Fall 2017 First-Year Writing Seminars

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 09:0509:55a.m.

Culture,Society,andPower:NoScienceintheWildAnthropology's
ANTHR1101SEM104
WritingInsideOut
ENGL1167SEM102 GreatNewBooks
ENGL1170SEM101 ShortStories
ENGL1183SEM101 WordandImage
HIST1200SEM103 WritingHistory:ALifeUnderCoverSpiesinHistory,Fiction,andCinema
MEDVL1101SEM104 AspectsofMedievalCulture:GodsandKingsintheMiddleAgesandBeyond

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:1011:00a.m.

ENGL1134SEM102 TrueStories
ENGL1147SEM101 TheMysteryintheStory
ENGL1158SEM101 AmericanVoices:CoolStuffAmericanLiteratureandPopCulture
ENGL1167SEM103 GreatNewBooks
ENGL1168SEM101 CulturalStudies:LiteratureandClimateChange
ENGL1183SEM102 WordandImage
AspectsofMedievalCulture:TheBritonsBritainConstructingMedieval
MEDVL1101SEM102
England
ROMS1102SEM101 TheCraftofStorytelling:Decameron

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 01:2502:15p.m.

ENGL1111SEM103 WritingAcrossCultures:SpeakingScienceFictions
ENGL1147SEM103 TheMysteryintheStory
ENGL1168SEM102 CulturalStudies:MonstersinFiction
LING1100SEM101 Language,Thought,andReality:Linguisticsand(pre-)History

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 02:3003:20p.m.

HIST1200SEM101 WritingHistory:JapanAfterFukushima

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 03:3504:25p.m.

COML1133SEM101 StudiesinLiteraryTheory:TheWorldasText

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:1512:05p.m.

ENGL1105SEM102 WritingandSexualPolitics:QueerWomenWriters
ENGL1105SEM103 WritingandSexualPolitics:Sex,Girls,andMisogynoirFeministEssays
ENGL1147SEM102 TheMysteryintheStory
ENGL1158SEM102 AmericanVoices:AmericanGhosts
ENGL1158SEM103 AmericanVoices:PerformingAmerica
ENGL1170SEM102 ShortStories
ENGL1183SEM103 WordandImage
PHIL1112SEM102 PhilosophicalConversations:AtLifesCrossroadsPhilosophyandChoices
ROMS1102SEM105 TheCraftofStorytelling:SpeculativeFictionScienceFictionandFantasy
ROMS1113SEM102 ThinkingandThought:DantesExaminedLife

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:2001:10p.m.

ENGL1111SEM101 WritingAcrossCultures:ImaginaryLands
ENGL1111SEM102 WritingAcrossCultures:Raceand(Dis)ability
ENGL1158SEM104 AmericanVoices:DocumentingAmerica,1900to1945
ENGL1158SEM105 AmericanVoices:HauntingsinAsianAmericanLiterature
ENGL1168SEM106 CulturalStudies:DigitalLiteratureandNewMedia
GERST1170SEM102 Marx,Nietzsche,Freud
AspectsofMedievalCulture:TravelingPeoplesandTravelingStoriesinthe
MEDVL1101SEM103
MedievalWorld
ROMS1114SEM101 Semiotics

Monday and Wednesday 08:4009:55a.m.

AEM1106SEM101 EconomicsandtheEnvironment
Culture,Society,andPower:HappinessAsProjectConversationsonMind,
ANTHR1101SEM101
Time,andPolitics
CLASS1531SEM101 GreekMyth
COML1133SEM102 StudiesinLiteraryTheory:PowersofLiterature
ENGL1105SEM101 WritingandSexualPolitics:StoriesofFemaleFriendship
ENGL1134SEM101 TrueStories
ENGL1167SEM101 GreatNewBooks
ENGL1191SEM101 BritishLiterature:MedicalMonsters
GERST1118SEM101 LetsPlay!
HIST1200SEM102 WritingHistory:IslamandScienceintheModernWorld,1800toPresent
HIST1200SEM106 WritingHistory:ConvertsandTraitorsintheEarlyModernWorld
PHIL1112SEM101 PhilosophicalConversations:SpeechandtheModernSociety
ROMS1108SEM101 CulturalIdentities/CulturalDifference:WritingItaly

Monday and Wednesday 01:2502:15p.m.

WRIT1380SEM103 ElementsofAcademicWriting:TheoriesofHappiness

Monday and Wednesday 02:5504:10p.m.

AMST1146SEM101 TheAmericanSuburb2.0
ASRC1841SEM101 Exotic/EroticBlackness:Race,Sex,andCulturalConsumption
ASRC1842SEM101 ExploringFood(In)Justice:Race,Class,andU.S.FoodMovements
CLASS1576SEM101 War,Politics,andHumanNature:TheHistoryofThucydides
ENGL1134SEM103 TrueStories
ENGL1168SEM105 CulturalStudies:Nature,Land,Property
ENGL1170SEM103 ShortStories
GERST1109SEM101 FromFairyTalestotheUncanny:ExploringtheRomanticConsciousness
GOVT1101SEM103 PowerandPolitics:WomenandPoliticalViolence
WritingItaly,WritingtheSelf:Jewish-ItalianLiteratureandtheLong
ITAL1113SEM101
TwentiethCentury
MUSIC1701SEM102 MusicandMorality:WritingSoul,WritingFunk
PHIL1110SEM103 PhilosophyinPractice:Feminism,Gender,andEducation
PHIL1111SEM102 PhilosophicalProblems:PuzzlesinAncientEthics
PMA1135SEM101 ScreenQueensofComedy
SOC1130SEM101 SocialNetworksinaGlobalWorld

Monday and Wednesday 07:3008:45p.m.

ENGL1111SEM104 WritingAcrossCultures:InsidetheHauntedHouse

Monday and Wednesday 11:1512:05p.m.

WRIT1380SEM101 ElementsofAcademicWriting:MetaphorinArt,Science,andCulture

Monday and Wednesday 12:2001:10p.m.

WRIT1380SEM102 ElementsofAcademicWriting:FoodforThought

Tuesday and Thursday 08:4009:55a.m.

Culture,Society,andPower:FirmRepresentationsStoriesaboutBusiness
ANTHR1101SEM103
Corporations
COML1126SEM102 ComparativeArts:VisualIslam?
ENGL1111SEM105 WritingAcrossCultures:HistoryfromtheMargins
ENGL1167SEM104 GreatNewBooks
ENGL1170SEM104 ShortStories
ENGL1183SEM104 WordandImage
GOVT1101SEM101 PowerandPolitics:ContemporaryPoliticalProtest
HIST1200SEM104 FromUtopiatoCatastrophe:TheLongHistoryofClimateChange
HIST1200SEM105 WritingHistory:Space,Land,andTerritory
HIST1400SEM101 KiplingsIndia:Literature,Culture,History
MEDVL1101SEM105 AspectsofMedievalCulture:YoungIdiotsvs.ToxicElders
PMA1104SEM101 TheCaseoftheFemaleDetective

Tuesday and Thursday 10:1011:00a.m.

WRIT1380SEM104 ElementsofAcademicWriting:TheoriesofHappiness

Tuesday and Thursday 10:1011:25a.m.

ARTH1158SEM101 LifeandDeathinAncientPompeii
ARTH1160SEM101 DangerousWomen
ARTH1160SEM101 DangerousWomen
ASIAN1110SEM101 Piety,Politics,andProtection:IndianOceanBuddhism
BME1130SEM101 DimensionsofCancer
CRP1109SEM101 CitiesandRegions:HousingintheAmericanCity
DSOC1200SEM102 TheThirdWorldWithin:PovertyandParadoxintheUnitedStates
ENGL1111SEM106 WritingAcrossCultures:Text(ing)intheDigitalAge
ENGL1111SEM107 WritingAcrossCultures:Revenge!
ENGL1158SEM106 AmericanVoices:WritingasSelf-Exploration
ENGL1170SEM105 ShortStories
GERST1170SEM101 Marx,Nietzsche,Freud
HIST1453SEM101 InSearchofEthiopia:History,Myth,andPolitics
AspectsofMedievalCulture:FromParchmenttoPixelTheFutureLivesof
MEDVL1101SEM106
MedievalBooks
NTRES1200SEM101 WhyareEnvironmentalProblemssoDifficulttoSolve?
PHIL1111SEM104 PhilosophicalProblems:CanYouBelieveIt?
PMA1133SEM101 SexActs:AmericanDrama1950toPresent
ROMS1109SEM101 ImageandImagination:PhotographicFixations
SPAN1305SEM101 NarratingtheSpanishCivilWar
TechnologyandSociety:BeyondBigBrotherSurveillancein
STS1123SEM101
ContemporarySociety

Tuesday and Thursday 01:2502:15p.m.

WRIT1380SEM107 ElementsofAcademicWriting:ShortStories

Tuesday and Thursday 01:2502:40p.m.

AMST1140SEM101 CommonGround:EducationBeyondtheIvoryTower
ASRC1822SEM101 TheAfricanAmericanShortStory
CLASS1522SEM101 SubversiveMythologyandPoliticsinImperialRome
COML1126SEM101 ComparativeArts:DigitalPoetry,orLiterary,Visual,andSonicArt
EDUC1170SEM101 TeensinSchool
ENGL1105SEM106 WritingandSexualPolitics:ScienceFictionandFeminism
ENGL1140SEM101 CommonGround:EducationBeyondtheIvoryTower
ENGL1158SEM107 AmericanVoices:Race,Law,andtheBlackLivesMatterMovement
ENGL1168SEM103 CulturalStudies:WordSpirits
JWST1987SEM101 JewsonFilm:VisibleandInvisible
MUSIC1701SEM101 MusicandMorality:FromtheRepublictoCompton
NES1963SEM101 ThatsintheBible?ArchaeologyandtheReligionofIsrael
PHIL1110SEM104 PhilosophyinPractice:TheMeaningofitAll
PMA1132SEM101 Boyfriendtwin:QueerUncannyDoppelgngers
PSYCH1140SEM101 ApplytheBasics:AnExplorationofCognitionandPerception
ROMS1102SEM102 TheCraftofStorytelling:BasedonaTrueStory
TheCraftofStorytelling:TheCannibalandtheExplorerEthicsofTravel
 TheCraftofStorytelling:TheCannibalandtheExplorerEthicsofTravel
ROMS1102SEM104
Writing
WRIT1400SEM101 CommonGround:EducationBeyondtheIvoryTower

Tuesday and Thursday 02:5504:10p.m.

ANTHR1101SEM102 Culture,Society,andPower:AsiansintheNewWorld
ASRC1840SEM101 ThePrizeandThePeril:AfricanNationsatFifty
CLASS1564SEM101 Socratesv.STEM
ENGL1111SEM109 WritingAcrossCultures:NativeAmericanandLatinoHauntings
ENGL1111SEM110 WritingAcrossCultures:GetinFormationHistoryinRealTime
ENGL1168SEM104 CulturalStudies:EveryonesaCritic
GERST1190SEM101 Evil,God,andModernThought:ExploringtheEnlightenment
GOVT1101SEM102 PowerandPolitics:JustWords?JustInequality
LING1100SEM102 Language,Thought,andReality:TheDeathofLanguage
PHIL1110SEM102 PhilosophyinPractice:ConservationEthics
PHIL1111SEM101 PhilosophicalProblems:BusinessEthics
PMA1130SEM101 GoingUndercover:RadicalUndercoverJournalismandthe(re)creationofSelf
ROMS1102SEM103 TheCraftofStorytelling:ApocalypseNowinLatinAmerica
STS1116SEM101 GlobalDarwin

Tuesday and Thursday 11:1512:05p.m.

WRIT1380SEM105 ElementsofAcademicWriting:PublicWritingandRhetoric

Tuesday and Thursday 11:4012:55p.m.

ASIAN1108SEM101 FoodonFilm:Asia
ASRC1830SEM101 BlackExpatriateWriting
WritingAcrossCultures:TheUlyssesThemeComingHometoIthaca(Over
COML1109SEM101
andOverAgain)
ENGL1105SEM104 WritingandSexualPolitics:EmpathyandTechnology
ENGL1105SEM105 WritingandSexualPolitics:EroticsofKnowledge
ENGL1111SEM108 WritingAcrossCultures:AutobiographiesofChildhood
ENGL1158SEM108 AmericanVoices:TheCultureofGreatAmericanCities
ENGL1170SEM106 ShortStories
ENGL1270SEM101 WritingAboutLiterature:ReadingPoetry
GERST1115SEM101 SportsFanaticism
GERST1170SEM103 Marx,Nietzsche,Freud
LING1100SEM103 Language,Thought,andReality:CreatingtheScienceofLanguage
AspectsofMedievalCulture:ReadingMedievalLegendsHeroismthat
MEDVL1101SEM101
NeverWas?
POLSH1301SEM101 EastEuropeanFilm
ROMS1113SEM101 ThinkingandThought:TheLimitsofWastefromGargantuatoWALL-E
STS1126SEM101 ScienceandSociety:ThinkingBodies

Tuesday and Thursday 12:2001:10p.m.
WRIT1380SEM106 ElementsofAcademicWriting:WritingBacktotheNews

APPLIED ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT 1106

Economics and the Environment
Aspoliticalleaders,mediasourcesandbusinessesadaptthemselvestotherealityofimpendingclimatechange
effects,ratherthandebatingtheirexistence,weareleftwiththequestionofhowtobalancetheneedtoadjust
humankind'sfootprintontheearthwiththematerialneedsofsocietyandthedesiresofthedevelopingworldto
attainabetterstandardofliving.Howdowebalanceeconomicneedswiththoseofprotectingtheplanet?
Environmentaleconomicshasstressedtheimportanceofefficiency,choosingpoliciesthatmaximizesocialand
privatebenefitsnetofcosts.Topicsinthecoursewillincludeclimatechange,airandwaterpollution,energyand
theenvironment,environmentalchallengesindevelopingcountries,andenvironmentalpoliciesincities.Writing
assignmentsaimedatvariousaudienceswillincludeeditorials,summariesofresearch,andpolicybriefs.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. OlegFirsin 17424 CindyvanEs

AMERICAN STUDIES 1140

Common Ground: Education Beyond the Ivory Tower
ThiscourseoffersyouachancetobecomeamoreengagedmemberoftheIthacacommunityaspartofyour
first-yearwritingexperience.Fortwoafternoonsaweek,CornellstudentswillengagewithIthacamiddleschool
studentsasmentorsandtutorsoutsideofclass.Writingassignmentswillhelpyoureflectonthetutoring
experienceandtheroleofeducationandresponsiblecitizenshipinademocraticsociety.Readingswillinclude
Savage InequalitiesbyKozol,Life and Death of the Great American School SystembyRavitchandessaysby
Barber,Freire,andKing.Ourultimategoalwillbetobroadenstudents'perspectivesonourpubliceducational
systemandtheroleofuniversitiesintheircommunities.Cross-Listedsection:Toaddthisseminartoyourballot,
chooseWRIT1400.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. x-listedw/WRIT1400&ENGL1140 17536
StudentschedulesmustaccommodateTRtrips(3-5PM)toBoyntonMiddleSchool.

AMERICAN STUDIES 1146

The American Suburb 2.0
Americassuburbsarentwhattheyusedtobe.Afterbeingbuiltoutallthroughthe2000s,thepastdecadehas
seensuburbsremadebyforeclosures,lifestylecenters,first-ringpoverty,localgovernmentsshrinkingfrom
decliningtaxrevenues,andagenerationofmillennialswhohaveforsakenthemforgentrifieddowntownsand
transit-orienteddevelopments.Drawingonreadingsfromthepopularpressandtheacademy,andusingthelenses
ofpoliticaleconomyandAmericanStudies,wewillrediscovertodayssuburbs,andhowtheycametobethisway.
Inclassandthroughwrittenassignments,studentswillanalyze,explain,anddebatethenewurbangeographyof
U.S.cities,allthewhilelearningthewritingskillsyoullneedatCornellandinthewiderworld.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. PeterWissoker 17832

ANTHROPOLOGY 1101
Culture, Society, and Power: Happiness As ProjectConversations on Mind, Time, and Politics
Ishappinessaskilloranachievement?Anorientationtowardsthepresentoraprojectedfuture?What
knowledgeofourselvesandtheworldcanwegainviatheideaofhappiness?Canitenableustolookbeyondthe
marginsoftheworldasitis?Answerstosuchquestionsundergirdrecenteffortsbytheorists,governments,
internationalorganizations,andself-helpgurustoplacehappinessonourcollectiveagenda.Tolaythefoundations
forourowndiscussionoftheseissues,wewillexaminehowhappinesshasbeenthoughtacrossarangeoffields:
ineconomics,psychology,policy,philosophy,religion,literature,newspapers,andfilm.Assignmentswillstress
bothconceptualinvestigationandcreativity,andwillincludepersonalreflections,responsestoreadings,andafinal
paperinseveraldrafts.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. AnaLauraCocora 17406 MarinaWelker
ANTHROPOLOGY 1101
Culture, Society, and Power: Asians in the New World
AsiansintheNewWorldhavewonreputeasapeoplewhoclingtotheirculturesandresistassimilationto
theirhostsocieties.Asianupwardmobility,asmodelminorities,isalsoattributedtoAsianculturalnorms.But,
whoareAsians?Whatdoesafourth-generationChineseAmericanhaveincommonwithmorerecentarrivals,
suchasrefugeesfromBurmaorNepal?IsAsiananethnicorracialidentity?Thiscoursewillexplorediverse
experiencesofAsiangroupsintheNewWorld,primarilytheU.S.andCaribbean,toaddressbroaderquestionsof
identityformationfromananthropologicalperspective.Writingassignmentswillconsistofshortcriticalreviewsof
readingsandaseriesofassignmentsfromidentifyingtopicstoformulatingargumentstodevelopingaresearch
paper.
SEM102 TR02:5504:10p.m. ViranjiniMunasinghe 17407

