UNIV 190 is a first-semester course required for all incoming first year students at Clarkson. It is part of Clarkson’s Common Core. It has two central aims:
- Hone student sophistication in reading, writing, and critical thinking.
- Provide an opportunity for small-sized, discussion-based classes on big-picture themes important to our daily lives outside the classroom.
Seminar classes are thematically structured, and themes are interdisciplinary in nature. This is not an English class. UNIV 190 is taught by professors who specialize in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, including literature, film, history, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
The work assigned in UNIV 190 classes will vary, but all UNIV 190 classes will have:
- 20-40 double-spaced pages of writing or equivalent oral and written work.
- At least 10-15 pages of formally graded essays.
- A chance to revise and resubmit at least one essay.