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 completion of First-Year Writing Seminar requirement or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG), (ALC-AS), (SOW-IL)
Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP
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.
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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: New Nature Writing in the Age of Climate Change
Class Number & Section Details
6612ENGL 2880 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
TR
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Sorrell, 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: Collaborative Authorship and Literary Community
Class Number & Section Details
6613ENGL 2880 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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.
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: Film Literature: Cinematic Style
Class Number & Section Details
6684ENGL 2880 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Thomson, R
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
6685ENGL 2880 SEM 105
Meeting Pattern
TR
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
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: Shakespeare Offstage
Class Number & Section Details
9184ENGL 2880 SEM 106
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Stamatiades, 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: Writing the Contemporary Essay
Class Number & Section Details
9760ENGL 2880 SEM 107
Meeting Pattern
MW
Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Shechtman, A
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.