ANTHROPOLOGY 1101
Culture, Society, and Power: Firm RepresentationsStories about Business Corporations
Sincethe2008economiccrisis,aseriesoffilmsdepictingtheinnerworkingsoffinancialinstitutionshave
caughttheattentionofaudiencesintheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld.Thisgenreoffilmthatlooksatthe
innerworkingsofamoderncapitalistworkplaceharkensbacktorepresentationsofeconomicactivitylike
ChaplinsModern TimesandShakespearesThe Merchant of Venice.Thiscoursewilllookatdifferentdepictions
ofcompaniesinliterature,films,media,andacademicscholarshipandaskhowtheyunderstandthisstaple
institutionofmodernlife.Assignmentswillfocusonbuildingcriticalreadingskillsthatleadtotheconstructionof
effectiveargumentsinwriting,andwillinvitestudentstobecomeconsciousoftheimportanceofthedifferent
stagesofthewritingprocess.
SEM103 TR08:4009:55a.m. MarianaSaavedraEspinosa 17408 MarinaWelker

ANTHROPOLOGY 1101
Culture, Society, and Power: No Science in the WildAnthropology's Writing Inside Out
Intheirsong"NoChurchintheWild"KanyeWest/JayZremindusnottotakeanyscriptureforgranted,to
alwaysquestionformsofauthority,andtoinventourownwaystoapprehendtheworld.Takingthatprograminto
thefieldofanthropology,thiscoursequestionsthenarrativesandtheoriesthatshapetheconstructionofOthers
throughthestudyofculture.Wewillattendtotheworkingsofacademicwritingwhileanalyzinganthropologists'
variousmodesofculturaldescriptions.Studentswillproducetheirownethnographiesbasedontheclose
observationof/withotherindividuals,exploringthevariousgenresoffieldnotes,fiction,poetry,andvisualmedia.
Thecourseprovidespathwaysforalternativeacademicwritingwhileoureyesremainopentothiscuriositythatlife
is.
SEM104 MWF09:0509:55a.m. EmikoStock 17409 MarinaWelker

ART HISTORY 1158

Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
BuriedbytheeruptionofVesuviusin79CEandrediscoveredinthemid-eighteenthcentury,Pompeiiserves
asanidealmodelforthestudyofancientRomandailylifeanddeath.Theforums,baths,theaters,brothels,inns,
taverns,homes,apartments,villas,tombs,inscriptions,graffiti,andgardensproviderichandunparalleleddataon
ancientlife.Thecityallowsustostudythefullspectrumofsocietytheeliteandthepoor,women,men,and
children,freedman,andslaves.Inthiscoursewewilluseanumberofdifferentarchaeological,arthistorical,and
literaryapproachestoinvestigateancientlifeinPompeii.Wewillexaminearchitecturalremainsandtheir
decoration,ancientfood,plantsandanimalremains,andanalysesofthevictimsinPompeiitrappedinplastercasts.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. KajaTally-Shumacher 17411 ClaudiaLazzaro
ART HISTORY 1160
Dangerous Women
UponviewingCaroleeSchneemannsFuses,fellowavant-gardefilmmakerJonasMekasproclaimeditthe
filmoftheyear,saying,Itissogorgeoussodangerous.WhileFuseswascensoredaspornographic,
Schneemannreflectsthatitslastingimpactasaworkofartcanbeattributedtohowitdifferedfrompornography,
invisuallyconveyingfemalepleasure:Theresnoobjectificationorfetishizationofthewoman.Inpushing
boundariesofrepresentation,Schneemannandherfeministcohortwereconsidereddangerous,andtheyarenot
aloneinthehistoryofart.Femaleartistscanbesituatedamongothereducatedwomenintheirpresumptiveability
todisruptthenatural(patriarchal)orderofthings.Thiscourseconsiders:womenartistsconnotedasdangerous,
fromFridaKahlotoKaraWalker;howwomenhavebeenvillainizedinthevisualrecord,fromwitchesto
suffragettes;andthepioneeringscholarswhouncoverandinterprettheseissues,fromLindaNochlintoDeborah
Willis.Ultimately,wewillconnectdangertopower.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. HannahRyan 18100 ClaudiaLazzaro

ASIAN STUDIES 1108

Food on Film: Asia
FoodonFilmstudiesthepoliticsandaestheticsoffoodproductionandpresentation,nourishment,and
consumptionacrossavarietyofAsianscreenculturesandpolitical-economiccontexts.Wewillconsumeclassics
ofthefoodfilmsuchasEat, Drink, Man, Woman,analyzetheMokbangphenomenonofcommercialon-screen
eatingaswellasconsiderdocumentariesaboutthefoodindustries.Whathascooking,eating,consuming,
nourishing,mass-producing,orrefusingfoodcometomeanintheglobalized,neoliberaleconomiesandmobile
societiesofSouth,Southeast,andEastAsia?Studentswillsubmitandreceivefeedbackonresponsestoweekly
readings;learndifferentstylesofargumentationandkindsofanalysis(e.g.,closereadings);writeshortandlong
essays;aswellaswriteconferenceproposalsandarticleabstracts.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. ArnikaFuhrmann 17422

ASIAN STUDIES 1110

Piety, Politics, and Protection: Indian Ocean Buddhism
Longbeforethesteamship,theairplane,theiPad,andSnapchat,Buddhistmonks,merchants,pilgrims,and
adventurerscreatedaBuddhistnetworkacrossthespaceoftheIndianOcean,includingmuchofwhatwenow
refertoassouthernChina,India,SriLanka,andSoutheastAsia.WhydidBuddhisttravelersleavetheirhomesfor
othercornersoftheBuddhistworld?Whattexts,religiousrituals,andmagicaltalismansdidtheycarry?Howdid
mobilepersonsandthingscreateBuddhism?Inthisseminarwemovebetweenbriefprimarysourcescomposedby
thesetravelersandtheirpatrons,literaryandarthistoricalevidencerelatedtoBuddhistnetworks,andscholarship
ontradeandnetworksinordertoseethehopesandfears,aimsandmotivations,ofpremodernBuddhistsonthe
move.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. AnneBlackburn 17423

AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER 1822

The African American Short Story
TheshortstoryisanidealgenrethroughwhichonemightgainabasicintroductiontoAfricanAmerican
literatureanditsmajorthemes.Asaformandgenre,theshortstorysspecificoriginswithinAfricanAmerican
literaturearetraceablebacktotheantebellumeraofthenineteenthcentury.Thegenrewassignificantlyadvanced
inthepost-bellumerabyauthorssuchasCharlesChesnutt,thrivedthroughoutthetwentiethcentury,andcontinues
todevelopincontemporaryAfricanAmericanliterature.InthiscoursewewillconsidershortstoriesbyChesnutt,
JessieFauset,NellaLarsen,ArnaBontemps,ZoraNealeHurston,RalphEllison,LangstonHughes,James
Baldwin,AnnPetry,RosaGuy,PauleMarshall,ErnestJ.Gaines,andToniMorrison.Theprimarygoalofthis
courseasaFirst-YearWritingSeminaristoreinforcetheskillsofstudentsingoodandeffectivewriting.Through
weeklyentriesinareadingjournal,theproductionofsixpapers,includingseveralofwhichwillberevised,and
periodicin-classwritingexercises,studentswillproduceanextensiveportfolioofwrittenmaterialsoverthecourse
ofthesemester.Thiscourseisdesignedtogivestudentsoneofthestrongestpossiblefoundationsuponwhichto
buildforsuccessaswritersintheyearsatCornellandbeyond.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. RicheRichardson 17425

AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER 1830

Black Expatriate Writing
WhatdifferencedidlivingoutsidetheUnitedStatesmakeforAfricanAmericanwritersduringthemodern
civilrightsmovement(c.19451968)?HowdidinternationaltravelstoEurope,Africa,andotherdestinationsby
AfricanAmericanperformingartists,athletes,activists,andintellectualstransformAfricanAmerican
consciousness,andcontributetostrugglesforfreedomandequality?Wewillexplorethewritingsandcareersof
suchinternationalfiguresasJosephineBaker,RichardWright,JamesBaldwin,LorraineHansberry,ClaudiaJones,
PaulRobeson,andMayaAngelou,andMalcolmX.Theirwritingsandactivitieswillintroduceustothecomplexity
ofexile,expatriatestatus,orsimplyinternationaltravel,asenablingforcreativewritingorpoliticalactivism.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. KevinGaines 17635

AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER 1840

The Prize and The Peril: African Nations at Fifty
TherecentJubileecelebrationsoffiftyyearsofAfricanindependenceofferanaptmomenttoassessthe
legacyofthenationalistmovementsthatbroughtaboutindependenceandthenationstheyspawned.Oneobserver
hasarguedthatevenincountrieswithnothingtocelebrate,alljubileenationseventuallyfeaturedsomeformof
officialcommemoration.WhywerethesecommemorationssoimportanttoAfricans?Whydoesnationalism
continuetocatalyzesuchheateddebate,inAfricaasaroundtheworld?Whatdoesindependencemeananyway?
ThiscourseexaminesthetensionoverwhogetstodefinethenationinAfricaandwhy.Thegoalwillbeto
analyzehistoricaldebatesonthenationinAfricaandtowritepersuasiveargumentsassessingthem.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. MarkDeets 17791

AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER 1841

Exotic/Erotic Blackness: Race, Sex, and Cultural Consumption
HowdidBlacknessbecomeanobjectofcuriosity,desire,andfascination?Howdiditbecomeexotic?Inthis
coursewewillseethatthisisnottheresultofarecentdevelopmentintherepresentationofblackbodies.Rather
theconstructionofBlacknessasexotic/eroticoriginatesasfarasthebeginningsofcolonialism.Wewilllookat
howandwhyblackbodieshavebeensexualizedandcommodifiedthroughliteraryandmediarepresentation.We
willthenturntoworksbyblackintellectualsandwriterswhoanalyzeandresistthisformofculturalconsumption.
Studentswillcriticallyaddresstheseissuesanddemonstratetheirknowledgeofthematerialthroughclose
readingsandessaywriting.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. AlexLenoble 17885

AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTER 1842

Exploring Food (In)Justice: Race, Class, and U.S. Food Movements
Thisseminarexploresissuesofinjusticeconstructedaroundrace,class,andfoodintheUnitedStates.
Studentswillthinkandwritecriticallyaboutreal-worldproblemsrelatedtofoodaccessandsecurity,while
studyingthreeintersecting,yetcounteringU.S.foodmovementscorporateindustrialagriculture,localfood,and
foodjusticethatimpactthewayfoodisproduced,distributed,andconsumed.Wepayparticularattentionto
effortsinthesefoodmovementsthatmitigateandexacerbateraceandclass-basedinequalitieswithinthecontextof
theU.S.foodsystem.Ourexplorationoffood(in)justicereliesontheideathattheU.S.foodsystemiswhatOmi
andWinant(1994)callaracialprojectpoliticalandeconomicundertakingsthroughwhichracialhierarchiesare
establishedandracializedsubjectivitiesarecreated.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. BobbySmith 17437 NoliweRooks

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 1130

Dimensions of Cancer
Cancerisanintricatediseaseonallscales.Atthemicroscopiclevel,malignantcellsevolvewithinacomplex
biologicallandscape.Atthehumanlevel,thediagnosisaccompaniesacascadeofphysical,emotional,and
financialdistress.Onpopulationandinstitutionallevels,cancerconstitutesamorbidepidemic,andenormous
resourcesareexchangedintherelentlessquestforeffectivetreatments.DimensionsofCancerexaminesthe
varietyofwaysthatpeoplegrapplewiththisdisease.Inconversationsaboutcancer,themutualexchangeof
knowledge,experiences,andideasrequiresskillfulcommunication.Theclasswillemphasizethecentralityof
clear,sensiblewritingtoeffectivelycontributetothecancerdiscourse.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. PeterDelNero 17820 RobertWeiss

CLASSICS 1522
Subversive Mythology and Politics in Imperial Rome
InthisseminarwewillbeginbyobservingthedeathoffreespeechinthelastyearsoftheRomanrepublic,
culminatingwiththebrutalexecutionofCiceroin43B.C.E.WewillthenexaminehowpoetssuchasVirgiland
Ovidturnedtosubversiveusesofmythandlegendinanattempttocritiquethenewtotalitarianregimewithout
gettingintotoomuchtrouble.Thenecessarilysubtlenatureofsuchcriticismshasleftthemopentosometimes
diametricallyopposedinterpretations.Classdiscussionswillintroducestudentstotheseinterpretationsandperhaps
generatenewones.Studentswillthenwriteessaysdefendingorattackingthevariouspositiveornegativenuances
ofmythologicalreferencesinagivenwork.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. ToddClary 17438

CLASSICS 1531
Greek Myth
ThiscoursewillfocusonthestoriesaboutthegodsandheroesoftheGreeksastheyappearinancient
literatureandart.Wewillexaminetherelationshipbetweenmythsandthecultural,religious,andpolitical
conditionsofthesocietyinwhichtheytookshape.Beginningwiththeoriesofmythandproceedingtotheanalysis
ofindividualstoriesandcycles,thematerialwillserveasavehicleforimprovingyourwrittencommunication
skills.Assignmentsincludepreparatorywritingandessaysfocusingonreadingsanddiscussionsinclass.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. JenniferCarrington 17439 TodClary

CLASSICS 1564
Socrates v. STEM
PlatosProtagoraspresentsadebateaboutthemethod/sbywhichonecanbecomeasuccessfulpersonanda
goodcitizenthroughanoftenfunnyduelbetweenSocratesandProtagoras.Protagorasandhisfellowintellectuals
claimtohaveasetoftechnicalskills(rangingfrommathtopublicspeaking)thatempowerstudents.Socratesfinds
theirclaimsunderwhelmingandinadequateasthebasisofrealhappiness.Toeventheodds,wewillalsoreada
numberofshortcontemporaryworksthatsupportProtagorasside.ThecoursewillfollowPlatosintensefocuson
methodsofdebateandanalysis.Wewilllearnhowtointerpretinformalargumentsandhowtoreconstructtheories
sketchedinthetextandtosetthemoutwithclarityandconcision.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. CharlesBrittain 17786

CLASSICS 1576
CLASSICS 1576
War, Politics, and Human Nature: The History of Thucydides
ThewarbetweenAthensandSparta(431404BC)aswrittenbyThucydidesisrecognizedasaparadigmfor
internationalrelations,militarystrategy,andthechallengesofpoliticalleadershipunderademocracy.Itsadmirers
rangefromColinPowelltoBobDylan.ButThucydidesisalsoacompellingstoryteller,portrayingadvocatesof
idealisticpatriotismoraggressivebrutality,relatingepisodesoftragicmiscalculationormurderouspolitical
hysteria.Wewillstudyhimasamodelforobservingandunderstandingtherangeofactionsthathumanscantake
againsteachother.Wewillalsonotewhatheeditsout,buthiscontemporariesdidnot:womenandthefamily
(Lysistrata),religion(AntigoneandOedipus),andtranscendentmoralvalues(PlatosaccountsofSocrates).
Requirementsincluderegularparticipation,presentationsonassignedtopics,andsixessays.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. JeffreyRusten 17788

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1109

Writing Across Cultures: The Ulysses ThemeComing Home to Ithaca (Over and Over Again)
AswereturntoIthacaforanewyearatCornell,letsspendourspringchartingtheliteraryjourneyofthe
characterofOdysseus,amanstrivingtofinallygetbacktohisownIthaca(anislandinAncientGreece,notacity
inupstateNewYork).WewillfollowOdysseusthroughtimeandspaceashegetsresurrectedindifferenttime
periods,languages,genres,andculturesbysomeofthemostbrilliantliterarymindsinhistory.Fromepicheroto
tragicvillain,fromphilosophicalwanderertoeternallydamnedsinner,toawell-meaningadmantryingtorekindle
hisrelationshipwithhiswife,Odysseus(orUlysses)hastraveledalongwayandinhabitedcountlesscharacters.In
thisclasswewilluseOdysseustogetasenseofthewayliteraturecontinuallybuildsonoldthemesinordertoonce
againmakeitnew.TheclasswillreadselectionsofthewritingsofanumberofauthorsincludingHomer,
Sophocles,Dante,Joyce,Cavafy,andWalcott.WewilltrytoborrowOdysseuscraftinwritingassignmentsthat
willinvolveanalysisandcomparisonoftextsaswellasresearch.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. HannahKarmin 17441 JonathanMonroe

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1126

Comparative Arts: Digital Poetry, or Literary, Visual, and Sonic Art
Inthe1980stheliterarycriticHughKennerfamouslytranslatedapassageofSamuelBecketttoacomputer
program.Todayhowever,computer-generatedpoetry,digitalvisualpoetry,interactivepoetry,andcodepoetry,
arenotuncommon.Butdoesacomputerwritepoetry?Doespoetryexpandtoothermedia?Whatistherelation
betweendigitalpoetryanditsprecedentsintwentieth-centuryliterature?Thisseminarwillexplorethetheoryand
practiceofdigitalpoetry.Studentswilllearntowriteanalyticallyaboutimage,sound,andtextwithincreasing
knowledgeofliterarytheoryandcriticism.WewillreadcanonicalauthorsincludingApollinaire,Beckett,and
RaymondQueneauindialoguewithcontemporarydigitalpractitionerssuchasJohnCayley,NickMontfort,and
StephanieStrickland.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. JuntingHuang 17442 JonathanMonroe

