ENGL 1140

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ENGL 1140
FWS: Writing Medicine: Stories of Illness and Healing

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

What does it mean to be healthy? How do we describe our pain? Who becomes a physician? The practice of medicine isn't confined to scientific knowledge: it raises difficult questions about culture, identity, and bodies, and the stories we tell about all of these. This course will focus on works of literature and media to think about how medical care changes across time and place, and to explore images and narratives that shape our expectations about illness and health. Short writing assignments and longer essays will develop your critical thinking, strengthen your writing skills, and build your awareness of the complex cultural landscape of medical care.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18255 ENGL 1140   SEM 101

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    • MWF

    • Cupido, 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

  • 18256 ENGL 1140   SEM 102

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Wang, 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

  • 18257 ENGL 1140   SEM 103

  •  
    • MW

    • Young, C

  • 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

  • 18258 ENGL 1140   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Iqbal, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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