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AMST 1115
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A policy-centered approach to the study of government in the American experience. Considers the American Founding and how it influenced the structure of government; how national institutions operate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1111
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Mettler, S
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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- W Uris Hall 302
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- W Uris Hall G88
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- R Uris Hall 254
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- R Lincoln Hall 107
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 162
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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AMST 1145
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What role should the U.S. play in the world? Can national security include humanitarian efforts, environmental protection, and foreign aid? This course focuses on current events to provide an overview ... view course details
FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR A D White House 110
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Maxey, S
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For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
AMST 1500
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this course introduces its registrants to Africana Studies, primarily those who propose to major in it and, secondarily, all those who are interested in broadening their horizons regarding the place of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 1500, GOVT 1503
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Africana Ctr B01
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Taiwo, O
AMST 1540
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This course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped the history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1540, ILRLR 1845
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
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Baptist, E
Cowie, J
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A University Course.
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 158
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- R McGraw Hall 215
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 160
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 160
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- R White Hall 110
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- F Stimson Hall 119
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall B15
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AMST 1581
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This course propels students into the chaos, destruction, and often brutal violence experienced by inhabitants of North America prior to the 20th century. Students will analyze armed conflict ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1581
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Parmenter, J
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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AMST 1595
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Focusing on political and social history, this course surveys African-American history from Emancipation to the present. The class examines the post-Reconstruction "Nadir" of black life; the mass black ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1595
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 202
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Rickford, R
AMST 1600
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This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the diverse cultures, histories and contemporary situations of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Students will also be introduced to important ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIS 1100, ANTHR 1700
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Caldwell Hall 100
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Jordan, K
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- T Plant Science Building G37
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Jordan, K
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- R Warren Hall 150
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Jordan, K
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- R Plant Science Building G37
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Jordan, K
AMST 1640
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An introductory survey to United States history since the Great Depression, this course explores the dramatic social, economic, and political transformations of the last century. It emphasizes domestic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1640
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
AMST 1800
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This course examines immigration as a major theme in U.S. history and culture. We will discuss immigration in different periods of our national history, and in different locations, from Boston and New ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1800, LSP 1800
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Garcia, M
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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- F White Hall 106
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AMST 2010
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This course deals with American popular culture in the period between 1900 and the end of World War II. As we examine best-sellers, films, sports and television, radio, ads, newspapers, magazines, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Mcgraw Hall 165
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Altschuler, G
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- W Lincoln Hall B08
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- R McGraw Hall 145
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- F White Hall 110
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AMST 2030
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From a "brave new world" in European settlers' eyes to a "house divided" by the mid- nineteenth century, "America" is seen in an assemblage of richly layered tales, poems, novels, essays, first-hand accounts, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2030
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Galloway, A
AMST 2090
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The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692. Even though a myriad of books have been written about this endlessly fascinating episode in American history, many aspects of it remain unexplored. After reading some ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 2090, HIST 2090
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW McGraw Hall 1M01F
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Norton, M
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 2106
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This course is an introduction to Latina/o Studies, a discipline that investigates the historical, socio-political and economic conditions and experiences of Latina/os in the United States, including but ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LSP 2100
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Uris Hall G26
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Jaime, K
AMST 2310
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This course takes a critical approach to our contemporary understanding of the figure of the zombie and its inextricable link to discourses on race and blackness in the Americas. An introductory grounding ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2310, ENGL 2931
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Stimson Hall 116
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Wilson, R
AMST 2320
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Music and dance cultures have been central topics of study in the development of Chicano studies, Puerto Rican studies, and Latino studies in general. From Americo Paredes to Frances Aparicio and from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LSP 2320, MUSIC 2320, SPAN 2330
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Lincoln Hall 124
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Madrid, A