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1126

Comparative Arts: Visual Islam?
InthiscoursewewillconsiderthequestionsofvisualrepresentationandvisualperceptioninArabicIslamic
literature,art,andculture.TherelationshipbetweenIslamandvisualityisacomplex,multidisciplinaryone:thus,
ourexplorationoftheintersectionbetweenbothIslamandvisualitywillleadustoconsidermaterialranging
fromtheQuran,aswellasclassicalandmodernArabicliterature,art,andarchitecture.AllArabicsourceswillbe
studiedintranslation;inaddition,wewillalsoturntoselectexamplesofEuropeanandAmericanvisualartand
literaturewhichengagedirectlyorindirectlywithoursubjectofstudy,suchasBirksAmerican Quranand
ThompsonsHabibi.Throughourconsiderationofsuchmaterials,wewillpracticecomposingconceptuallyand
structurallycompellingargumentativeessays.
SEM102 TR08:4009:55a.m. KholoudHussein 17963 JonathanMonroe
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1133
Studies in Literary Theory: The World as Text
Whenwemeetpeopleforthefirsttime,itiscommontobeaskedaboutournamesandwherewearefrom.
Thiscoursewillexplorewhatitentailstoidentifyourselvesandotherswithplace.Whatdoesitmeantobelongtoa
place?Whatistherelationshipbetweenplaceandourbodies,values,thoughts,andworldviews?Doesplace
constructwhoweare,orisittheotherwayaround?Howareplaceandidentityrepresentedinliterature,film,and
othergenres?Wewillattempttoexaminethesequestionsinavarietyoftheoreticalandliterarytexts,films,and
othermedia.AuthorsandfilmsmayincludeCresswell,Silverman,Baudrillard,Borges,and The Matrix.Writing
assignmentswillencouragestudentstowritewithstyleandmakecomplexarguments.
SEM101 MWF03:3504:25p.m. AhmadAlswaid 17404 JonathanMonroe

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 1133

Studies in Literary Theory: Powers of Literature
Both"power"and"literature"areprevalent,yetambiguousculturalkeywordsoftoday.Powerisfrequently
understoodaspoweroversomethingorsomeone,thepowerofprohibitionorlimitationforexample,or,
alternatively,powermightbeunderstoodasthecapacitytodosomethingoractinacertainway.Likewise,
literatureisfrequentlyattributedmultiplemeanings.Simplydefinedastheresultorproductofwriting,literature
hasbeenunderstoodasasupplementtomemory,asubstituteforpersonalinteractionorfirst-personobservation.
However,beyondservingasaninstrumentofcommunication,literatureisalsofrequentlyconstruedasanart,oran
endinitself,andasworthyofthesamekindoflastingmeritsocietyplacesonpaintingandmusic,forexample.
Thiscoursewillexaminetheambiguityinboththesetermsaswellashowtheirmeaningsandusesmightreflect
uponandelucidateeachother.Thusweaimtoexaminepowersofliteratureinadoublesense:askingwhatpowers
helpconstituteliteratureandhowliteratureconstitutesparticularpowers.AuthorswillincludeHoffman,Joyce,
Kafka,Melville,Stifter,Tieck,Plato,Aristotle,Nietzsche,Freud,Derrida,Foucault,andAgambenamongothers.
SEM102 MW08:4009:55a.m. JonathanDavenport 17405 JonathanMonroe

CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING 1109

Cities and Regions: Housing in the American City
Housingaffordability,quality,andaccessaresomeofthemostpressingissuesfacingurbanpolicy-makers.In
someareascostshaverisenrapidly,whileinothersanexcessofhousinghasledtowidespreadblightand
abandonment.Ontopofthis,therecenthousingcrisisshowsquitestarklytheimportantrolehousingplaysinthe
U.S.economy.Thiscourseexaminesthefunctioningofhousingmarkets,thepublicpoliciesthatregulatethem,and
theimpactofthissystemonneighborhoodsandtheirresidents.Studentswillreadwidelyonhousingtopicsfrom
academicjournalstohistoricalaccountstonewspaperarticles.Inadditiontoreadingsandin-classdiscussions,
studentswillpracticearangeofwritingstylesthroughthecompletionofblogposts,essays,andpolicybriefs.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. DanielKuhlmann 17410 StephanSchmidt

DEVELOPMENT SOCIOLOGY 1200

The Third World Within: Poverty and Paradox in the United States
WetypicallyseetheU.S.asexemplifyingtheFirstWorld.Butpoverty,exploitation,andmarginalizationare
everywhere,evidentinwidespreadincomeinequality,highratesofincarceration,contaminateddrinkingwater,
gunviolence,andmore.Together,wewillexaminetheseproblemsandforgottenbackwatersintheU.S.,asking
whethertheystandapartfrommoderndevelopmentorareahiddenpartofit,learningtoseetheworldasmore
thanjustdevelopedandundeveloped.Forexample,howdothenaturalgaspipelinescrisscrossingPennsylvania
forestsrelatetoenergymarketsinnearbyManhattan,orcomparetoenergyextractioninotherpartsoftheworld?
Writingassignments(personalessays,satire)willbuildtowardsasociologicalresearchproposal,wherestudents
willarticulaterealistic,data-drivenresearchquestionsabouttheparadoxesthatsurroundus.
SEM102 TR10:1011:25a.m. EleanorAndrews 17413 JohnSipple
SEM102 TR10:1011:25a.m. EleanorAndrews 17413 JohnSipple

EDUCATION 1170
Teens in School
WhatdoresearchandexperiencetellusaboutadolescentsintheU.S.?Whatneedsanddesiresare
fundamental,andwhichareculturallyorindividuallyvariable?AreU.S.middleandhighschools(atleastsomeof
them)welldesignedinlightofwhatweknowaboutteensandtheworldtheyaregrowingupin?Insightintothese
questionswillcomefromreading,frequentwriting,discussion,andweeklytripsoffcampustoworkwithstudents
ataruralmiddleorhighschool.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. BryanDuff 17789
StudentschedulesmustaccommodateTuesdaytrips(2:40-4:30PM)toalocalmiddleorhighschool.
Transportationprovided.Becauseoftheweeklytrips,theamountofreadingwillbereducedsothattotalhoursof
commitmenttothecoursewillbecommensuratewithotherFWSs.

ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Stories of Female Friendship
Howhavealliancesbetweenwomenbeenexpressedinfiction?Howhavetheseliterarydepictionscontributed
to,contradicted,orcomplicatedourideasofhowfemalesrelateamongthemselves?Howwellhasrecentwriting
donetoaddressVirginiaWoolfs1929observationofthedearthoffemalefriendshiponthepageherinsistence
thatthehypotheticalline,ChloelikedOlivia,representsafirstinliterature?Thiscoursewillexplorethebond
betweenmembersofthesecondsexasconstructedinarangeofnarratives,frombiblicalstoriestoplayandnovel
excerpts(WilliamShakespeare,JaneAusten,JamesBaldwin,LorraineLpez,ElenaFerrante),tothecontemporary
televisionseries GirlsandOrange is the New Black.Writingassignmentswillincludereadingresponses,
analyticalessaysonsingleworks,andcomparativeassignmentsbringingideasfromonetobearanother,and
creativeassignmentsinwhichstudentstelltheirownstoriesoffemalefriendships.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. TessWheelwright 17415 DagmnawiWoubshet

ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Queer Women Writers
Inthiscoursewewillreadtextsbyand/oraboutqueerwomensuchasAudreLordeandAlisonBechdelto
analyzethequeerwaysauthorsandprotagonistsvisualizethemselvesandtheworldfrompositionsofabjection
andjoy.Wewillalsothinkthroughwhatitmeanstobequeer,andhowqueernessbothshapesandisshapedby
onesposition.Studentswillencounterarangeofauthorsincludingtextsbyandaboutnonwhite,nonAmerican,
andtransgender/gendernonconformingsubjects.Thiswillservetoenrichouranalysisofqueernessinliterature,
butalsotonuanceourunderstandingofqueernessasalivedexperience.Tothisend,studentscanexpecttowrite
bothcriticalandcreativeessays.
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. ElizabethAlexander 17416 DagmawiWoubshet

ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Sex, Girls, and MisogynoirFeminist Essays
Thiscoursewillintroducestudentstoapersonalyetoftenpoliticalgenreofpersonal,creativenonfiction,and
academicessaysthatfocusoncombatingsexism,writingwomenslives,andredefininggender.Readingessaysby
writerssuchasJessicaValenti,AliceWalker,AudreLorde,RoxaneGay,RebeccaSolnit,MarkAnthonyNeal,and
SikivuHutchinsonwillhighlightquestionssurroundingwomensbodies,religion,queersexualities,and
masculinity.Thereadingswillqueryhow,inSimonedeBeauvoirswords,onebecomesawoman,and
consequentlywhateffectspatriarchyandmaledominationhaveonthegenderedworld.Writingassignmentswill
rangefromwritingyourowncreativenonfiction,poetry,andpersonalessays,toclosereadinganalysesoftexts.
SEM103 MWF11:1512:05p.m. MarquisBey 17417 DagmawiWoubshet
ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Empathy and Technology
Unplug,doasocialmediapurge,justgooutside:psychologists,bloggers,andourmomsallclaimthat
usinglesstechnologymightleadtomoregenuineemotionalconnections.Butwhataboutourcurrentrelationship
withtechnologydrawsworriesofsocialdisengagement?Howarecurrentdigitaltechnologiesdifferentfrom
telephones,photographs,andevenletters,thathaveconnecteduswithotherpeopleoverthepastcenturies?And,
technologyaside,howmuchdoweknowaboutourabilitytoempathizeanyway?Wellengagethesequestions
throughcasestudiesofhashtagactivism,SecondLife,cyborgs,warphotography,andcrisishelplines.Asawriting
community,welldraft,workshop,andrevisefrequentcreativeandcriticalessaysconsideringthewaysthat
technologiessupport,interferewith,orinterrogateourexperiencesofempathyandapathy.
SEM104 TR11:4012:55p.m. LizaFlum 17418 LyraeVanClief-Stafanon

ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Erotics of Knowledge
Whatistheerotic?InUses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,AudreLordedefinesitasourdeepestand
nonrationalknowledge,associatedwithlove,intimacy,andattachmentaswellasthemeasurebetweenthe
beginningsofoursenseofselfandthechaosofourstrongestfeelings.Similarly,inPlatosSymposium,erotic
loveisdefinedassomethinginbetweenmortalandimmortal,akintodiscernmentwhichissomethingin
betweenwisdomandignorance.Inthisdiscussion-andwriting-intensivecourse,wewillquestionthe
in-betweennessoferoticloveandwhetheritimpliesperpetualtransition.TextswillincludeKateChopins The
AwakeningandJamesBaldwinsGiovannis Room.Together,andwritingfrequentcriticalandcreativeessays,
wellexplorethewaysinwhicheroticloveisaformofself-knowledgeandhowself-knowledgeisaformofchaos.
SEM105 TR11:4012:55p.m. KoreyWilliams 17419 DagmawiWoubshet

ENGLISH 1105
Writing and Sexual Politics: Science Fiction and Feminism
Heinlein,Asimov,Bradbury,Vonnegut:thesearesomeofthenamesthatcometomindwhenthinkingabout
theseminalwritersofsciencefiction,agenrehistoricallydominatedbymen.Oftenignoredinthishistoryarethe
womenwhoalsocontributedinfluentialworks.Thiscoursewillexaminetextsbysomeofthepioneeringfemale
authorsofsciencefiction,includingJamesTiptree,UrsulaLeGuin,JoannaRuss,MargaretAtwood,andOctavia
Butler.Wewillreadtheirstoriesandnovelsinthecontextofhistoryandpolitics,especiallyfeministmovements.
Wewilldiscusshowsciencefictionsstrengthasallegorygiveswritersthefreedomtoexplorequestionsnotonly
aboutgenderbutrace,sexuality,andclassaswell.Writingassignmentswillencouragecriticalengagementwith
primaryandsecondarytexts.
SEM106 TR01:2502:40p.m. JiHyunLee 17420 CathyCaruth

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Imaginary Lands
Whatdoesittaketomakeaworldreal?Thiscoursewillstudytextsthatseemasiftheycouldbesetinreality,
perhapsourownorperhapsoneentirelydistant.Usingamixtureofspeculativefictionandalternatehistories
firmlygroundedinlogicandrealism,wewillreadworld-buildingtextsthatpresenttheirlandsasreal,
encyclopedias,codicesofimaginarylandsandlanguages,andmeta-fiction.Focusingonintersectionsofnarration,
creation,anddeception,wellexplorenovelsandstoriesbyItaloCalvino,JanMorris,JorgeLuisBorges,and
others.Throughclassdiscussionsandavarietyofwritingassignmentsdesignedtodevelopandadaptyourskills
fromanalyticalconvictionstocreativeprojects,thiscoursewillinvestigatewritingasameanstounderstand
worlds.
SEM101 MWF12:2001:10p.m. AmberHarding 17426 MarkMorris
ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Race and (Dis)ability
Wewillexploretheintersectionsbetweenraceanddisabilitytoask:Howaredifferenceandweakness
understoodinanti-racistpolitics(e.g.,strengthinBlackPowerversussurvivalinBlackLivesMatter)?Howdo
peoplewithprosopagnosia(akafaceblindness)seerace?Doweallhaveacaseofprosopagnosiawhentryingto
seeindividualsbeyondrace?Howdothosepeoplebornblindthinkracedifferentlyfromthosewholosttheirsight?
Howhaveparticularracesbeenimaginedasless-thanormore-thanhumantojustifywhitesupremacy(e.g.,
slavery,prisons,"thewall,"war,etc.)?Howhavedefinitionsofraceanddisabilitybeenmutuallyconstitutivein
medicaldiscourse?Ismentalillnessalignedprimarilywithwhiteness,andhowhassocialpolicykeptracialized
groupsfrommentalhealthsupport?
SEM102 MWF12:2001:10p.m. KatherineThorsteinson 17427 SatyaMohanty

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Speaking Science Fictions
Howwillpeoplespeakwiththeirneighborshundredsofyearsfromnow?Email?Telepathy?Messengerbat?
Inthiscoursewewilllookathowfuturehumans,aliens,andmachinescommunicatewitheachotherinscience
fictionandwhathappenswhencommunicationfails.ReadingswillincludeworksbyWilliamGibson,Walter
Miller,andChinaMiville.Writingassignments,bothanalyticalandcreative,willexplorehowsciencefiction
usesunconventionalorinventedlanguagetocommentonreal-lifesocialproblemsandconflicts.Aswereadand
write,we'llconsiderhowlanguageischangingtodaytoanticipateandshapethefuture.
SEM103 MWF01:2502:15p.m. ClaireWhitenack 17428

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Inside the Haunted House
Enteronlyifyoudare:Thiscourseisforsupernaturalsleuthscompelledtoinvestigatethehauntedsitesof
Westernfilmandliteraturebothclassicandnew.Whatexactlyconstitutesahaunting?Howandwhyarephantoms
sooftentetheredtoplace?Inwhatwaysareourpastslinkedtoourpresentbothforgoodandforill?Our
explorationswillincludeacrumblingVictorianmansion(delToros Crimson Peak),aspitefuloldhouseinrural
Ohio(MorrisonsBeloved),andaphantomLondonalleywherevampiricprophetslurk(MitchellsSlade House).
Studentsleuthswillfurthertheiroralandwrittencommunicationskillsthroughcollaborativediscussion,informal
presentation,andtheindividualcompletionofsixlinkedinvestigativereportsoneachhauntedsiteweencounter.
SEM104 MW07:3008:45p.m. CodyKlippenstein 17429 ErnestoQuionez

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: History from the Margins
WhatstorieshasmainstreamAmericatendedtoleaveoutofitsofficialhistoricalrecord?Throughworkby
ShermanAlexie,ToniMorrison,JunotDiaz,AndreaGibson,andTarifaFaizulla,wewillexplorethewaythe
literaryqualitiesofhistoryendowitwiththepotentialformultiplerepresentations,honinginonhowminoritized
Americanidentitieshaverevisedthehistorical/politicalrecord.Informalexperimentalwritingassignmentswill
leadtowardthedraftingandrevisionofargumentativeessays.
SEM105 TR08:4009:55a.m. BrianaThompson 17430 SatyaMohanty

ENGLISH 1111
ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Text(ing) in the Digital Age
HaveyoueverwonderedifShakespearewouldworkonTwitter?Everworrythattechnologywillrender
obsoleteourfavoritedog-earedbooks?OrwhethertweetingandtextingwilldestroytheEnglishlanguagewith
slangandemoji?Thiscourseconsiderssuchloomingquestionsbyexploringtheevolutionoftextualproduction.
WewillstudyhowatextlikeRomeo and Julietchangesfromstagetopagetoscreenorhowagraphicnovellike
V for Vendettachangesthewayweread.Wewillalsoinvestigatehowreadersbothnavigateandunderstandnew
literaturelikehypertextandcrowd-sourcednovels.Writingiscentraltothisseminar.Fiveoutofsixessays
producedinclasswillgothroughadraftingprocessthatincludesworkshopsfortopics,outlines,andpeerediting.
SEM106 TR10:1011:25a.m. KaylinO'Dell 17431

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Revenge!
HowdidIplanthismoment?Withpleasure.EdmondDants(The Count of Monte Cristo).Toplan
revengeiseasy,butwhatarethecostsandconsequencesofgettingit?Thisclasswillexaminethemethodsand
motivesofvengeanceinordertounderstanditshistoricalandculturalsignificanceinliteratureandfilm.Inthe
processwewillattempttoanswerthequestionofwhythesenarrativesnotonlyendurebutalsoenjoysucha
prominentplaceinthecanon.Wewilllookforrevengeeverywhere:fromShakespeare,toBollywoodfilms,to
AmericanWesterns.Workingindependentlyandinclass,studentswillgainexperienceininterpretativereading
andanalysis,aswellasinnovativewritingandediting.
SEM107 TR10:1011:25a.m. Mary-MargaretStevens 17432 HelenaViramontes

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Autobiographies of Childhood
TheGerman-bornwriterW.G.Sebaldonceremarkednoonecanexplainexactlywhathappenswithinus
whenthedoorsbehindwhichourchildhoodterrorslurkareflungopen.Inthiscoursetheautobiographiesof
childhoodwewillreadwillbringusbackintotheother-worldlinessandstrangebeautyofchildhoodmemoriesof
someoftheworldsmostgiftedwriters.Studentswillwritecriticalresponsestothebooksandfrequentshort
creativepieces.Booksinclude:JoseSaramagosSmall Memories,MaximGorkysMy Childhood,WoleSoyinkas
Ake,MarjaneSatrapisPersepolis,PatrickChamoiseausChildhoodandJ.M.CoetzeesBoyhood.
SEM108 TR11:4012:55p.m. IshionHutchinson 17433

ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Native American and Latino Hauntings
Whatdoesitmeantohauntortobehaunted?ThisclasswillinvestigatethewaysinwhichmanyNorth
Americanindigenousculturesnegotiatetheconceptsofhome,memory,andidentitythroughghoststoriesof
variouskinds.Framedcorrectly,theconceptoftheghostcanupsetWesternnotionsoftimeandplace:itexplores
ourrelationshiptoplace,anditspeakstothewaysinwhichindigenouspeoplesremember.Ontheotherhand,the
ghosthasbeenusedagainstindigenouspeoplesbyWesterncolonizingpowers.Wewilllookatthetensions
revealedbytheconcept,andwewillexplorehowtheghostasatoolcan,indifferenthands,beusedasbotha
modeofoppressionandofdecolonization.Theclasswilllookatdifferentkindsofmedia,andclassreadingswill
includeworksbyLorraineLpez,EdenRobinson,JuanRulfo,ShermanAlexie,andLeAnneHowe.Writing
assignmentswillincludeformal,analyticalargumentsaswellascreativepieces.
SEM109 TR02:5504:10p.m. MarianaAlarcon 17434 SatyaMohanty

ENGLISH 1111
ENGLISH 1111
Writing Across Cultures: Get in FormationHistory in Real Time
WhenBeyoncdroppedFormation,Internetheadsspundeconstructingitsintention.Didshemeantomake
apoliticalorhistoricalstatement?Viatextsalignedinthoughtwithmanycurrentsociopoliticalmovements
(#blacklivesmatter,LGBTQArights,etc.),wellconsidertheartandliteratureofthismomentasthecenterofapop
culturephenomenonmadepossiblebythecurrentdigitalstage.Asweencountermulti-genreworksbyartistsand
writerssuchas:Ta-NehisiCoates,WarsanShire,EulaBiss,JulianaHuxtable,andothers,wellinvestigate,debate,
andanalyzethesetextsasinextricablefromboththeimplicationsandpowerofhistoryformedandhistoryin
formation.Wellevolvefromjustconsuminganddisseminatingthesetextstobeingthinkersandwriterswho
analyzethemtomakeourownuniversity-levelwrittenworks.
SEM110 TR02:5504:10p.m. RevniaWhite 17436

ENGLISH 1134
True Stories
Whenstudentswritepersonalessaysforcollegeapplications,theyoftendiscoverjusthowchallenging
writingaboutandpresentingthemselvestothepubliccanbe.Inthiscoursewellexaminehowwell-knownauthors
suchasMaxineHongKingston,AlisonBechdel,TimOBrien,andothersconstructtheirpublic,writtenselves.
Wellconsiderhowanauthorsself-presentationaffectshowreadersinterprettheexperiences,insights,and
knowledgepresentedineachtext;wellalsoconsiderhowthestyleofwritingaffectshowreadersunderstandan
authorspersonalityandmotives.Readingswillincludeshortessays,possiblysomepoems,andafewlonger
works.Together,andwritingfrequentessays,wellexplorewhyandhowpeoplewriteaboutthemselvesfor
self-exploration,politicalorsocialchange,purelytopracticeaformofart,orforotherreasonsandwell
investigatehowwritingshapeslivedexperience.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. LauraFrancis 17443 CharlieGreen
SEM102 MWF10:1011:00a.m. JasmineJay 17444 CharlieGreen
SEM103 MW02:5504:10p.m. CharlieGreen 17445

ENGLISH 1140
Common Ground: Education Beyond the Ivory Tower
ThiscourseoffersyouachancetobecomeamoreengagedmemberoftheIthacacommunityaspartofyour
first-yearwritingexperience.Fortwoafternoonsaweek,CornellstudentswillengagewithIthacamiddleschool
studentsasmentorsandtutorsoutsideofclass.Writingassignmentswillhelpyoureflectonthetutoring
experienceandtheroleofeducationandresponsiblecitizenshipinademocraticsociety.Readingswillinclude
Savage InequalitiesbyKozol,Life and Death of the Great American School SystembyRavitch,andessaysby
Barber,Freire,andKing.Ourultimategoalwillbetobroadenstudents'perspectivesonourpubliceducational
systemandtheroleofuniversitiesintheircommunities.Cross-Listedsection:Toaddthisseminartoyourballot,
chooseWRIT1400.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. x-listedw/WRIT1400&AMST1140 17535
StudentschedulesmustaccommodateTRtrips(3-5PM)toBoyntonMiddleSchool.

ENGLISH 1147
The Mystery in the Story
Whatmakesastory,andwhatmakesitamysterystory?Inthiscoursewe'llstudyandwriteaboutthenature
ofnarratives,takingtheclassicmysterytalewrittenbysuchwritersasArthurConanDoyle,AgathaChristie,and
RaymondChandlerastypicalofintricatelyplottedstoriesofsuspenseanddisclosurethathavebeenwrittenand
filmedinmanygenres:Greektragedy,horrortalesbyPoeandShirleyJackson,psychologicalthrillersbyRuth
RendellandPatriciaHighsmith,neo-noirfilmssuchasMementoandFight Club,andpostmodernmystery
parodiessuchasthoseofPaulAusterandJorgeLuisBorges.We'lllookatthewaytheyholdtogether,thedesire
andfearthatdrivethem,andthesecretstheytellortrytokeephidden.
SEM101 MWF10:1011:00a.m. MarioGiannone 17464 StuartDavis
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. MadelineReynolds 17465 StuartDavis
SEM103 MWF01:2502:15p.m. AlleyEdlebi 17466 StuartDavis

ENGLISH 1158
American Voices: Cool StuffAmerican Literature and Pop Culture
WherewouldJunotDiazbewithouthip-hop?LangstonHugheswithoutjazz?NathanaelWestwithoutfilm?
AmericanLiteraturedevelopedduringtheexplosivegrowthofindustrialcapitalismandmassconsumerism.
Consequently,thestudyofAmericanLiterature,asafield,hastoaccountfortheinfluenceofmass/popularculture
inidentifyingauniquelyAmericantradition.Nolongerconfinedtothetext,thecurrentfieldofAmerican
Literaturenowconsidersarangeofnon-printmedia(suchasfilmandmusic)tobevalidandnecessaryobjectsof
study.WewillexplorehowauthorsofclassicAmericanliteraturehavebeeninfluencedbypopularculture.Expect
toread,watch,listento,andwriteanalyticallyaboutworksfromFaulkner,Hughes,West,Diaz,Tarantino,
Scorcese,Coltrane,Guthrie,Wu-TangClan,andPublicEnemy.
SEM101 MWF10:1011:00a.m. ChristopherBerardino 17469 ShirleySamuels

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American Voices: American Ghosts
SociologistAveryGordonarguesthat,Tostudysociallifeonemustconfronttheghostlyaspectsofit.This
coursewillexploretheghostlyfiguresthatappearinAmericanliteraturefromtheearlynationalperiodtothe
twenty-firstcentury.Whatformsdoghoststake?Inwhatwayscanpeoplebehaunted?Howdospectersrecalibrate
ourunderstandingofchronologyandhistory?Andwhatdoghostsdemandofusethically,socially,and
politically?Wewillpayparticularattentiontowhatghostshavetodowithgender,race,class,andsexuality.Texts
willlikelyincludeToniMorrisons Beloved,AnnaLeeWalterssGhost Singer,AlisonBechdelsFun Home,short
worksbyWashingtonIrving,HermanMelville,HenryJames,andShermanAlexie,andselectionsfromtheoretical
texts.Wewillthinkaboutcriticalwriting,research,andreadingaswaysofengagingwithspectralwithwhat
seemsinvisible,insubstantial,unreal,non-present,dead,orpast.Inadditiontoformalassignments,studentswilldo
regularinformalwritingactivitiessuchasreadingreflections,abriefessaythatconnectsanolderliterarytextwith
acurrentevent,andacollaborativein-classpaperwritteninsmallgroups.
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. GabriellaFriedman 17470 ShirleySamuels

ENGLISH 1158
American Voices: Performing America
FromthedramabetweenbrothersinSamSheppardsTrue WesttothefamilystoriesinHelenaMaria
ViramontesUnder the Feet of Jesus,characterstrytounderstandthemselvesthroughconflictswiththeirfamilies
andtheirsenseofplace.Toexpressidentitythroughgeography,class,race,sexuality,andgenderpreoccupies
manyauthors.Inthisclasswewillreadattentively,writecarefully,andthinkasclearlyaswecanaboutsuch
issuesashowtolocateasenseofselfintheU.S.AuthorswillincludeRebeccaHardingDavis,MarkTwain,
StephenCrane,ToniMorrison,andHelenaMariaViramontes.Weeklywritingassignments.
SEM103 MWF11:1512:05p.m. ShirleySamuels 17471

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American Voices: Documenting America, 1900 to 1945
Thedemandfordocumentation,thehungerforauthenticity,andtheurgetoshareintheexperiencesofothers
werewidespreadinthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Thiscourseexploresthevariouswaysartists,
photographers,writers,andgovernmentagenciesattemptedtodocumentAmericanlife.Howdosuchdocuments
fluctuatebetweenutilityandaesthetics?Inwhatwaysdotheseworksdocumentissuesofraceandgenderthat
complicateourunderstandingofAmericanlife?Howareourunderstandingsofindustrializationandconsumerism,
theGreatDepressionandWorldWarII,shapedandalteredbysuchworksasthephotographsofHine,Lange,and
Evans,thepaintingsofLawrence,thefilmsofChaplin,andtheliteraryworksofHimes,Williams,Hurston,and
Agee?Writingassignmentswillincludeanalysesandcomparisonsofphotographs,films,andtexts.
SEM104 MWF12:2001:10p.m. VincentHiscock 17472 ShirleySamuels

ENGLISH 1158
American Voices: Hauntings in Asian American Literature
Aghostisafigurethatholdsadisruptivestatus.Thequestiondidyouseethat?hingesbetweenvisibility
andinvisibility,andthequestiondidyouhearthat?indicatesasoundorrhythmoutofplace.Hauntingsin
AsianAmericanLiteratureisafirstforayintothequestion:whatisandisnotvisible,whatisandisnotheard,ina
canonizedAmericanVoice?Howmightthethemeofhauntingberelatedtoquestionsofbelonging,of
marginality,ofmourning,andliteraryrepresentation?Wewilladdresstheseandotherquestionsasweexplorethe
figureofghostsandthethemeofhauntingwithinAsianAmericanliterature.ThereadingsspanfromJoy
Kogawas Obasan,toHayaoMiyazakisSpirited Away,ShaniMootoosCereus Blooms,NoraOkjaKellers
Comfort Woman,toKyung-SookShinsPlease Look After Mom.Drawinguponclassdiscussionsofthereadings,
aswellaswrittenresponses,studentswilllearntodevelopfocusedlinesofinquiryforwritingpapers.Wewill
workcollectivelytowardaskinginterestingquestions,findingmeaningfulframesofanalysis,andwritingwith
effectiveeconomy.
SEM105 MWF12:2001:10p.m. Mee-JuRo 17473 ShellyWong

ENGLISH 1158
American Voices: Writing as Self-Exploration
Didionsays,IwriteentirelytofindoutwhatI'mthinking,whatI'mlookingat,whatIseeandwhatitmeans.
Weoftendontknowthedepthandnuanceofwhatwefeelandthinkuntilweworktouncoverit.Writingcanhelp
usexpandandunravelourselves,ourworld,andcomplextheories.WellexploreclassandfamilythroughGeorge
Saundersmadcapsurrealiststories,raceandinvisibilityinJamesBaldwinspersonalessays,sexualityinMaggie
Nelsonsexperimentallyricessays,listlessnessinTaoLins Taipei,addictionandredemptioninDenisJohnsons
Jesus Son,loveandlossinJunotDazandStuartDybeksstories,andmore.Wellwritepersonalandcritical
essaysthataskwhoweare,whatwereupagainst,andwhyitmatters.
SEM106 TR10:1011:25a.m. KirstenSaracini 17474 ShirleySamuels

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American Voices: Race, Law, and the Black Lives Matter Movement
WhyisitnecessaryintheUnitedStates,intheyear2017,toassertthatBlackLivesMatter?Thiscourse
exploresthisurgentquestionthroughAfricanAmericanliteraryandperformativetextsthatgrapplewiththeracial
inequalitiesofAmericanlaw.WhileBlackLivesMatterasamovementisofcourseaboutmorethanjustlegal
reform,thecentralityofpolicebrutalityandthekillingsofMichaelBrown,EricGarner,AiyanaJones,andtoo
manyotherstonamewillfocusourcourseontheintersectionofraceandlaw.Wewillusethesettingofawriting
seminartoexplorehowthewrittenwordbothintervenesinandresiststhelawitselfamodeofwriting.Through
formalandinformalassignments,studentswillbothbuildconcretewritingskillsandattendtothepowerofwriting
asauthorshipofaworld,ultimatelysynthesizingadoublymeaningfulsenseofrevision.
SEM107 TR01:2502:40p.m. JesseGoldberg 17475 MargoCrawford

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American Voices: The Culture of Great American Cities
Despitepoverty,depopulation,andsocialdisruption,theminoritizedpopulationsofAmericancitieshave
beenthesourceofcreativityinthearts.Throughfrequentwritingandrevisions,you'llanalyzeanddescribea
varietyofculturalforms,fromrapmusictosubwaygraffiti,andfromjournalismtofiction,thatreflectthelivesof
peopleininnercities.Aguidingthemewillbehip-hopculture,whichoriginatedintheSouthBronxinthe1970s
andwentworldwide.Whatarethesocio-economicconditionsthatproducedhip-hop?What'stherelationship
betweenhip-hopandcontemporarymovementslikeBlackLivesMatterandprisonreform?Howdoeship-hop
constructidentities?Howdidcommercializationaffectartformsthataroseinpoverty?Andmostbroadly:What
doesaestheticpleasurehavetodowithsocialjustice?
SEM108 TR11:4012:55p.m. PaulSawyer 17476

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Great New Books
WouldyoubeabletoidentifytheShakespeareorAustenofyourtime?Whatarethebestbooksbeingwritten
todayandhowdoweknowtheyaregreat?Whatroledocritics,prizes,bookclubs,andmovieadaptationsplayin
establishingtheappealandprestigeofnewliterature?Aretheresomebooksthataregreatintheirmomentand
othersthatwillbeconsideredgreatforgenerationstocome?Thesearesomeofthequestionswe'llexploreaswe
read,discuss,andwritecriticalessaysaboutseveralofthemostacclaimedbookspublishedinthelasttwenty
years.Ourreadingswillincludeworksinarangeofgenres,fromnovelsandmemoirstopoetryandgraphicnovels.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. MintDamrongpiwat 17490 BradZukovic
SEM102 MWF09:0509:55a.m. AnnieGoold 17639 BradZukovic
SEM103 MWF10:1011:00a.m. MichaelPrior 17491 BradZukovic
SEM104 TR08:4009:55a.m. StephenKim 17492 BradZukovic

ENGLISH 1168
Cultural Studies: Literature and Climate Change
Whatdoesliteraturehavetoofferadyingworld?Indeed,whatisthepointofreadingandwritinginanageof
ecosystemcollapse,climatechange,andmassanimalextinctions?Inthiscoursewewillexaminehowadiverseset
ofauthorsimagineenvironmentaldegradationandclimatechange,takingspecialcaretoemphasizeeco-disasters
asbothscientificandculturalphenomena.Wewillalsoexplorehowtextsandfilms,from WaldentoWall-E,from
Eating AnimalstoMad Max: Fury Road,envisionmorehopefulandjustenvironmentalfuturesforallofearths
inhabitants:plant,animal,andhuman.Writingassignmentswillincludecreativeprojects,afilmreview,and,
becauseactionistheantidotetodespair,alettertoagovernmentrepresentative.
SEM101 MWF10:1011:00a.m. KristenAngierski 17499 ElizabethAnker

ENGLISH 1168
Cultural Studies: Monsters in Fiction
Wefindourselvesfascinatedbyvampires,zombies,andaliens.Butwhy?Whatdowefindsocompelling
aboutthesemonsters?Andwhatcantheyteachusaboutourselves?Thiscoursewillinvestigateavarietyof
monstersandusethemascriticallensesintothesocietiestheyterrorize.Wewillthoughtfullyexaminethefears,
anxieties,andtransgressionsthatmonstersreflect,theculturalmomentstheycapture.Wewilllearntodiscernand
analyzetheundercurrentsofmeaningthatboilbeneathourmostpopularnarrativesandwewilllearnhowto
writeaboutthem.FromDraculatoThe Walking Dead,thisclassusesmonsterstoengagewithhumanquestions
andconcerns.Whatisitthatmakesushuman?Theanswersmightsurpriseorevenfrightenus.
SEM102 MWF01:2502:15p.m. LenaNguyen 17500 ElizabethAnker

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Cultural Studies: Word Spirits
TheJapanesetermkotodamareferstothespiritsorghostsofwords.Theideaisthatnegativewordscanhaunt
youorharmpeople,andgoodonescanimprovetheworld.Whatarewordsmadeof,whataretheirmysterious
powers,andhowbesttoharnessthem?Cantheyreallychangetheworld?Oraretherelimitationstothepowersof
language,asindicatedbytheclich:actionsspeaklouderthanwords?Wewillconversewiththewordspiritsof
authorssuchasJamaicaKincaid,HarukiMurakami,RichardWagamese,LucilleClifton,WilliamShakespeare,
andEduardoCorral.Bywritinglovepoems,personalstories,andanalyticalessays,wewillexploretheghostsof
wordsandthepossiblewayslanguagecanmoveusand,justmaybe,theworld.
SEM103 TR01:2502:40p.m. RichardLaRose 17501 LyraeVanClief-Stafanon

