Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
This course offers guidance and an audience for students who wish to gain skill in expository writing—a common term for critical, reflective, investigative, and creative nonfiction. Each section provides a context for writing defined by a form of exposition, a disciplinary area, a practice, or a topic intimately related to the written medium. Course members will read in relevant published material and write and revise their own work regularly, while reviewing and responding to one another's. Students and instructors will confer individually throughout the term. Topics differ for each section.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: completion of First-Year Writing Seminar requirement or permission of the instructor.
Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP
Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS)
When Offered Fall, Spring.
Satisfies Requirement This course satisfies requirements for the English minor but not for the English major. Taken with the instructor's permission, and with the letter grade option, it satisfies First-Year Writing Seminar requirements for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. If counted toward the First-Year Writing Seminar requirement, the course will not count toward LA-AS or ALC-AS.
Comments For descriptions of each topic, please visit the university class roster.
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: What Was I Made For?
Class Number & Section Details
3130ENGL 2880 SEM 102
Meeting Pattern
MWF
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Corwin, V
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Section Topic
Topic: Writing the Global Table: Food, Culture, Identity
Class Number & Section Details
4087ENGL 2880 SEM 103
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Corral Garcia, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
21101ENGL 2880 SEM 104
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Chung, B
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Syllabi:
none
Regular Academic Session.
Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits
Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Class Number & Section Details
21102ENGL 2880 SEM 105
Meeting Pattern
TR
Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Byrne, J
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials
required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.
For the most current information about textbooks, including the timing and options for purchase, see the
Cornell Store.
