American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

AMST 1312

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 1312

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5871 AMST 1312   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5872 AMST 1312   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5873 AMST 1312   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5874 AMST 1312   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5875 AMST 1312   DIS 204

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5876 AMST 1312   DIS 205

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5877 AMST 1312   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5878 AMST 1312   DIS 207

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5879 AMST 1312   DIS 208

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10353 AMST 1312   DIS 209

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1500

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: ASRC 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5179 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9606 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1601

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2996 AMST 1601   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2997 AMST 1601   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2998 AMST 1601   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4844 AMST 1601   DIS 203

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2000

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  4278 AMST 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5023 AMST 2000   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5024 AMST 2000   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5025 AMST 2000   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5026 AMST 2000   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5027 AMST 2000   DIS 205

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5028 AMST 2000   DIS 206

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5335 AMST 2000   DIS 207

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5336 AMST 2000   DIS 208

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2001

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2999HIST 2005

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  5107 AMST 2001   LEC 001

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Earle, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2023

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  9584 AMST 2023   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9585 AMST 2023   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  • 11288 AMST 2023   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2105

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2150MUSIC 2250PMA 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9520 AMST 2105   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2152

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2152LSP 2152

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10338 AMST 2152   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Villegas Rivera, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2212

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2212

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10427 AMST 2212   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10428 AMST 2212   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2581

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2581HIST 2581

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5268 AMST 2581   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5269 AMST 2581   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5270 AMST 2581   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5271 AMST 2581   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5272 AMST 2581   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2635

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9161 AMST 2635   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2650

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2650ENGL 2650SHUM 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9165 AMST 2650   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2660

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660HIST 2660

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9511 AMST 2660   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9512 AMST 2660   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9513 AMST 2660   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2710

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  9182 AMST 2710   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9183 AMST 2710   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9184 AMST 2710   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9185 AMST 2710   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9186 AMST 2710   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9187 AMST 2710   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2790

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2790PMA 2490VISST 2790

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5789 AMST 2790   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Shapiro, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3112

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3112PUBPOL 3112

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5800 AMST 3112   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5924 AMST 3112   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5925 AMST 3112   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5926 AMST 3112   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6006 AMST 3112   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3131

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3131LAW 4131

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17387 AMST 3131   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 9, 2025
    • Chutkow, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3161

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9809 AMST 3161   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9810 AMST 3161   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9811 AMST 3161   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9812 AMST 3161   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11317 AMST 3161   DIS 204

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3248

This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective.  Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5838 AMST 3248   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sanft, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3463

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3463VISST 3463

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9559 AMST 3463   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3616

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3615SHUM 3615

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9687 AMST 3616   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3617

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3616

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  5433 AMST 3617   STU 501

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fall, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3629

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3620ARTH 6624

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10282 AMST 3629   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10285 AMST 3629   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Presutti, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3632

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3630

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10120 AMST 3632   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Thomas, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3687

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  9572 AMST 3687   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3785

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3785PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9874 AMST 3785   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9875 AMST 3785   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9876 AMST 3785   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9877 AMST 3785   DIS 203

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9878 AMST 3785   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3820

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 Americas? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9743 AMST 3820   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3885

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 3885HIST 3884ILRGL 3885

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9723 AMST 3885   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Nagaraja, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3911

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3091STS 3911

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9014 AMST 3911   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3980

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3069 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

AMST 3990

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3070 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

AMST 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.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4021

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5590 AMST 4021   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10536 AMST 4021   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4023

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4023FGSS 4023HIST 4023

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5987 AMST 4023   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4111

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 11076 AMST 4111   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hyman, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11077 AMST 4111   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4218

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4218HIST 4030

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5906 AMST 4218   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This is part of the Cornell in Washington (CIW) program.

AMST 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.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4283LSP 4283

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10334 AMST 4283   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Villegas Rivera, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10817 AMST 4283   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Villegas Rivera, F

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4521

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4521FGSS 4521

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9799 AMST 4521   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9803 AMST 4521   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4681

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4681

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10585 AMST 4681   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4994

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3072 AMST 4994   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 5710

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  9262 AMST 5710   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9263 AMST 5710   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9264 AMST 5710   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9265 AMST 5710   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9266 AMST 5710   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9267 AMST 5710   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6111

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

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  • 11080 AMST 6111   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Hyman, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11081 AMST 6111   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6248

This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective.  Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details

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  •  5847 AMST 6248   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sanft, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person