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Cultural Studies: Everyones a Critic
Inmanyways,saysAntonEgoinRatatouille,theworkofacriticiseasy.Isthattrue?Thiscourse
examinescriticalwritingintendedforgeneralreadersbookandfilmreviewsinparticularwithanemphasison
thepracticalstrategiescriticsuseinframingtheirwritingfordifferentaudiencesandinmanipulatingdifferent
forms(thereview-essay,thesurvey,thehatchetjob,theretrospective,etc.).Wellreadfromsomeofthegreat
mid-centurycritics(PaulineKael,RandallJarrell),aswellasthemanycriticswhohaveflourishedinthe
contemporaryera(Updike,Vendler,Wood,Dargis,etal.).Ourgoalwillbetobetterunderstand,ifnotanswer,the
ancientquestion,Whatsthepointofcriticism?,aswellasitsmodernvariant,Whyshouldanyonecarewhat
ThatGuythinks?
SEM104 TR02:5504:10p.m. DavidOrr 17502

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Cultural Studies: Nature, Land, Property
Westernersroutinelyunderstandland(andbyextensionnature)asproperty.ButAmericannaturalistsand
Indigenouspeoplesofferalternativesconceivingnature,legally,aesthetically,andempathically.Wewillexamine
narrativesofpropertyandownershipthathavebeenconstructedaroundnaturesincetheclassical
periodnarrativesthathaveledtooutcomesasdivergentastheformationofNationalParkstotheoccupationof
theMalheurNationalWildlifeRefuge.Wewillexplorealternativenarrativesthatconceiveofnatureasakinship
systemsharedbetweenhumansandotherbeings,andaskingintheprocesswhatisormightbemeantbyconcepts
ofnature,environment,land,andplace,andthinkingthroughdiverseunderstandingsofwhatnatureis,and
whetheritcanbeowned.Writingassignmentswillrangefrompersonalessaysaboutproperty,toclosereadings
andcomparativeanalyses.
SEM105 MW02:5504:10p.m. LaurenHarmon 17503

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Cultural Studies: Digital Literature and New Media
CouldaTwitterfeedbeliterature?Howaboutavideogame?Isthecomputercodingunderlyingbothakindof
poetry?Inclasswewilladdressthesequestionsandmanymore,inanefforttounderstandandwriteabout
emergingdigitalformsandtheirrelationtoArtandLiterature.Inthepast30years,computertechnologyhas
enablednewformsofarttobepossibleandvisible.Wewillread,watch,andplayaplethoraoftheseworks.We
willalsoreadrecentscholarlyworkondigitalliteratureandnewmedia.Andwewillbecomebetterwritersand
thinkersaswearticulatethisstill-newworldofpotentialliterature.
SEM106 MWF12:2001:10p.m. TravisDuprey 17504 AndrewGallowayAliceFulton

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Short Stories
Whatisthedifferencebetweenananecdoteandashortstoryoramemoirandashortstory?Howdoesthe
shortstoryseparateitselffromtheprosepoem,themyth,ortheparable?Whatcanashortstorydothatnoother
artformcando,includingcinematicnarrative?Thiscoursewillfocusonthereadingandanalysisofshortstories
derivedfromarangeofculturesandtimeperiods,withsomeemphasisonEnglish-languagestories,particularly
thosefromtheNorthAmericancontinent.Writersmayincludebutnotbelimitedto:TobiasWolff,AliceMunro,
GabrielGarciaMarquez,WillaCather,EdgarAllanPoe,NikolaiGogol,EudoraWelty,LouiseErdrich,Haruki
Murakami,DenisJohnson,MargaretAtwood,DonaldBarthelme,FlanneryO'Connor,EdithWharton,Raymond
Carver,JoyceCarolOates,andAntonChekhov.Therewillbearesearchcomponentandsomeworkshop
discussionofstudentwork.
SEM101 MWF09:0509:55a.m. RocioAnica 17640 DavidFaulkner
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. LeoRios 17511 DavidFaulkner
SEM103 MW02:5504:10p.m. ChristineVines 17512 DavidFaulkner
SEM104 TR08:4009:55a.m. ShaneKowalski 17513 DavidFaulkner
SEM105 TR10:1011:25a.m. KevinAttell 17514
SEM106 TR11:4012:55p.m. MollyKatz 17515

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Word and Image
WritersandartistsfromHomertoRaymondPettibonhavebeenfascinatedbytherelationshipbetweenwords
andimages,arelationshipthatissometimesimaginedasacompetition,sometimesasacollaboration.Whatarethe
differencesbetweenliteraryandvisualmedia?Whatcanthejuxtapositionofwordandimageteachusaboutthe
natureofrepresentation?Whatothergoalsdoartistsandwritershopetoachievebycouplingwordswithimages?
Toexplorethesequestions,wewillconsultworksdrawnfromarangeofperiodsandgenres(graphicnovels,
medievalmanuscripts,contemporaryartandnewmedia,emblembooks,film,literarygaming,fiction,andpoetry).
Thecourseisstructuredaroundaprogressivesetofwritingassignmentsandwillincludebothinformalexercisesas
wellasformalessays.
SEM101 MWF09:0509:55a.m. CaryMarcous 17641 KevinAttell
SEM102 MWF10:1011:00a.m. NoahLloyd 17516 KevinAttell
SEM103 MWF11:1512:05p.m. SethKoproski 17517 KevinAttell
SEM104 TR08:4009:55a.m. ElisabethStrayer 17518 KevinAttell

ENGLISH 1191
British Literature: Medical Monsters
Surgeryandwritinghavealotincommon:bothinvolvetakingabody,(physicalinthefirstcase,textualin
thesecond)cuttingitaparttoseehowitworks,extractingusefulpieces,insertingnewbits,anddiscardingothers,
allinattempttocreateawholewhichismorethanthesumofitsparts.Thiscourseusestheexperimented-on
physicalbodyasanoccasiontoconsiderhowweexperimentonourowntextualbodies,throughexaminingthe
medicalmonstersofnineteenth-centuryfiction.Reading Frankenstein,Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,Rappaccinis
Daughter,andThe Island of Dr. Moreau,welllearnhownineteenth-centurymedicalexperimentationchallenged
ideasofreligion,nature,animality,andhumanidentity.VisitstoCornellsBrainCollectionandtheJohnson
Museumwillsupplementreadings.Writingassignmentswillincludeliteraryanalyses,adescriptivedissectionof
atextualbody,andafinalresearchessay.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. AmeliaHall 17446 ElishaCohn

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Writing About Literature: Reading Poetry
Whatcanreadingpoetryteachusaboutgoodwritingandcriticalthinking?Thiswritingseminardealswitha
varietyofpoetry,fromtheRenaissancetocontemporarymusicallyrics,inordertomakestudentsbetterreadersand
writers.Wewillworkcollectivelyinaseminarsettingto1)learnabouttheformalaspectsofpoetictexts;2)
improvewritingskills;3)develophabitsofcriticalthinking;4)learnhowtowritecriticalpapers;5)talkabout
whatisatstakeinreadingapoemanddoingcriticalanalysis.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. BarbaraCorrell 17450

GERMAN STUDIES 1109

From Fairy Tales to the Uncanny: Exploring the Romantic Consciousness
Howdidbawdytalesofpeasantsusingmagictoclimbthesocialladdergettransformedintomorallessonsfor
children?TheanswerliesinRomanticismanditsappropriationoftheimaginationasaforceforsocial
transformation.AsRomanticseditedoldertalesforjuvenileconsumptiontheywrotenewonesforadults.Thisnew
fictioncreatedthematrixformodernpopgenreslikefantasy,science-fiction,murdermysteries,andgothichorror.
Tounderstandthisparadigmshiftinmodernculture,wewillread,discuss,andwriteaboutavarietyoftextsthe
Romanticscollected,composed,orinspired,includingpoetryandfilm,inadditiontoclassicfairytalesand
academicscholarshiponthetopic.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. BenTam 17642 DouglasBrentMcBride

GERMAN STUDIES 1115

Sports Fanaticism
Sportsareneverjustentertainment.Theyalsocreatecommunitiesoffansfanaticswithvaluesandrituals
thatcloselyresemblereligiousmovements.Theguidingprinciplebehindthiswritingseminaristhatthereisa
relationshipbetweentheformofaparticularsportwhathappensonthefieldandthefansitproduces.The
difference,then,betweenaYankeesandaCowboysfanisnotjustajersey,butaworldview.Studentswillpractice
academicwritingskillsbyanalyzingtheseworldviewsasexpressedinthebooksandfilmssurroundingspecific
sportsthemselves.ThesewillincludeNickHornbysFever Pitch,PhilAldenRobinsonsField of Dreams,and
LeniRiefenstahlsOlympia,aswellascriticalworksbyImmanuelKant,SusanSonntag,andHansUlrich
Gumbrecht.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. MatteoCalla 17452 DouglasBrentMcBride

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Lets Play!
Whydoweplaygamesandwhydowehavefunwiththem?Whatmakesuswinnersandlosers?Thiscourse
willexplorevariousapproachestogamesandhumansatplay.Wewilltrytounderstandwhypeopleplayandwhy
theyprefersomegamestoothers.Interdisciplinaryinnature,theclasswillofferreadingsfromareasofsociology,
psychology,history,mathematics,andculturalstudies(justtonameafew).Byreadingandanalyzingandplaying
withNabokov,Hesse,Zweig,Berne,Huizinga,andSchenkelwewillmakeconnectionsbetweengames,national
identity,gender,class,andintelligence,andwillconstructargumentsaboutvariousscholarlyandfictionalwritten
andcinematictexts.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. EkaterinaPirozhenko 17456

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Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
AbasicunderstandingofMarx,Nietzsche,andFreudisaprerequisiteforparticipatingincriticaldebatesin
thehumanitiesandsocialsciences.Ourseminarwillexplorekeytermsintherevolutionarymodelsofcritical
analysisthesethinkerspioneered:historicalmaterialism,post-metaphysicalphilosophy,andpsychoanalysis.This
willmeanarticulatingpointsofcontrastaswellasconvergence.Discussionsandwritingexerciseswillfocuson
textsthatcreatedthediscursiveframeworkforcritiquingsocietyandculturetoday.Ourmethodwillproceedfrom
thepremisethatcriticalreading,thinking,andwritingareinseparablemomentsinthesameoperationofcritique.
Thequestionthatguidesthatmethodwillbe:Doalternativewaysofthinkingexistinoppositiontotheoneswe
viewasnatural,inevitable,oruniversal?
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. DouglasMcBride 17459
SEM102 MWF12:2001:10p.m. StephenKlemm 17460 DouglasBrentMcBride
SEM103 TR11:4012:55p.m. JoshuaMeyer-Gutbrod 17461 DouglasBrentMcBride

GERMAN STUDIES 1190

Evil, God, and Modern Thought: Exploring the Enlightenment
HowcouldajustGodcreateaworldfullofincomprehensiblesuffering?Findingsolutionstothispersistent
questionseriouslypreoccupiedenlightenmentthinkerswhopromisedtomaketheworldmorecoherent.This
seminarexploresanumberofmodernattemptstojustifytheexistenceofevilbothintheworldandinus.As
wereadanddiscussnovellas(Kleist,Voltaire),poems(Milton,Goethe,Blake),essays(Leibniz,Rousseau),letters
(Shaftesbury),manifestos(Lessing),andphilosophy(Kant,Hegel,Marx,),wewilldiscoverhowculture
appropriatesreligiousauthorityinitsquesttovindicateGodfromthechargeofhavingcatastrophicallyfailed
humanity.Tounderstandthesignificanceofthisdevelopmentwewillcriticallyengagewithandwriteabouta
numberofdiversetextsthatchallengeassumedboundariesbetweenreligionandculture.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. MatthewStoltz 17972 DouglasBrentMcBride

GOVERNMENT 1101
Power and Politics: Contemporary Political Protest
Whatdrivespeopletoprotest?Nationsundergoeconomicandpoliticalchangesthataffectcitizensallthe
time,yetcitizensdontalwaysreact.Sowhathappensinamomentofdiscontentthatsparksonesdecisiontosign
apetition,wearabadge,ortaketothestreets?Inthiscoursewewillseektounderstandcausesandconsequences
ofmobilizationthroughananalysisofthreerelativelyrecentevents:theresistancetopolicyreformsinLatin
Americainthebeginningof2000s;thecurrentprotestsagainstausterityinEurope;andresponsesintheU.S.after
the2008financialcrisis.Studentswillbeaskedtowriteonthesetopicsinavarietyofstyles,includingpamphlets,
flyers,politicalspeeches,op-eds,andargumentanalysis.
SEM101 TR08:4009:55a.m. MariaJimenaValdezTappata 17467 GustavoFlores-Macias

GOVERNMENT 1101
Power and Politics: Just Words? Just Inequality
Thiswritingseminarwillconsiderthepoliticsofjusticeandinequalitythroughafocusedexaminationofthe
workofadiversesetofwriters,rangingfromclassicalpoliticalthinkersandcontemporarypoliticianstonovelists
andpoets.Howdothesewritersmobilizelanguagetocastinequalityinanewlight,topersuadeothersaboutthe
meaningofjustice,ortoopenoureyestohiddeninequity?ThroughclosereadingsoftextsrangingfromPlatoto
ThomasPainetoThomasPynchon,ToniMorrison,andTa-NehisiCoates,andaseriesofrelatedwriting
assignmentssuchasop-edsandspeechesaswellasargumentativeessays,thiscoursewillgivestudentsthe
opportunitytowritewith,against,andaboutcompellingwriterspoliticallyengagingthetopicsofinequalityand
justiceandseekingtochangetheirworlds.
SEM102 TR02:5504:10p.m. JacobSwanson 17468 JillFrank
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Power and Politics: Women and Political Violence
Whatistherelationshipbetweensex,gender,andviolence?Whydosomearmedgroupsengageinrampant
wartimesexualviolencewhileothersdonot?Arewomenalwaysvictimsofviolenceorcantheybeperpetrators
too?Inthiscoursewewillseektounderstandhowgenderandviolenceinteractduringtimesofwarandtimesof
peace,andcriticallyexaminegovernmentpoliciessurroundingtheseissues.Wewillinvestigatenotonlysexual
violenceduringwarbutthetraffickingofwomenasslavesandmailorderbrides,aswellaswomen's
participationinviolenceasleaders,soldiers,guerillas,andterrorists.Studentswillbeaskedtowriteonthesetopics
inavarietyofstylesincludingop-eds,literaryanalysis,andacademicresearch.
SEM103 MW02:5504:10p.m. MarielBarnes 17477 MatthewEvangelista

HISTORY 1200
Writing History: Japan After Fukushima
TheFukushimaNuclearDisasterhasopenedupaseriesofquestionsonthesocialandhistoricalstructuresof
nucleartechnologyanddisasters:Whataretheimpactsofnucleartechnologyonhumankindandenvironment?
Whatisthedifferencebetweennaturaldisastersandman-madedisasters?Whatistherelationshipbetweenpolitics
andscience?Inthiscoursestudentswillpayspecialattentiontocontentiousissuesaboutnucleartechnologyand
disastersinmodernandcontemporaryJapan.Whilethiscoursemainlyfocusesonnatural,industrial,andnuclear
disastersinJapan(i.e.,atomicbombingsofHiroshimaandNagasaki,Minamatadisease,andradiationexposure),
studentswillbuildupabilitiestoanalyzehistoricallyandthinkcriticallyaboutthepoliticsofnucleartechnology
anddisasterswithinamuchbroadercontext.ViewingmodernandcontemporaryJapanthroughthelensof
post-Fukushimawillallowstudentstoreconsidertherelationshipsbetweenhumanityandnature,andscienceand
politics.
SEM101 MWF02:3003:20p.m. SujinLee 17481 NakoiSakai

HISTORY 1200
Writing History: Islam and Science in the Modern World, 1800 to Present
Whatdoessciencemean?Thehistoryofsciencepresentsapuzzle.Vibrantculturesofastronomyand
medicinehavelongflourishedinMuslimsocieties,yettheyareoftenconsideredunscientificwithinwestern
frameworks.WhyhasknowledgeproducedbyMuslimsbeenunderstoodatdifferenttimesaseitherscientificor
unscientific?Toaddressthesequestions,wewillexploreMuslimculturesofscienceinthemodernera.Wewill
followanEgyptiantravelerinParisandlistentopodcastsonOttomanscientificendeavors.Inturn,wewill
examineaglobalcorporationoftraditionalMuslimmedicineandPakistanisciencefiction.Readingswillinclude
travelaccounts,histories,andfiction.Studentswillengagethesediversereadingstocraftstrongargumentsthrough
formalandcreativewritingassignmentsandexplorealternativeunderstandingsofscience.
SEM102 MW08:4009:55a.m. AndrewAmstutz 17482 DurbaGhosh

HISTORY 1200
Writing History: A Life Under CoverSpies in History, Fiction, and Cinema
Whatdoesitmeantobeaspy?Whyarewesointerestedinotherpeoplessecrets?Thecontinuedsuccessof
theJames BondfranchiseandthescandalgeneratedbyEdwardSnowdensrevelationsshowhowtopicaltheissue
ofsurveillancehasbecome.Thiscoursewillexplorepracticesofespionagefromarangeofhistoricalperiodsand
sources,includingauthorssuchasJeremyBentham,MichelFoucault,HannahArendt,GeorgeOrwell,andPhilip
K.Dick.Twentieth-centuryEuropewillgetspecialemphasis,butothergeographicalareaswillalsobecovered.
Studentswilldevelopskillsinclosereadingandwrittenanalysisofawidearrayofsources,suchasmemoirs,
diaries,surveillancefiles,journalisticaccounts,andmovies.
SEM103 MWF09:0509:55a.m. BenedettaCarnaghi 17483 EnzoTraverso
HISTORY 1200
From Utopia to Catastrophe: The Long History of Climate Change
Howcanhistoryshapeourunderstandingofclimatescience,climatechange,andtheirimplicationsfor
society?Ourclasswillengagewiththisquestionbyfocusingonhistoricaldebatesaboutclimaticchange,starting
intheseventeenthcenturyandmovingintothepresentday.Wewillpayspecialattentiontothelanguageusedby
historicalfigurestocommunicatetheirviewsonclimate.Someenvisionedutopiasbroughtaboutby
human-inducedclimateimprovement,whileothersdescribedcatastrophescausedbydeforestationandother
humaninfluences.Wewillexamineandwriteaboutaneclecticrangeofprimaryandsecondarysources,from
nineteenth-centurynewspaperarticlestotwenty-first-centurygraphicnovels.Usingclimateasastartingpoint,this
coursewillraisequestionsaboutthemeaningsofandrelationshipsbetweenscience,technology,andnature.
SEM104 TR08:4009:55a.m. JoeGiacomelli 17484 AaronSachs

