ENGL 1134

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ENGL 1134
FWS: True Stories

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

How do we understand the reality of others? For that matter, how do we know and understand our own experience? One answer is writing: writing can crystalize lived experience for others. We can record our observations, our thoughts, our feelings and insights and hopes and failures, to communicate them, to understand them. In this course, we will read nonfiction narratives that explore and shape the self and reality, including the personal essay, memoir, autobiography, documentary film, and journalism. We will write essays that explore and explain these complex issues of presenting one's self and others.


Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3014 ENGL 1134   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Heo, B

  • 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

  •  3015 ENGL 1134   SEM 102

  •  
    • MWF
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Mah y Busch, I

  • 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

  •  3016 ENGL 1134   SEM 103

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Kidwell, S

  • 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

  •  3017 ENGL 1134   SEM 104

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Mpofu, Z

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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