Romance Studies (ROMS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

ROMS 1102

We tell stories for many reasons: to entertain; to seduce; to complain; to think. This course draws upon the literatures and cultures of the romance languages to explore the role of narrative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:The Story & the Self: Race, Gender, Agency

  • 20655 ROMS 1102   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rebhi, 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

  • Topic: FWS: The Decameron

  • 20768 ROMS 1102   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Migiel, M

  • 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: Science Fiction in the Caribbean

  • 20769 ROMS 1102   SEM 103

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Brown, 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 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:Writing on Ruins

  • 20656 ROMS 1108   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Keller, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ROMS 1113

Some of the most important and intriguing thinkers, from the Middle Ages to postmodernity, have done their thinking in the romance languages. This course explores a body of work that would be ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Dante's Examined Life

  • 20658 ROMS 1113   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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:Dante's Examined Life

  • 20659 ROMS 1113   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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: Capitalism & Nineteenth-Century French Novel

  • 20661 ROMS 1113   SEM 104

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kellogg, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ROMS 1114

What allows us to make assumptions about people based on the way they speak or dress? How can we understand the deeper meaning of a fairy tale or an episode of The Simpsons? What does macaroni and cheese ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20657 ROMS 1114   SEM 101

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Alkire, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

ROMS 4210

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4251GERST 4210GOVT 4015

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18285 ROMS 4210   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Waite, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 4324

This workshop-style course will address the question of how to draw on academic research and expertise to write for a non-specialist audience. We will discuss the benefits of public-facing writing; how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19597 ROMS 4324   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pinkham, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 4650

For more than two centuries, revolutions have marked the rhythm of modernity. In 1780, the original meaning of revolution - an astronomical rotation - was transformed in order to apprehend a social and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4655HIST 6655ROMS 6650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9509 ROMS 4650   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 5080

This practicum is designed to better enable the TAs to meet the needs of their students in the understanding and acquisition of the linguistic forms, notions, and functions covered in their course. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  2641 ROMS 5080   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Epperson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  2730 ROMS 5080   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Baraldi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3679 ROMS 5080   SEM 104

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Penalosa Montero, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 6100

Designed to give insight into how to formulate projects, conduct research, and publish one's work, the colloquium offers a venue for faculty-graduate student dialogue in a collegial, intellectual setting. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  3858 ROMS 6100   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 6324

This workshop-style course will address the question of how to draw on academic research and expertise to write for a non-specialist audience. We will discuss the benefits of public-facing writing; how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18462 ROMS 6324   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pinkham, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ROMS 6650

For more than two centuries, revolutions have marked the rhythm of modernity. In 1780, the original meaning of revolution - an astronomical rotation - was transformed in order to apprehend a social and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4655HIST 6655ROMS 4650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8389 ROMS 6650   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Traverso, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person