HISTORY 1200
Writing History: Space, Land, and Territory
Wheredoyouthinkyouare?Whatdoesitmeantobeinaplace,andhowaredifferentplacesconceived?
Howdoweconstructspace,andhowmightitconstructusinturn?Inthiscoursewewillexplorequestions
emergingfromthedynamicandmutuallyconstitutiverelationshipsofspace,land,andterritory.Wewillengage
theserelationshipsbylookingcriticallyatmaps,journals,letters,novels,andshortstories;andouranalysiswillbe
informedandcomplimentedbytheworkofhistoriansandgeographers.
SEM105 TR08:4009:55a.m. NicholasMyers 17485 RaymondCraib

HISTORY 1200
Writing History: Converts and Traitors in the Early Modern World
Thiscourseexploresshiftingformsofidentity,otherness,andsocialcontrolthroughthestoriesofpeoplewho
havetransgressedsocial,political,orreligiousboundaries.Wherepossible,studentswillreadaccountsby
convertsandtraitorsaswellasbythepeoplewhotriedtostoporpunishthem.Acentralgoalofthecourseis
toquestionthewaysinwhichthemethods,motivations,andlegaciesofsocialclassificationinearlymodern
contexts(from,roughly,thefifteenthtotheearlynineteenthcenturies)differfromthosewecanobservetoday.
Withtheencouragementandguidanceoftheinstructor,studentswillwrestleinwritingwithargument,
organization,perspective,analysisofhistoricalsources,andthemeasuredintroductionofcreativityintoacademic
prose.
SEM106 MW08:4009:55a.m. MatthewReeder 17486 TamaraLoos

HISTORY 1400
Kiplings India: Literature, Culture, History
RudyardKipling(18651936),mostfamoustodayastheauthorofchildrensstories,includingThe Jungle
Book,wasoneofthemostpopularandacclaimedwritersofhisday.Hewasalsoanotedchronicleroftheworldof
theBritishempire.Inthisclasswewillreadtheshortstories,poems,andnovelsthatKiplingwroteabout
Indiaincludinghismostfamousnovel,Kim.StudentswillexploretheintersectionsbetweenKiplingsstoriesand
thehistoryofBritishruleinIndia,andalsoconsiderthebroaderquestionofhowfictionalworkscanbeusedto
explorethehistoryofpastcultures.
SEM101 TR08:4009:55a.m. RobertTravers 17489

HISTORY 1453
HISTORY 1453
In Search of Ethiopia: History, Myth, and Politics
Ethiopia,oneoftheoldeststatesinAfrica,hasarichhistorythatisoftenenvelopedinmythsandlegends.
Hometoanumberofethnicandreligiouscommunities,Ethiopiaspoliticalgeographychangedasnewdynasties
cametotheforefront.Eachnewdynastyoffereditsowncreationmyththatlegitimateditspowerandcontrolover
othercommunities.Ethiopiascolorfulanddynamichistoryhashelpednurturethepoliticalaspirationsofmany
beyonditsboundaries.ChristianchroniclersclaimeditasthehomeoftheQueenofSheba.ContinentalAfricans
andAfricansinthediasporacelebrateditasasymbolofAfricanachievementandabeaconofindependence
becauseitwastheonlyindigenousAfricanstatetoretainitsindependencefollowingEuropesdivisionofAfricain
thenineteenthcentury.ThenameofEthiopiaslastemperorbeforeheassumedthethrone,RasTafari,helped
launchanewreligionRastafarism.ThiscoursejuxtaposesEthiopianhistoryagainstthemythsandlegendsthat
shapedEthiopiaandgaverisetoEthiopianism,acomplexarrayofcultural,religious,andpoliticalmovementsin
otherpartsofAfricaaswellastheAfricandiaspora.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. JudithByfield 17714

ITALIAN 1113
Writing Italy, Writing the Self: Jewish-Italian Literature and the Long Twentieth Century
TheJewishcommunityofRomeistheoldestoneinallofEurope,datingbackto200BCE,andtheauthorsof
someofthemostimportanttwentieth-centuryworksofItalianliteratureareJewish.Inthiscoursewewillexamine
howsomeofthesewriters(Moravia,Bassani,PrimoLevi,CarloLevi,Ginzburg,Sereni,Bruck,Loewenthal,
Janaczek,Elkann,andPiperno)havearticulatedtheselfagainstthebackgroundofthehistoricaleventsthathave
shapedthepasthundredyears:twoworldwarsanddifferentsocialmovementsofthepre-andpost-WWIIeras.
Theseminarincludestwofilmscreenings.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. KoravonWittelsbach 17505

JEWISH STUDIES 1987

Jews on Film: Visible and Invisible
WhywereJewsvirtuallyinvisibleinfilmsmadeduringtheHollywoodsgoldenage?Isthisasurprise,
giventheleadingroleplayedbyAmericanJewsinfoundingthestudiosystem?Writingaboutthefilmsstudiedin
thiscoursewillhelpstudentssituateandinterpretthepresence(andabsence)ofcharactersidentifiableasJewsin
Hollywoodfilmsreleasedfrom1927untilthepresent.Wewillviewapproximatelysixfilmsoutsideofclassand
studyexcerptsfromothers.Filmstobestudiedinwholeorpartmayinclude:The Jazz Singer,The Great Dictator,
Holiday Inn,The Apartment,Funny Girl,Silent Movie,Annie Hall,Yentl,Barton Fink,andA Serious Man.
Studentswillwritefilmanalyses,reviewessays,reflectiveresponses,andexplorationsofcontextualmaterial.
Readingsfromfilmstudiesandpopularjournalismwillsituatethesefilmswithinthehistorical,cultural,and
industrialcontextsinwhichtheywereproduced.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. ElliotShapiro 17901

LINGUISTICS 1100
Language, Thought, and Reality: Linguistics and (pre-)History
Howdolinguistsuselanguageasatooltodiscoverprehistory?Inadditiontothemoreobvioussourcesof
historicaldata(documents,physicalremains,etc.),scholarsoftenmakeuseoflinguisticdatainconstructing
theoriesabout(pre-)historicaleventsandpatterns.Inthisclasswewillexamineandwriteaboutfourbasic
questions.First,howdolinguistsuncoverearlierstagesoflinguistichistory?Second,whatkindsofinferencescan
belegitimatelydrawnfromlinguisticdatafor(pre-)historicalinvestigation?Third,howcanwedistinguish
betweenplausibleandimplausibleusesoflinguisticdata?Fourth,whatroledoesideologyplayinshapingor
misshapinghistoricalreconstruction?Someparticulartopicsthatmaybecovered:TheIndo-Aryaninvasion
hypothesis;AncientMacedonian;ThepeoplingoftheAmericasandpre-Columbiancontact;Egyptianinfluencein
Africa.Studentswillwritecriticalanalysesofproposalsevaluatingthemforlogic,attentiontocontradictory
evidence,ideology,andrhetoric.Theywillalsotrytheirhandsatconstructingbothagoodandaspecioustheory.
SEM101 MWF01:2502:15p.m. MichaelWeiss 17508

LINGUISTICS 1100
Language, Thought, and Reality: The Death of Language
Thiscoursewilladdressissuesrelatedtolanguagedeath,including:Whatdoesitmeanforalanguagetobe
endangered?Foralanguagetodie?Shouldwecare?Aresomelanguagesmoreviableorvalidthanothers?We
willdiscussissuessuchastheroleofEnglishandothergloballanguages,languageasavehicleforculture,
linguisticprejudices,languagerevivalprograms,etc.Thecoursewilltouchonmanydiverselanguagesanddialects
withanemphasisonlanguagesoftheAmericasincludingMi'gmaq(Canada),Ch'ol(Mexico),Passamaquoddy
(UnitedStates),andKaqchikel(Guatemala).Textswillcomefromavarietyofsourcesincludingacademicarticles,
bookchapters,andprimarysources.Shortpapersassignmentswillfocusonrevision,groupdiscussion,and
argumentation.
SEM102 TR02:5504:10p.m. Carol-RoseLittle 17509 MichaelWeiss

LINGUISTICS 1100
Language, Thought, and Reality: Creating the Science of Language
Languageisasubjectofinterestformanypeoplebecauseitisanintegralpartofhumaninteraction.Ifwe
wanttostudylanguage,howcanwedosoinarigorousandscientificmanner?Canthemindbeadomainof
scientificstudy?Wewillhavemanyquestionstowriteaboutanddiscussconcerninglinguisticsasascience.We
willdiscusswhatitmeanstostudylanguageandtheadvantagesandlimitationsinherentinthesubjectmatter.We
willbecomefamiliarwiththefieldoflinguisticsthoughreadingsfromlinguistssuchasStevenPinkerandNoam
Chomsky,amongothers.
SEM103 TR11:4012:55p.m. MaryMoroney 17510 MichaelWeiss

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

Aspects of Medieval Culture: Reading Medieval LegendsHeroism that Never Was?
Howdoestheheroicpastcomedowntous?ByreadingBeowulfalongwithrelatedtextssuchasThe Battle of
MaldonandThe Saga of the Volsungs,weshallinvestigateheroiclegendsandconsidertheirrepresentationsofthe
past:forinstance,whatdididealismandnostalgiahavetodowiththesetales?Wewillalsopayattentiontostyle,
whichrangesfromsentencestructure,pointofview,andvoice,tothegeneralmannerorforminwhichaworkof
artisconstructed.Classdiscussionsandaseriesofpaperswillencourageclearwriting,closereading,andanalysis
ofthetexts.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. EdwardCurrie 17519 ThomasHill

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

Aspects of Medieval Culture: The Britons BritainConstructing Medieval England
Today,ifyouthinkofEngland,afairlywell-definedimagelikelycomestomind.Youcanpictureitsbasic
geographies,youimaginemonumentslikeStonehengeorLondonBridge,andyoucanprobablyplacethecountry
insometypeofhistoricalcontext.ButhowdidpeopleintheMiddleAgesconceiveofEngland,orofBritain?How
didthemedievalEnglishunderstandthehistoryandgeographyoftheirislandhome?Thesearethebasicquestions
thatwewilladdressoverthecourseofthesemester.CoursereadingswillincludeBede,GeoffreyofMonmouth,
andGeraldofWales.Thesemestersessayassignmentswillaskstudentstothinkaboutthewaysthathistoryand
geographygetcreatedbothinthemedievalperiodandtoday.
SEM102 MWF10:1011:00a.m. JohnGreenlee 17520 RaymondCraib

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101
Aspects of Medieval Culture: Traveling Peoples and Traveling Stories in the Medieval World
Inthiscoursewewillreadavarietyofglobaltextsthatrecountthelegendaryoriginsofpeoplesandthe
migrationmythsthatbindthemtogether.Wewillbeginbyexaminingthefoundationsofmedievalideasabout
migrationandnationalhistoryintheHebrewBibleandinGreco-Romanepic.Wethenturntoearlymedieval
narrativesaboutconquestandconversion,observinghowChristiansandMuslimsadaptedtheseancienttextsto
imaginethemselvesastheheirsofRomeandAbraham.ThesethemeswillalsobeexploredinlaterCentralAsian
textssuchasThe Secret History of the Mongols.Throughclassdiscussionandaseriesofformalpapers,thiscourse
willintroducestudentstotheanalysisofliterarytextsandthefundamentalsofwritingandresearch.
SEM103 MWF12:2001:10p.m. PatrickNaeve 17521 SamanthaZacher

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

Aspects of Medieval Culture: Gods and Kings in the Middle Ages and Beyond
ThroughouttheMiddleAges,ChurchandStatefrequentlycooperatedandjustasfrequentlywereatodds.
WhendidChurchandStatecometobeseenasseparatepowers?HowdomedievalauthorsjustifytheChurchover
theState,andviceversa?TowhatextentdomedievalideasofChurchandStatestillapplytoday?Inthiscoursewe
willexaminetextsthatargueforandagainstChurchpowerandStatepower,includingtheBookofKingsfromthe
OldTestamentandMachiavellis The Prince,lettersfromPopesandKings,andmoderntheoriesofsovereignty.
Studentswillbeexpectedtowriteone810pageresearchpaperonatopicoftheirchoice,withseveralshorter
responseassignmentstoencouragecriticalthinkinganddiscussion.
SEM104 MWF09:0509:55a.m. PaulVinhage 17522 AndrewHicks

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

Aspects of Medieval Culture: Young Idiots vs. Toxic Elders
Kidsthesedays,backinmyday,andboringoldmenhowfarbackdothesecomplaintsgo?The
currentrhetoricofgenerationalstrifepitsBabyBoomersagainstMillennials,spawningasupposedly
unprecedentedflurryofthinkpiecesandcommentary.Wewillexaminethemedievalpredecessorsofthese
attitudesbylookingatEnglishpoetry,treatises,andchroniclesfrom BeowulftoChaucer.Thecoursewilltrackthe
changingstereotypesoftheagesoflife,thevariousmedievalmedicalandreligiousapproachestoaging,thesocial
consequencesofdemographicupheavals,andtherecurringnarrativeofyouthagainstage.Writingassignments
willfocusoncraftingpersuasive,cleararguments.Studentswillacquireskillsinminingtextsforevidence,
conductinghistoricalresearch,anticipatingcounterarguments,expressingrelevancy,andadaptingwritingfor
differentaudiences.
SEM105 TR08:4009:55a.m. AnnaWaymack 17523 AndrewGalloway

MEDIEVAL STUDIES 1101

Aspects of Medieval Culture: From Parchment to PixelThe Future Lives of Medieval Books
Thisclassexploresthehistoryofthemedievalbookintodaysdigitalworld.Togetherwewillexplorearange
ofmedievaltopicsthroughamodernlens;fromtheproductionofluxurybespokemanuscriptstothecasual
scribblingsofscribesandreaders,fromtheintroductionoftheprintingpresstotheriseofareadingpublic.We
willexamineprimarysourcesinclassvisitstoKrochLibraryandtheJohnsonMuseum,readmedievaltextsthat
dealwithbookproduction,andstudydigitaleditionsofmanuscripts.Discussionswillseektodrawoutdetailsand
majorthemestodeveloptheskillsforwritinginformalresponses,closereadings,andcriticalessays.Theclass
buildstowardsafinalprojectinwhichstudentscuratetheirownonlineexhibition.
SEM106 TR10:1011:25a.m. RuthMullett 17524 AndrewGalloway

MUSIC 1701
MUSIC 1701
Music and Morality: From the Republic to Compton
Ismusicasourceofmoralimprovementorcorruption?Whatcanmusicrevealaboutapersonsmoral
character?Canmusicbemalevolentorisitinherentlybenign?Inthiscoursewewilladdourvoicestolivelyand
longstandingdebatesabouttheethicalvalueofmusicthroughguidedessayassignmentsthatdevelopcritical
writingskills.Drawingonkeyphilosophicaltexts,suchasPlatosRepublic,films,suchasStraight Outta
Compton,newspaperarticles,blogs,andgovernmentdocuments,wewillinvestigateandwriteaboutaseriesof
modernmusicalcontroversies.Topicstobecoveredincludeallegedlinksbetweenmusicandviolenceinhiphop
andmetalscenes;theCIAsuseofmusicinitsenhancedinterrogationprogram;andtheplaceofpopularmusic
withincontemporaryIslamiccultures.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. NicoleReisnour 17447 StevePond

MUSIC 1701
Music and Morality: Writing Soul, Writing Funk
Asrhythmandbluesmorphedintosoulinthelate1950sandfunkinthelate1960s,American
mainstreammarketsembracedculturalblacknessinitsmanyforms,withblackpopularmusicasasoundtrackfora
decades-longculturaltransformation.Thiscourseembracessoulandfunkfromseveralviewpoints.Howcanwe
translatenotionsofsoulfulnessandfunkiness,acrossrealmsofhearingandtext?Whataresoul'sandfunk's
musicalandpoliticallegacies?Inthiscoursewewillengagewithrecordingsandtextsindiscussion,hands-on
music-makingand,mostofall,writingtodelveintoavitalhistoricalmomentinblackpopularmusic,aswellas
implicationsforthemusic'sroletoday.Musicalexperienceisnotrequired.
SEM102 MW02:5504:10p.m. StevePond 17448

NEAR EASTERN STUDIES 1963

Thats in the Bible? Archaeology and the Religion of Israel
AcasualreadingoftheHebrewScripturesmightleadonetobelievethatthenormativereligionofthe
IsraeliteswasthatspelledoutintheTorahandProphets.However,amorecriticalappraisaloftheBiblicaltexts,
alongwithananalysisofextra-Biblicaltextsandarchaeologicalmaterials,demonstratesthattheIsraeliteswere
oftenclosertotheirpaganneighborsthantomodernJudaismorChristianity.Studentswillexplorethese
similaritiesanddifferencesintheiressays.Topicsmayinclude:cultprostitution,magic,funeraryrites,temple
ritual,Hebrewmythology,etc.ReadingswillbefromtheHebrewBible,translationsofextra-biblicaltexts,articles
onarchaeology,andmodernsynthetictreatmentsofIsraeliteculture.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. JeffreyZorn 17449

