English and Comparative Literature

This course examines the evolution of pacifist thought in literature from the interwar years to the dawn of the atomic age. It seeks to study the literature of twentieth-century pacifism as a response to expanding technologies of modern warfare. The course asks the following questions, among others: What shape does pacifist thought take in the atomic age, and how does it compare with interwar pacifism? What similarities or differences are discernible? What role do literary representations of modern warfare play in the evolution of pacifist thought? Does pacifism gain persuasive power through these representations, or do they lay bare its limits? How might one understand pacifism’s conceptual relation to nonviolence, anti-war resistance, and anti-militarism?

The course begins with works by pacifist writers in the interwar years: Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight (1917); the correspondence between Einstein and Freud in 1932; Aldous Huxley, “What Are You Going to Do About It?” (1936) and Eyeless in Gaza (1936); Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas (1938) and “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid” (1940); Vera Brittain, “Women and Peace” (1940). The course then considers the evolution of pacifism in the shadow of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, focusing on novels, memoirs, essays, short stories, and films, including the following works: Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence (1948); M. K. Gandhi, For Pacifists (1949); Pearl Buck, Command the Morning (1959); Alfred Coppel, Dark December (1960); Masuji Ibuse, Black Rain (1965); Kenzaburo Oe, Hiroshima Notes (1965) and Fire from the Ashes, ed. (1985); Anand Patwardhan, War and Peace (2002, documentary); Howard Zinn (ed.), The Power of Nonviolence (2002).

The course encourages students to view selected films probing pacifist and anti-war themes alongside literary and philosophical texts, with a view to grasping the themes’ adaptability across various genres. Students must apply to enrol in the seminar, providing information about year, school, relevant prior coursework, and reasons for wanting to take the course. Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply; prior coursework in literature is strongly recommended.

This course focuses on the tumultuous 1930s, which witnessed the growth of anticolonial movements, the coming to power of totalitarian and fascist regimes, and calls for internationalism and a new world vision, among other major developments. Even as fascism laid down its roots in parts of Europe, the struggle for independence from European colonial rule accelerated in Asia and Africa, and former subjects engaged with ideas and images about the shape of their new nations, in essays, fiction, poetry, and theater. Supporters and critics of nationalism existed on both sides of the metropole-colony divide, as calls for internationalism sought to stem the rising tide of ethnocentric thinking and racial particularism in parts of Europe as well as the colonies. Ostensibly a gesture of resistance against imperial control, anti-colonialism also sparked debates about re-visioning gender relations, the place of minorities in the nation, religious difference and secularism, and models of world unity, among other issues. The course aims to consider the intersection of these debates with resistance to 1930s fascism: Did anti- fascist resistance in the metropole draw inspiration from anticolonial struggles? Conversely, did the spectre of fascism and authoritarianism present a cautionary tale to the project of nation-building in former colonies?

We will read works from both the metropole and the colonies to track the crisscrossing of ideas, beginning with writers whose works foreshadowed the convulsive events of the 1930s and beyond (H.G. Wells, E.M. Forster, Rabindranath Tagore), then moving on to writers who published some of their greatest work in the 1930s (Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Mulk Raj Anand, M.K. Gandhi, Raja Rao, C.L.R. James), and concluding with an author who reassessed the events of the 1930s from a later perspective (George Lamming).

This course will consider London as a postcolonial metropolis, former seat of empire, and an important site in the transatlantic slave trade. Primary course texts will include novels, plays, films, and poetry by writers who migrated (or were born to migrants) from the West Indies, Africa, and South Asia, who reside(d) in London and made it the setting of their work. 

Taking London as a focus for postcolonial literature allows us to consider the mid-twentieth century history of decolonization from the vantage point of the former imperial center. Some of the writers we'll read arrived in London between 1948 and 1981—that is, between two iterations of the British Nationality Act, the first of which opened British citizenship to colonial subjects, and the second of which established restrictions on immigration from the former colonies that had been imposed in the 1960s and 70s. “Postcolonial London” has thus been shaped by the history of empire and decolonization, these waves of migration, and resistance to them. We'll consider the importance of the “Windrush generation”—writers from the West Indies who began to arrive in 1948 to rebuild postwar Britain—to the tradition of "Black British" writing, as well as the work of later arrivals and second-generation writers.

This course helps students whose first language is not English develop their academic writing skills. The course covers essay structure, rhetoric, grammatical accuracy, paraphrasing, citing sources, critical thinking, and editing/revising work.

The course is thematic: you will explore different topics and themes (current affairs, social issues, etc.) by reading, listening, and discussing material, and then write essays about that material. The instructors will provide extensive feedback to help you edit and revise your own writing.

This course helps students whose first language is not English develop their academic writing skills. The course covers essay structure, rhetoric, grammatical accuracy, paraphrasing, citing sources, critical thinking, and editing/revising work.

The course is thematic: you will explore different topics and themes (current affairs, social issues, etc.) by reading, listening, and discussing material, and then write essays about that material. The instructors will provide extensive feedback to help you edit and revise your own writing.

This course helps students whose first language is not English develop their academic writing skills. The course covers essay structure, rhetoric, grammatical accuracy, paraphrasing, citing sources, critical thinking, and editing/revising work.

The course is thematic: you will explore different topics and themes (current affairs, social issues, etc.) by reading, listening, and discussing material, and then write essays about that material. The instructors will provide extensive feedback to help you edit and revise your own writing.

This course helps students whose first language is not English develop their academic writing skills. The course covers essay structure, rhetoric, grammatical accuracy, paraphrasing, citing sources, critical thinking, and editing/revising work.

The course is thematic: you will explore different topics and themes (current affairs, social issues, etc.) by reading, listening, and discussing material, and then write essays about that material. The instructors will provide extensive feedback to help you edit and revise your own writing.

This course helps students whose first language is not English develop their academic writing skills. The course covers essay structure, rhetoric, grammatical accuracy, paraphrasing, citing sources, critical thinking, and editing/revising work.

The course is thematic: you will explore different topics and themes (current affairs, social issues, etc.) by reading, listening, and discussing material, and then write essays about that material. The instructors will provide extensive feedback to help you edit and revise your own writing.

**Admission priorities**

Priority will be given to CS students closer to graduation. Your number on the waitlist is not a factor in admission. But this class is large, and we hope to accommodate everyone who needs to take the class. Last year's class is a good model for what this year's syllabus will be: http://coms4170.cs.columbia.edu/2024-spring/

**Attendance required**
This class is highly interactive, and attendance for many of the lectures is mandatory. Especially in the second half of the class, students must attend in-class project mentoring sessions to get feedback from their TA and fellow students.

