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<p>English</a> - Cornell University - Schedulizer</p>

<p>Incoming freshman here. Is there any that you recommend or have any advice about?</p>

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<p>Not sure if you meant to but… try doing an advanced search with “FWS” as the class name. You will get many more to choose from. </p>

<p>Also,
<a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/fws/FWS%20Brochures/FA2010_Brochure.pdf[/url]”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/fws/FWS%20Brochures/FA2010_Brochure.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I did something like Gender and Haunted Spaces. Worse topic ever. It was about feminism in ghost stories (yellow wallpaper, turn of the screw etc). The class was so uninspired that one of the suggested essay prompts was “Is she crazy or do the ghosts really exist?”. Just mind-blowingly worthless. Seriously. I either had to convince you that she was crazy (feminism what?) or that ghosts exist (yup, so does Santa).</p>

<p>The other one I did was Memoir and Memory which was interesting because the readings explored the validity, flaws and insights to writing/reading a memoir. I’m pretty pragmatic and I still remember some of the things we touched on every time I read an autobiography/self-narrating um… narrative. </p>

<p>I’ve heard the fairy tale one is pretty easy, as is Greek myths probably because the stories tend to be pretty epic… and makes reading through them easier.</p>

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<p>Wow. Didn’t know there was such a big list. I am fairly interested in:
The Mystery of the Story
Great New Books
Language of Alchemy: the Romantic Tale</p>

<p>Have any opinions on those? Thanks!</p>

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<p>English FWS are supposed to be the hardest - some FWS are much easier than others. I took a history one and I enjoyed it and I seemed to have worked less than my friends in English FWS. What’s so great about the FWS is that you have the opportunity to explore subjects that you may not have the chance to otherwise.</p>

<p>I would suggest choosing based on what interests you in the course catalog and what times fit your schedule. If you don’t like the instructor, your schedule changes, or space in a FWS you preferred opens up, you can always switch your FWS during add/drop.</p>

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<p>As someone mentioned previously, seminars in the English department tend to be fairly more difficult than the others. If you simply want to get the requirement out of the way, I would suggest looking toward other departments. I don’t have any specific seminars in mind, but your choice will likely be based on your interests and time constraints.</p>

<p>P.S.: If there’s a fellow named Tagliacozzo teaching a history seminar, go ahead and take it. You probably won’t regret it.</p>

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<p>How would a 4 in AP Language & Composition help me? Which credits would I be able to waive, and is it recommended?</p>

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<p>FWS was a complete waste of my time. If you can waive, I would highly recommend you do so. Even if you end up taking a completely random, unrelated course to your major, you will learn more than you would from any FWS. Their website should tell you whether or not you can waive with your AP.</p>

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<p>*How would a 4 in AP Language & Composition help me? Which credits would I be able to waive, and is it recommended? *</p>

<p>It depends in what college you’re in. You’ll have to look somewhere on the Knight Institute website.</p>

<p>*FWS was a complete waste of my time. If you can waive, I would highly recommend you do so. Even if you end up taking a completely random, unrelated course to your major, you will learn more than you would from any FWS. *</p>

<p>I think a lot of FWS quality depends on the instructor and personal preference of material. A good teacher can offer a lot of useful feedback and information on how to write well. This is something a fair number of folks never got in high school.</p>

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<p>anyone take either of the plant pathology ones?</p>

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<p>Memoir and memory is pretty easy. There’s like 10 of em and most of the teachers are nice from what I’ve heard and experienced. Pretty good books as well.</p>

<p>Do not take FWS: Cities, something something. Every essay is a struggle.</p>

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Yeah. Girlfriend took that last semester. Hated it so much.</p>

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<p>For CALS:
English Language and composition (4,5) = 3 credits toward Written/Oral Communication distribution </p>

<p>Would that happen to refer to FWS? :x</p>

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<p>I have a couple of thoughts on FWSs here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1165361-freshman-writing-seminars.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1165361-freshman-writing-seminars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>More to the point, I’d add that a friend of mine took Great New Books; the class title seemed like a misnomer by mid-semester.</p>