AMST 2390
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This seminar explores the history and culture of Iroquois people from ancient times, through their initial contacts with European settlers, to their present-day struggles and achievements under colonial ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 2390, HIST 2390
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 312
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Parmenter, J
AMST 2511
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This course explores the social, cultural and communal lives of black women in North America, beginning with the transatlantic slave trade, and ending in 1900. Topics include Northern and Southern enslavement, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2511, FGSS 2511, HIST 2511
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Washington, M
AMST 2640
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An introductory history of Chinese, Japanese, Asian Indians, Filipinos, and Koreans in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1990s. Major themes include racism and resistance, labor ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2130, HIST 2640
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
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Lau, C
AMST 2710
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This course is a blending of the Sociology of Education and Public Policy. Front and center in this course is the question of why consistent differential educational and economic outcomes exists in American ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 5710, DSOC 2710, DSOC 5710, EDUC 2710, EDUC 5710, SOC 2710, SOC 5710
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Warren Hall 151
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Sipple, J
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- M Warren Hall 101
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Sipple, J
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- T Warren Hall B50
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Sipple, J
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- F Kennedy Hall 103
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Sipple, J
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- F Kennedy Hall 101
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Sipple, J
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- W Kennedy Hall 103
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Sipple, J
AMST 2910
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In her memoir Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston identified a conundrum familiar to many US-born children of Chinese immigrants when she asked: "What is Chinese tradition and what is the movies?" What ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2910, ENGL 2910
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Wong, S
AMST 2980
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Explores the history of information technology from the 1830s to the present by considering the technical and social history of telecommunications (telegraph and the telephone), radio, television, computers, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ECE 2980, ENGRG 2980, HIST 2920, INFO 2921, STS 2921
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Baker Laboratory 335
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Kline, R
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- F Hollister Hall 372
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Kline, R
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- F Hollister Hall 362
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Kline, R
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- F Hollister Hall 368
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Kline, R
AMST 3001
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Constitutional Law provides the setting for some of the most contentious disputes in American life. Decisions by the Supreme Court about the meaning of the Constitution can change the country in dramatic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3001
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Mcgraw Hall 165
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Margulies, J
AMST 3010
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Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3010, VISST 3010
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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- TR McGraw Hall 366
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Gaskins, B
AMST 3012
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Poverty is a phenomenon of enduring importance with significant implications for democratic governance. This course explores contemporary poverty in America, with a particular emphasis on its political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3012
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Michener, J
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- W White Hall 110
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Michener, J
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- W White Hall 110
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AMST 3082
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This course focuses on political campaigns, a central feature of American democracy. We will examine how they work and the conditions under which they affect citizens' decisions. The course looks at campaign ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3082
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
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Levine, A
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- R Uris Hall 260
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Levine, A
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- R Uris Hall G22
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Levine, A
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- F Uris Hall 260
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Levine, A
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- F Uris Hall 498
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Levine, A
AMST 3161
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This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3161
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Uris Hall 262
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Sanders, M
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- M McGraw Hall 365
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Sanders, M
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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Sanders, M
AMST 3205
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We will examine the phenomenon of the global dimensions of post- World War II African American struggles for equality through the writings of black expatriates in Europe and Africa, and the international ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3210, HIST 3211
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Africana Ctr 111
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Gaines, K
AMST 3230
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Surveys problems in American economic history from the first settlements to early industrialization. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3310
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Lyons, T
AMST 3281
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This course investigates the United States Supreme Court and its role in politics and government. It traces the development of constitutional doctrine, the growth of the Court's institutional power, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3281, LAW 3281
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall G90
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Chutkow, D
AMST 3330
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Based on indigenous and place-based "ways of knowing," this course (1) presents a theoretical and humanistic framework from which to understand generation of ecological knowledge; (2) examines processes ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 3330, NTRES 3330, NTRES 6330
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Fernow Hall G24
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Kassam, K
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Enrollment limited to: Juniors, seniors, and grad students. Sophomores require permission of instructor (ksk28@cornell.edu).