**Technical Preparation**
The first half of the class is quite technical, we introduce principles of usable design and integrate them in to technical assignments. There is a lot of programming in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, and Python (server-side). Whereas we do teach these technologies, we constantly find that students who have seen them before have a better time in class. Former students have advised future students to do an online web programming series like CodeAcademy (which is sadly no longer free). Advanced Programming is an advised pre- requisite, but the true pre-requisite is simply coding experience. You will be expected to figure out some of the programming aspects by yourself, and you need the maturity to do that. Hint: ask GPT. If you are going to email me about this class, please use a subject line
that says I read the SSOL message for COMS 4170 and I still have a question. I hope to see many of you in the spring :)
Lydia

**Admission priorities**

Priority will be given to CS students closer to graduation. Your number on the waitlist is not a factor in admission. But this class is large, and we hope to accommodate everyone who needs to take the class. Last year's class is a good model for what this year's syllabus will be: http://coms4170.cs.columbia.edu/2024-spring/

**Attendance required**
This class is highly interactive, and attendance for many of the lectures is mandatory. Especially in the second half of the class, students must attend in-class project mentoring sessions to get feedback from their TA and fellow students.

**Technical Preparation**
The first half of the class is quite technical, we introduce principles of usable design and integrate them in to technical assignments. There is a lot of programming in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Bootstrap, and Python (server-side). Whereas we do teach these technologies, we constantly find that students who have seen them before have a better time in class. Former students have advised future students to do an online web programming series like CodeAcademy (which is sadly no longer free). Advanced Programming is an advised pre- requisite, but the true pre-requisite is simply coding experience. You will be expected to figure out some of the programming aspects by yourself, and you need the maturity to do that. Hint: ask GPT. If you are going to email me about this class, please use a subject line
that says I read the SSOL message for COMS 4170 and I still have a question. I hope to see many of you in the spring :)
Lydia

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing, is a one-semester seminar designed to facilitate students’ entry into the intellectual life of the university by teaching them to become more capable and independent academic readers and writers. The course emphasizes habits of mind and skills that foster students’ capacities for critical analysis, argument, revision, collaboration, meta-cognition, and research. Students read and discuss essays from a number of fields, complete regular informal reading and writing exercises, compose several longer essays, and devise a research-based project of their own design.

Courses of Instruction

ENGL CC1010 University Writing. 3 points.

ENGL CC/GS1010: University Writing (3 points) focuses on developing students’ reading, writing, and thinking, drawing from readings on a designated course theme that carry a broad appeal to people with diverse interests. No University Writing class presumes that students arrive with prior knowledge in the theme of the course. We are offering the following themes this year:

• UW: Contemporary Essays, CC/GS1010.001-.099
• UW: Readings in American Studies, CC/GS1010.1xx
• UW: Readings in Gender and Sexuality, CC/GS1010.2xx
• UW: Readings in Film and Performing Arts, CC/GS1010.3xx
• UW: Readings in Urban Studies, CC/GS1010.4xx  (will be sharing 400s with Human Rights)
• UW: Readings in Climate Humanities, CC/GS1010.5xx  (will be sharing 500s with Data & Society)
• UW: Readings in Medical Humanities, CC/GS1010.6xx
• UW: Readings in Law & Justice, CC/GS1010.7xx
• UW: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, CC/GS1010.8xx
• University Writing for International Students, CC/GS1010.9xx 

For further details about these classes, please visit: http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/uwp.

Over the centuries, readers have been drawn to accounts of “true” crime—violent narratives involving real people and real events. And yet, as with any literary object, the notion of “truth” is always unstable—stories and their tellings are always shaped by the motivations, values, and choices of those who tell them, often with an eye toward the audience that will consume them. Whether constructed in order to moralize, to enforce or critique social or political ideologies, or purely to sell copies, “true
crime” is a literary genre that reveals attitudes about gender, race, and class; that illustrates—and sometimes calls into question—cultural norms and mores; that calls on readers to reflect on their own morbid curiosity and assumptions and fears. In this class we will engage with a diverse selection of literary texts—spanning from the Middle Ages to the present day and from a range of genres, including pamphlets, plays, novels, and more—as well as contemporary films, a tv series, and a
podcast. Through close reading and critical analysis, we will examine the evolution of the “true crime” genre and the cultural and societal contexts that shape the portrayal of crime for popular consumption. We will explore the ways in which texts and authors sensationalize, moralize, and convey the complexities of crime. We will analyze point of view: who’s telling the story, whom we sympathize with, and what insights we get into the minds of those committing crimes as well as those who fall prey to them. We will consider justice and policing— the role played by the law and its enforcers in shaping narratives about crime and punishment, right and wrong. Finally, we will reflect on the ethical implications of representing real-life crimes in literature, and how “true crime” narratives shape social perceptions, fears, prejudices, and notions of justice and morality.

Autobiographical and biographical graphic narratives are perhaps the best known and most widely read graphic literary texts. Their combination of word and hand-drawn images afford creators a wide variety of formal and stylistic devices for depicting emergent identity, historical experience, trauma, memory and post-memory, among other themes. At the same time, the inherent subjectivity of the hand-drawn images, as well as the limitations of memory and post-memory, raise important questions about the authority and authenticity of these narratives. By closing analyzing some of the most prominent examples of autobiographical and biographical graphic narratives, students in this class will consider how creators have used the medium and the strategies they used to address its limitations when depicting lived, historical experiences. Our discussion of these autobiographical and biographical narratives will be supplemented by readings in the related academic scholarship, as well as by materials that the creators drew upon in the production of their graphic narratives. The reading list of graphic narratives will consist of Maus, Fun Home, March, One Hundred Demons, The Complete Persepolis and Vietnamerica. 

(Lecture). This course will cover the histories, comedies, tragedies, and poetry of Shakespeare’s early career. We will examine the cultural and historical conditions that informed Shakespeare’s drama and poetry; in the case of drama, we will also consider the formal constraints and opportunities of the early modern English commercial theater. We will attend to Shakespeare’s biography while considering his work in relation to that of his contemporaries. Ultimately, we will aim to situate the production of Shakespeare’s early career within the highly collaborative, competitive, and experimental theatrical and literary cultures of late sixteenth-century England.

