Communication Requirement: CI-H Subjects

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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 term. 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 2008–09:

21F.222	Expository Writing for Bilingual Students	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.000J	Writing About Literature [21W.734J]	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.730	Writing on Contemporary Issues	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.731	Writing and Experience	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.732	Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.734J	Writing About Literature [21L.000J]	Fall 2008, Spring 2009

CI-H Subjects approved for 2008–09:

1.588J	Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering [3.070J, 22.002J, 21W.781J, ESD.032J]		Spring 2009
3.070J	Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering [1.588J, 22.002J, 21W.781J, ESD.032J]		Spring 2009
4.602	Modern Art and Mass Culture	HASS-D	Spring 2009
11.002J	Making Public Policy [17.30J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
11.015J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [21H.104J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
17.01J	Justice [24.04J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
17.199J	Working in a Global Economy [21F.098J]		Fall 2008
17.20	Introduction to the American Political Process	HASS-D	Fall 2008
17.30J	Making Public Policy [11.002J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
17.40	American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future	HASS-D	Fall 2008
17.42	Causes and Prevention of War	HASS-D	Spring 2009
17.50	Introduction to Comparative Politics	HASS-D	Fall 2008
17.55J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [21A.430J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21A.113J	The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture [21M.013J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21A.225J	Violence, Human Rights, and Justice [SP.621J]		Spring 2009
21A.231J	Gender, Sexuality, and Society [SP.455]		Fall 2008
21A.430J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21F.010	Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21F.018	Topics in Bilingual/Bicultural Studies		Spring 2009
21F.019	Communicating Across Cultures		Spring 2009
21F.022J	International Women's Voices [SP.461J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21F.024J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [24.906J]		Fall 2008
21F.027	Visualizing Cultures [21H.917J]		Spring 2009
21F.046	Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema		Fall 2008
21F.055	Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany		Spring 2009
21F.059	Paradigms of European Thought and Culture	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21F.064	Introduction to Japanese Culture	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21F.065	Japanese Literature and Cinema		Fall 2008
21F.076	Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21F.080	Masterpieces of Hispanic Culture		Fall 2008
21F.084J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21A.430J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21F.098J	Working in a Global Economy [17.199J]		Fall 2008
21F.192	Modern Chinese fiction and Cinema		Fall 2008
21F.226	Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)		Spring 2009
21F.228	Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)		Spring 2009
21F.590	Visualizing Cultures		Spring 2009
21F.592	Introduction to Japanese Culture	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21F.593	Japanese Literature and Cinema		Fall 2008
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21H.102	American History since 1865	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21H.104J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [11.015J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21H.105	American Classics	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21H.301	The Ancient World: Greece	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21H.302	The Ancient World: Rome	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21H.421	Introduction to Environmental History	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21H.433	The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21H.504	East Asia in the World: 1500-2000 AD	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21H.615	The Middle East in the Twentieth Century		Spring 2009
21H.917	Visualizing Cultures [21F.027J]		Spring 2009
21L.001	Foundations of Western Culture I: Homer to Dante	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21L.002	Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21L.003	Reading Fiction	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.004	Reading Poetry	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.005	Introduction to Drama	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21L.006	American Literature	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.007	World Literatures	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21L.009	Shakespeare	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.011	The Film Experience	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.012	Forms of Western Narrative	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21L.016	Learning from the Past: Drama, Science, Performance	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21L.017	The Art of the Probable	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21L.421	Comedy	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21L.423J	Folk Music of the British Isles and North America [21M.223J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21L.448J	Darwin and Design [21W.739J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21M.011	Introduction to Western Music	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21M.013J	The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture [21A.113J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21M.030	Introduction to World Music	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21M.223J	Folk Music of the British Isles and North America [21L.423J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21M.230	Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel		Fall 2008
21M.240	Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven		Spring 2009
21M.273	Opera		Spring 2009
21M.616	Learning from the Past: Performance, Drama, Science	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21M.670J	Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography [SP.591J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21W.735	Writing and Reading the Essay	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.739J	Darwin and Design [21L.448J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21W.742J	Writing about Race [SP.575J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.745	Advanced Essay Workshop	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21W.746	Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine: From Ancient Greece to Modern America	HASS-D	Spring 2009
21W.747	Rhetoric	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
21W.774	Invention and Ingenuity: Writing about Engineers and the Worlds They Make		Fall 2008
21W.775	Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21W.778	Science Journalism		Spring 2009
21W.781J	Communicating about Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering [ESD.032J]		Spring 2009
21W.784	Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change	HASS-D	Fall 2008
21W.785	Communicating with Web-based Media		Fall 2008
21W.789	Communicating with Mobile Technology		Spring 2009
22.002J	Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering [1.588J, 3.070J, 21W.781J, ESD.032J]		Spring 2009
24.00	Problems of Philosophy	HASS-D	Spring 2009
24.01	Classics in Western Philosophy	HASS-D	Fall 2008
24.02	Moral Problems and the Good Life	HASS-D	Fall 2008
24.04J	Justice [17.01J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
24.06J	Bioethics [STS.006J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
24.09	Minds and Machines	HASS-D	Fall 2008
24.900	Introduction to Linguistics	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
24.906J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [21F.024J]		Fall 2008
CMS.100	Introduction to Media Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2008
ESD.032J	Communicating About Technology: Colossal Failures in Engineering [1.588J, 3.070J, 21W.781J, 22.002J]		Spring 2009
MAS.110	Fundamentals of Computational Media Design		Fall 2008
SP.2H3	Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics	HASS-D	Fall 2008
SP.321	Madness and Literature	HASS-D	Spring 2009
SP.360	Terrascope Radio		Spring 2009
SP.401	Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
SP.409	Women and Global Activism in Media and Politics	HASS-D	Spring 2009
SP.455J	Gender, Sexuality, and Society [21A.231J]		Fall 2008
SP.461J	International Women's Voices [21F.022J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
SP.575	Writing about Race [21W.742J]	HASS-D	Fall 2008, Spring 2009
SP.591J	Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography [21M.670J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
SP.621J	Violence, Human Rights, and Justice [21A.225J]		Spring 2009
SP.640J	The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender [STS.046J]		Fall 2008
STS.001	Technology in American History	HASS-D	Spring 2009
STS.002	Toward the Scientific Revolution	HASS-D	Fall 2008
STS.005	Disease and Society in America	HASS-D	Fall 2008
STS.006	Bioethics [24.006J]	HASS-D	Spring 2009
STS.010	Neuroscience and Society	HASS-D	Fall 2008
STS.046J	The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender [SP.640J]		Fall 2008

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