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Subcommittee on
the Communication Requirement
The Subcommittee on the Communication
Requirement (SOCR) was established at the March
2000 Faculty Meeting, when the MIT Faculty voted to implement the Communication
Requirement. SOCR is a permanent subcommittee of the Committee
on the Undergraduate Program (CUP), and its primary responsibility is to
oversee and establish policy for the Communication Requirement. It consists
of five Faculty members, one from each of the Schools of the Institute, two
undergraduate student members, and the following ex officiis members or their
designated representatives: the Dean for Undergraduate Education, the chair of the HASS Overview Committee (HOC), and the Head
of the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies. Guest members may be invited
to attend meetings as appropriate. The Chair(s) of the Subcommittee and its
members are appointed for three-year terms by the Chair of the CUP in consultation
with the Chair of the Faculty.
Charge
Subject to final review by the
CUP, SOCR acts with power to:
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Set general guidelines for Communication
Intensive (CI) subjects within departments, and designate CI subjects in each
undergraduate major program;
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Collaborate with the HASS Overview
Committee to establish guidelines for CI-H and CI-HW subjects;
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Oversee the evaluation of the
writing abilities of entering undergraduates and establish the standards to
exempt students who display competency in expository writing from being required
to enroll in designated writing subjects during their first year at the Institute;
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Define priorities for instructional
support of CI subjects throughout the Institute, and collaborate with the
Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies to provide oversight for the Communication
Resource Center;
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In consultation with professionals
in educational assessment, periodically review and assess the effectiveness
of specific CI subjects as well as the overall efficacy of the Communication
Requirement and its administration.
In addition, the Subcommittee will
undertake the following interim responsibilities related to the transition from
one requirement (the Writing Requirement) to another:
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Perform all of the functions
of the Committee on the Writing Requirement in overseeing the administration
of the Writing Requirement for students entering the Institute prior to the
summer of 2001;
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Administer and manage the transition
from the existing Writing Requirement to the Communication Requirement;
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In collaboration with the Working
Group appointed by the Chair(s) of SOCR, report to the Faculty by February
2001 on an implementation
plan that outlines the administrative processes for the Communication
Requirement.
Membership 2008–09
Samuel Allen, Chair, School of Engineering representative
John Carroll, Sloan School of Management representative
Rick Danheiser, School of Science representative
Kai von Fintel, ex officio, Chair of the HASS Overview Committee
Daniel Frey, School of Engineering representative
Daniel Hastings, ex officio, Dean for Undergraduate Education
Diana Henderson, ex officio, Designate of the Dean for Undergraduate Education
Chappell Lawson, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences representative
John Ochsendorf, School of Architecture & Planning representative
James Paradis, ex officio, Head of the Program for Writing and Humanistic Studies
Naomi Stein, Undergraduate representative
Kaidi Wang, Undergraduate representative
Kathleen MacArthur, Staff to SOCR, Assistant Dean for the Communication Requirement
Patricia Fernandes, Staff to SOCR
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