Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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.
Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 completion of First-Year Writing Seminar requirement or permission of the instructor. Corequisites: None.
Distribution Requirements
(WRT-AG), (ALC-AS), (SOW-IL)
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
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Race, Gender, and the Pastoral Today
Class Number & Section Details
3130ENGL 2880 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
MW
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Sharpless, 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
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
4087ENGL 2880 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 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
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Creative Nonfiction: Exploring the Personal Essay
Class Number & Section Details
7603ENGL 2880 SEM 105
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Green, 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
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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
9792ENGL 2880 SEM 106
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 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.