How exhausting is it, really, always rooting for the antihero? Not very, our cultural and social landscape would suggest. From films to novels, popstars to political figures, contemporary culture marvels more and more at the misfits, the flawed, the scheming, the petty, the brats. Traditional heroic qualities are no longer necessary to appeal to audiences fascinated with the likes of Tony Soprano or Olivia Pope, the Punisher or Hannah Horvath. But is the antihero a product of the golden age of television? A result of our modern, revisionist impulse to reconsider the villains of our childhood? 

This course will explore the complex and evolving figure of the antihero from its origins in the literary canon—in, for instance, Greek tragedy and the picaresque novel—to its prominence in modern fiction, film, and television. In parallel, we will explore how the antihero functions within broader socio-political contexts—whether as a critique of institutional power, a commentary on individualism and alienation, or a reflection of our anxieties about a world in which morality is no longer absolute.

Key questions will include: What does it mean to be anti-heroic in the modern world? How does the antihero challenge the distinction between protagonist and antagonist? How do marginalized voices shape and redefine antiheroic figures? What is it about figures who live on the boundary between law and lawlessness—the cowboy, the vigilante, the rebel—that so appeals to us? 

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2000 must also register for one of the sections of ENGL UN2001. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

Prerequisites: Students who register for ENGL UN2001 must also register for ENGL UN2000 Approaches to Literary Study lecture. This course is intended to introduce students to the advanced study of literature, through a weekly pairing of a faculty lecture (ENGL 2000) and small seminar led by an advanced doctoral candidate (ENGL 2001).  Students in the course will read works from across literary history, learning the different interpretive techniques appropriate to each of the major genres (poetry, drama, and prose fiction).  Students will also encounter the wide variety of critical approaches taken by our faculty and by the discipline at large, and will be encouraged to adapt and combine these approaches as they develop as thinkers, readers, and writers.  ENGL 2000/2001 is a requirement for both the English Major and English Minor.  While it is not a general prerequisite for other lectures and seminars, it should be taken as early as possible in a student's academic program.   

This lecture course examines sixteenth-century English literature in the light of the new religious, social and political challenges of the period.  Texts, primarily poetry and prose, include lyric poetry by Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, and John Donne; sonnet sequences by Philip Sidney and William Shakespeare; early narrative works by William Baldwin and George Gascoigne; works of early English literary criticism; travel writings by Walter Ralegh and Thomas Harriot; as well as longer texts including More’s Utopia. 

This is a survey course on great works of British literature from around 1900 through around 1950, starting with the late-Victorian world of Thomas Hardy, extending through the fin-de-siècle worlds of Oscar Wilde and W. B. Yeats, then into the modernist landscape of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, and T. S. Eliot, and ending with the late-modernist vision of Virginia Woolf and W. H. Auden. The course includes a wide range of social, political, psychological, and literary concerns, and delves deeply into political and moral questions that are always urgent but which took specific forms during this period.

The rise of artificial intelligence is transforming how we write, edit, and communicate, in every field of human activity. This course explores the ways AI is reshaping writing practices, from creative storytelling and journalism to technical writing and scholarship.

Students will engage with AI-powered writing tools to understand their capabilities and limitations, examining how they can enhance creativity, streamline workflows, and support research. Discussions will address ethical concerns, such as plagiarism, bias, and misinformation, while hands-on exercises will help students develop strategies for using AI effectively without losing the human, critical element of writing.

This course examines major British poets of the period 1789-1830.  We will be focusing especially on the poetry and poetic theory of William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and John Keats.  We will also be reading essays, reviews, and journal entries by such figures as Robert Southey, William Hazlitt, and Dorothy Wordsworth.  The class is open to all undergraduate; first-year students and non-English majors are welcome.  Graduate students interested in taking the course should email the professor.

This course surveys major works of American literature written since 1945. It will situate the analysis of literature against a backdrop that includes key historical events.  We will also consider major literary and artistic movements.  Lectures will emphasize literature in its cultural/historical context, but will also attend to its formal/aesthetic properties. Assigned readings will cover a range of genres, including novels, short fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and literary and cultural criticism.

This course investigates the boldly experimental world of the early modern English theater. The opening of London’s commercial playhouses in the last quarter of the sixteenth century fundamentally changed the nature of popular entertainment, offering eager spectators an array of secular drama for the first time in English history. The playwrights who wrote for these theaters collaborated and competed with each other to produce the bombastic heroes of tragedy, the upstart social climbers of city comedy, and the adventurers of romance, reimagining the possibilities of stage performance in the process. We will read a range of playwrights and dramatic genres in this course, asking how these plays not only spoke to each other, but intervened in the issues of class, race, gender, sexuality, and politics that defined early modernity. We will also spend time discussing the plays in performance, attending to the ways that the conditions of early modern stagecraft influence literary meaning. Finally, we will give attention to the performance styles and techniques of those actors who, in inspiring playgoers’ admiration and adoration, became London’s very first celebrities.

The English Conference: The Lucyle Hook Guest Lectureship is a two to four-week course each semester on a special topic presented by a visiting scholar. The series was endowed by a gift from Professor Emerita of English Lucyle Hook to bring our students and faculty the perspective of scholars of literature in English working outside the College community. It can only be taken for pass/fail for 1 point. Students must attend all four class sessions and write a final paper in order to receive credit for this course.To see the dates/times that The English Conference will meet this semester, the current course description, and the biography of the visiting scholar, please visit the English Department website: https://english.barnard.edu/english/english-conference.

Enrollment limited to Barnard students. Application process and permission of instructor required: https://writing.barnard.edu/become-writing-fellow. Exploration of theory and practice in the teaching of writing, designed for students who plan to become Writing Fellows at Barnard. Students will read current theory and consider current research in the writing process and engage in practical applications in the classroom or in tutoring. The Writer’s Process is only open to those who applied to and were accepted into the Writing Fellows Program. Note: This course now counts as an elective for the English major.

Enrollment limited to Barnard students. Application process and permission of instructor required: https://writing.barnard.edu/become-writing-fellow. Exploration of theory and practice in the teaching of writing, designed for students who plan to become Writing Fellows at Barnard. Students will read current theory and consider current research in the writing process and engage in practical applications in the classroom or in tutoring. The Writer’s Process is only open to those who applied to and were accepted into the Writing Fellows Program. Note: This course now counts as an elective for the English major.

