ENGL 1140

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

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Distribution Category (WRT-AG)
Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20320 ENGL 1140   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Cupido, S

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20321 ENGL 1140   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Corral Garcia, R

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20322 ENGL 1140   SEM 103

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Wang, J

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20323 ENGL 1140   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Young, C

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20324 ENGL 1140   SEM 105

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Iqbal, S

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20325 ENGL 1140   SEM 106

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Roberson, J

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