SAGE and PE requirements

<p>Hi can anyone tell me about their experience with SAGE classes? Also, I know this is contradictory, but does Case offer any classes that will fulfill the PE requirement that aren't actually physical? Lol </p>

<p>I don’t have any experience with SAGES but in terms of PE, there are First Aid, Wellness and Personal Safety Awareness courses that shouldn’t have much physical requirement. I also believe there is PE credit given for Marching Band and Orientation Leaders. </p>

<p>Thanks so much. Greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>SAGES is…interesting. Most people either love it or hate. Basically, they’re three semesters of writing classes that can be on all sorts of topics (from analyzing jigsaw puzzles to violence in art) plus another class that’s also communications-related, but more focused on your major. Though interesting, because it’s three semesters long, a lot of people think it’s a waste of their time, especially if they’re studying a major that probably won’t need four semesters of it. A lot of people also dislike it because even though it’s a requirement, it’s often a struggle to get into the class you want and the classes fill up really quickly.</p>

<p>Most PE classes are really chill and are participation/attendance based. They also tend to fill up pretty quickly so many just choose to take it senior year when they have registration priority (and thus continuing the cycle).</p>

<p>Great information- thanks! I’m gathering that getting the classes you need at registration is a bit of an issue? (liike most schools.)</p>

<p>Yeah, pretty much. Wake up early only to find that the server doesn’t respond. Then as soon as it does, all the classes are full. Makes you wish they could change it somehow…</p>

<p>Second year Computer Science student here. SAGES courses also depend heavily on the professor. I really enjoyed all of mine because I had three great professors, even though I didn’t get the coolest topics. </p>

<p>Marching band counts as PE but doesn’t take much physical work, so you should join us!</p>

<p>Don’t worry about registration. If you email the professor, they can give you permission to join a class that’s already full. I actually have two overrides for spring semester. SAGES classes will depend on the professor (I do know a few people who successfully got overrides), but it’s hard for a professor to turn you down for a required course. </p>

<p>Great. Thanks so much. This is comforting to know about overrides. I’m a parent but will pass this on to my son, who does play 2 instruments but his school doesn’t have a marching band.</p>

<p>For the most part SAGES doesn’t bother me any more than regular distribution requirements (which we also have), but one of my complaints deals with the fact that every first-semester seminar has a required Fourth Hour, which is basically an hour-long extra class meeting scheduled once a week. Almost every Fourth Hour is scheduled at the same time, so Case Western had this policy:

But the Fourth Hours don’t meet together, so there’s no reason for all of them to take place at the same time. They essentially made everyone’s schedule less flexible for no good reason. </p>