Academic Writing Intensive is a small, intensive writing course for Barnard students in their second or third year who would benefit from extra writing support. Students attend a weekly seminar, work closely with the instructor on each writing assignment, and meet with an attached Writing Fellow every other week. Readings and assignments focus on transferable writing, revision, and critical thinking skills students can apply to any discipline. Students from across the disciplines are welcome. This course is only offered P/D/F. To be considered for the course, please send a recent writing sample to clie@barnard.edu, ideally from your First-Year Writing or First-Year Seminar course, or any other writing-intensive humanities or social sciences course at Barnard (no lab reports please).

NOTE: Students who are on the electronic waiting list or who are interested in the class but are not yet registered MUST attend the first day of class.

Fall 2022 course description: Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays. 

Summer 2022 course description: The Art of the Essay is a writing workshop designed to help you contribute meaningfully in public discourse about the issues that matter most to you. You will write three types of essays in this class, all of which will center personal experience as valuable evidence of larger phenomena or patterns. Your essays will build in complexity, as you introduce more types of sources into conversation about your topics as the semester goes on. You will hone your skills of observing, describing, questioning, analyzing, and persuading. You will be challenged to confront complications and to craft nuanced explorations of your topics. We will also regularly read and discuss the work of contemporary published essayists, identifying key writerly moves that you may adapt as you attempt your own essays.  You will have many opportunities throughout the semester to brainstorm ideas, receive feedback from me and your peers, and develop and revise your drafts. At the end of the semester, you will choose a publication to which to submit or pitch one or more of your essays.

NOTE: Students who are on the electronic waiting list or who are interested in the class but are not yet registered MUST attend the first day of class.

Fall 2022 course description: Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays. 

Summer 2022 course description: The Art of the Essay is a writing workshop designed to help you contribute meaningfully in public discourse about the issues that matter most to you. You will write three types of essays in this class, all of which will center personal experience as valuable evidence of larger phenomena or patterns. Your essays will build in complexity, as you introduce more types of sources into conversation about your topics as the semester goes on. You will hone your skills of observing, describing, questioning, analyzing, and persuading. You will be challenged to confront complications and to craft nuanced explorations of your topics. We will also regularly read and discuss the work of contemporary published essayists, identifying key writerly moves that you may adapt as you attempt your own essays.  You will have many opportunities throughout the semester to brainstorm ideas, receive feedback from me and your peers, and develop and revise your drafts. At the end of the semester, you will choose a publication to which to submit or pitch one or more of your essays.

NOTE: Students who are on the electronic waiting list or who are interested in the class but are not yet registered MUST attend the first day of class.

Fall 2022 course description: Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays. 

Summer 2022 course description: The Art of the Essay is a writing workshop designed to help you contribute meaningfully in public discourse about the issues that matter most to you. You will write three types of essays in this class, all of which will center personal experience as valuable evidence of larger phenomena or patterns. Your essays will build in complexity, as you introduce more types of sources into conversation about your topics as the semester goes on. You will hone your skills of observing, describing, questioning, analyzing, and persuading. You will be challenged to confront complications and to craft nuanced explorations of your topics. We will also regularly read and discuss the work of contemporary published essayists, identifying key writerly moves that you may adapt as you attempt your own essays.  You will have many opportunities throughout the semester to brainstorm ideas, receive feedback from me and your peers, and develop and revise your drafts. At the end of the semester, you will choose a publication to which to submit or pitch one or more of your essays.

NOTE: Students who are on the electronic waiting list or who are interested in the class but are not yet registered MUST attend the first day of class.

Fall 2022 course description: Essay writing above the first-year level. Reading and writing various types of essays to develop one's natural writing voice and craft thoughtful, sophisticated and personal essays. 

Summer 2022 course description: The Art of the Essay is a writing workshop designed to help you contribute meaningfully in public discourse about the issues that matter most to you. You will write three types of essays in this class, all of which will center personal experience as valuable evidence of larger phenomena or patterns. Your essays will build in complexity, as you introduce more types of sources into conversation about your topics as the semester goes on. You will hone your skills of observing, describing, questioning, analyzing, and persuading. You will be challenged to confront complications and to craft nuanced explorations of your topics. We will also regularly read and discuss the work of contemporary published essayists, identifying key writerly moves that you may adapt as you attempt your own essays.  You will have many opportunities throughout the semester to brainstorm ideas, receive feedback from me and your peers, and develop and revise your drafts. At the end of the semester, you will choose a publication to which to submit or pitch one or more of your essays.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. Short stories and other imaginative and personal writing.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses.

This class is an introduction to writing fiction, with a focus on the short story. The initial weeks will focus on writing exercises and also deep reading of published short stories, in order to attempt to understand the space we enter when we enter a piece of fiction, what does it mean to move through it, how is it moving. Later, student work will become the main text as the focus shifts into workshop. Stories likely on the syllabus include Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds,” Mieko Kanai’s “Rabbits,” Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch,” and the flash fiction of Lydia Davis. 

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses.

Section 1 (taught by Brionne Janae): Updated course description forthcoming

Section 2 (taught by Farnoosh Fathi):  “In the beginner’s mind, possibilities are many, in the expert’s mind, there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

In this introductory poetry writing workshop, we will cultivate an ardently playful approach to writing, one committed to honoring “beginner’s mind.” Embarrassment, error and amateurism will be embraced as values and fertile grounds (rather than obstructions) for writing.

Together we will explore poetry writing as the pursuit and  expression of a liberatory language–the language of our highest attention and freedom– shared  between reader and writer.

In addition to workshops, we will alternate between classes centered on formal and thematic  studies with others focussed on contemplative practices and the writing process. Formal and revisionary explorations will be guided by the experiments of Bernadette Mayer, Inger Christensen, Dadaists and the Oulipo; by generative varieties of translation as practiced by Mónica de la Torre and Sawako Nagasaku–homophonic and self-translation; the role of inside jokes and an innocent attention to our environment, inspired by Gertrude Stein and Wadih Saadeh.

Drawing on teachings by Corita Kent, art exercises by Kim Beom and Zen Buddhist rituals we will learn contemplative practices that help us create, combine and  consider our attention in order to see how receptive, open, beginner’s mind effort, rather than forced determination toward a particular outcome, underpins our deepest work in writing.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses.

Section 1 (taught by Brionne Janae): Updated course description forthcoming

Section 2 (taught by Farnoosh Fathi):  “In the beginner’s mind, possibilities are many, in the expert’s mind, there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

In this introductory poetry writing workshop, we will cultivate an ardently playful approach to writing, one committed to honoring “beginner’s mind.” Embarrassment, error and amateurism will be embraced as values and fertile grounds (rather than obstructions) for writing.

