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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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FWIS 159 001 (CRN: 15558)
ON KINSHIP
Long Title: ON PARENTS, FRIENDS, AND OTHER KINSHIPS: FROM THE BIBLE TO FINDING NEMO
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Telem, Ido
Meeting: 2:00PM - 3:15PM MW (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 12-AUG-2025 5:25AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course examines and defamiliarizes ties of kinship—family, friendship, as well as chosen, symbolic and disrupted bonds—that shape human experience yet are often taken for granted. Through literature, film, philosophy, and theory, we will explore how these connections have defined identity and community across cultures and time periods.