Society for the Humanities (SHUM)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.

SHUM 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
  • 11030 SHUM 2023   SEM 101

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

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11106 SHUM 2023   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  • 11291 SHUM 2023   SEM 102

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

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2080

More than 400 years after his death, Shakespeare remains an inescapable part of world culture. His influence can be traced at every level, from traditional art forms like theater, poetry, and opera to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2080PMA 2681

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11176 SHUM 2080   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2435

Maoism and Chinese Communism are not history after Mao's death in 1976. In China, Maoism holds the key to the enduring success of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one of the most remarkable organizations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2435HIST 2435

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11534 SHUM 2435   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Sun, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11535 SHUM 2435   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 2437

How do humans organize production, distribution, exchange, and consumption? What social, political, environmental, and religious values underlie different forms of economic organization? And how do they ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2437

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10407 SHUM 2437   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Welker, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10408 SHUM 2437   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Welker, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10409 SHUM 2437   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Welker, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2460

Japanese pop culture—anime, manga, video games, music and more—has been a major phenomenon with massive worldwide popularity for the last three decades. In this course, we will explore a wide range of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2260FGSS 2260PMA 2460

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9771 SHUM 2460   LEC 001

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 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: AMST 2650ASRC 2650ENGL 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9163 SHUM 2650   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2701

This course considers both music and digital games in light of their playability. It aims to provide students with critical frameworks for addressing the diverse roles played by music in digital games ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 2701

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5899 SHUM 2701   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Moseley, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2703

From hieroglyphs to HTML, ancient poetry to audiotape, and Plato's cave to virtual reality, "Thinking Media" offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the most influential media formats of the last three ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5995 SHUM 2703   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 2805

Trade in and to Asia proved to be a key force in creating our modern "globalized" world. The Indian Ocean and the China Seas converged on Southeast Asia, where a cosmopolitan array of ships from every ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2805ASIAN 2285VISST 2805

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5997 SHUM 2805   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10351 SHUM 2805   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • McGowan, K

      Pan, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3175

This course uses the history of the Spanish Inquisition, and the richness of its archival records, to explore the variety of ways in which the pursuit of heresy was intertwined with transforming how knowledge ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3175JWST 3175NES 3175

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11542 SHUM 3175   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Juni, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11543 SHUM 3175   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 3475

This course addresses central debates in the philosophy of legal punishment. We will analyze the leading theories of punishment, including the familiar retributivist and deterrent alternatives, as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6030PHIL 3475PHIL 6475

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5861 SHUM 3475   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Yost, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3615

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: AMST 3616ENGL 3615

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11190 SHUM 3615   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3636

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Syllabi: none
  •  8997 SHUM 3636   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3741

This StudioLab course connects critical design teams with researchers, NGOs, and nonprofits working on human rights, public health, and environmental and land rights in the US and abroad. Practicing methods ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3741INFO 4940INFO 6940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11189 SHUM 3741   DES 504

    • WF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • McKenzie, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 3750

This course explores the practice, theory, and methodology of humanities research, critical analysis, and communication through writing and oral presentation. We will study the work and impact of humanists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 3950ARTH 3755ASIAN 3375NES 3750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10099 SHUM 3750   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Caswell, P

      Chen, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10100 SHUM 3750   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Caswell, P

      Chen, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4005

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Syllabi: none
  • 10250 SHUM 4005   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4035

This class examines the history and holdings of Cornell's teaching collection of ancient Greek and Roman objects. Designed to start a systematic inventory of the collections, it requires hands-on engagement ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Cornell's Plaster Cast Collection

  • 10291 SHUM 4035   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10292 SHUM 4035   LAB 401

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4112

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
  • 11551 SHUM 4112   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11552 SHUM 4112   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4180

This seminar will read key texts in critical video game studies to consider how race, gender, indigeneity, and sexuality shape the code and the machines that we play. In addition to critical readings by ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4680

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11181 SHUM 4180   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11182 SHUM 4180   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Byrd, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4202

There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as controlled by men in all social institutions. Another view projects women as having a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4602ASRC 6602

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11032 SHUM 4202   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4258

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 4258MUSIC 4258SHUM 4258

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  • 11031 SHUM 4258   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barson, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11304 SHUM 4258   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barson, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4258MUSIC 4258SHUM 4258

  • 3-4 Credits Graded

  • 11303 SHUM 4258   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Barson, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4537

This course offers a broad survey of contemporary Shi'i beliefs, practices, and politics with a focus on Twelver or Imami Shi'ism. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual and political ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 11171 SHUM 4537   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Golestaneh, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 4750

This course is designed to support seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program working on their capstone projects. Students in the course will be guided in their project research and writing. The course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  5652 SHUM 4750   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  5740 SHUM 4750   SEM 102

    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Caswell, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: seniors in the Humanities Scholars Program.

SHUM 4800

The Rural Humanities seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: PMA 6450SHUM 6800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  6001 SHUM 4800   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  8936 SHUM 4800   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

SHUM 4916

China, a cultural giant of East Asia, made a passive entrance into modernity. With the advent of Western and American colonialism and imperialism, coupled with recent successes in westernization by the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5464 SHUM 4916   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6005

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Syllabi: none
  • 10359 SHUM 6005   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

SHUM 6800

The Rural Humanities seminar will introduce students to the public humanities as both a disciplinary inquiry and a set of practices grounded in public and community engagement. It is intended to train ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: PMA 6450SHUM 4800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  6002 SHUM 6800   SEM 101

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Documenting Local Lives: Filmmaking As Research

  •  8937 SHUM 6800   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies