The SAGES program consists of:
One First Seminar was taken in the first semester of a student’s first year. Students could choose from around eighty courses. All First Seminars were designed to introduce students to CWRU and to provide writing instruction. This Seminar also included the Fourth Hour, an opportunity...
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First Seminar
University Seminars
Writing Portfolio
Departmental Seminar
→ Capstone
As seniors, CWRU students participate in a Capstone project over one or two semesters, culminating in a final public presentation of their work in a university-wide celebration of scholarship and service.
Each Senior Capstone must include key elements:
1. Demonstration of critical...
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First Seminar
University Seminars
Writing Portfolio
→ Departmental Seminar
Capstone
At CWRU, the seminar approach isn't confined to a separate, first-year program. Interactive, inquiry-based, individualized education permeates the entire University community. After the completion of the First Seminar and two University Seminars, SAGES students take a discipline-specific Departmental Seminar, usually...
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First Seminar
University Seminars
→ Writing Portfolio
Departmental Seminar
Capstone
After the completion of their second University Seminar, students compile final Writing Portfolios and submit them to the SAGES office. The Writing Portfolio documents a student’s development as a writer over their first three SAGES seminars and provides the University...
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First Seminar
→ University Seminars
Writing Portfolio
Departmental Seminar
Capstone
Students who have started the SAGES Program take two University Seminars. Though the writing and discussion proceed at a more advanced level, University Seminars have a family resemblance to First Seminars. Enrollment is still limited to 17 students.
The courses are writing...
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University Seminars
Writing Portfolio
Departmental Seminar
Capstone
Before the introduction of the Unified General Education Requirement (UGER) in the Fall of 2023, all first year students enrolled in a First Seminar. The seminar’s defining feature was its small size: with enrollment limited to 17 or fewer students,...