AMST 3331
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In this course, we shall look at Russia's perception of America as reflected in the works of its writers for over a hundred-year period. What motivated these writers? Did they go to the United States with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3330, RUSSL 3330
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 162
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Shapiro, G
AMST 3380
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This is a seminar course on urban inequality in the United States. The first half of the semester will be dedicated to understanding the political, historical, and social determinants of inequality in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 3380
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Uris Hall 204
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Bischoff, K
AMST 3420
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In 2014, 60,000 children and mothers fled Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, seeking refuge in the U.S. because of gang threats, domestic violence, and child abuse. The Obama administration responded ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3400, GOVT 3401, LGBT 3400, LSP 3401
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Statler Hall 351
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Juffer, J
AMST 3461
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This course explores the rich and diverse history of African American filmmaking. Focusing on films written and/or directed by African Americans, this seminar traces the history of filmmaking from the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3999, PMA 3461, VISST 3461
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Sheppard, S
AMST 3470
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This course examines the experiences and representations of Asian American women from the mid-19th century to the present. It explores the lives and contexts of immigrant women and of women born in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3470, FGSS 3470, HIST 3470
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- MW Lincoln Hall B08
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Lau, C
AMST 3580
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In this course, we'll be reading literature—primarily novels—produced by hemispheric American women writers of the mid- to late twentieth-century. We will look at how these writings articulate concerns ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3580, ENGL 3580, FGSS 3581
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
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Wong, S
AMST 3604
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This course features readings of central American themes and texts from the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The readings range across the genres of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3604
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 283
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Warren, J
AMST 3615
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In order to assess whether mass incarceration has transformed urban life, this course will (1) paint a portrait of the lives of marginalized Americans prior to mass incarceration, (2) define mass incarceration ... view course details
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall 280
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Wildeman, C
AMST 3655
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What is political authority and how is it constituted? How do we judge and act when torn by conflicting obligations? How do political actors in the present negotiate the legacies of past injustice (for ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3655
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 119
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Frank, J
AMST 3678
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A historical introduction to democratic theory through the writings of its greatest thinkers and their critics. Beginning with a study of the theory and practice of democratic rule in ancient Athens, we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 3675, GOVT 3675
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Uris Hall 394
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Livingston, A
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- M Rockefeller Hall 183
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Livingston, A
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- F Ives Hall 107
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Livingston, A
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- F Sibley Hall 318
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Livingston, A
AMST 3687
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This seminar examines the history of the United States' involvement with the conflict between Israelis and Arabs, from 1948 to the present. Recently a great deal of attention has been paid to political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3687, JWST 3687, NES 3687
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- M Washington, DC
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Brann, R
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Taught in Washington, DC.
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AMST 3710
Course Description
The course draws on the world's storehouse of writing, song, and film about bandits, pirates, malingerers, revolutionary appropriators, and other defectors from the sacral order of property. Loyalty and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3730, ENGL 3710
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
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Maxwell, B
AMST 3731
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Critical reflection on the refusal of work, including but not limited to: non-cooperation with routines of production and/or reproduction (among which, strikes, sexual and otherwise),the right to laziness, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3731, ENGL 3931
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Maxwell, B
AMST 3754
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In this course, we will critically examine the production and performance of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender through literature and contemporary performance genres such as spoken word, slam poetry, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3954, FGSS 3754, LSP 3754, PMA 3754
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
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Jaime, K
AMST 3762
Course Description
The Latino experience in the United States may be impinged upon by state regulation and governmentality to a greater extent than for non-Latin@s. Drawing from a theoretical and methodological toolkit developed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3762, LSP 3762
