HIST 1200

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HIST 1200
FWS: Writing History

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

How can we learn about the past? How do we tell stories about the past? How do we judge the truth of falsity of evidence? Writing History seminars introduce students to many different ways of interpreting and writing about the past, and to the wide range of sources that historians use: from diaries to tax rolls, from scraps of textile to films and advertisements. Topics and readings vary by section.


Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Exploratory Studies (SAAREA)

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:The Idea of Entrepreneurship in Modern America

  •  9455 HIST 1200   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Goodwin, J

  • 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: The City of the Future: From Past to Present

  •  9456 HIST 1200   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Plukker, 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

  • Topic: FWS: Imperial Islands

  •  9457 HIST 1200   SEM 103

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Wan, D

  • 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: 19th Century Readings African American Literature

  •  9458 HIST 1200   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Roggensack, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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