Subplan Requirements

Students must choose one subplan and complete at least five courses within the subplan for a minimum of 20 total units. Each subplan has two required courses, which must be taken during the first year. Additionally, each subplan has a list of approved elective courses from which at least three additional courses must be completed. The list of subplan elective courses is available below.

Subplan Selection

Matriculated students will see their subplan listed in Axess based on the subplan they selected when applying for admission. MIP will ask students to update their subplan before matriculation in autumn quarter, and this information will be used in the process to identify faculty advisors.

Please note that students may change their subplan through the end of the first academic year, pending approval from the MIP Assistant Director for Academic and Student Affairs.

Any approved change to the subplan will require the student to submit the Declaration or Change to a Field of Study for Graduate Students (Subplan change) e-Form in Axess to process the change to the academic plan.

Subplan Course Planning

The two required courses must be completed during the program’s first year unless there are unavoidable conflicts. Approval to complete a required subplan course during the second year of the program must be obtained from the MIP Assistant Director for Academic and Student Affairs.

There are no exemptions permitted for the required courses. However, coterm students who have already completed a required subplan course as part of their undergraduate degree program should discuss alternative options with MIP in order to avoid duplication.

As a reminder, all required subplan courses must be taken for a letter grade. However, limited subplan elective courses may be taken as pass-fail. Review details under Grade Policies below in this document. Additionally, courses numbered below 100 do not count toward graduate degrees.

Subplan Course Petition Process

Twice annually, MIP will accept petitions to incorporate additional courses into the approved electives. The process will allow students to submit courses for review by MIP leadership and the subject-matter faculty leaders for the respective subplan (s). For each review period, the timeline for the submission of petitions will be provided in writing.

The process requires students to submit detailed course information, including syllabi and a rationale for inclusion. The criteria for inclusion will include a review of a course’s substantive fit within the subplan ; rationale submitted by the student; recency and consistency of offering; graduate offering (i.e., course number generally 200-level and above); letter grade option (except GSB/LAW/SoM); and teaching evaluations. Skills-based courses are usually considered Customized Electives, a different degree requirement.

Approved courses will be added to the list of subplan electives. Students may retroactively apply a course toward their subplan if it is approved via petition after completing it.

The elective course list below includes currently offered as well as inactive courses, preserving the historical record per University policy. A list of active courses for the current academic year is available on the MIP website.

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