GOVT 1101

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GOVT 1101
FWS: Power and Politics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the study of political power and the interaction of citizens and governments and provides the opportunity to write extensively about these issues. Topics vary by term.Topic(s), Instructor:Fall FWS: Democracy and Representation in the USA, D. BatemanFall FWS: The Past, Present, and Future of US Democracy, A. Childree Fall FWS: Social Movements and the American State, E. NizalowskaSpring FWS: The Politics of Class and the Workplace, T. Brown Spring FWS: Culture and Politics, H. CrusiusSpring FWS: Papa, what did you do in Algeria? On colonial past and present, S. Le PenneSpring FWS: Theories of Political Founding, R. NidumoluSpring FWS: Russia, B. Rosenfeld


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

  • Topic: FWS: Social Class in American Politics

  • 18252 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Brown, T

  • 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: Theories of Political Founding

  • 18253 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

  •  
    • MW

    • Nidumolu, R

  • 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: Politics of Performance in Democratic Athens

  • 18254 GOVT 1101   SEM 105

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Chen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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