laboratory, REST, or Freshman requirements to meet, you really must get on with them. Most students find them less relevant as time goes on.
• This is the year in which to complete Phase II of the Writing Requirement.

General Advice for Seniors

• All Seniors should read the section regarding undergraduate graduation in the 1997-98 MIT Registration Information Class Schedule Academic Calendar put out by the Registrar's Office.
• You must not only take the subjects required for your HASS Concentration, but you must also see your HASS Field Advisor with your latest grade report and a copy of the previously filled out and approved "HASS Concentration Proposal" in order to fill out and have approved a "HASS Concentration Completion Form." It is your responsibility to distribute the copies to the appropriate parties (the "Registrar's" copy should go to Bette Davis in 14N-408).
• If you intend to graduate in February 1998 and still have not completed Phase II of the Writing Requirement, you must register for 21F.226, 21F.228, 21W.780, or 21W.783, and petitioning the Committee on the Writing Requirement by Thursday, 4 September 1997. Read the Architecture Department hand-out on the Writing Requirement carefully.
• If you still have not completed your physical education requirement including the Swim Test, you will need to file a petition at the Physical Education Office between during Registration Week in order to be placed on the February Degree List. This petition form, signed by the Director of Physical Education, will indicate how you plan to complete the requirement. You must enter the Athena lottery prior to filing the petition. For more information, contact the Physical Education Office (W32-125, x3-4291). No student has ever graduated from MIT who has not completed the Physical Education requirement ; this includes the swim test.