NATURAL RESOURCES 1200

Why are Environmental Problems so Difficult to Solve?
Dohumanshavewhatittakestosolveenvironmentalproblems?Ordoourself-interestandshort-termism
makesustainablelivingimpossible?Arewereallyasselfishassomewouldhaveusbelieve?Whatcanwediscover
aboutourcapacitytocooperatebylearningabouthowotherspeciescooperate?Usingthelensofenvironmental
sustainability,wewillexploremanyfascinatingapproachesthatinvestigatethetensionbetweenselfishnessand
cooperation.Wewillread,discuss,andwriteaboutreal-worldchallengessuchasbiodiversityloss,waterscarcity,
andclimatechange.Wewillstrengthenourownwritingbylearningtorecognizethatgoodwritingcantakemany
forms.Wewillreadacrossdisciplinesanderas,exploringconnectionsbetweenclassictextsandemergingideas,
andrelatingthesetocontemporaryenvironmentalproblems.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. DarraghHare 17636 RebeccaSchneider

PHILOSOPHY 1110
PHILOSOPHY 1110
Philosophy in Practice: Conservation Ethics
Redwoodsandspottedowls.YellowstoneandtheGreatBarrierReef.Dowehaveanobligationamoral
obligation-toprotectthem?Shouldweprotectthemonlywhentheyareusefultous,ordotheyhavetheirown
valueindependentofhumanneeds?Toanswerthesequestions,weneedtothinkmoreaboutbiodiversity,
conservation,nature,andglobalwarming.Whatisecosystemhealth?Whatisanaturalarea?Inthiscoursewe
considerethicalandtheoreticalquestionsaboutconservation,andengagewithwhatphilosophers,biologists,and
othershavehadtosayabouttheseissues,includingE.O.WilsonandBillNyethescienceguy.Likeanyphilosophy
course,writingwillbecentraltotheworkoftheclass.Studentswillberequiredtodescribeissuesandviewsin
conservationethicsanddefendtheirownviewsonthetopic.
SEM102 TR02:5504:10p.m. BrandonConley 17454 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1110
Philosophy in Practice: Feminism, Gender, and Education
Thiscoursewillexploremanydifferentissuesinvolvinggenderinthelivesofuniversitystudentsandrecent
graduates.Issueswillbeexaminedthroughthelensofcriticalfeministtheory.Whataretheuniqueproblemsthat
womenexperiencewhileincollege?Whatdoesmasculinitymeaninthetwenty-firstcentury?Inwhatwaysis
genderrelevantintheclassroom?Isthereaboyscrisisinpubliceducation?Wewillconsiderthevariousways
thatconceptionsofgenderlimitandfrustratesocialinteractionsandthesenseofself.Subjectmatterwillinclude
TitleIX,socialconstructionism,fraternitiesandsororities,sexualrelations,sexualassault,masculinity,mens
rights,andothers.Writingassignmentswillincludethoughtfulresponsestochallengingreading,argumentative
papersonpolicyrelatedtogender,expositorywritingexplaininghistoricalsocialchange,andacomprehensive
finalpaperthatwilldemonstratesyntheticunderstandingofcoursematerial.
SEM103 MW02:5504:10p.m. DanielManne 17455 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1110
Philosophy in Practice: The Meaning of it All
Whatisthemeaningoflife?Isthereauniquemeaningtolife,orcouldlifehavemanymeanings?Iflifedoes
havemeaning,howcanIfindoutwhatitis?Isitdiscoveredorcreated?Howshouldweunderstandthequestion?
Whatwouldcountasasatisfactoryanswer?Issomekindoftranscendentbeing,likeGod,neededtogivelife
meaning?Iflifehasnomeaning,whatimplicationsdoesthathaveforhowIchoosetolive?ShouldIevencare
aboutthequestion,orisit,intheend,unanswerableormeaningless?
SEM104 TR01:2502:40p.m. ChadMcIntosh 17638 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1111
Philosophical Problems: Business Ethics
Doestheuseofcheaplabordisrespecthumanityorbenefitpeopleinneedofemployment?WhatdoCEOs
owetheirinvestors?Whatabouttheircommunities?Whathappenswhentheseresponsibilitiesconflict?Theseare
justsomeofthequestionsthatstudentswillthinkcriticallyaboutinthiscourse.Readingassignmentswillbe
drawnfromavarietyofsources,fromphilosophicaljournalstoThe New York Times,andclassworkwillinclude
bothessaysandin-classactivities.Courseworkwillbedesignedtoteachstudentsthefundamentalsof
philosophicalwriting:understandingwritingthatdescribesandarguesfortheviewsofothers;thinkingcritically
aboutandarguingforonesownviews;andexplainingonesownreasoningandthereasoningofothersclearlyin
writing.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. CatherineMathieSmith 17457 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1111
PHILOSOPHY 1111
Philosophical Problems: Puzzles in Ancient Ethics
AreactionsgoodbecauseGodapprovesofthem,ordoesGodapproveofthembecausetheyaregood?Are
weobligatedtoobeythelaw?WhyshouldIbehavemorally?Canalifewithoutpleasurebehappy?AncientGreek
philosophersdebatedtheseethicalquestions,amongothers.Studentswillusethesephilosophersworksas
springboardstoexaminetheseissues.Writingassignmentswillfocusondevelopingthreeskills:explainingothers
arguments,formulatingcriticismsofothersargument,andformulatingonesownarguments.Reading
assignmentswillcomefromtheworksofPlato,Aristotle,andcontemporarymoralphilosophy.
SEM102 MW02:5504:10p.m. IanHensley 17458 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1111
Philosophical Problems: Can You Believe It?
Youprobablythinkyouknowafewthings,likewhatdayitis,whatpolicyshouldbepassed,basicarithmetic,
etc.Buthow?Whatjustifiesyourbeliefs?Inthisintroductoryepistemologycoursestudentswillgrapplewitha
varietyofanswerstothesequestions,andapplytheirfindingstoarangeofpressingissues.Topicsmayincludethe
ethicsofbelief,theoriesofwhatcountsasscientificevidence,implicitbias,skepticism,andtheimportanceof
first-personexperience.
SEM104 TR10:1011:25a.m. AugustFaller 18127 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1112
Philosophical Conversations: Speech and the Modern Society
Thefreedomofspeechisintegraltoourdemocraticsociety.Oneobviousandcompellingreasontoprotectit
isthatuninhibitedpoliticaldiscourseisourtoolforconveyingourneedsandpreferencestothegovernment.Recent
events,however,haveraisedquestionsabouthowrespectingthisvalueoughttolookinpractice.Doeseveryone,in
fact,getanequalopportunitytoparticipate?Howdoweensurethat?What,ifanything,mightpornography,
censorshiponsocialmedia,voterIDlaws,andtherecentprotestsoncollegecampusestellusaboutthelimitsof
freespeechinsociety?Withthehelpofbothclassicandcontemporaryworkswewillcontemplatethevalueoffree
speechanditslimits.Writingassignmentswillincluderesponsestocasestudies,shortpapersandreviews,and
longerargumentativeessays.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. LuciaMunguia 17462 TadBrennan

PHILOSOPHY 1112
Philosophical Conversations: At Lifes CrossroadsPhilosophy and Choices
Lifeisfullofchoices.Theyshapeourlives.Butwedonotalwaysmakegoodones.Why?Whatconstitute
goodchoices?Whatmakesadecision-makingprocessgoodandrational?Howcanwemakerightdecisionsforour
futureselves?Isitevenpossible?Isitrationaltomakedecisionsbasedonourpastexperiences?Inthisseminar
wewillsurveyanumberofdifferentphilosophicalapproachestothesequestionsanddiscusspracticalquestions
anddecisionseveryonewouldfaceatleastonceintheirlife:forexample,whethertobereligious,whethertohave
myownchild,whethertogivemoneyawaytocharity,whethertobeavegetarian,andsoon.(Subtopicsmay
change.)Throughreadinganddiscussingclassicandcontemporaryworksinphilosophydealingwiththese
questionsandwritingassignments,studentswilldeveloptheabilitytocriticallyread,understand,andwriteabout
academictexts
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. YunaWon 17463 TadBrennan

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1104

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1104
The Case of the Female Detective
Womendontfitwellintoatrenchcoatandslouchhat,MarilynStasioobserved,yetfemaledetectivescan
befoundsolvingcrimesandbustingbadguysacrossmedia.DrawingfromTV,film,fiction,andtheatre,this
courseexploresthewaysinwhichthefemaledetectiveradicallyrevisestheconventionsofthecrimenarrativein
whichshefunctions.Interrogatinganinherenttensionbetweengenderandgenre,wellaskhowdifferentmedia
constructfemaledetectivesandwhatgetsre-visionedwhenMissMarpleandClariceStarlingfightviolenceand
restoresocialorder.Byengagingwithcoursetexts,studentswilldevelopstrategiesforattentivereadingand
thoughtfulwriting.Assignmentsrangingfromreviewstoresearchpaperswillfocusoncriticalthinking,
preparation,clearprose,andpapersstructuredaroundwell-supportedclaims.
SEM101 TR08:4009:55a.m. AoiseStratford 17478

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1130

Going Undercover: Radical Undercover Journalism and the (re)creation of Self
Whatwoulditbeliketogothroughlifeasacompletelydifferentperson?Inordertoexposeandcombatsocial
injustice,journalistshavecrossedlinesofrace,gender,age,class,andappearance,andgoneundercover,
sometimesriskingtheirreputations,sanity,andeventheirlives.Butwhataretheresultsoftheseexperiments?Do
theendsjustifythesometimesethicallyquestionablemeans?Howdoesgoingundercoveraffectanindividualor
acommunity?ByexaminingworksofJohnHowardGriffin,SarahJones,MorganSpurlock,BarbaraEhrenreich,
NorahVincent,andavarietyofidentity-probingtexts,weexaminethecomplexfacetsofdiverseidentities.The
coursefacilitatesarangeofwritingassignmentsandculminatesinstudentsdevisingandexecutingtheirown
undercoverjournalismandresearchprojects.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. RosaliePurvis 17479 DavidFeldshuh

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1132

Boyfriendtwin: Queer Uncanny Doppelgngers
Whyaretwoidenticalpeopleunsettling?Uncannyresemblancessuggestthestrange,eventhesupernatural.
Thiscoursewillinvestigatethedoppelgngermythinfluencingsuperstitionsaboutun-orsupernaturaltwinsacross
thehistoryofliterature,drama,tv,andfilm.Wewilllookatadiverseselectionofmaterialsbyauthors,scholars,
andartistsincludingPlato,E.T.A.Hoffman,HansChristianAndersen,EdgarAllanPoe,FyodorDostoevsky,
RobertLouisStevenson,SigmundFreud,RodSerling,GeneRoddenberry,andJossWhedon.Whileconsidering
thewaysdoublesworkacrossliterary,cinematic,andtelevisualstylesfromDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydetoBuffy the
Vampire Slayer,thecoursesimultaneouslyexploresthecontemporarysocialphenomenonoftwinninginqueer
cultureasitrelatestothedoubleslonglegacy.Withanemphasisonin-classdiscussionandpeerediting,thisclass
willfosterandenhanceeachstudentsabilitytoproducecoherent,concise,persuasiveproseintheformofcritical
arguments.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. JoshuaCole 17480 DavidFeldshuh

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1133

Sex Acts: American Drama 1950 to Present
Issexalwaysaprivatematter?Whatconstitutessexandwhathappenswhenitisperformedinpublic?This
courseasks:howdoessexintheaterandperformancecontributetoourunderstandingsofidentity,power,and
community?Groundedinastudyofdramaticliteratureandtheatricalspectacles,thiscoursediscusseshow
representationsofsexintheaterandperformancecontributetoandchallengeprevalentunderstandingsoftheater
history,intimacy,andwhatgoodandbadtheateris.Withanemphasisonin-classdiscussionandpeerediting,
thisclasswillfosterandenhanceeachstudentsabilitytoproducecoherent,concise,persuasiveproseintheform
ofcriticalarguments.Studentswillanalyzeexamplesofperformancethroughthelensesofcriticaltextsdrawn
fromthefieldsofperformancestudies,theatrestudies,genderandsexualitystudies,Blackstudies,andcriticalrace
theory.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. JaymeKilburn 17487 DavidFeldshuh

PERFORMING & MEDIA ARTS 1135

Screen Queens of Comedy
JoanRivershaslamented,"Nobodylooksatfemalecomediansasgroundbreakersorascommentatorson
whatsgoingonintheworld,becausewedoitwithcomedy."Inthisseminarwewilltakeacloserlookatvarious
mediaincludingmovies,televisionepisodes,andstand-upspecialsfeaturingAmericancomediennesfromthe
twentiethandtwenty-firstcentury,andconsiderhowtheircomedyaddressescrucialsocialissuesoftheirtimes.
Fromthefast-talkingdamesofthirties'andfourties'cinema,suchasBarbaraStanwyckorRosalindRussell,or
thetrailblazerstand-upcomedianJackieMomsMabley,totherecentboomintelevisionandwebcomedyseries,
wewillcloselyanalyzeaudiovisualmaterialswithakeeneyetotheirhistorical,social,andindustrialcontexts.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. KrisztaPozsonyi 17643 DavidFeldshuh

POLISH 1301
East European Film
EasternEuropehascontributeduniquefilmstotheglobalcinema.Inthisclassstudentswillwatch,discuss,
andwriteaboutavarietyofmovies:Oscarwinnersandlesser-knownfilms,thrillersandcomediesfromRussia,
Poland,Turkey,Kazakhstan,andmore.Inadditiontolearningfilmterminology,studentswillhavetheopportunity
tobecomeacquaintedwiththecultures,history,andgeographyofEasternEurope.Theywillwritefilmreviews,
technicalanalysesoffilms,andpersonalessays.AllclassfilmsareavailableforstreamingthroughBlackboard.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. EwaBachminska 17488

PSYCHOLOGY 1140
Apply the Basics: An Exploration of Cognition and Perception
Understandingpathologyrequiresknowledgeaboutthecognitiveandperceptualsystemsthatunderlie
behavior,andhowthesesystemsareimplementedinthebrain.OliverSackscollectionofcasestudiesin The Man
Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatwillillustratenumerousneurologicaldisordersandexemplifytheappliedresearch
mindset.EmpiricalarticleswrittenbybasicscienceresearcherswillcomplementSackswritingsandprovidea
foundationforunderstandingthedisordersdepictedtherein.Inordertolearnhowtheory-drivensciencecaninform
clinicalpracticeandhowclinicalpopulationscanprovideinsightsintothelinkbetweenbrainandbehavior,we
willcriticallyevaluateandsynthesizebothbasicandappliedperspectivesthroughclassdiscussionandavarietyof
writingassignments.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. EthanJost 17493 MortenChristiansen

ROMANCE STUDIES 1102

The Craft of Storytelling: Decameron
Allofustellstoriesforavarietyofreasonstoentertain,toconsole,toteach,topersuadetodiscoverand
explorebothourinnerlivesandtheworldweinhabit.Storiesareoneoftheprimewaysinwhichwemakesenseof
aworldthatisnotalwayspropitious.Theyserveasinstrumentsbywhichweseektoshapeourfuture.Inthis
seminarweshallconsiderhowthecraftofstorytellinghelpsusfacethetaskofliving:theloveandthehappiness
andthecommunityweseek,thevirtuesweespouse,ourtalentsandourvulnerabilities.Ourprincipalreading(in
Englishtranslation)willbeamasterpieceofEuropeanliterature,GiovanniBoccaccios Decameron(ca.134951),
whichshowcasesonehundredstoriestoldbytenyoungFlorentinesfleeingtheBlackDeathof1348.Studentswill
writebothanalyticandpersonalessays.
SEM101 MWF10:1011:00a.m. IreneEibenstein-Alvisi 17494

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ROMANCE STUDIES 1102
The Craft of Storytelling: Based on a True Story
Whatkindoftruthcanfictiontellabouttheworldwhenitchangesarealstorysfacts?Whathappenswhen
realitytakesafterfiction?Canfictionornonfictionbejudgedastrueorfalse?Thisseminaraddressesthese
questionsthroughnarrativesprimarilyfromLatinAmerica,whosewritinghasbeenreadintermsofmagical
realismbutwhichoftenaddressesdifficultfact.Wewillexaminehowwrittenstorieschangetheworld,bothon
andoffthepage,andtherelationshipbetweenperceivedrealityandrepresentationsofitthroughclassicauthors
suchasBorges,Cortzar,andRodolfoWash,aswellasyoungwriterslikeAlejandroZambraandValeriaLuiselli.
Throughcriticalessaysandcreativework,wewillexplorethemechanismsbywhichfactandstoryinteract.
SEM102 TR01:2502:40p.m. JanetHendrickson 17495 IreneEibenstein-Alvisi

ROMANCE STUDIES 1102

The Craft of Storytelling: Apocalypse Now in Latin America
Whenwethinkofdystopiasweusuallyimaginefaraway,apocalypticfutures.Butwhatifthosescenarios
werealreadyhere?InLatinAmericaseveralworksoffictionremindusthatthemakingsofdystopiaareallaround
us.Witharecenthistoryofdictatorships,corruption,andpoliticalandeconomicinstability,fictionneednotbea
projectionofsocietiesfearsandanxieties,butratheramirrorofitspresentcondition.Throughshortstories,
graphicnovels,andnovellaswewillexplorethedefinitionofdystopiaasbad-placeasopposedtotheno-place
thatisutopia.Studentswilldevelopinnovativeskillsforcriticalwritingandclosereading.Textswillinclude
Oesterhelds The Eternal,BioyCasaresThe Invention of Morel,AirasThe Literary Conference,Bolanos
Distant Star,amongothers.
SEM103 TR02:5504:10p.m. FranciscoDiazKlaassen 17496 IreneEibenstein-Alvisi

ROMANCE STUDIES 1102

The Craft of Storytelling: The Cannibal and the ExplorerEthics of Travel Writing
Sailors,explorers,travelerstheirstoriesareamongtheoldestsourcesofentertainmentforhumanityand
travelliteratureoneoftheoldestgenresofwriting.Whydotravelersfascinateussomuch?Thisclasswillexplore
connectionsbetweentravelandliterature,fromMontaigneandJeandeLrytoJulesVerneandIsabelleEberhardt.
Byexploringdifferentformsoftravelwriting,wewillconsiderethicalquestionsofrace,gender,andclass
generatedbythediscoveryofOthers,andexaminethemirrorthattravelplacesinfrontofus.Inthisclassyouwill
bepromptedtowriteyourownadventureshortstory,andatraveljournal,aswellasthinkcriticallyaboutstories
othershavewrittenaboutAmericancannibalsandAfricanadventures.Comeexplore!
SEM104 TR01:2502:40p.m. Anne-CarolineSieffert 17497

