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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

GOVT 1101

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: It's Expensive to be Poor

  • 20227 GOVT 1101   SEM 101

    • MW Ives Hall 108
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Beals, G

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Politics of Reproduction

  • 20228 GOVT 1101   SEM 102

    • TR Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Jackson, E

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Nation and State

  • 20229 GOVT 1101   SEM 103

    • TR Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lasky, J

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Global Governance

  • 20230 GOVT 1101   SEM 104

    • TR White Hall B06
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Clark, R

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Writing Elections Around the World

  • 20298 GOVT 1101   SEM 105

    • TR Ives Hall 108
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Dienes, H

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Liberalism and Marxism

  • 20320 GOVT 1101   SEM 106

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Liberalism and Marxism

  • 20321 GOVT 1101   SEM 107

    • TR Uris Hall 312
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cameron, W

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

GOVT 1111

A policy-centered approach to the study of government in the American experience.  Considers the American Founding and how it influenced the structure of government;  how national institutions operate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1115

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4721 GOVT 1111   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 305
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5101 GOVT 1111   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5102 GOVT 1111   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5100 GOVT 1111   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5103 GOVT 1111   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5104 GOVT 1111   DIS 205

    • R McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5105 GOVT 1111   DIS 206

    • R White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5106 GOVT 1111   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5461 GOVT 1111   DIS 208

    • F Clark Hall 294D
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5548 GOVT 1111   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17638 GOVT 1111   DIS 210

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1503

At the inception of this department at Cornell University in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center became the birthplace of the field "Africana studies." Africana studies emphasizes comparative ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1500ASRC 1500

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5173 GOVT 1503   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19205 GOVT 1503   DIS 201

    • M Malott Hall 253
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 1817

An introduction to the basic concepts and practice of international politics with an emphasis on learning critical thinking.  The course is divided into two parts. In the first half, we will learn about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4627 GOVT 1817   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5110 GOVT 1817   DIS 201

    • M McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5111 GOVT 1817   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5112 GOVT 1817   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5113 GOVT 1817   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5114 GOVT 1817   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5115 GOVT 1817   DIS 206

    • W Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5116 GOVT 1817   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5117 GOVT 1817   DIS 208

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5118 GOVT 1817   DIS 209

    • T Ives Hall 103
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5119 GOVT 1817   DIS 210

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17625 GOVT 1817   DIS 211

    • W Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2011

As a country, we are what we remember. But who decides what facts and stories about the past are important enough to memorialize? What does that decision tell us about power and truth? This class will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2012SHUM 2011

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10226 GOVT 2011   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2225

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5018 GOVT 2225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5512 GOVT 2225   DIS 201

    • F Statler Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5513 GOVT 2225   DIS 202

    • F Statler Hall 341
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5514 GOVT 2225   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5515 GOVT 2225   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5516 GOVT 2225   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5517 GOVT 2225   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5518 GOVT 2225   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5519 GOVT 2225   DIS 208

    • F Statler Hall 441
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5631 GOVT 2225   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5632 GOVT 2225   DIS 210

    • F Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2274

This overview course will take a thematic and interdisciplinary approach to major questions of our time, including health, development, migrations, security, technology, inequality, and innovation. We ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17478 GOVT 2274   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17640 GOVT 2274   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17641 GOVT 2274   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2294

Climate change is, arguably, the global challenge of the 21st century. Weather already has become more intense, storms stronger, and sea levels higher, and these trends will continue. To mitigate climate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18145 GOVT 2294   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18217 GOVT 2294   DIS 201

    • F White Hall B02
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18218 GOVT 2294   DIS 202

    • F White Hall B02
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19222 GOVT 2294   DIS 203

    • W Uris Hall 375A
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19223 GOVT 2294   DIS 204

    • W Ives Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2605

This course will examine key issues in social and political philosophy. Topics may include the legitimacy of the state, political obligation, the nature and demands of justice, equality, liberty, and autonomy. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 2420

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17467 GOVT 2605   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2665

This course offers a survey of American political thought from the colonial period to the present. We will read Puritan sermons, revolutionary pamphlets, philosophical treatises, presidential orations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2669

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9886 GOVT 2665   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10061 GOVT 2665   DIS 201

    • M Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10062 GOVT 2665   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17642 GOVT 2665   DIS 203

    • F White Hall 114
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17644 GOVT 2665   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 114
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2747

