Romance Studies (ROMS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

ROMS 1108

What is a culture, and how do we know one when we see it? This course draws upon the histories and texts of French, Spanish, Italian, and/or Portuguese speaking worlds to discuss issues of identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Politics of Form/Marxist Thought on Aestheties

  •  3058 ROMS 1108   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Haillot, 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:Narrating Disability in Hispanic Lit & Culture

  •  3059 ROMS 1108   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rodriguez de Rivera, 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

  • Topic: FWS:Narrating Disability in Hispanic Lit & Culture

  •  3060 ROMS 1108   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rodriguez de Rivera, 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

  • Topic: FWS: Italian Social Protests

  •  3061 ROMS 1108   SEM 104

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Tauber, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ROMS 1109

What kind of information do images - in photography, painting, and/or film - convey? What kind of impact do they have on the minds and the bodies of their audiences? This course foregrounds the role ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Italian Cinema

  •  3056 ROMS 1109   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Eibenstein-Alvisi, 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

  • Topic: FWS: Wandering and Society in Film

  •  3057 ROMS 1109   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Brattoli, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ROMS 2750

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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  •  8461 ROMS 2750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Rebhi, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses.

ROMS 3837

Is Homo sapiens the only species capable of producing visual art? Nonhuman great apes, especially, seem to be able to draw, paint, and enjoy such works. Our prehistoric ancestors are responsible for the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6092 ROMS 3837   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 4210

The most intense public encounter between Existentialism and Marxism occurred in immediate post-WWII Europe, its structure remaining alive internationally. Existentialist questions have been traced from ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4251, GERST 4210, GOVT 4015

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7760 ROMS 4210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Waite, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 4846

What is the “meaning of meaning,” exactly? Are signification, significance, sense, and meaning one and the same? Is “semantics” a sub-branch of linguistics, or what GPT “does,” or a path to poetry? This ... view course details

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  •  6098 ROMS 4846   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 5070

Focuses on language teaching as facilitation of learning, thus on the learner's processing of language acquisition and the promotion of reflective teaching. Pedagogical approaches will be addressed from ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  8381 ROMS 5070   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Torea, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 6225

This course calls into question the public use of history. The past is permanently mobilized according to the culture and the problems of the present. Over the last decades, "memory" - a general concept ... view course details

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  •  8429 ROMS 6225   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 6846

What is the “meaning of meaning,” exactly? Are signification, significance, sense, and meaning one and the same? Is “semantics” a sub-branch of linguistics, or what GPT “does,” or a path to poetry? This ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6101 ROMS 6846   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person