Department of English and Modern Languages

What will you get in English and Modern Languages at Sage?

small class sizes
personal interaction, instruction, and advising from a staff concerned about your individual education and future
contact with visiting writers, speakers, scholars (recent visitors include Sandra Gilbert, Marilyn Nelson, Sharon Olds, W.D. Snodgrass, Lucille Clifton, Marilyn Chin, Alice Fulton); Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Steven Millhauser will be reading November 5, 2009
an active community of faculty scholars and artists
an emphasis on critical thinking and transferring that thinking to a clarity in writing and research
the opportunity to intern at a wide variety of businesses and organizations; recent placements include Cengage Publishing (Clifton Park), the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office, and the Albany Institute of History and Art
major in English at RSC and enroll in the Early Assurance Program with Albany Medical School
major in English at RSC and participate in the 3+3 Pre-Law Program with Albany Law School

Carriage House Notes (Dept Newsletter)

Summer 09-Fall 09 Issue (pdf)

Department News

SLAP: Sage Language Acquisition Program
Get Your English or Spanish Degree in Three with the New Renaissance Baccalaureate!
Read about our new Global Wellness Living Learning Communities
English and Modern Languages Course Offerings 09-10 (pdf)
Updated/New English Major (for all students beginning at Russell Sage in Fall 09)
Mahara E-Portfolio FAQ (pdf)

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Keilidh McMath is joined by Avens Ridgeway and Willa Davie (both English majors). They piped for the Inauguration of Sage's Ninth President, Dr. Susan Scrimshaw, on October 23, 2009. Many other English and Modern Languages students participated in the Inauguration, performing in the Sagettes and the Sage Colleges Singers.

Our Mission

English and Modern Languages focuses on critical and evaluative thinking, analytical and persuasive writing, and linguistic capability in English and foreign languages. Students often combine Education programs with one of the majors. Community service and internship programs encourage students to gain valuable career and personal experience while they are pursuing a degree. Students in all majors in the department have an opportunity to complete a research project or paper during their final year of study.

The Modern Languages program operates three residential language centers as part of its teaching and co-curricular missions to Russell Sage College. Three Victorian brownstones on the Troy Campus, La Casa Espanola (Spanish House), La Maison Francaise (French House), and Das Deutches Haus (German House), have supported the multicultural development of more than three generations of Sage alumnae in all majors.

Program Missions and Learning Outcomes (includes assessment)