This course offers guidance and an audience for students who wish to gain skill in expository writing—a common term for critical, reflective, investigative, and creative nonfiction. Each section provides a context for writing defined by a form of exposition, a disciplinary area, a practice, or a topic intimately related to the written medium. Course members will read in relevant published material and write and revise their own work regularly, while reviewing and responding to one another's. Students and instructors will confer individually throughout the term. Topics differ for each section. Please see the Class Roster for more details.
When Offered Fall, Spring.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: completion of First-Year Writing Seminar requirement or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (WRT-AG) Satisfies Requirement This course satisfies requirements for the English minor but not for the English major. Taken with the instructor's permission, and with the letter grade option, it satisfies First-Year Writing Seminar requirements for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. If counted toward the First-Year Writing Seminar requirement, the course will not count toward ALC-AS.
Comments For descriptions of each topic, please visit the university class roster.
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: New Nature Writing in the Age of Climate Change
Class Number & Section Details
10122ENGL 2880 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
TR
Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Sorrell, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Collaborative Authorship and Literary Community
Class Number & Section Details
10123ENGL 2880 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Harlan-Gran, K
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Film Literature: Cinematic Style
Class Number & Section Details
10369ENGL 2880 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Thomson, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Understanding Immigration: Literature and Film
Class Number & Section Details
10370ENGL 2880 SEM 105
Meeting Pattern
TR
Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Iwunze, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Shakespeare Offstage
Class Number & Section Details
19868ENGL 2880 SEM 106
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Stamatiades, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
