Comparative Literature (COML)Arts and Sciences
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- Schedule of Classes - January 5, 2026 3:59PM EST
Classes
COML 1104
Course Description
We live in an image-saturated world. How do we make sense of the moving image and its powerful roles in shaping culture and mediating our relationship with the world? This course will equip students with ... view course details
FWS Session.
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Zhang, X
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
COML 1105
Course Description
What do Frankenstein and Things Fall Apart have in common? What lies behind the fantastical stories of Aladdin? Do we have to like Garcia Marquez and Shakespeare? These texts and authors re-imagine the ... view course details
FWS Session.
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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
- TR Baker Laboratory G08
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Chakraborty, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Shokrisaravi, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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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
- MW Uris Hall G26
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Wang, Y
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Zarepour, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 156
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Diago Lizarralde, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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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
- MW Human Ecology Building T49
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Perez-Cruz, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
COML 1139
Course Description
In this course, we will learn how to write criticism for a popular audience—in other words, how to write the kinds of book/film/music/art/fashion reviews you can read in magazines, newspapers, and digital ... view course details
FWS Session.
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 158
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pinkham, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
COML 1141
Course Description
In this course students will learn about animal welfare, behavior, and conservation through international films. We will discuss wildlife, companion, and farm animals in conjunction with human cultures, ... view course details
FWS Session.
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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
- TR Lincoln Hall 107
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Bachminska, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
COML 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: AMST 2000, ARTH 2000, VISST 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG70: Rhodes Rawl
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Rickard, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 2050
Course Description
Could a meter have a meaning? Could there be a reason for a rhyme? And what is lost and gained in translation? We'll consider such questions in this introduction to poetry. We'll see how poems are put ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pollak, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 2272
Course Description
Why don’t we tell it straight? Narratives and media today are “out of line.” No longer primarily sequential or episodic, stories branch out, jump back and forth, tie themselves into loops, provide alternative ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2272
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Bachner, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 2703
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2703, GERST 2703, MUSIC 2703, PMA 2703, SHUM 2703
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 2750
Course Description
These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2750, ARTH 2750, CLASS 2750, ENGL 2950, FGSS 2750, SHUM 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Women, Textiles, and Texts in Feminist Thought
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR A D White House 109
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Danisi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment preference given to: students accepted into the Humanities Scholars Program. For course description, see https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses
COML 3006
Course Description
What does it mean to live in the aftermath of slavery? How has the human history of slavery contributed to the production of natural values that we take for granted-such as community, property, citizenship, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3693, ILRGL 3691, NES 3691
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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
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3261
Course Description
Global Cinema and Media offers a survey of international film and media history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3550, PMA 6550, VISST 3175
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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
- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Haenni, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3300
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 3550, GOVT 3705, PMA 3490
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3327
Course Description
This course will survey the influence of jazz across multiple forms, including literature, poetry, and film. This influence was often reciprocal; as writers, playwrights, filmmakers and poets sought to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3327
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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
- TR Lincoln Hall 316
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Mahoney, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3342
Course Description
Ideas change the world. Sometimes the same ideas can do tremendous good and also cause great suffering. In this course we will consider violence and revolutionary changes through the prism of European ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3340, ENGL 3340
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 234
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3435
Course Description
How does the state draw political power from nature? What is the relationship between the environment and national and/or imperial identity? How does the environment resist political control, or support ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3415, RUSSL 3435
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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
- MW Rockefeller Hall 127
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pinkham, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3485
Course Description
Beginning in the early days of silent cinema, a rich tradition of what are called city films, combines technological innovation with the exploration of specific urban spaces. Students in this class will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3485, ITAL 3485, PMA 3485, SPAN 3485
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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
- TR Klarman Hall KG42
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Keller, P
Lawless, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3542
Course Description
This course examines the stories, literary examples, and metaphors at work in elaborating capitalist society and its “hero,” the modern economic subject: the so-called “homo oeconomicus.” We will examine ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3916, GERST 3610, GOVT 3606, SHUM 3610
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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 Malott Hall 253
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Fleming, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3550
Course Description