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 181
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Santiago-Irizarry, V
AMST 3773
Course Description
In the poem "Return of the Native," Amiri Baraka writes, "Harlem is vicious modernism. BangClash." This class will compare the "BangClash" of the 1920s and 1930s Harlem Renaissance and the 1960s and 1970s ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3773, ENGL 3773
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW McGraw Hall 366
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Crawford, M
AMST 3911
Course Description
This course reviews the changing political relations between science, technology, and the state in America from 1960 to the present. It focuses on policy choices involving science and technology in different ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3091, STS 3911
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
AMST 4202
Course Description
This research seminar explores how Americans and their elected leaders struggled to respond to economic and social inequality throughout the twentieth century. It traces the expansions and retractions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4202
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Kohler-Hausmann, J
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4393
Course Description
In 1850 American politicians banded together cross-regionally, passed a Fugitive Slave Law and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had once again dodged the slavery issue that threatened disunion. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4393, HIST 4393, HIST 6393
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall B14
Instructors
Washington, M
AMST 4412
Course Description
The importance of sports to American society and popular culture cannot be denied, and this seminar will study sports films' vital significance in representing the intersection of sports, history, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4412, PMA 4412, VISST 4412
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
Instructors
Sheppard, S
AMST 4505
Course Description
From court decisions about the voting rights act to legislation involving abortion, many social issues are shaped by civil rights temporalities—narratives making amorphous conceptions of "how long," "time ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4550, SHUM 4505
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
Instructors
Wanzo, R
AMST 4650
Course Description
Following the lead of Richard Hofstadter's classic 1964 essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics," this course will examine the "paranoid style" in contemporary American fiction and film. The paranoias ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Attell, K
AMST 4667
Course Description
This course gives an in-depth reading of the two greatest American poets of the nineteenth century. Some readers consider Whitman and Dickinson the two greatest American poets of any century, and one signal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4667
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Warren, J
AMST 4702
Course Description
This seminar examines how confrontations over race, class, and gender unfolded in the cultural arena during the 1970s. It explores the role of culture in shaping some of the decade's major political and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4702, HIST 4702
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Rickford, R
AMST 4851
Course Description
Since World War II, over 4 million people have migrated to the United States as refugees. In this seminar we will examine some of these refugee migrations and the ways these migrations challenged ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4851, HIST 6851, LSP 4851, LSP 6851
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Garcia, M
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4880
Course Description
What gives contemporary poetry and poetics its resonance and value? What are its dominant features, audiences, and purposes? What does 21st-century poetry's textual environment look like, and how does ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4860, ENGL 4960, SPAN 4880
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 382
Instructors
Monroe, J
AMST 5710
Course Description
Examines the goals, roles, inputs, and outcomes of schooling in American society, and the policy environment in which schools operate. Analyzes controversies and tensions (e.g., equity, market forces, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: AMST 2710, DSOC 2710, DSOC 5710, EDUC 2710, EDUC 5710, SOC 2710, SOC 5710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Warren Hall 151
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Warren Hall 101
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Warren Hall B50
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kennedy Hall 103
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kennedy Hall 101
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Kennedy Hall 103
Instructors
Sipple, J
AMST 6121
Course Description
This course will survey the literature on American political development from the Founding to the late twentieth century. The format each week will include a critical reading of one of the major works ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 6121, HIST 6121
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 104
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
To enroll in this course: Please complete add/drop form and obtain instructor's initials. Then stop by 210 White Hall for Department Stamp.
AMST 6321
Course Description
This seminar explores the international and transnational dimensions of the Black Power Movement, broadly defined. Beginning with an examination of transnationalism in the early 20th century, it examines ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6321, HIST 6321
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Rickford, R
AMST 6585
Course Description
This seminar will provide an advanced survey of the history of American political thought, with emphasis placed on four significant periods: Puritan New England, the Revolution and Founding, Abolition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 6585
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 104
Instructors
Frank, J
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 6596
Course Description
This course will examine the theory and practice of nonviolence from the perspective of its key theorists, practitioners, and critics. Questions we will consider include: Why nonviolence? How should we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 6596
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 114
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Additional Information
Undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor.