CHEM 1200

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CHEM 1200
FWS: Writing History

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

How can we learn about the past? How do we tell stories about the past? How do we judge the truth of falsity of evidence? Writing History seminars introduce students to many different ways of interpreting and writing about the past, and to the wide range of sources that historians use: from diaries to tax rolls, from scraps of textile to films and advertisements. Topics and readings vary by section.


Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Exploratory Studies (SAAREA)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Gender, Medicine, and Body in East Asian Hist

  •  2604 CHEM 1200   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Guo, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Divided Memory: Hist through Civil War

  •  2605 CHEM 1200   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Lemos, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Darn Tootin'!: Histories of African Amer West

  •  2606 CHEM 1200   SEM 103

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Roggensack, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: A People's History of Contemporary Europe

  •  2607 CHEM 1200   SEM 104

  •  
    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Plukker, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Movements for Economic Justice in Modern US

  •  2608 CHEM 1200   SEM 105

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    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Goodwin, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Saltwater Histories: Seas around Modern Asia

  •  2609 CHEM 1200   SEM 106

  •  
    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Chen, X

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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