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 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 2009–10:

21F.222	Expository Writing for Bilingual Students	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.000J	Writing About Literature [21W.734J]	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.730	Writing on Contemporary Issues	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.731	Writing and Experience	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.732	Science Writing and New Media	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.734J	Writing About Literature [21L.000J]	Fall 2009, Spring 2010

CI-H Subjects approved for 2009–10:

3.986	The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology	HASS-D	Fall 2009
4.211J	The Once and Future City [11.016J]		Spring 2010
4.330	Introduction to Networked Cultures and Participatory Media		Fall 2009
4.602	Modern Art and Mass Culture	HASS-D	Spring 2010
11.002J	Making Public Policy [17.30J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
11.015J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [21H.104J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
11.016J	The Once and Future City [4.221J]		Spring 2010
11.124	Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education		Fall 2009
11.125	Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education		Spring 2010
17.01J	Justice [24.04J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
17.199J	Working in a Global Economy [21F.098J]		Fall 2009
17.20	Introduction to the American Political Process	HASS-D	Spring 2010
17.30J	Making Public Policy [11.002J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
17.309J	Science, Technology, and Public Policy [STS.082J]		Fall 2009
17.40	American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future	HASS-D	Fall 2009
17.42	Causes and Prevention of War	HASS-D	Spring 2010
17.50	Introduction to Comparative Politics	HASS-D	Fall 2009
17.55J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [21A.430J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21A.113J	The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture [21L.013J, 21M.013J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21A.114J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21H.106J, 21L.008J, 21M.630J, 21W.741J, 24.912J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21A.215	Disease and Health: Culture, Society, and Ethics		Spring 2010
21A.216J	Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good? [SP.622J]		Fall 2009
21A.218J	Identity and Difference [SP.454J]		Spring 2010
21A.226	Ethnic and National Identity		Fall 2009
21A.430J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21F.084J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21F.011	Topics in Indian Popular Culture		Spring 2010
21F.019	Communicating Across Cultures		Spring 2010
21F.024J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [24.906J]		Fall 2009
21F.046	Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema		Spring 2010
21F.056	Visual Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present		Fall 2009
21F.059	Paradigms of European Thought and Culture	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21F.064	Introduction to Japanese Culture	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21F.076	Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21F.084J	Introduction to Latin American Studies [17.55J, 21A.430J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21F.098J	Working in a Global Economy [17.199J]		Fall 2009
21F.192	Modern Chinese fiction and Cinema		Spring 2010
21F.226	Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)		Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21F.228	Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)		Spring 2010
21F.592	Introduction to Japanese Culture	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21H.102	American History since 1865	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21H.104J	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History [11.015J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21H.105	American Classics	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21H.106J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21L.008J, 21M.630J, 21W.741J, 24.912J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21H.301	The Ancient World: Greece	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21H.302	The Ancient World: Rome	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21H.433	The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21H.504	East Asia in the World: 1500-2000 AD	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21H.571	History of Modern South Asia		Fall 2009
21H.615	The Middle East in the Twentieth Century		Spring 2010
21L.001	Foundations of Western Culture I: Homer to Dante	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.002	Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21L.003	Reading Fiction	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.004	Reading Poetry	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.005	Introduction to Drama	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.006	American Literature	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.007	World Literatures	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21L.008J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21H.106J, 21M.630J, 21W.741J, 24.912J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.009	Shakespeare	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.011	The Film Experience	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.012	Forms of Western Narrative	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.013J	The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture [21A.113, 21M.013J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.017	The Art of the Probable	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21L.421	Comedy	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21L.423J	Folk Music of the British Isles and North America [21M.223J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21L.448J	Darwin and Design [21W.739J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21M.011	Introduction to Western Music	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21M.013J	The Supernatural in Music, Literature, and Culture [21A.113J, 21L.013J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21M.030	Introduction to World Music	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21M.223J	Folk Music of the British Isles and North America [21L.423J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21M.230	Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel		Fall 2009
21M.630J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21H.106J, 21L.008J, 21W.741J, 24.912J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21M.670J	Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography [SP.591J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21M.710	Script Analysis		Fall 2009
21W.735	Writing and Reading the Essay	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21W.739J	Darwin and Design [21L.448J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21W.741J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21H.106J, 21L.008J, 21M.630J, 24.912J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21W.742J	Writing about Race [SP.575J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21W.745	Advanced Essay Workshop		Spring 2010
21W.746	Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine: From Ancient Greece to Modern America	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21W.747	Rhetoric	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.774	Invention and Ingenuity: Writing about Engineers and the Worlds They Make		Fall 2009
21W.775	Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues	HASS-D	Spring 2010
21W.778	Science Journalism		Fall 2009
21W.784	Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change	HASS-D	Fall 2009
21W.785	Communicating with Web-based Media		Fall 2009, Spring 2010
21W.789	Communicating with Mobile Technology		Spring 2010
24.00	Problems of Philosophy	HASS-D	Fall 2009
24.01	Classics in Western Philosophy	HASS-D	Fall 2009
24.02	Moral Problems and the Good Life	HASS-D	Fall 2009
24.04J	Justice [17.01J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
24.06J	Bioethics [STS.006J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
24.09	Minds and Machines	HASS-D	Spring 2010
24.900	Introduction to Linguistics	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
24.906J	The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism [21F.024J]		Fall 2009
24.912J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21H.106J, 21L.008J, 21M.630J, 21W.741J, SP.417J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
CMS.100	Introduction to Media Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2009
MAS.110	Fundamentals of Computational Media Design		Fall 2009
SP.2H3	Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics	HASS-D	Fall 2009
SP.317	Memory and Literature	HASS-D	Spring 2010
SP.360	Terrascope Radio		Spring 2010
SP.401	Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies	HASS-D	Fall 2009, Spring 2010
SP.409	Women and Global Activism in Media and Politics	HASS-D	Spring 2010
SP.417J	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21A.114J, 21H.106J, 21L.008J, 21M.630J, 21W.741J, 24.912J]	HASS-D	Fall 2009
SP.454J	Identity and Difference [21A.218J]		Spring 2010
SP.575	Writing about Race [21W.742J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
SP.591J	Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography [21M.670J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
SP.622J	Dilemmas in Biomedical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good? [21A.216J]		Fall 2009
STS.001	Technology in American History	HASS-D	Spring 2010
STS.005	Disease and Society in America	HASS-D	Fall 2009
STS.006	Bioethics [24.006J]	HASS-D	Spring 2010
STS.010	Neuroscience and Society	HASS-D	Spring 2010
STS.034	Science Communication: A Practical Guide		Spring 2010
STS.082J	Science, Technology, and Public Policy [17.309J]		Fall 2009

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