Independent Activities Period (IAP), is a special 4-week interim term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. IAP 2003 runs from January 6 through January 31. We offer four IAP
Entrepreneurship Courses (three for-credit, one non-credit) available to students and the wider MIT community.

For students and faculty, IAP provides a welcome break from the academic routine of the fall and spring semesters. It offers opportunities for creativity and flexibility in teaching and learning. Students are free to set their own educational agendas, pursue independent projects, meet with faculty, and accomplish many other things not possible during the semester. Many faculty try out innovative educational experiments as not-for-credit "IAP activities," and most faculty are available for informal contact with students.

PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY
IAP subjects (for credit) are available to all students registered in the fall or spring terms of the academic year.

Non-credit activities are only open to the MIT community and MIT affiliates: faculty, students, staff, and MIT alumni. Activities are not intended for non-MIT groups or for the public at large, but for the entire MIT community. The number of participants in IAP activities may be limited, but the ability to participate may not be limited to members of a particular group.

All members of the MIT community can join the non-credit activities found in the IAP Guide; activities are generally available in more than thirty-five different categories. Some activities require advance sign-up, but in most cases participants can simply show up at the stated time.

Employees need to check with their supervisors when activities they wish to attend conflict with their work schedules.

View IAP Course Offerings.