Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.
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Classes
FGSS 1111
Course Description
This course uses 'intersectionality' as a lens for the study and production of media and ethnographic writing. We will read popular and academic texts on intersectionality—from its foundations in black ... 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 White Hall 114
Instructors
Hong, E
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FGSS 1112
Course Description
What kind of institution is marriage in contemporary American society? What relationships does it describe and between what kinds of people? In this writing course students explore the meaning(s) of marriage ... 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 Uris Hall G22
Instructors
Sorrell, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FGSS 1940
Course Description
By posing seemingly simple questions such as what is love and who has the right to love, this introductory-level lecture course surveys how love has been experienced and expressed from the pre-modern period ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 1193, HIST 1930, LGBT 1940
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Ghosh, D
FGSS 2010
Course Description
Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding the impact of gender and sexuality on the world around us and on the power hierarchies that structure ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 106
Instructors
McCullough, K
FGSS 2090
Course Description
The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692. Even though many books have been written about this endlessly fascinating episode in American history, numerous aspects of it remain unexplored. After reading some ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2090, HIST 2090
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Norton, M
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 2421
Course Description
An introduction to the anthropology of sex, sexuality and gender, this course uses case studies from around the world to explore how the worlds of the sexes become gendered. In ethnographic, ethnohistorical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2421, LGBT 2421
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall B65
Instructors
Ramberg, L
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Meeting Pattern
- F Malott Hall 230
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Malott Hall 205
Instructors
Staff
FGSS 2516
Course Description
This course introduces students to basic themes and topics in the history of women and gender in Middle Eastern societies by exploring the forces of social change that influenced the lives of women (and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 2516
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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 103
Instructors
Yilmaz, S
FGSS 2577
Course Description
Since the 1970s, Jewish women have remade American Judaism by putting their bodies front and center. In the face of a largely male rabbinic elite, they have created new models of ritual, communal leadership, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2577, ANTHR 2577, JWST 2577, NES 2577, RELST 2577
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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
Instructors
Rock-Singer, C
FGSS 3000
Course Description
This course will work across and between the disciplines to consider what it might mean to think 'as a feminist' about many things including, but not limited to 'gender', 'women' and 'sexuality'. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
Instructors
Ramberg, L
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: FGSS 2010: Intro to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
FGSS 3230
Course Description
This course examines men's and women's lives and the impacts on them of incorporation into global economic and political systems. It asks how inequalities within and across gender categories are created ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 3230
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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 Warren Hall 173
Instructors
Leonard, L
FGSS 3331
Course Description
Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3331, ASIAN 6631, FGSS 6331, LGBT 3331, LGBT 6331, PMA 3431, RELST 3331
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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 Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
FGSS 3350
Course Description
Beyoncé's trajectory from Houston, Texas as a member of the group Destiny's Child to international fame and superstardom and a successful career as a solo singer, actress, clothing designer and entrepreneur ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3355, ASRC 3350, ENGL 3950
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Richardson, R
FGSS 3580
Course Description
For a long time area studies have overlooked the over-determined links of gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in fields related to East Asia and the trans-Pacific regions. Little attention has been ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3388, ASIAN 6688, COML 3980, COML 6680, FGSS 6580
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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 Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Sakai, N
FGSS 3681
Course Description
Testimonio is a type of writing known in Latin America and integral to U.S. Latina and Chicana traditions. The testimonio usually tells a story in a collective mode, or offers an individual's story as ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3680, ENGL 3680, LATA 3681, LSP 3680
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Diaz, E
FGSS 3747
Course Description
Religious beliefs, practices, and conflicts shape our world and influence global politics. Yet mediatized depictions of religion can be reductive and polarizing. Moreover, these depictions may be different ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3747, ENGL 3947, PMA 3747, RELST 3747
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- W Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
Instructors
Gainor, J
West, C
FGSS 3754
Course Description
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
FGSS 3990
Course Description
Individual study program intended for juniors and seniors working on special topics with selected reading or research projects not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation ... view course details
FGSS 4127
Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, CAPS 4127, HIST 4127, HIST 6127
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 104
Instructors
Roebuck, K
FGSS 4153
Course Description
Feminist media arts continuously proliferate. These rich and varied practices include video, net art, networked performance, video games, remix, installation, biotech art, artificial life and robotics. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4153, ARTH 6153, FGSS 6153, VISST 4153
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
FGSS 4212
Course Description
Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during the antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4212, ASRC 4212, ENGL 4912
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
In Fall 2017 this course will run as The Rabinor Seminar in American Studies.
