CWRU’s Academic Inquiry Seminar self-selection process empowers first-year students to select a seminar that best suits their needs as college-level writers and thinkers. You will complete the self-selection module on your Roadmap. You will read an article, write a response to it, and answer questions related to your reading and writing experiences. You will be provided with materials to help you choose from among several different kinds of Academic Inquiry Seminar: descriptions of the courses available to you, a questionnaire about your writing and reading experience, and evaluative criteria you can use to self-assess your own writing.
Please note: You will not be able to register for classes until you complete this required Roadmap item.
Incoming Spring students will take their Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS) in their first semester. In order to make sure you know to enroll in an AIQS course when you are registering, you will see a placeholder in your schedule in SIS for AIQS 850S (3 credits).
If you selected Topical (AIQS 100) during the self-selection process, you will register yourself for an AIQS 100 course when you are registering for all of your other courses.
If you selected Foundations (AIQS 110) or Non-Native Speakers (AIQS 120 or AIAE 100) during the self-selection process (see above), you will be placed in an AIQS section as we have a limited number of sections available.