This course examines major trends in the evolution of the Middle East in the modern era. Focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries and ending with the "Arab Spring," we will consider Middle East history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2674HIST 2674NES 2674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17425 GOVT 2747   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17426 GOVT 2747   DIS 201

    • F Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17427 GOVT 2747   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17428 GOVT 2747   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17429 GOVT 2747   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20657 GOVT 2747   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20680 GOVT 2747   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 2817

Donald Trump and Barack Obama give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism. America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The first ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2817

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17483 GOVT 2817   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17484 GOVT 2817   DIS 201

    • M Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17485 GOVT 2817   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17486 GOVT 2817   DIS 203

    • W White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17487 GOVT 2817   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3032

Public policies are political outcomes determined by processes that are complex, convoluted and often controversial. The aim of this course is to equip students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3033PUBPOL 3032

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17541 GOVT 3032   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17542 GOVT 3032   DIS 201

    • T White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17543 GOVT 3032   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17544 GOVT 3032   DIS 203

    • T Ives Hall 103
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17545 GOVT 3032   DIS 204

    • R White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17546 GOVT 3032   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17547 GOVT 3032   DIS 206

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3051

The course examines the historical political landscape of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the interplay between tribal interests, politics, and the federal government. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19382 GOVT 3051   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

GOVT 3121

This is a class about the American criminal justice system—from policing to prisons, from arrest to reentry. In many ways, the operation of the modern criminal justice system is taken for granted, which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3121

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6208 GOVT 3121   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6209 GOVT 3121   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6210 GOVT 3121   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6211 GOVT 3121   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6212 GOVT 3121   DIS 204

    • R Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6213 GOVT 3121   DIS 205

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6214 GOVT 3121   DIS 206

    • F White Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3221

This course will explore the traditional dynamic and norms of political press coverage in the United States, and the impact of those patterns on both the government and the nation; some of the ways longstanding ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19261 GOVT 3221   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, D.C.

GOVT 3281

This course investigates the United States Supreme Court and its role in politics and government. It traces the development of constitutional doctrine, the growth of the Court's institutional power, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3281LAW 3281

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6442 GOVT 3281   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3303

From a perspective based on comparative political economy, this course examines pressing contemporary issues such as the politics of growing inequality.  We consider conflicts around markets, democracy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 4330

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  6001 GOVT 3303   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 305
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Turner, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3313

What explains authoritarian resilience in the Middle East? What are the causes and consequences of Islamist political attitudes and behavior? What is the historical legacy of colonialism and empire in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: JWST 3850NES 3850

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17503 GOVT 3313   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17504 GOVT 3313   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17505 GOVT 3313   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3384

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 10192 GOVT 3384   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3401

Topic Fall 2023: Learning from Movements: Refuge, Asylum, & Activism. Learning from Movements highlights refugee-led organizing and its intersections with un/documented and Indigenous beyond borders ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 3420ANTHR 3402FGSS 3400

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Learning from Movements:Refuge, Asylum & Activism

  • 20236 GOVT 3401   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Learning from Movements:Refuge, Asylum & Activism

  • 20238 GOVT 3401   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 3475

Survey of European social theory from Hegel to Foucault (via Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, and the Frankfurt School). view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2240

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21083 GOVT 3475   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 21092 GOVT 3475   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3512

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20038 GOVT 3512   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington D.C.

GOVT 3613

In recent decades the Andean region of Latin America has become a focal point of international debate over alternative models of economic development and their environmental consequences. Windfall revenues ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: LATA 3612

  • 1 Credit Multi-Term

  • 12756 GOVT 3613   SEM 101

    • W White Hall 114
    • Oct 11 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course is first part of a multi-term sequence.

GOVT 3705

An introduction (without prerequisites) to fundamental problems of current political theory, filmmaking, and film analysis, along with their interrelationship.  Particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3300GERST 3550PMA 3490

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18127 GOVT 3705   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3715

This seminar overviews political theories of colonialism and empire, and in doing so, allows us to pose questions about the constitutive elements of our modernity, such as slavery, racism, dependency, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3715

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17512 GOVT 3715   LEC 001

    • TR Sibley Hall 115
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3781

Whereas human rights find legal expression in visionary documents like the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the many principles tied to human rights have long been debated by philosophers, artists, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3781LAW 6207

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19197 GOVT 3781   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 3947

This is the course about the role of race and racism in international politics.  Scholars of international politics have long neglected the role of race and racism in world affairs, even though the origins ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 3947

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9965 GOVT 3947   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17830 GOVT 3947   DIS 201

    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17833 GOVT 3947   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 4000

Major seminars in the Government department are small, advanced courses that cover an important theme or topic in contemporary politics in depth. Courses place particular emphasis on careful reading and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6483

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Authoritarianism and Democracy

  •  5361 GOVT 4000   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Riedl, R

      Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • 19788 GOVT 4000   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Riedl, R

      Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Empire and Radical Political Thought

  •  6229 GOVT 4000   SEM 102

    • M Ives Hall 103
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government senior seminar requirement.

