First-Year Writing Intensive Seminars

2026–2027

166 courses

FWIS 100INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC WRITING
FWIS 101THE TROJAN WAR: THEN AND NOW
FWIS 102BLIND SPOTS: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO VISUAL CULTURE
FWIS 103WRITING ABOUT THE ARTS: LOOKING AT HISTORICAL ART IN ITS CULTURAL CONTEXT
FWIS 104WHAT WE OWE TO EACH OTHER: THE ETHICS OF WRITING AND RESEARCH
FWIS 105US POLITICS AND THE MEDIA
FWIS 106SUBVERSIVE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TO MAKE THE WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL
FWIS 107IN THE MATRIX: ON HUMAN BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
FWIS 108FROM THE CHINA DESK: CHINA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ON CHINA
FWIS 109NEWSROOM 101: WRITING FOR PRINT, BROADCAST & YEARBOOK
FWIS 110DRAWING THE DIASPORA: ASIAN DIASPORIC GRAPHIC NOVELS AND NARRATIVES
FWIS 111UNDERSTANDING THE UNITED STATES THROUGH BASEBALL
FWIS 113MEDIA, POLITICS, & THE MIDTERMS
FWIS 115EXPLORING BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CHALLENGES
FWIS 116AMERICAN JOURNEYS
FWIS 117CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY: "THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE WORLD" IN THE TWENTIETH CENT
FWIS 119LIFE WRITING: OUR STORIES, OUR SELVES
FWIS 120FICTION AND EMPATHY
FWIS 121HAWAI‘I AND THE U.S. PACIFIC EMPIRE
FWIS 123STAR WARS AND THE WRITING OF POPULAR CULTURE
FWIS 124WITNESSING THE HOLOCAUST
FWIS 125WRITING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FWIS 126BLACK MIRROR AND PHILOSOPHY
FWIS 127KING ARTHUR IN POPULAR CULTURE: TIME TRAVEL, SPACE ALIENS, AND HOLY HAND GRENADES
FWIS 128SPACE, SPEED, CINEMA: THE AUTOMOBILE IN AMERICAN FILM
FWIS 129AFRICA AND GLOBALIZATION
FWIS 130POSTHUMANISM: LITERARY WARNINGS AND, MAYBE, SOME HOPE FOR THE HUMAN
FWIS 131THE WAR ON DRUGS
FWIS 132SLAVERY ON FILM
FWIS 133WHAT MAKES LIFE MEANINGFUL? PURPOSE, FULFILLMENT, AND LIVING WELL
FWIS 134MEIJI JAPANESE WOMEN’S LITERATURE: THEN AND NOW
FWIS 135WHAT IS A BOOK? THE MATERIAL FOUNDATIONS OF READING AND WRITING
FWIS 136COWBOYS AND CORNFIELDS: (UN)MAKING THE AMERICAN WEST IN FILM, T.V., AND LITERATURE
FWIS 137POP MUSIC AND AMERICAN CULTURE
FWIS 138CONSPIRACY AND THE GLOBAL
FWIS 139IRANIAN CINEMA: GENDER, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
FWIS 140IMAGINING THE PAST: FILM, FICTION, AND HISTORY
FWIS 141STORYTELLING IN THE SCIENCES
FWIS 142WATER AND CITIES
FWIS 143LEARNING TO OBSERVE THROUGH A TOUR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TEXAS
FWIS 144SNAKE VENOMS: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND SOURCE OF NOVEL THERAPEUTICS
FWIS 145MUSEUMS IN WORLD HISTORY
FWIS 146APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
FWIS 148THE ART OF SPORTSWRITING
FWIS 149DOING THINGS WITH WORDS IN THE ODYSSEY
FWIS 150THE WORLD OF MEDIEVAL MEDICINE
FWIS 151ANIMALS IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
FWIS 153ROMANCE AND DATING
FWIS 155WRITING ASIAN FOOD IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
FWIS 156CARE IN CRISIS
FWIS 157WRITING ABOUT MARTIAL ARTS MEDIA
FWIS 159ON PARENTS, FRIENDS, AND OTHER KINSHIPS: FROM THE BIBLE TO FINDING NEMO
FWIS 161AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
FWIS 162HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS ABOUT LOVE
FWIS 163EXPLORING HOUSTON’S ART WORLD: FROM THE MUSEUM DISTRICT TO THE CITY BEYOND
FWIS 164WAYS OF WALKING IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
FWIS 165MEDIATION, "FAKE NEWS," AND DEMOCRACY
FWIS 166EXPLORING THE WORLD THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
FWIS 167BOOKS YOU CAN'T PUT DOWN: AN EXPLORATION OF THE READING EXPERIENCE
FWIS 168CASE STUDIES OF BUILDING DESIGN PROBLEMS
FWIS 169MEMORY WARS: RECKONING WITH HISTORICAL TRAUMA
FWIS 170WHODUNNIT? THE GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTIVE FICTION
FWIS 171SCIENCE, CULTURE, AND SELF
FWIS 172SITES, SOUNDS, & STORIES: THE RHETORIC OF PUBLIC MEMORY
FWIS 173LEARNING TO VIEW AND INTERPRET ART: RE-EVALUATING CLASSICAL ART FOR A MODERN ERA
FWIS 174SOUNDING THE CITY
FWIS 175WHAT IS A DISASTER?
FWIS 176DRAMATIC PAUSES: INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN PERFORMANCE STUDIES
FWIS 177STORYTELLING IN BUDDHISM
FWIS 178DEBATING THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: GOD, SUFFERING, RATIONALITY, AND MORALITY
FWIS 179MEDICINE AND DISEASE IN TRANSNATIONAL ASIA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
FWIS 181GRAPHIC BLACKNESS: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMIC BOOK TRADITION
FWIS 182BORDER POLITICS: MIGRATIONS AND THE MEANING OF THE NATION
FWIS 183UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS
FWIS 184THE SCIENCE OF SCICOMM: HOW SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SHAPES OUR PERCEPTIONS OF DISCOVERY
FWIS 185CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY
FWIS 186WILD THINGS: NATURE, MEDIA & MEANING
FWIS 187COUNTRY MUSIC: AN AMERICAN SOUND
FWIS 188HOW TO BE HUMAN: ON THE VIRTUES OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY
FWIS 189HEAVY METAL & SOCIETY