Together we will explore poetry writing as the pursuit and  expression of a liberatory language–the language of our highest attention and freedom– shared  between reader and writer.

In addition to workshops, we will alternate between classes centered on formal and thematic  studies with others focussed on contemplative practices and the writing process. Formal and revisionary explorations will be guided by the experiments of Bernadette Mayer, Inger Christensen, Dadaists and the Oulipo; by generative varieties of translation as practiced by Mónica de la Torre and Sawako Nagasaku–homophonic and self-translation; the role of inside jokes and an innocent attention to our environment, inspired by Gertrude Stein and Wadih Saadeh.

Drawing on teachings by Corita Kent, art exercises by Kim Beom and Zen Buddhist rituals we will learn contemplative practices that help us create, combine and  consider our attention in order to see how receptive, open, beginner’s mind effort, rather than forced determination toward a particular outcome, underpins our deepest work in writing.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses.

What is the difference between a play and a film? No two playwrights will have the same response, but all must address the question. This is a class that revels in that distinction, encouraging students to explore the idiosyncrasy, strangeness, and power of the form. For half the semester, students will be writing in response to prompts that are designed to teach fundamental principles of the form. In addition to writing their own work, every week students will choose two plays from a collection of 150 to read and comment briefly on. During the second half of the semester, students develop a longer work, to be submitted as either a completed one act or a partial draft with notes for a full-length work. Classes are spent reading and discussing students’ work. No previous experience in playwriting is necessary.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. A workshop in writing, with emphasis on the short story.

Story Writing I is an advanced workshop in prose writing, with emphasis on the short story. Some experience in the writing of fiction is required. Students will share at least two pieces of their own work with the class over the course of the semester. In addition, each week we will read and analyze a variety of published short stories with an eye for craft and writerly decisions that might be applied to our own work. Exercises and in-depth workshop letters will push students to think more deeply about their own choices and the many layers that make up their work. Conference hours to be arranged.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. 

Section 1 (taught by Weike Wang): Flash Fiction Workshop. This course is an intensive writing workshop focused on the art of flash fiction—stories told in under 1,500 words. The workshop will emphasize experimentation, encouraging students to push the boundaries of traditional storytelling by playing with form, language, and perspective. Readings will include works originally written in English as well as those in translation, offering a broad view of global approaches to flash fiction. Discussions will cover the mechanics of storytelling on a compressed scale, including structure, character development, point of view, dialogue, and style. Authors will include Cheever, Couto, Hempel, Davis, and Wang, and through these readings, students will explore the structural possibilities of the short form, the role of voice, and the ways in which brevity can intensify narrative impact. The class will examine how compression, omission, and implication create resonance in fiction.Each student will write and workshop three original short pieces, receiving detailed feedback from peers and the instructor. The goal is to develop a keen sense of how the economy of language can create depth and complexity in fiction.

Section 2 (taught by Idra Novey): Old Wolves and New Grandmothers. Once upon a time there was a fiction workshop and each student in the workshop conjured a new role for the animal in their grandmother’s bed. In this workshop, we’ll experiment with how the tone and iconic figures of fairy tales may provide a way into a new work of fiction, though not necessarily a way out. We’ll talk about myriad ways to subvert the expected meaning of the wolf and the wicked in our own time, and what new subtexts may be lurking in the shared stories we reconsider at different points in our lives. “You shift time and location to see what holds true, and why or why not,” novelist Helen Oyeyemi says of the allure of fairy tales as a place of departure for a new work of fiction. We’ll discuss work from writers drawn to subvert and repurpose fairy tales, including Helen Oyeyemi, Barbara Comyns, and Cristina Rivera Garza.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. 

Section 1 (taught by Weike Wang): Flash Fiction Workshop. This course is an intensive writing workshop focused on the art of flash fiction—stories told in under 1,500 words. The workshop will emphasize experimentation, encouraging students to push the boundaries of traditional storytelling by playing with form, language, and perspective. Readings will include works originally written in English as well as those in translation, offering a broad view of global approaches to flash fiction. Discussions will cover the mechanics of storytelling on a compressed scale, including structure, character development, point of view, dialogue, and style. Authors will include Cheever, Couto, Hempel, Davis, and Wang, and through these readings, students will explore the structural possibilities of the short form, the role of voice, and the ways in which brevity can intensify narrative impact. The class will examine how compression, omission, and implication create resonance in fiction.Each student will write and workshop three original short pieces, receiving detailed feedback from peers and the instructor. The goal is to develop a keen sense of how the economy of language can create depth and complexity in fiction.

Section 2 (taught by Idra Novey): Old Wolves and New Grandmothers. Once upon a time there was a fiction workshop and each student in the workshop conjured a new role for the animal in their grandmother’s bed. In this workshop, we’ll experiment with how the tone and iconic figures of fairy tales may provide a way into a new work of fiction, though not necessarily a way out. We’ll talk about myriad ways to subvert the expected meaning of the wolf and the wicked in our own time, and what new subtexts may be lurking in the shared stories we reconsider at different points in our lives. “You shift time and location to see what holds true, and why or why not,” novelist Helen Oyeyemi says of the allure of fairy tales as a place of departure for a new work of fiction. We’ll discuss work from writers drawn to subvert and repurpose fairy tales, including Helen Oyeyemi, Barbara Comyns, and Cristina Rivera Garza.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. 

Muriel Rukeyser remarked that “American poetry​ has been part of a culture in conflict.” Indeed, culture worldwide is in​ conflict. This course will explore “the necessity of poetry” from a phrase by​ Adrienne Rich. It is organized to ensure the development of new work and​ further study of poetic practice for committed student writers. We will​ examine mostly contemporary poetry using specific poetry collections from​ poets as varied as John Keene, Rosa Alcalá, Megan Fernandes, Harryette​ Mullen, Ilya Kaminsky and Emily Lee Luan as well as ancestors: Rich, June​ Jordan, Gertrude Stein. In the classroom, student poems and ideas about​ poetics are shared, questioned, and critiqued. These selected readings​ explore different strands of poetics that will inform the in-class and​ assigned prompts allowing student writers to expand their interrogation of​ the genre and its many forms. You will read, listen, write, and make your​ own voice seen and heard.

Open only to undergraduates. 

This course will introduce you to principles of effective public speaking and debate, and provide practical opportunities to use these principles in structured speaking situations. You will craft and deliver speeches, engage in debates and panel discussions, analyze historical and contemporary speakers, and reflect on your own speeches and those of your classmates. You will explore and practice different rhetorical strategies with an emphasis on information, persuasion and argumentation. For each speaking assignment, you will go through the speech-making process, from audience analysis, purpose and organization, to considerations of style and delivery. The key criteria in this course are content, organization, and adaptation to the audience and purpose. While this is primarily a performance course, you will be expected to participate extensively as a listener and critic, as well as a speaker.