  • 19794 GOVT 4000   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Causes of Interstate War

  •  6230 GOVT 4000   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • 19795 GOVT 4000   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Gender and International Politics

  •  6231 GOVT 4000   SEM 104

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Preference given to Government Seniors and Juniors. Fulfills government seminar requirement.

  • 19796 GOVT 4000   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Karim, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 4021

American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals.  However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4021

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17559 GOVT 4021   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Government seniors and juniors given preference. This class satisfies the government major seminar requirement.

GOVT 4283

What are the social, policy, and political needs of the diverse Latino community? This seminar delves into the politics of resistance and solidarity of Latinxs/Hispanics in North America, with a primary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4283LSP 4283

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 21000 GOVT 4283   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class does NOT satisfy the Government seminar requirement.

GOVT 4543

This course a offers comparative political sociology of democratic and non-democratic institutions in the United States and beyond. Topics will include nationalism, fascism and populism. My focus will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 4540SOC 4540

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10792 GOVT 4543   SEM 101

    • W Uris Hall 498
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Berezin, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 4827

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 6827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 21040 GOVT 4827   SEM 101

    • M Morrill Hall 102
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class satisfies the government seminar requirement.

GOVT 4949

This seminar creates a structured environment in which honors students will examine different  research approaches and methods and construct a research design for their own theses—a thesis proposal that ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4631 GOVT 4949   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 302
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class fulfills the government senior seminar requirement.

  • 19919 GOVT 4949   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Blackman, A

      Sloman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 4998

The core course at Cornell in Washington is an experiential learning class that focuses on engaging with the professional experience of being in DC. Its primary purposes are to give students to build their ... view course details

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  • 18934 GOVT 4998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

GOVT 4999

One-on-one tutorial arranged by the student with a faculty member of his or her choosing. Open to government majors doing superior work, and it is the responsibility of the student to establish the research ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4047 GOVT 4999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21356 GOVT 4999   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Clark, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4051 GOVT 4999   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4057 GOVT 4999   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4060 GOVT 4999   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Xin, X

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4062 GOVT 4999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4072 GOVT 4999   IND 623

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4075 GOVT 4999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4077 GOVT 4999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6019

The goal of this course is to introduce probability and statistics as fundamental building blocks for quantitative political analysis, with regression modeling as a focal application. We will begin with ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11887 GOVT 6019   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6031

The major issues, approaches, and institutions of American government and the various subfields of American politics are introduced. The focus is on both substantive information and theoretical analysis, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6005 GOVT 6031   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19786 GOVT 6031   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6051

The course examines the historical political landscape of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the interplay between tribal interests, politics, and the federal government. The ... view course details

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  • 19389 GOVT 6051   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

GOVT 6089

This course considers statistical techniques to analyze time series data. We will pay particular attention to common time series methods, assumptions, and examples from political and social science. The ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17516 GOVT 6089   SEM 101

    • T Clark Hall 291
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Enns, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19785 GOVT 6089   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Enns, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6202

This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6202ANTHR 6102HIST 6202

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17571 GOVT 6202   SEM 101

    • F Olin Library 403
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19771 GOVT 6202   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6353

This course provides a graduate-level survey of the field of comparative politics, introducing students to classic works as well as recent contributions that build upon those works. Readings will draw ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4152 GOVT 6353   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6384

The course will be thoroughly comparative in order to highlight both the specificity of each country as well as more generalizable dynamics of 21st century development. It will be divided into a number ... view course details

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  • 10197 GOVT 6384   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Friedman, E

      Kuruvilla, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6426

Contemporaries Read Ancients has twin pedagogic goals. The first is to deepen the study of antique thought and build upon prior understandings of ancient canonical texts; the second is to introduce the ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17568 GOVT 6426   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6483

Democracy has been in retreat on the global stage for much of the past two decades, reversing many of the democratic gains of the post-Cold War period.  What explains this reversal of fortunes, and what, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9927 GOVT 6483   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Riedl, R

      Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19784 GOVT 6483   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Riedl, R

      Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6512

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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  • 20041 GOVT 6512   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, D.C.

