Any UROP project must have must have active faculty guidance and participation. A student's proposed research should generally be in the area of the faculty supervisor's research expertise. Related Topics Substitutions for Requirements Changing Units UROP credit is awarded only under specific UROP numbers in each department. The Undergraduate Seminars Program offers students an opportunity to interact closely with faculty members on topics that are of current interest. Seminars vary tremendously both in style and topic.
Many topics are interdisciplinary in nature.
Titles and descriptions of seminars are published in the Undergraduate Seminar Program booklet, issued twice yearly. As part of the seminar program, freshmen may participate in Freshman Advising Seminars, in which the leaders of the fall-term seminars are their advisors. Wellesley also offers a Wintersession during January. Subjects taken at Harvard or Wellesley are counted as unrestricted general electives in the departmental program, unless the student gains approval for a subject to count as a GIR or as part of the departmental program. Harvard and Wellesley operate on different schedules from MIT's.