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AMST 1139
Course Description
The American Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary engagement with what America means in the United States and in a global context. Faculty encourage students to look at the histories and cultures ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: FWS: Gal Pals: Lesbian and Sapphic Media Fandoms
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- TR White Hall B14
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Serafini, V
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For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
AMST 1312
Course Description
This course examines the development and cultural significance of rock music from its origins in blues, gospel, and Tin Pan Alley up to alternative rock and hip hop. The course concludes with the year ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 1312
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Klarman Hall KG70
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Peraino, J
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 1500
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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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 1500, GOVT 1503
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Ives Hall 219
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Richardson, R
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- R Malott Hall 406
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
AMST 1601
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This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1110
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Weill Hall 226
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Kassam, K
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- T Kennedy Hall 101
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Kassam, K
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- W M Van Rensselaer Hall 1106
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Kassam, K
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- M Kennedy Hall 101
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Kassam, K
AMST 1802
Course Description
This course seeks a fuller recounting of U.S. history by remapping what we understand as "America." We will examine traditional themes in the teaching of U.S. history—territorial expansion and empire, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1802, LATA 1802, LSP 1802, SHUM 1802
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Garcia, M
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AMST 1986
Course Description
This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 1986, HIST 1986, LATA 1986
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Schmitt, C
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 215
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 2000
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000
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4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- R Uris Hall G28
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- R Uris Hall G26
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- F Morrill Hall 110
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- R Rockefeller Hall 132
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- R Uris Hall 498
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Moisey, A
AMST 2001
Course Description
Educational historian Frederick Rudolph called Cornell University "the first American university," referring to its unique role as a coeducational, nonsectarian, land-grant institution with a broad curriculum ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2999, HIST 2005
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1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Uris Hall G01
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Earle, C
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Additional Information
For questions about enrollment, please email Corey Earle, cre8@cornell.edu
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AMST 2023
Course Description
This course centers Black women who have often described their reproductive health experiences as "fighting for our lives." While grounded in an exploration of Black women 's experiences in the US, this ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2023, ASRC 2023, FGSS 2023, GOVT 2022, HIST 2023, SHUM 2023, STS 2023
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Africana Ctr B01
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Chresfield, M
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- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Chresfield, M
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2023, ASRC 2023, FGSS 2023, GOVT 2022, HIST 2023, SHUM 2023, STS 2023
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Africana Ctr B01
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Chresfield, M
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- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Chresfield, M
AMST 2105
Course Description
The musical is a distinct and significant form of American performance. This course will consider the origins, development, and internationalization of the American musical and will emphasize ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2150, MUSIC 2250, PMA 2650
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Gainor, J
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AMST 2152
Course Description
How are migration dynamics produced? How do states and communities respond to and shape complex migration processes? This course will draw on the United States as a case study, focusing on Latino immigrants. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 2152, LSP 2152
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 132
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Villegas Rivera, F
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AMST 2212
Course Description
What is the American empire? Is empire even the right word to describe U.S. power in the world today or in the past? If so, is the American empire formal or informal, and is the United States a reluctant ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2212
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall 398
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Lawlor, R
AMST 2581
Course Description
This lecture course serves as an introduction to the historical study of humanity's interrelationship with the natural world. Environmental history is a quickly evolving field, taking on increasing importance ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2581, HIST 2581
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sachs, A
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 144
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F White Hall B14
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 2635
Course Description
This course looks at the American Gothic tradition as showing us the fissures in early American political life specifically around the issues of slavery and Native American land rights. While Gothic literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2635
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Morrill Hall 106
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Warren, L
AMST 2645
Course Description
This course surveys modern U.S. history, from Reconstruction to the contemporary period. It will examine how race has been the terrain on which competing ideas of the American nation have been contested. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AAS 2641, ASRC 2631, HIST 2641
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Chang, D
