undergraduates are admitted mit-wide, and are not expected to formally declare a major until the end of the freshman or sophomore year. all mit undergrads must satisfy the general institute requirements regardless of major, as well as more-specialized departmental requirements. sap undergrads normally are affiliated with the architecture department (course 4) or the department of urban studies and planning (dusp, course 11). all mit undergrads may freely register for any courses on a university-wide basis, including graduate-level courses, providing that they have satisfied any course prerequisites.