ROMANCE STUDIES 1102

The Craft of Storytelling: Speculative FictionScience Fiction and Fantasy
ThiscoursewillinvestigateSpeculativeFiction,theumbrellatermforsciencefictionandfantasyliterature.In
thiscoursewewillexaminethehistoricaldevelopmentofthegenresandhowthegenreallowsinsightsintoour
everydayrealworld,andhowthisprocessofspeculationmaycommentonpoliticalandsocialconditionsin
waysthatothergenrescannot.Wewilllearntocriticallyreadandwrite,howtoresearch,andtoengagein
academicdialogue.WewillreadtheworksinEnglishaswellasthoseinFrench,Spanish,andItalianbyauthors
suchasGarcaMarquez,LusBorjes,Calvino,Eco,andVerne.Wewillalsostudyhowspeculativefictionhas
beenadvancedinfilm.AllworkswillbereadorviewedinEnglishtranslation.
SEM105 MWF11:1512:05p.m. XanStepp 17881

ROMANCE STUDIES 1108

ROMANCE STUDIES 1108
Cultural Identities/Cultural Difference: Writing Italy
Startinginthemid-1600s,oneofthemostimportantexperiencesformanyyoungupper-classEuropeanswas
theGrandTour,anextensiveeducationaltripthatculminatedinItaly,thelandofclassicalruins,Renaissanceart,
andbreathtakinglandscapes.Sincethen,Italyhasbecomethedestinationwhereartistshavesearchedforinsight,
growth,andrenewal.ThisseminarcoversliteratureproducedbytheItalianexperiencefromtheRomanticsto
contemporaryauthors,bothEuropeanandAmerican.WewillreadfromtravelmemoirsbyGoethe,Stendhal,and
Twain;fromnovelsbyHenryJames,ThomasMann,andE.M.Forster,andfromlettersandpoems.Wewillalso
considermoviesbyIvory,Visconti,andRossellini.Thestudentswillwritecreativeandanalyticalessays,and
producethetextforamediaproject.
SEM101 MW08:4009:55a.m. IreneEibenstein-Alvisi 17647

ROMANCE STUDIES 1109

Image and Imagination: Photographic Fixations
Focusedontheintersectionofphotographyandliterature,thiscourseexploreshowthecamerahascaptured
theattentionofLatinAmericanwriters.Inadditiontocomparingthephotographicandwrittenworksoffigureslike
JuanRulfoandJulioCortzar,wewillexaminerepresentationsofphotographyinnarrativesbyotherauthorsaswe
trytounderstandthedifferencesbetweenliteraryandvisualmedia.Twoquestionswewillconstantlyaskare:
Whatpotentialdothesewritersseeinphotographyandhowdotheydevelopit?Readingsincludeliterarytextsand
selectionsfromtheoristssuchasBarthes,Benjamin,andSontag.Studentswillrefinetheiranalyticalskillsasthey
confrontphotographsandtextsinwritingassignmentsthatemphasizetheconstructionandcritiqueofarguments.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. SamCarter 17498 IreneEibenstein-Alvisi

ROMANCE STUDIES 1113

Thinking and Thought: The Limits of Waste from Gargantua to WALL-E
Wastemightseemaparadoxicalliteraryobjectshouldntartaddressonlythebeautiful?Isthereanyway
ofthinkingaboutwastethatdoesntproduceanxiety,aslandfillsriseandweworryabouthowconsumption
threatensourenvironmentsfuture?IntheFrenchRenaissance,FrancoisRabelaiscreatedaworldofgluttonous
giantswhoconsumedandexcretedwithjoyfulabandon.ComparingthefiguresofwasteinRabelaissworks,but
alsointhoseofFrancisPongeandCharlesBaudelaire,wewillinterrogatehowartandliteraturelookatthe
leftover.Throughwrittenanalysesoffilms(WALL-E,The Gleaners and I,Redemption,Wasteland)andliterature,
fromearlymodernFrancetotodayssociety,wewilllearntoconsiderthestatusofwasteintheworld,butalsoin
ourownwriting.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. PaulineGoul 17506 IreneEibenstein-Alvisi

ROMANCE STUDIES 1113

Thinking and Thought: Dantes Examined Life
Whydowestudy?Whatisthepointoflearning?Doweaspiretomorethancareersuccess?Aphilosopher
oncesaidthattheunexaminedlifeisnotworthliving.Isthistrue?Inthiscoursewellanswerthisquestionwhile
venturingintoDanteAlighierisInferno,aworkthatnotonlydescribesthestateofsoulsafterdeath,butalso
urgesustoconsiderhowwe,inthislife,envisionourselvesandourcommunities.ReadingthepoeminEnglish
translation,weshalluseitasaframeforfurtherinterrogation.Studentswillwritebothanalyticandpersonalessays.
SEM102 MWF11:1512:05p.m. AntonioDiFenza 17507 IreneEibenstein-Alvisi

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ROMANCE STUDIES 1114
Semiotics
Whatallowsustomakeassumptionsaboutpeoplebasedonthewaytheyspeakordress?Howcanwe
understandthedeepermeaningofafairytaleoranepisodeofTheSimpsons?Whatdoesmacaroniandcheese
mean,andwhyisitnotonthemenuatmostupscaleManhattaneateries?Thisseminarintroducessemiotics,the
studyofsignsandthemeaning-bearingsignsystemstheyform;signsystemsthatincludenotonlyhumanlanguage
butalsoliterature,painting,sculpture,film,music,dance,andalsosuchaspectsofpopularcultureasadvertising,
fashion,food,andtelevision,tonamejustafew.Thediversityofsemioticsystemsprovidesmanypossibilitiesfor
thinkingandwritingcriticallyabouttheworldwelivein.
SEM101 MWF12:2001:10p.m. TiAlkire 17526

SOCIOLOGY 1130
Social Networks in a Global World
Weliveinaworldwhereeconomicandsociallifeincreasinglyspansnationalborders.Corporationsbase
theiroperationsinmultiplecountries;workersandprofessionalsmigratetofollowjobopportunitieswhilekeeping
theirconnectionstotheirhomecountries.Howdoindividualsnavigatetheeconomicandsocialnetworkswithin
andacrossborders?Thisseminarwillintroducestudentstothecoreideasonhowsocialnetworksoperateina
globalworldandguidethemthroughthepreparationofwritingassignments(progressingfromshortresponsesto
longersyntheses).Toaidinthisprocess,wewillhaveworkshopsthroughoutthecourseonthevariousstepsofthe
writingprocess,fromunderstandingandsynthesizingtherelevantresearchtoformulatingtheargumentand
supportingitwithevidence.
SEM101 MW02:5504:10p.m. FilizGarip 17792

SPANISH 1305
Narrating the Spanish Civil War
TheSpanishCivilWarof193639startedasadomesticconflictthatsoonbecameaninternationaleventas
thefirstconfrontationbetweendemocracyandfascism.Thesupportoftheright-wingmilitaryuprisingbyNazi
GermanyandFascistItaly,andsupportoftheleft-wingRepublicanGovernmentbytheSovietUnionand
internationalvolunteers,turnedthestruggleintoarehearsalandprologuetotheSecondWorldWar.Inthisclass
wewillexploretheliterary,photographic,andcinematicrepresentationsofthewarfromitsoutbreaktothe
present,payingparticularattentiontoitsrichinternationalintellectuallegacy.AuthorsmayincludeLangston
Hughes,PabloNeruda,anddelGuillermoToro,amongothers.Studentswilldeveloptheircriticalthinkingand
analyticalwritingskillsthroughoralpresentations,readingresponses,andessays.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. ItziarRodriguezdeRivera 17527

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 1116

Global Darwin
CharlesDarwin(1809-1882)livedduringanextraordinaryperiodinglobalhistory.InDarwin'stime,imperial
politicscombinedwiththeriseofindustrialcapitalismtoproduceaworldorderdominatedbyVictorianBritain.
Thisclasswillinvestigatehowtheselargersocialdevelopmentswouldbecomecrucialtotheoriginandreception
ofDarwin'sscientificwork.Wewillexploretopicssuchas:naruralhistoryandcolonialism;Darwin'sscientific
theoriesandVictorianpoliticalandeconomictheories;socialDarwinismandscientificracism;andtheuseof
evolutionaryideasbyanti-imperialistintellectualsintheMiddleEast,AsiaandAfrica.Wewilltacklerecent
Darwinscholarship,andwewillalsomakeuseofonlinedatabasesofDarwin'slettersandVictoriantextsinthe
library'sspecialcollections.
SEM101 TR02:5504:10p.m. JessicaRatcliff 17529

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 1123
Technology and Society: Beyond Big Brother Surveillance in Contemporary Society
Surveillanceisapervasivefeatureofcontemporarylife:CCTV,biometricidentification,datacollection,
airportsecurity,andothersystemsforwatchingoverpopulationsoperateinvarioussettingsintodaysworld.Big
BrotherfromOrwells 1984remainsapopularculturalimagewhenwetalkaboutsurveillance.Yet,
surveillanceincontemporarysocietyismuchmoremessyandcontestedthanoneall-seeingfigure.Whatexactlyis
surveillance?Whateffectsdoesithaveonpeopleslives?Howdopeopleresistandstrugglewithsurveillance?
Thisclasswillexploreeverydayexamplesofsurveillanceandunpackboththetechnologicalinfrastructuresand
socio-politicalsystemsthatmakethempossible.Thisclasswillteachyouhowtoconductacademicresearchand
writeaboutcomplexpoliticalissueswithclearacademiclanguageandargumentation.
SEM101 TR10:1011:25a.m. BrianClarke 17530 RonaldKline

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUDIES 1126

Science and Society: Thinking Bodies
Inthiscoursewewillthinkwiththehumanbody.Throughtheeyesofdifferentscholars,wewillpeekinto
anatomytheaters,laboratories,medicalschools,andclinicstounderstandhowknowledgeaboutthebodyismade,
andhowthisknowledgeshapesourownbodies.Howare(arguably)universalbiologicalcategorieslikeraceand
sexmademeaningfulonthebodyssurfacesandinitsmoleculardepthsandwhataretheconsequences?Canwe
understandourbodiesdifferently?Wewillexploreconceptsofpower,emotion,andwhatitmeanstobeabody
with(out)rightsorabodyinmigration.Wewilltackleallthisthroughdiscussions,criticalreflectionsonreadings,
creativewritingaboutbodiesinthemedia,andlongeressays.
SEM101 TR11:4012:55p.m. LisaLehner 17531 RachelPrentice

WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Metaphor in Art, Science, and Culture
Metaphoristheessenceofhumancreativityaformofthought,desire,andthelanguageoftheunconscious
mind.Howdoesmetaphoroperateinliterature,popculture,politics,andthethoughtoftheoreticalscientistssuch
asEinsteinandRichardFeynman?Canweimproveourcapacitytothinkmetaphorically?TheWriting1380
classroomisadynamicworkspacewherestudentsassemblethescholarlytoolsnecessarytoexplorethesecomplex,
interdisciplinaryquestions.BecauseWriting1380isdesignedasaworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticand
argumentativeskillsfundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeersto
posequestions,examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmallerclasssizes,two50-minuteclasssessions,andweekly
student/teacherconferences,Writing1380isanalternativerouteFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingfor
studentstolearnflexibleandsustainablestrategiesforstudyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandfor
producingclear,preciseacademicprosethatcanaddressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.
S/U"gradesonly.
SEM101 MW11:1512:05p.m. BradZukovic 17625

WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Food for Thought
Howdoesthefoodonyourtabletellastoryaboutyou,yourfamily,yourcommunity,yournation?Howdo
wemakefoodchoices,andhowarethesechoicescomplicatedbythecultural,socio-economic,andpoliticalforces
thatbothcreateandcombatwidespreadinternationalhungerandfoodinsecurity?TheWriting1380classroomisa
dynamicworkspacewherestudentsassemblethescholarlytoolsnecessarytoexplorethesecomplex,
interdisciplinaryquestions.BecauseWriting1380isdesignedasaworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticand
argumentativeskillsfundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeersto
posequestions,examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmallerclasssizes,two50-minuteclasssessionsandweekly
student/teacherconferences,Writing1380isanalternativerouteFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingfor
studentstolearnflexibleandsustainablestrategiesforstudyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandfor
producingclear,preciseacademicprosethatcanaddressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.
S/U"gradesonly.
SEM102 MW12:2001:10p.m. TracyHamlerCarrick 17626

WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Theories of Happiness
Whatmakesyouhappy?Andhowdoeshappinessdifferbetweendifferentpeople?Howdocomplexfactors
likegenetics,culture,family,education,socio-economicbackground,andgenderdeterminehowhappyweare,and
howdoourlifechoicescontributetoourownandothershappiness?TheWriting1380classroomisadynamic
workspacewherestudentsassemblethescholarlytoolsnecessarytoexplorethesecomplex,interdisciplinary
questions.BecauseWriting1380isdesignedasaworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticandargumentativeskills
fundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeerstoposequestions,
examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmallerclasssizes,two50-minuteclasssessionsandweeklystudent/teacher
conferences,Writing1380isanalternativerouteFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingforstudentstolearn
flexibleandsustainablestrategiesforstudyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandforproducingclear,
preciseacademicprosethatcanaddressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.S/U"gradesonly.
Thissectionisdesignedformultilingualwritersandinternationalstudents.
SEM103 MW01:2502:15p.m. JessicaSands 17627
SEM104 TR10:1011:00a.m. JessicaSands 17628

WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Public Writing and Rhetoric
Whatdoesitmeantoengageinpublicissuesin2017?Post-election,whatcountsaseffectivepublicwriting
andspeakinginpolitics?Howdoweengageinsocialissuestovoiceourperspectivesandadvocateforchange
throughwriting?Howisourengagementwithpublicissuesshapedbyidentity,whohasaccesstocivic-spaces,and
technology?And,whatistherelationshipbetweenpublicwritingandchange?BecauseWriting1380isdesigned
asaworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticandargumentativeskillsfundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,
research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeerstoposequestions,examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmaller
classsizes,two50-minuteclasssessionsandweeklystudent/teacherconferences,Writing1380isanalternative
routeFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingforstudentstolearnflexibleandsustainablestrategiesfor
studyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandforproducingclear,preciseacademicprosethatcan
addressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.S/U"gradesonly.Thissectionisdesignedfor
multilingualwritersandinternationalstudents.
SEM105 TR11:1512:05p.m. KateNavickas 17629

WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Writing Back to the News
Studentswillensconcethemselvesindebatesragingwithinthecontemporarynewsmediasuchaspolitics,
conflictswithinhighereducation,genderequality,internationalcrises,Americanpopularcultureandwillwrite
aboutcontemporarycontroversiestodifferentaudiencesinavarietyofmediums,suchasargumentativeessays,
investigativepieces,andblogposts.TheWriting1380classroomisadynamicworkspacewherestudentsassemble
thescholarlytoolsnecessarytoexplorecomplex,interdisciplinaryquestions.BecauseWriting1380isdesignedas
aworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticandargumentativeskillsfundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,
research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeerstoposequestions,examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmaller
classsizes,two50-minuteclasssessionsandweeklystudent/teacherconferences,Writing1380isanalternative
routeFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingforstudentstolearnflexibleandsustainablestrategiesfor
studyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandforproducingclear,preciseacademicprosethatcan
addressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.S/U"gradesonly.
SEM106 TR12:2001:10p.m. KellyKing-OBrien 17630
WRITING 1380
Elements of Academic Writing: Short Stories
Whatcanashortstorydothatnootherartformcando?Whatisthedifferencebetweenananecdoteanda
shortstoryoramemoirandashortstory?What,ifanything,doshortstorieshaveincommonwitheachother,
besidesbeingshort?TheWriting1380classroomisadynamicworkspacewherestudentsassemblethescholarly
toolsnecessarytoanalyzeshortstoriesderivedfromarangeofculturesandtimeperiodsandtoexplorecomplex,
interdisciplinaryquestions.BecauseWriting1380isdesignedasaworkshop,studentsdeveloptheanalyticand
argumentativeskillsfundamentaltointerdisciplinaryreading,research,andwritingbycollaboratingwithpeersto
posequestions,examineideas,andsharedrafts.Withsmallerclasssizes,two50-minuteclasssessions,andweekly
student/teacherconferences,Writing1380isanalternativerouteFWSthatprovidesanindividualizedsettingfor
studentstolearnflexibleandsustainablestrategiesforstudyingtheessentialelementsofacademicwritingandfor
producingclear,preciseacademicprosethatcanaddressavarietyofaudiencesandmeetdiverserhetoricalaims.
S/U"gradesonly.
SEM107 TR01:2502:15p.m. MollyKatz 17631

WRITING 1400
Common Ground: Education Beyond the Ivory Tower
ThiscourseoffersyouachancetobecomeamoreengagedmemberoftheIthacacommunityaspartofyour
first-yearwritingexperience.Fortwoafternoonsaweek,CornellstudentswillengagewithIthacamiddleschool
studentsasmentorsandtutorsoutsideofclass.Writingassignmentswillhelpyoureflectonthetutoring
experienceandtheroleofeducationandresponsiblecitizenshipinademocraticsociety.Readingswillinclude
Savage InequalitiesbyKozol,Life and Death of the Great American School SystembyRavitch,andessaysby
Barber,Freire,andKing.Ourultimategoalwillbetobroadenstudents'perspectivesonourpubliceducational
systemandtheroleofuniversitiesintheircommunities.
SEM101 TR01:2502:40p.m. DarleneEvans 17534 x-listedw/AMST1140&ENGL1140
StudentschedulesmustaccommodateTRtrips(3-5PM)toBoyntonMiddleSchool.