COML 1105

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COML 1105
FWS: Books with Big Ideas

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

What do Frankenstein and Things Fall Apart have in common? What lies behind the fantastical stories of Aladdin? Do we have to like Garcia Marquez and Shakespeare? These texts and authors re-imagine the human experience at its most intriguing level. In this course, we will discuss human rights, intimacy, joy, isolation, and other controversies at the heart of these books. Throughout the semester, students will learn how to articulate an informed and nuanced position on these issues via formal practices in analytical readings, drafting, peer review, and self-editing. Actual selection of readings may vary depending on the instructor's focus.


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Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2411 COML 1105   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Perez-Cruz, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2412 COML 1105   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Shokrisaravi, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2414 COML 1105   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Zarepour, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2415 COML 1105   SEM 105

  •  
    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Wortman, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2416 COML 1105   SEM 106

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • LeGates, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  2417 COML 1105   SEM 107

  •  
    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Guo, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.