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- F McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 215
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 2650
Course Description
This course will introduce students to African American literary traditions in the space that would become North America. From early freedom narratives and poetry to Hip-Hop and film, we will trace a range ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2650, ENGL 2650, SHUM 2650
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Frazier, C
AMST 2660
Course Description
One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660, HIST 2660
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW White Hall 106
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Parmenter, J
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- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 2710
Course Description
This course is a blending of the Sociology of Education and Public Policy. Front and center in this course is the question of why consistent differential educational and economic outcomes exists in American ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 5710, EDUC 2710, EDUC 5710, GDEV 2710, GDEV 5710, SOC 2710, SOC 5710
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Warren Hall 175
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
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- T Warren Hall 138
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
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- W Warren Hall 137
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
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- R Warren Hall 137
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
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- F Warren Hall 113
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
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- F Warren Hall 113
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sipple, J
AMST 2790
Course Description
What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2790, PMA 2490, VISST 2790
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 110
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Shapiro, E
AMST 3112
Course Description
The course will be a lecture course on Congress, introducing them to the political science literature on the topic and the major research questions and approaches. We will examine the development of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3112, PUBPOL 3112
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Klarman Hall KG70
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Bateman, D
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- M McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- W McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- W Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- W McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 3131
Course Description
A general-education course to acquaint students with how our legal system pursues the goals of society. The course introduces students to various perspectives on the nature of law, what functions it ought ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3131, LAW 4131
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4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall 184
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Chutkow, D
AMST 3161
Course Description
This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3161
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 335
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Kriner, D
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- M McGraw Hall 366
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Staff
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- W McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- F McGraw Hall 365
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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- M McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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AMST 3248
Course Description
This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective. Â Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 3248, AIIS 6248, AMST 6248, ANTHR 3248, ANTHR 6248, ARKEO 3248, ARKEO 6248
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 262
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sanft, S
AMST 3380
Course Description
This is a course on urban inequality in the United States. The first half of the semester will be dedicated to understanding the political, historical, and social determinants of inequality in America's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 3380
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3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR Ives Hall 107
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Bischoff, K
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Department Consent Required (Add)
AMST 3463
Course Description
This course considers issues, approaches, and complexities in the contemporary television landscape. As television has changed drastically over the past fifteen years, this course provides students with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3463, VISST 3463
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Sheppard, S
AMST 3616
Course Description
How can we account for the contemporary popularity of podcasts? In what ways do they build on, and break from, earlier forms of writing for the ear? In this class we will study innovative podcast fictions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3615, SHUM 3615
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Library 311
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Braddock, J
AMST 3617
Course Description
This course is open to experienced rappers, beatmakers, and vocalists interested forging collaborative relationships with other students. Taking as a foundation hip-hop's relationship to social justice, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3616
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1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Lincoln Hall 149
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Fall, M
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 3629
Course Description
This course looks at what it means to make art in, of, and after nature, and asks how that art might contribute to shaping the world we live in. Tracing a trajectory from the collection and display of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3620, ARTH 6624
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Presutti, K
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- W White Hall 110
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Presutti, K
AMST 3632
Course Description
What is (or was) American empire? This course examines U.S. literature from WWII to the early 21st century. This period has been termed the "American century" because of the U.S.'s dominant role in shaping ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3630
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Sibley Hall 208
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Thomas, L
AMST 3687
Course Description
This seminar examines the history of the United States' involvement with Middle East beginning with evangelical efforts in the 19th century and President Wilson's engagement with the colonial powers in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3687, HIST 3687, JWST 3687, NES 3687, PUBPOL 3687
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Washington, DC
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Brann, R
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Taught in Washington, D.C.
AMST 3752
Course Description
This course invites students to consider how Black women interacted with material objects and how these artifacts informed the contexts of their daily lives. the history of Black women as creators, consumers, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 3750, HIST 3750
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Nunley, T
AMST 3785
Course Description
This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3785, PHIL 2945
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Ives Hall 105
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Livingston, A
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- M White Hall B04
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Livingston, A
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- T White Hall B14
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Livingston, A
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- T McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
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Livingston, A
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- W Rockefeller Hall 187
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Livingston, A
AMST 3820
Course Description
As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3800, ENGL 3910, LATA 3800, SPAN 3800
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Monroe, J
AMST 3885
Course Description
Across twentieth-century history, race and war have been dynamic forces in shaping economic organization and everyday livelihoods. This course will approach labor and working-class history, through a focus ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3885, HIST 3884, ILRLR 3885
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Ives Hall 217
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Nagaraja, T
AMST 3911
Course Description
This course reviews the changing relations between science, technology, and the state in America, focusing on the period from 1960 to the present. We will explore science-intensive policy controversies. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3091, STS 3911
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 135
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
AMST 3980
Course Description
Affords opportunities for students to carry out independent research under appropriate supervision. Each student is expected to review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, conduct the research, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AMST 3990
Course Description
Individualized readings for junior and senior students. Topics, requirements, and credit hours will be determined in consultation between the student and the supervising faculty member. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AMST 4021
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4021
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- F Olin Library 403
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Bensel, R
AMST 4023
Course Description
What does it mean to be Black and Indigenous? For much of United States history, at least, to be Black and Indigenous was a legal if not social impossibility. Even as societies around the world have embraced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4023, FGSS 4023, HIST 4023
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Africana Ctr B01
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Chresfield, M
AMST 4109
Course Description
This course will offer students the opportunity to both study and shape the ways in which US public culture attempts to remember and forget some of the most contentious aspects of American history: racialized ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6109, HIST 4109, HIST 6109, SHUM 4109, SHUM 6109
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Sibley Hall 211
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Baptist, E
AMST 4111
Course Description
This course provides students with a challenging and interdisciplinary examination of race and space in North American history. It engages public history and critical geographic study through the lens ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 6111, ASRC 4102, ASRC 6102, HIST 4112, HIST 6112, SHUM 4112
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Hyman, C
AMST 4218
Course Description
This course will offer students an opportunity to view the process of shaping national debates from the perspective of the United States Senate. The modern Senate will serve as the point of reference for ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4218, HIST 4030
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Washington, DC
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Scott, K
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC as part of the Course in Washington program.
AMST 4283
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4283, LSP 4283
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 494
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Villegas Rivera, F
AMST 4521
Course Description
This seminar will investigate the narrative uses of history and memory in US fiction, focusing particularly on the impact of gender on these representations. How do US writers use history in their fiction, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4521, FGSS 4521
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall 104
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
McCullough, K
AMST 4674
Course Description
The dispossession of Indigenous nations by Europeans represents the foundation of the past five centuries of North American history. Yet the truth of that history remains cloaked behind various Western ... view course details
AMST 4681
Course Description
This course explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 4681
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Levitt, B
AMST 4683
Course Description
How have land and its inhabitants been transformed through processes of settlement? How might alternatives to settlement persist and be reactivated in ecologies profoundly shaped by capitalism and colonialism? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6683, ANTHR 4183, ANTHR 7183, SHUM 4683, SHUM 6683
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Bize, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4994
Course Description
To graduate with honors, AMST majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an AMST faculty member and defend that thesis orally before a committee. Students interested in the honors program ... view course details
AMST 5710
Course Description
Examines the goals, roles, inputs, and outcomes of schooling in American society, and the policy environment in which schools operate. Analyzes controversies and tensions (e.g., equity, market forces, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2710, EDUC 2710, EDUC 5710, GDEV 2710, GDEV 5710, SOC 2710, SOC 5710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Warren Hall 175
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Warren Hall 138
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Warren Hall 137
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Warren Hall 137
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Warren Hall 113
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Warren Hall 113
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sipple, J
AMST 6109
Course Description
This course will offer students the opportunity to both study and shape the ways in which US public culture attempts to remember and forget some of the most contentious aspects of American history: racialized ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4109, HIST 4109, HIST 6109, SHUM 4109, SHUM 6109
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Sibley Hall 211
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Baptist, E
AMST 6111
Course Description
This course provides students with a challenging and interdisciplinary examination of race and space in North American history. It engages public history and critical geographic study through the lens ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4111, ASRC 4102, ASRC 6102, HIST 4112, HIST 6112, SHUM 4112
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 145
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Hyman, C
AMST 6248
Course Description
This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective. Â Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 3248, AIIS 6248, AMST 3248, ANTHR 3248, ANTHR 6248, ARKEO 3248, ARKEO 6248
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 262
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Sanft, S
AMST 6674
Course Description
The dispossession of Indigenous nations by Europeans represents the foundation of the past five centuries of North American history. Yet the truth of that history remains cloaked behind various Western ... view course details
AMST 6683
Course Description
How have land and its inhabitants been transformed through processes of settlement? How might alternatives to settlement persist and be reactivated in ecologies profoundly shaped by capitalism and colonialism? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4683, ANTHR 4183, ANTHR 7183, SHUM 4683, SHUM 6683
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
Instructors
Bize, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)