Objectives and Outcomes:
The content in CI courses has been developed to support your communication skills through your advanced education and into your career. CI courses generally require writing papers and/or doing presentations. For this reason, it is highly recommended to complete a HASS CI course within your first three semesters so you can use these developed skills earlier in your college career (which can only support your GPA).
Guidelines and Policies:
- Many INQR Courses are CI.
- All HASS Subjects offer CI Options.
- You cannot Pass/No Credit your CI Course.
- Should be taken within the first three semesters.
- CI courses must be taken at Rensselaer, they cannot be transferred from another college.
All students are required to take 2 Communication Intensive Courses:
- HASS Communication Intensive Course | Part of your HASS Core requirements
- Major-Specific Communication Intensive Course | Not part of the HASS Core requirements
How to find Communication Intensive Courses:
- Upcoming CI courses will be published on the Registrar’s Website: Academic Planning
- Find other CI courses in SIS.
- Go to the ‘Student Menu.'
- Select a semester (past, present, future).
- Click ‘Class Search.’ Select one or more HASS subjects, and click 'Submit."
- On the results page, view the ‘Attributes’ column (far right) in the search results (see screenshot below for an example).
