PASSAGE What is PASSAGE?
PASSAGE is a learning community for first year students of color where the curriculum is designed to meet General Education requirements regardless of academic track or major. This learning community consists of two structured experiences, PASSAGE I and PASSAGE II. PASSAGE I is for the soft science and liberal arts majors such as: Psychology, Sociology, Communications, Business, Education Political Science, or Undecided. PASSAGE II has been designed for the hard science majors such as: Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, and Nursing.
Benefits of both learning communities include connection to on-campus activities and events, access to the Office of Multicultural Development Laptop loan program, small class sizes, leadership opportunities, easy first year class registration and structured study table program.
How do I qualify for PASSAGE?
To qualify for the PASSAGE learnign community you must:
- Be a first-year student at The University of Akron
- Be a full-time baccalaureate (bachelor’s degree) student
- Have a cumulative high school GPA of 2.75 or higher
- Have ACT and/or SAT scores to place into English Composition I and the appropriate math course for your major; additional test may be required
- Complete an essay
- Successfully complete an interview
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