GOVT 1101

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 31, 2025 7:07PM EDT

GOVT 1101
FWS: Power and Politics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by term. Fall: FWS: Democracy and Representation in the USA, D. Bateman; FWS: The Past, Present, and Future of US Democracy, A. Childree ; FWS: Social Movements and the American State, E. Nizalowska. Spring: FWS: The Politics of Class and the Workplace, T. Brown; FWS: Culture and Politics, H. Crusius; FWS: Papa, what did you do in Algeria? On colonial past and present, S. Le Penne; FWS: Theories of Political Founding, R. Nidumolu; FWS: Russia, B. Rosenfeld.


Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Exploratory Studies (EUAREA, SEAREA)

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Elections Around the World

  •  9396 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Dienes, H

  • 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

  • Topic: FWS:Making Comm Work:Governance and Local Develop

  •  9397 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Lust, E

  • 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

  • Topic: FWS: Politics of Outer Space

  •  9398 GOVT 1101   SEM 103

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Melamed, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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