“My existence is a scandal,” Oscar Wilde once wrote, summing up in an epigram his carefully cultivated style of perversity and paradox. Through their celebration of “art for art’s sake” and all that was ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3550, FGSS 3550, LGBT 3550
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Hanson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3750
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: SHUM 3750
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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
- TR A D White House 201
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
COML 3781
Course Description
Psychoanalysis considers the human being not as an object of treatment, but as a subject who is called upon to elaborate an unconscious knowledge about what is disrupting her life, through analysis of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3651, FREN 3560, GERST 3561, ROMS 3560, STS 3651
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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 Riley-Robb Hall 401
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
McNulty, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3800
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 Americas? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3820, 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 283
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Monroe, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3811
Course Description
The modern field of translation studies overlaps most closely with literary studies, but it intersects also with fields such as linguistics and politics. The intense work in translation studies in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- MW Clark Hall 294F
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pollak, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3891
Course Description
The Second World War and the Occupation of France by German forces had a traumatic impact on the nation's identity. We will examine the way France has tried to deal with this conflicted period through ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3840
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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
- MW White Hall B02
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Greenberg, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 3985
Course Description
Ever since the creation of the concept of a culturally and geographically stable center in China, people have been intentionally excluded from that center. Disgraced officials are sent to far-flung provinces, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3329, CAPS 3329
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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 Rockefeller Hall 128
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Admussen, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4103
Course Description
Vladimir Nabokov's legacy at Cornell is not limited to the world-famous literary works he produced here. The university's natural and built environments also provided powerful material for his lifelong ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENVS 4103, SHUM 4103
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G20
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Banerjee, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. Please email complit@cornell.edu to be added to the waitlist.
Department Consent Required (Add)
COML 4200
Course Description
COML 4190 and COML 4200 may be taken independently of each other. Undergraduate student and faculty advisor to determine course of study and credit hours. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Melas, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Monroe, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Bachner, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Banerjee, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Caruth, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
McNulty, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pollak, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Fleming, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Keller, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Lorenz, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
COML 4225
Course Description
An introduction to the arboreal humanities, this course examines the status of trees and forests at the intersection of ecological, aesthetic, artistic, and literary concerns. In addition to scientific ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4225, GERST 4225
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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 White Hall 114
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Gilgen, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4283
Course Description
This seminar offers a relatively comprehensive survey of the thought and political theory of Alain Badiou, from his engagement in Althusser’s circle, to his political participation in May ’68 and its aftermath, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6283
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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
- R Uris Hall 260
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Walker, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4353
Course Description
As a philosophical approach to culture and society emerging out of European contexts, critical theory has traditionally excluded questions about the history of racial difference. Yet critical theory’s ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6353, GOVT 4356, GOVT 6356
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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
- T Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4379
Course Description
The course will explore medieval culture through the five senses, emphasizing how the differences with our own knowledge and practice of the sensorium produce sets of questions and avenues for thought, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 4380
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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
- MW Uris Hall G26
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Pinet, S
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Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4471
Course Description
The premodern world played a crucial role in the formation of postmodern theory. ‘Biblical exegesis’, ‘negative theology’, ‘inner experience’, and other premodern concepts and practices were taken up by ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4471, GERST 6471, MEDVL 4471, MEDVL 6471
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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 Uris Hall 438
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4571
Course Description
In this course, we shall be looking at the he said, she said of colonial/anti-colonial literature. In particular we shall look at texts where European and African authors have been in direct conversation, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 4570, ENGL 4570
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 234
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Ngugi, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4709
Course Description
This course compares narrative method and statistical modeling historically, teaching the history of predictive data techniques from the 19th century to the present while reading short-form literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6709, ENGL 4709, ENGL 6709, SHUM 4709, SHUM 6709
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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
- T A D White House 110
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Weatherby, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4836
Course Description
Cultures are never monolithic, and they are very rarely impervious to foreign influences. Exchanges allow for the inception of individual cultures: the widespread process of dual integration and alteration ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6836, FREN 4836, FREN 6836, ROMS 4836, ROMS 6836
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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 Uris Hall 394
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4861
Course Description
How do questions of genre persist and evolve in the age of digital media and A.I.? To what extent do we choose our genres, and in what ways do they choose us? How do genres, platforms, and media intersect ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6861, PMA 4461, PMA 6461
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Monroe, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 4940
Course Description
Times TBA individually in consultation with director of Senior Essay Colloquium. Approximately 50 pages to be written over the course of two semesters in the student's senior year under the direction of ... view course details
COML 4944
Course Description
This course is a theoretical exploration of digital biopolitics, a convergence of how digital technologies mediate, govern, and regulate life, particularly within frameworks of power and control. Extending ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4944, COML 6944, FGSS 4944, FGSS 6944, GOVT 6946, LGBT 4944, LGBT 6944, ROMS 4944, ROMS 6944
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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 White Hall B04
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Diabate, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6200
Course Description
This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
COML 6283
Course Description
This seminar offers a relatively comprehensive survey of the thought and political theory of Alain Badiou, from his engagement in Althusser’s circle, to his political participation in May ’68 and its aftermath, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4283
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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
- R Uris Hall 260
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Walker, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6353
Course Description
As a philosophical approach to culture and society emerging out of European contexts, critical theory has traditionally excluded questions about the history of racial difference. Yet critical theory’s ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4353, GOVT 4356, GOVT 6356
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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
- T Rockefeller Hall B16
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Vaziri, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6395
Course Description
This seminar explores the writing of revolutionary moments, when the course of history is interrupted and announces a new path, one that can be realized, betrayed, or compromised. What are the strategies ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6395
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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
- R Phillips Hall 213
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Jarris, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6511
Course Description
What is illness? What is health? The human body seems to vacillate between these dichotomous versions of its existence. This seminar traces the cultural/historical developments/traditions that define illness, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6511
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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
- T Uris Hall 260
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Schwarz, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6551
Course Description
As Théophile Gautier said of Decadent aesthetics, “It is an ingenious, complex, learned style, full of shades and refinements of meaning, ever extending the bounds of language, borrowing from every technical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6551, FGSS 6551
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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 Rockefeller Hall 183
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Hanson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6630
Course Description
This graduate seminar provides a basic introduction to the thinking of Nietzsche and Heidegger, and to the latter’s interpretation and appropriation of the former. A major concern is the articulation of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6630
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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 Uris Hall 260
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Waite, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6709
Course Description
This course compares narrative method and statistical modeling historically, teaching the history of predictive data techniques from the 19th century to the present while reading short-form literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4709, ENGL 4709, ENGL 6709, SHUM 4709, SHUM 6709
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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
- T A D White House 110
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Weatherby, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6730
Course Description
“Prophetic Realisms” explores the notion that certain literary texts – those that are deeply embedded in the socio-economic totality of the world they build – not only provide insight into the present ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 6730
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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
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Fleming, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6836
Course Description
Cultures are never monolithic, and they are very rarely impervious to foreign influences. Exchanges allow for the inception of individual cultures: the widespread process of dual integration and alteration ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4836, FREN 4836, FREN 6836, ROMS 4836, ROMS 6836
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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 Uris Hall 394
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Dubreuil, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6861
Course Description
How do questions of genre persist and evolve in the age of digital media and A.I.? To what extent do we choose our genres, and in what ways do they choose us? How do genres, platforms, and media intersect ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4861, PMA 4461, PMA 6461
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 162
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Monroe, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6943
Course Description
Kant’s third Critique is often read as a text that inaugurates aesthetic philosophy proper and confirms the essential connection between aesthetics and (the modern metaphysics of) the human subject. Challenging ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 6945
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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
- T Uris Hall 303
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Cordova, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COML 6944
Course Description
This course is a theoretical exploration of digital biopolitics, a convergence of how digital technologies mediate, govern, and regulate life, particularly within frameworks of power and control. Extending ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4944, COML 4944, FGSS 4944, FGSS 6944, GOVT 6946, LGBT 4944, LGBT 6944, ROMS 4944, ROMS 6944
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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 White Hall B04
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
Instructors
Diabate, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