Enrollment restricted to Barnard students. Application process and instructor permission required: https://speaking.barnard.edu/become-speaking-fellow. Speaking involves a series of rhetorical choices regarding vocal presentation, argument construction, and physical affect that, whether made consciously or by default, project information about the identity of the speaker. In this course students will relate theory to practice: to learn principles of public speaking and speech criticism for the purpose of applying these principles as peer tutors in the Speaking Fellow Program. Note: This course now counts as an elective for the English major.

This entertaining and edifying lecture-not-unmixed-with conversation course will
consider the icon of the American cowboy, with its signature embrace of
masculinity, stoicism, elegiac music, and identification with nature. We will read
Cormac McCarthy’s dazzling Border Trilogy and other works that emerge from
this icon, watch a curated series of cowboy movies, and write critical essays.

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses.

In this section of creative nonfiction, we will explore the essay. We will consider the essay in the original and most open-ended sense of the term—coming from French, essai, meaning “attempt." This type of essay is also known as a personal essay.  

The personal essay is a paradoxical form. It makes rules and then breaks them. It announces itself and then slips out the backdoor. It is a mischief-maker and the successful essayist remembers that, remembers to stay playful.  And that's what our workshop will be about. As we attempt to write and share our stories, let’s ask one another: “what’s the fun of this story?” Let’s urge each other to see how can that fun remain, adhere, and grow through the drafting process.
 
Most of all, let's use the essay to explore our relationship to writing overall. Phillip Lopate writes that the essay “sets up a relationship with the reader, a dialogue—a friendship.” Seeing the sentence as a set of relationships, one tied to our human relations, we will write and revise with the hope of fostering an enduring relationship with the page.

Writers should expect to workshop at least twice, working toward a final portfolio of 15-20 double-spaced pages. We will read as we write including essays by James Baldwin, Jo Ann Beard, Margo Jefferson, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Phillip Lopate. 

Long before Aristotle’s Rhetoric and far from Athens and Rome, rhetoricians were teaching people how to communicate powerfully in politics, the law, and the street. This course surveys the ancient rhetorics of Egypt, China, the Americas, and the Arab world. We will examine a body of primary texts from 2,300 B.C.E. to 1,500 C.E. that teach people to wield language effectively.

Geoffrey Chaucer, “the father of English literature,” was also the first known English reader of Dante – generally regarded as the greatest poet in a modern European language – and the question of how to respond to the legacy of his powerful predecessor left its mark on many of Chaucer’s works. Was “Chaucer,” the self-identified hero of The Canterbury Tales, based on “Dante,” the poet pilgrim who, in the Commedia, claims to have personally visited Hell, Purgatory and Paradise? And if so, as seems likely, what do we make of Chaucer’s rejection of Dante’s “beautiful style,” and his comparative emphasis on irony, incompleteness, and bodily humor? Reading these foundational authors side-by-side sheds unexpected light on each. Could it be that Chaucer was Dante’s canniest reader? In this
seminar we will read generous extracts from Chaucer in the original Middle English, as well as the Commedia of Dante, and additional short texts, in modern English translation.

How and why might we read Milton now? And how do his writings and thinking intersect with issues in our present moment? We will read his influential epic Paradise Lost after reading selections of Milton's earlier poetry and prose (attack against censorship, defenses of divorce, individual conscience, toleration, complicated issues of political and religious liberty). He wrote about these matters as he was involved in the English Civil war, an advocate of liberty (we will consider what kind, for whom?) and revolution, which Americans would embrace as inspiration and to justify the American Revolution. We will critically read Milton’s literary and political texts within the contexts of religious, political, and cultural history of early modern England and Europe but also colonial and revolutionary America—asking difficult questions, and with a sense of how Milton’s writing connects to present issues of our time.

In the seventeenth century, a new genre appears across Europe: the novel. Why does it appear? What accounts for its increasing popularity across the eighteenth century? What role does it play, in personal psychology as well as society? To puzzle these questions, we will place the development of the novel within the history of art, philosophy and science, as well as psychology and literary theory. Readings may include novels by Mme. de La Fayette, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, John Cleland, the Marquis de Sade, William Godwin, and Jane Austen, as well as essays by Benjamin, Adorno, Foucault, Elias, Moretti, and others.

This course surveys American literature written before 1800. While we will devote some attention to the literary traditions that preceded British colonization, most of our readings will be of texts written in English between 1620 and 1800. These texts--histories, autobiographies, poems, plays, and novels--illuminate the complexity of this period of American culture. They tell stories of pilgrimage, colonization, and genocide; private piety and public life; manuscript and print publication; the growth of national identity (political, cultural, and literary); Puritanism, Quakerism, and Deism; race and gender; slavery and the beginnings of a movement towards its abolition. We will consider, as we read, the ways that these stories overlap and interconnect, and the ways that they shape texts of different periods and genres.

This course will pay close attention to the novel form through the transition from nineteenth-century realism to modernist innovations in narrative voice and perspective, representation of consciousness, etc. Important social and historical contexts include World War I, urbanization, sexuality and the family, empire and colonialism. Authors may include Gustave Flaubert, Henry James, E. M. Forster, Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce..

Open to all students.This course teaches clear writing and provides exposure to a range of interpretative strategies.  Frequent short papers. Required of all English majors before the end of the junior year. Sophomores are encouraged to take it in the spring semester even before officially declaring their major. Transfer students should plan to take it in the fall semester.

Open to all students.This course teaches clear writing and provides exposure to a range of interpretative strategies.  Frequent short papers. Required of all English majors before the end of the junior year. Sophomores are encouraged to take it in the spring semester even before officially declaring their major. Transfer students should plan to take it in the fall semester.

Open to all students.This course teaches clear writing and provides exposure to a range of interpretative strategies.  Frequent short papers. Required of all English majors before the end of the junior year. Sophomores are encouraged to take it in the spring semester even before officially declaring their major. Transfer students should plan to take it in the fall semester.

Open to all students.This course teaches clear writing and provides exposure to a range of interpretative strategies.  Frequent short papers. Required of all English majors before the end of the junior year. Sophomores are encouraged to take it in the spring semester even before officially declaring their major. Transfer students should plan to take it in the fall semester.

A deeply ambivalent, transatlantic movement, Modernism grapples with revolutionary forces that defy traditional structures: the 19th-century Darwinian inversion to the old idea of order, the advent of psychoanalysis, the crisis of world war, and the anxiety and exuberance of shifting gender paradigms. The ensuing cultural upheaval dis-orders not only the content but also the literary forms of Modernism, giving rise to abstraction, fragmented narrative structures, stream-of-consciousness prose and the extreme erudition T.S. Eliot “shored against [the] ruins” of so-called civilization in “The Waste Land.”  Special attention will be devoted to how seminal manifestos, most notably "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and A Room of One's Own, frame the movement's embattled aesthetics.  Works by Djuna Barnes, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner,  Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Muriel Rukeyser, Jean Toomer, Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Virginia Woolf, and W.B. Yeats. 

Writing sample required to apply. Instructions and the application form can be found here: https://english.barnard.edu/english/creative-writing-courses. In this class we will explore the process of healing from trauma through the art of storytelling. We will ground ourselves in the writing of Latina authors whose work demonstrates the resistance from erasure in the United States. The goal of the class is to understand the connection between trauma and healing, through storytelling and creative writing. Moreover, we will develop three pieces of creative non-fiction that will encompass this relationship over the three different lenses of place, person and personal experience.

This course encompasses themes of race, ethnicity, mass incarceration, and immigration in the modern United States, with special attention to the stories of Latinx people. We will consider the roles of journalistic writing, documentaries, and personal narratives in shaping public policy and attitudes towards lives behind bars. Guest speakers will also provide personal experiences to help reframe our own narratives and perspectives on these issues. The course’s primary goal is to challenge the process of how stories of race, immigration, and mass incarceration are written, by developing scholarly pieces.

“We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity,” wrote the abolitionist writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper a few years after the Civil War. This course explores the creative productions, critiques, and political projects of colonized people themselves, specifically focusing on writers in the indigenous, African American, and global anti-imperialist traditions. How did these heterogeneous communities differently diagnose the context of colonialism? What positive horizons of freedom, equality, and democracy did they aspire towards? What do their works tell us about gender, land, and labor? We explore themes of sovereignty against settler colonialism in the work of indigenous writers like Kandiaronk, William Apess, E. Pauline Johnson, Sarah Winnemucca, Zitkala Sa, and Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii. Next, we read the African American abolitionist tradition, beginning with Phillis Wheatley and slave narratives (Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, Harriet Jacobs) followed by works by Harriet Wilson, Ida B. Wells, and Machado de Assis. The final third of the class will focus on works by those encountering imperialism in Egypt, South Asia, Latin America, the Philippines, and China: Al-Jabarti, Dinabandhu Mitra, José Martí, Jose Rizal, Huang Zunxian, and Qiu Jin.

Why are stepmothers and stepdaughters inevitable enemies in folk and fairy tales? Why are fathers blameless and biological mothers absent (and usually dead)? And how do these narratives, so deeply woven into our own media and language, affect our sense of our own lived reality? In this course, we’ll untangle the complicated web of relationships between mothers, daughters, and stepmothers in folk and fairy tales, from ancient Rome to current cinema. We’ll read analytic psychology, feminist literary theory, cultural history, and other critical perspectives to help us analyze the absent mother, virginal daughter, hapless father, and evil stepmother tropes across time and space, so we can defamiliarize these familiar figures and develop a deeper understanding of how and why they dominate the popular imagination. This is an upper-level course, with priority for juniors and seniors.

This upper-level research-oriented seminar will engage with literary expressions of the universally interesting topic of marriage. Tony Tanner in his famous Adultery in the Novel characterizes marriage as “the structure which supports all structure.” Contemporary critics have seen marriage as essential to maintaining the “family values” of the bourgeoisie; feminists and Marxists have challenged the economic assumptions of patriarchally-defined marriage. Folklorists have treated marriage as the endpoint of the search for a safe domestic space.

Starting in ancient times with classic fairy tales and the Hebrew Bible, moving on to a famous medieval poem, a medieval memoir, and three nineteenth-century novels, we will encounter cultural expressions which address intimate partnerships with an emphasis on marriage as a defining condition.

Sophomore standing required. Attend first class for instructor permission. Registering for the course only through Student Planning or SSOL will NOT ensure your enrollment. Explores the transformation of sociality, consciousness and geo-politics by and as media technologies during the long 20th century. Students will read influential works of media analysis written during the past century, analyze audio-visual analog and digital media, and explore political theory and media theory written since the rise of the internet. Final projects on contemporary media forms.

Victorian literature, as one of its leading critics writes, is concerned above all with “relationships and their representation.”  Relationships between individuals, groups, or nations are of course central to literature from all periods, but they figure with particular prominence in Victorian British writing, for two reasons.  First, the Victorian period follows an era that often fetishized the solitary individual: if Romantic writers frequently focused on figures in isolation, Victorian writers responded by panning out to consider human beings primarily in their social relations.  Second, the later nineteenth century witnessed revolutions in the conceptualization of relations between different classes, races, sexes, and species.  The new ideas were not limited to philosophers or scientists but permeated public discourse to an unprecedented extent.

In this course we will study a representative sampling of Victorian writing about relationships, possibly including such topics as relations between men and women, Britons and others nationalities, humans and animals, or past and present.  In addition we will consider the relation between different literary genres as we compare the way each topic is represented in fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fictional prose.

From Nietzsche’s proclamation of the death of God to the horror of the trenches, the turn of the twentieth century appears as a moment when the status of the human needed total reconsideration. Such philosophical and cultural anxieties make their way on stage provocatively in this period. This course dives deeply into the vast, diverse, and complex theatre cultures of London and New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, framing it in light of the period’s deep tensions about the human condition propelled by the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859. We will read theatre textually, materially, and in conversation with scientific discourses of the time, covering a range of social, political, biopolitical, and existentialist questions.

This seminar course will take a deep dive into the complete works of Christopher Marlowe, the short-lived but massively influential playwright and poet of the 1580s and 1590s.  Marlowe is best known for his innovative plays, including Tamburlaine (in two parts), The Jew of Malta, Doctor Faustus, and Edward II.   We will examine these alongside the lesser known The Massacre at Paris and Dido Queen of Carthage, his poetry (including the erotic “epyllion” Hero and Leander), his translations from Lucan and Ovid, and the archival traces of his controversial life.  

Admission to the seminar will be by application; preference will be given to English majors in their senior and junior years, but all are welcome to apply.