GOVT 6619

This is a course on networks and text in quantitative social science. The course will cover published research using text and social network data, focusing on health, politics, and everyday life, and it ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 6610INFO 6610SOC 6610

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19628 GOVT 6619   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 6610

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20023 GOVT 6619   SEM 130

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    Taught in NYC at Cornell Tech. Streamed from Ithaca. Enrollment Limited to Cornell Tech Students only.

GOVT 6656

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. Topic for Fall 2023: Race, Gender, and Technology. Topic for Spring 2024: Authority, Coercion, and the Rule of Law. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6656PHIL 4430PHIL 6430

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Race, Gender, and Technology

  • 19339 GOVT 6656   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Thompson, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Course will be taught by visiting Mellon Humanities postdoc Morgan Thompson.
    From predictive-policing algorithms to workplace surveillance systems, technologies originally developed for policing, welfare systems, and prisons have rapidly expanded into other domains of society, including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, and digital life. While the sophistication and ease with which data can be collected and shared has advanced, social data has long been collected by governments. How does the social classification used by the state impact those who are classified? Who ought to be in control of maintaining this data or deciding its uses? Can technologies created for criminal justice systems be extracted from their biased roots? How do these technologies interact with our societal and ethical values of privacy, equality, and justice? How do considerations of gender and race shape technologies, technical design, and technology policies? This class culminates in a focus on justice- and ethics-oriented approaches to science and technology that envision how technology might contribute to liberatory ends.

GOVT 6686

This seminar will offer an advanced survey in the political theories of revolution and counter-revolution from the late 18th century to the present day.  Authors read will include Sieyes, Burke, de Maistre, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18144 GOVT 6686   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6785

The title alludes to an essay by Leo Strauss, now modified and expanded beyond political philosophy to include literary and audio-visual media (past and present) and psychoanalysis. Persecution (via censorship ... view course details

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  • 18745 GOVT 6785   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to graduate students.

GOVT 6827

This seminar is intended to examine the increasingly complex relationship that has evolved between China and the rest of the international system, with particular focus on the rise of Chinese nationalism ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4448CAPS 4827GOVT 4827

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 21043 GOVT 6827   SEM 101

    • M Morrill Hall 102
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Carlson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6837

Why do governments and leaders cooperate? What is the role of international institutions in world politics? How do these institutions interact with states and with each other? This course is an introduction ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18142 GOVT 6837   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18143 GOVT 6837   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Clark, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 6945

The comparative seminar explores pleasure and its relationship with neoliberalism. We will adopt an interdisciplinary approach and a historical trajectory, starting with the Ancient world through ... view course details

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  • 17783 GOVT 6945   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall 438
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6985

This course studies how radical movements mobilize both aesthetic and affect in their political organizing. Broadly, the study of aesthetics concerns how we experience beauty in the world. Affect studies ... view course details

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  • 18880 GOVT 6985   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6995

This richly interdisciplinary course examines trans issues in the transnational context of North and South America. Focusing on the tensions and cross-pollinations of (especially US and Canadian) trans ... view course details

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  • 18906 GOVT 6995   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 6998

The core course at Cornell in Washington is an experiential learning class that focuses on engaging with the professional experience of being in DC. Its primary purposes are to give students to build their ... view course details

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  • 17898 GOVT 6998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC as part of the Cornell In Washington Program.

GOVT 7937

The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7937STS 7937

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11957 GOVT 7937   SEM 101

    • R Uris Hall G08
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Slayton, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

GOVT 7998

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-12 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  6066 GOVT 7998   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

GOVT 7999

Individualized readings and research for graduate students. Topics, readings, and writing requirements are designed through consultation between the student and the instructor. Graduate students in government ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4108 GOVT 7999   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

      Karim, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4110 GOVT 7999   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Wallace, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4117 GOVT 7999   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12021 GOVT 7999   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Markell, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12017 GOVT 7999   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rosenfeld, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4120 GOVT 7999   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4121 GOVT 7999   IND 621

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4124 GOVT 7999   IND 632

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Way, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10336 GOVT 7999   IND 633

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • van de Walle, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4163 GOVT 7999   IND 634

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Pepinsky, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies