Communication Requirement: CI-H Subjects

List of current CI-HW and CI-H Subjects

The CI-H subjects provide you with a foundation in effective expository writing and oral communication. CI-H subjects are writing classes or classes in the HASS curriculum in which you plan, organize, draft, and revise a series of sequenced assignments based on course material.

You must pass a CI-H subject in order to receive credit. You may receive CI credit for only one CI-H subject per termr. CI-H subjects may be either HASS-D or HASS Electives. To enroll in a CI-H subject that is also a HASS-D, you will need to participate in the HASS-D lottery; to enroll in a CI-H subject that is a HASS Elective, you will register as you do for other MIT subjects.

Choosing an appropriate CI-H

If you are a freshman who received a score of "CI-H/CI-HW Required " on your FEE or a sophomore who has completed one CI subject, you may take any CI-H or CI-HW subject.

If you received an FEE score of "CI-HW Required", your first CI subject must be designated as CI-HW.

If you received a FEE score of "ESL (English as a Second Language) Subject Required", then you must take 21F.222 as your first CI subject.

The Communication Requirement specifies that undergraduates complete one CI subject by the end of the first year, two by the end of the second year, three by the end of the third year, and four by graduation.

If you have questions about what CI-H and CI-HW classes are appropriate for you, please contact the Office of the Communication Requirement at: commreq [at] mit [dot] edu or (617) 253-2313.

CI-HW Subjects approved for 2006–07:

21F.222	Expository Writing for Bilingual Students	Fall 2006
21L.000J	Writing About Literature [21W.734J]	Fall 2006
21W.730	Expository Writing	Fall 2006
21W.731	Writing and Experience	Fall 2006
21W.732	Introduction to Technical Communication	Fall 2006
21W.734J	Writing About Literature [21L.000J]	Fall 2006

CI-H Subjects approved for 2006–07:

11.002J	Introduction to the Policymaking Process [17.30J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
11.015J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [21H.104J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
17.199J	Working in a Global Economy [21F.098J]		Fall 2006
17.20	Introduction to the American Political Process	HASS-D	Fall 2006
17.30J	Introduction to the Policymaking Process [11.002J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
17.31J	Science, Technology, and Public Policy [STS.082J]		Fall 2006
17.40	American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future	HASS-D	Fall 2006
17.50	Introduction to Comparative Politics	HASS-D	Fall 2006
17.55J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [21A.430J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21A.430J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21A.453	Anthropology of the Middle East		Fall 2006
21F.010	Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21F.011	Topics in Indian Popular Culture		Fall 2006
21F.022J	International Women's Voices [SP.461J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21F.024J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [24.906J]		Fall 2006
21F.064	Introduction to Japanese Culture [21F.592]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21F.080	Masterpieces of Hispanic Culture		Fall 2006
21F.084J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21A.430J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21F.098J	Working in a Global Economy [17.199J]		Fall 2006
21F.226	Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering: ELS [21F.225]		Fall 2006
21H.102	American History since 1865	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21H.104J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [11.015J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21H.301	The Ancient World: Greece	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21H.433	The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.001	Foundations of Western Culture I: Homer to Dante	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.003	Reading Fiction	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.004	Reading Poetry	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.005	Introduction to Drama	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.006	American Literature	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.007	World Literatures	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.009	Shakespeare	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.011	The Film Experience	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.015	Introduction to Media Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.421	Comedy	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.448J	Darwin and Design [21W.739J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21L.455	Classical Literature		Fall 2006
21L.501	The American Novel		Fall 2006
21M.011	Introduction to Western Music	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21M.030	Introduction to World Music	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21M.230	Vivaldi, Bach and Handel		Fall 2006
21M.710	Script Analysis		Fall 2006
21W.735	Writing and Reading the Essay	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21W.793J	Darwin and Design [21L.448J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21W.745	Advanced Essay Workshop [SP.576]		Fall 2006
21W.747	Rhetoric	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21W.775	Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21W.778	Science Journalism		Fall 2006
21W.784	Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change	HASS-D	Fall 2006
21W.785	Communicating in Cyberspace		Fall 2006
24.00	Problems of Philosophy	HASS-D	Fall 2006
24.02	Moral Problems and the Good Life	HASS-D	Fall 2006
24.900	Introduction to Linguistics	HASS-D	Fall 2006
24.906J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [21F.024J]		Fall 2006
MAS.110	Fundamentals of Computational Media Design		Fall 2006
SP.401	Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2006
SP.461J	International Women's Voices [21F.022J]	HASS-D	Fall 2006
SP.640J	The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender [STS.046J]		Fall 2006
STS.005	Disease and Society in America	HASS-D	Fall 2006
STS.036	Technology and Nature in American History		Fall 2006
STS.046J	The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender [SP.640J]		Fall 2006
STS.082J	Science, Technology, and Public Policy [17.31J]		Fall 2006

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