For a subject to be designated as CI M for an undergraduate major, the subject must be approved by both the CUP Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement ( SOCR ) and the Committee on
Curricula ( COC ).
This form (along with an updated syllabus) should be submitted to SOCR and is intended for proposing designation of a new CI M subject or revisions to the communication-intensive components of a current CI M ; the standard COC proposal form must be submitted to that committee as well. This form should not be used to propose a CI H subject; please email commreq@mit.edu
for information on proposing CI H subjects.
Subject number:
Subject name:
For which degree program(s) will this serve as CI M ?
Department:
Contact name:
Contact email:
Date submitted:
Completed
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M proposal forms should be sent with an updated syllabus commreq@mit.edu
. (If formal learning objectives and measurable outcomes have been established for this subject, these may also be included.) The due date for
AY
2015-16
CI
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M proposals is December 5, 2014.
Further information on the Communication Requirement is available at http://web.mit.edu/commreq/ or by contacting Kathleen MacArthur, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Support, at 253-2783 or commreq@mit.edu
. For more information on the proposal process, contact Lauren Reemsnyder, Staff to the Subcommittee on the Communication Requirement, at 253-6309 or commreq@mit.edu
.
Further information on designing assignments and integrating communication instruction into your CI M subject is available on the web at http://cmsw.mit.edu/wrap or by contacting Suzanne Lane, Director of
Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication, at 452-5009 or stlane@mit.edu
.

CI M Proposal for AY2015-16
The criteria for CI M subjects may be found at: http://web.mit.edu/commreq/faculty ci-m.html
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Communication Intensive subjects in the major ( CI M ) must: o integrate writing and speaking assignments that relate to the professional discourse in the major field; o require at least 5,000 words of writing including one mandatory revision, an equivalent amount of oral communication, or an equivalent combination of the two; o include substantial instruction and feedback on student work; and o count communication-intensive activities as ≥ 25% of the final grade
1.
When do you expect students to take this subject? Check all that apply:
Sophomore Junior Senior
2.
Units:
12 units
9 units
Other (please explain):
3.
Prerequisites:
4.
Other Institute Requirements satisfied by this subject. Check all that apply:
Lab
REST
HASS
HASS
Distribution Category
Elective
5.
Academic year(s) subject is to be offered. Check all that apply:
AY
2015-2016
AY
2016-2017
AY
AY
2017-2018
2018-2019
6.
Term(s) offered. Check all that apply:
Fall
Spring
IAP
Summer
7.
What is the expected enrollment for this subject in each term?
Fall term: Spring term:
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8.
Please indicate whether the subject is new, modified, or existing and unmodified.
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If new or modified, when will the subject first be offered in the format proposed for
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designation?
If modified, please describe the modifications as they relate to the communication-intensive activity:
9.
Describe how the communication-intensive activities are integrated with the educational objectives of this subject . How do these activities develop students’ skills within your particular field’s specific conventions of communication?
10.
Mode(s) of communication
Written
Oral
Other (please explain):
11.
Describe the instruction in communication skills and who will provide it:
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12.
Please describe the number, type, and length of the communication assignments including when they occur during the course of the semester. Normally, each
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subject should require a minimum of 5,000 words of individual writing, the equivalent amount of individual oral communication, or an equivalent combination of written and oral communication. (As a rule of thumb, a minute of formal presentation is considered equivalent to approximately 100-120 words.)
Please also attach an updated syllabus for the subject. (If formal learning objectives and measurable outcomes have been established for this subject, these may also be included.)
13.
If team or group assignments
— written or oral — are involved, please describe how these assignments are structured to ensure that each student contributes an appropriately substantial component of the communication-intensive work and how that individual contribution is evaluated:
14.
CI M subjects must provide each student with the opportunity to revise a communication assignment based on feedback. Please indicate which assignment(s) will be revised, and when during the term the revision(s) will occur:
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What kind of feedback will be provided and by whom?
15.
Describe how the communication component of the subject will affect the grade given to students.
The communication portion of each CI M subject should count significantly toward the overall grade, i.e., at least 25% of the subject grade.
16.
Are you interested in assistance in any of the following areas: (i) integrating communicationintensive activities into your course design, (ii) assignment development, (iii) communication instruction or (iv) evaluation of communication assignments?
Yes No
If yes, please describe what type of assistance you are seeking:
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17.
Describe the instructional resources required for communication instruction and feedback including the use of Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication staff, additional TA s, or other instructional support.
Indicate whether these resources are new or existing.
New resources Existing resources
Please note that
SOCR
evaluates requests for new resources and makes recommendations to the
Dean for Undergraduate Education. The Subcommittee cannot guarantee that all requests for resources will be funded. Preliminary questions about resources may be addressed to Kathleen
MacArthur, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Support.
If there is additional information that will aid SOCR in its review of the subject, or if you have a comment on this proposal form, please include it here.
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