In this course, we’ll be studying a subgenre of U.S. literature known as “the novel of slavery,” and we’ll be reading fictions by literary artists who attempted, in their various and distinctive ways, to come to terms with the atrocity of human bondage. In the first half of the course, we’ll read authors who wrote in the period before the legal abolition of slavery in the U.S., and whose works made direct contributions to the abolitionist cause. In the second half of the course, we’ll read authors who wrote in the years after the Civil Rights Movement, and whose works treated slavery as a historical phenomenon. But regardless of whether we’re discussing literature from the nineteenth century or the twentieth in our meetings, we’ll always be studying novels that condemn slavery as a legal, moral, and social institution; and that explore the wounds that slavery left upon individual and collective psyches; and that ask whether and how slavery’s tremendous wrongs could ever be redressed.

This seminar will center on the close reading of some of the most formally complex and intellectually dense lyric poetry written in English - more specifically, the work of the seventeenth-century poets generally deemed exemplary of the English “metaphysical” tradition. We will divide our time more or less equally among three figures: John Donne, the libertine-turned-priest whose poetry spans erotic and devotional extremes; George Herbert, the humble parson whose daring experiments in poetic form can seem uncannily postmodern; and finally Andrew Marvell, whose nickname—“the Chameleon”—gestures both toward the shiftiness of his political affiliations and the radical ambiguity of his poetry. Each week we will undertake the careful analysis of exhilaratingly, exhaustingly difficult poems. Our reading will also include a set of critical or historical supplements, meant to enrich and enliven our understanding of the primary texts under consideration.

Ovid’s Metamorphoses have enchanted, and sometimes troubled, readers since they first appeared in the year 8 CE.    This course is designed first, to read, closely, the Metamorphoses in its entirety.  We will look at Hellenistic sources – Hesiod’s Theogony, Boios’s Orthinogonia, as well as the Heteroioumena by Alexander of Colophon.   We will also investigate moments in their complex literary afterlife: in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in Shakespeare’s Tempest, in Milton’s Paradise Lost, as well as Boccaccio and Dante.  Finally we will look at some translations of the Metamorphoses, by Caxton and Gower, Dryden and Pope, as well as contemporary translations. 

From its origins, and to the present, marriage has been transactional, arranged, and rarely concerned with the desires or interests of the wife. In the eighteenth-century, and especially through the genre of the novel, women began to insist on right to choose their spouse, and the possibility of marrying for love. Perversely, it is at this point that the descriptions of some of the most disastrous and repressive marriages enter literature, and in the twentieth century film. If “the course of true love never did run smooth” this seminar follows its path, investigating the shifts and transformations of marriage. While the focus of the seminar will be on women, we will also consider men, same-sex marriage, questions of marriage and race in the United States, and marriage in China.

In this course we probe the ideology of American “exceptionalism.” We treat the intellectual history of this idea as a transtemporal conversation among founding architects, contemporary agents, early critics, and visionary reformers, all concerned with what should be valued on the American continents and within American experience. We become cartographers of this conversation and interlocutors within it, as we explore how habits of conceiving truth, power, and the relationship of human beings to the natural world have controlled what counts as exceptional and what ordinary. Where should we direct our awe? Readings include works by Margaret Atwood, James Baldwin, Roland Barthes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, bell hooks, William James, Immanuel Kant, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Audre Lorde, Wallace Stevens, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Adrienne Rich, William Carlos Williams.

The senior essay research methods seminar, offered in several sections in the fall semester, lays out the basic building blocks of literary and cultural studies. What kinds of questions do literary and cultural critics ask, and what kinds of evidence do they invoke to support their arguments? What formal properties characterize pieces of criticism that we find especially interesting and/or successful? How do critics balance the desire to say something fresh vis-a-vis the desire to say something sensible and true? What mix of traditional and innovative tools will best serve you as a critical writer? Voice, narrative, form, language, history, theory and the practice known as “close reading” will be considered in a selection of exemplary critical readings. Readings will also include “how-to” selections from recent guides including Amitava Kumar’s Every Day I Write the Book, Eric Hayot’s The Elements of Academic Style and Aaron Ritzenberg and Sue Mendelsohn’s How Scholars Write.

The methods seminar is designed to prepare those students who choose to write a senior essay to complete a substantial independent project in the subsequent semester. Individual assignments will help you discover, define and refine a topic; design and pursue a realistic yet thrilling research program or set of protocols; practice “close reading” an object (not necessarily verbal or textual) of interest; work with critical sources to develop your skills of description and argument; outline your project; build out several sections of the project in more detail; and come up with a timeline for your spring semester work. In keeping with the iterative nature of scholarly research and writing, the emphasis is more on process than on product, but you will end the semester with a clear plan for your essay itself as well as for the tasks you will execute to achieve that vision the following semester.

The methods seminar is required of all students who wish to write a senior essay in their final semester.  Students who enroll in the methods seminar and decide not to pursue a senior essay in the spring will still receive credit for the fall course.

The senior essay research methods seminar, offered in several sections in the fall semester, lays out the basic building blocks of literary and cultural studies. What kinds of questions do literary and cultural critics ask, and what kinds of evidence do they invoke to support their arguments? What formal properties characterize pieces of criticism that we find especially interesting and/or successful? How do critics balance the desire to say something fresh vis-a-vis the desire to say something sensible and true? What mix of traditional and innovative tools will best serve you as a critical writer? Voice, narrative, form, language, history, theory and the practice known as “close reading” will be considered in a selection of exemplary critical readings. Readings will also include “how-to” selections from recent guides including Amitava Kumar’s Every Day I Write the Book, Eric Hayot’s The Elements of Academic Style and Aaron Ritzenberg and Sue Mendelsohn’s How Scholars Write.

The methods seminar is designed to prepare those students who choose to write a senior essay to complete a substantial independent project in the subsequent semester. Individual assignments will help you discover, define and refine a topic; design and pursue a realistic yet thrilling research program or set of protocols; practice “close reading” an object (not necessarily verbal or textual) of interest; work with critical sources to develop your skills of description and argument; outline your project; build out several sections of the project in more detail; and come up with a timeline for your spring semester work. In keeping with the iterative nature of scholarly research and writing, the emphasis is more on process than on product, but you will end the semester with a clear plan for your essay itself as well as for the tasks you will execute to achieve that vision the following semester.

The methods seminar is required of all students who wish to write a senior essay in their final semester.  Students who enroll in the methods seminar and decide not to pursue a senior essay in the spring will still receive credit for the fall course.