This option is only available for Transfer Students (first-year, sophomore, and junior status). Transfer students may use credits from courses taken at their previous institution to satisfy the HASS CI requirement. However, the course must meet the RPI standards for CI.

RPI Standards for Communication Intensive Courses:

The course you intend to transfer for CI credit must meet all of the RPI standards for CI., which are as follows:

• At least two communication intensive assignments.
• CI assignments must add up to the equivalent of at least 4000 words, regardless of medium. Oral presentations may be included in the 4000 words at a rate of 130 words per minute. Thus, a 5-minute presentation could count as 650 words toward the total. Notetaking, daily logs, journals, or similar exercises (often called Writing to Learn) can count up to 20% of the total minimum word count, or 800 words.
• At least one CI assignment must be iterative, meaning that students must receive instructor feedback on at least one draft prior to submitting the final work.
• Group assignments can be included, but in addition to any group assessment, each student in the group should also be assessed individually for their communication skills.
• Grades on CI assignments must comprise at least 25% of the final grade for the course.

If one of the courses that you took at your prior institution satisfies all these criteria, you must provide documentation that will verify that these standards are met.

If the syllabus is not enough, you may upload additional supporting materials, such as assignment guidelines/handouts. If you are unable to obtain those materials, you may ask the instructor of the original course or their Department Head to email Associate Dean Brett Fajen (fajenb@rpi.edu) to confirm that their course meets these standards.