FGSS 4333
Course Description
The Velvet Underground remains one of the most acclaimed and influential rock groups to emerge within the culturally turbulent era of the late 1960s. From their association with Andy Warhol beginning in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4331, AMST 6331, FGSS 6333, LGBT 4331, LGBT 6332, MUSIC 4331, MUSIC 6331
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Peraino, J
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Additional Information
Please contact Professor Judith Peraino (jap28@cornell.edu) for permission to enroll.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4458
Course Description
This seminar explores and compares the educational and schooling experiences of young women and girls through an array of ethnographic studies conducted in different regions of the world. Drawing on the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4458, ANTHR 7458, EDUC 4458, EDUC 7458, FGSS 7458
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Villenas, S
FGSS 4460
Course Description
Examines the changing economic roles of women and men in the labor market and in the family. Topics include a historical overview of changing gender roles, the determinants of the gender division of labor ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3440, ILRLE 4450
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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
- MW Ives Hall 219
Instructors
Blau, F
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4491
Course Description
Feminist approaches to questions in metaphysics, epistemology, language, and value theory. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4490, PHIL 6490
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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
- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Kosch, M
Manne, K
FGSS 4990
Course Description
To graduate with honors, FGSS majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an FGSS faculty member and defend that thesis orally before an honors committee. To be eligible for honors, students ... view course details
FGSS 6153
Course Description
Feminist media arts continuously proliferate. These rich and varied practices include video, net art, networked performance, video games, remix, installation, biotech art, artificial life and robotics. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4153, ARTH 6153, FGSS 4153, VISST 4153
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Feminist Posthumanisms in the Visual Arts
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
FGSS 6171
Course Description
In this seminar, we will examine the relationship between gender and the modern novel-a genre dominated almost exclusively by male authors and their obsession with troubled female protagonists. Coupling ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 6170
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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 McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Chang, J
FGSS 6331
Course Description
Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3331, ASIAN 6631, FGSS 3331, LGBT 3331, LGBT 6331, PMA 3431, RELST 3331
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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 Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
FGSS 6333
Course Description
The Velvet Underground remains one of the most acclaimed and influential rock groups to emerge within the culturally turbulent era of the late 1960s. From their association with Andy Warhol beginning in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4331, AMST 6331, FGSS 4333, LGBT 4331, LGBT 6332, MUSIC 4331, MUSIC 6331
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Peraino, J
FGSS 6580
Course Description
For a long time area studies have overlooked the over-determined links of gender, race/ethnicity, and social class in fields related to East Asia and the trans-Pacific regions. Little attention has been ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3388, ASIAN 6688, COML 3980, COML 6680, FGSS 3580
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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 Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Sakai, N
FGSS 6651
Course Description
This course explores movement through and across water in both actual and metaphorical terms. Readings include such classics as Beloved, Moby-Dick, and Huckleberry Finn. They also include lesser read accounts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6650, ARTH 6650, ENGL 6650
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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
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Samuels, S
FGSS 6990
Course Description
Independent reading course for graduate students on topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students develop a course of readings in consultation with a faculty member in the field of Feminist, ... view course details
FGSS 7458
Course Description
This seminar explores and compares the educational and schooling experiences of young women and girls through an array of ethnographic studies conducted in different regions of the world. Drawing on the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4458, ANTHR 7458, EDUC 4458, EDUC 7458, FGSS 4458
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Villenas, S