American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

AIIS 1100

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1600ANTHR 1700

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1013 AIIS 1100   LEC 001

  •  1014 AIIS 1100   DIS 201

  •  1015 AIIS 1100   DIS 202

  •  4571 AIIS 1100   DIS 203

AIIS 1122

In this class, we will investigate the ways in which contemporary Chicano/a literature and art negotiates its ambivalent and sometimes mythologized connections to an indigenous past. Through a variety ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17905 AIIS 1122   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

AIIS 2350

This introductory course surveys archaeology's contributions to the study of American Indian cultural diversity and change in North America north of Mexico. Lectures and readings will examine topics ranging ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2350ANTHR 2235ARKEO 2235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4536 AIIS 2350   LEC 001

AIIS 2420

One of the most pressing questions of our time is how we should understand the relationship between nature (or "the environment") and culture (or society) - and/or whether these should be viewed as separate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2420BSOC 2420

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18312 AIIS 2420   LEC 001

  • 18315 AIIS 2420   DIS 201

  • 18316 AIIS 2420   DIS 202

AIIS 3330

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3330NTRES 3330NTRES 6330

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16657 AIIS 3330   LEC 001

AIIS 3560

The Western nation-state has failed to solve the two most pressing, indeed catastrophic, global problems: poverty and climate change. This failure is due to the inability of national policy to imagine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3562ENGL 3560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4363 AIIS 3560   SEM 101

AIIS 4300

Indigenous Peoples and De-Colonial Philosophies explores the formulations of de-colonization from multiple intellectual trajectories - namely the Fanonian, Latin American and Settler Colonial ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 6300

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16332 AIIS 4300   SEM 101

  • Enrollment is limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Course requirements differ at 4300 and 6300 levels.

AIIS 4720

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16459 AIIS 4720   SEM 101

AIIS 4970

Topic and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1187 AIIS 4970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Parmenter, J

  • Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4572 AIIS 4970   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Warrior, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4815 AIIS 4970   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Richardson, T

AIIS 6010

Graduate-level course that introduces students to ongoing research in the field of American Indian Studies in a proseminar/colloquium format. Advanced graduate students are expected to present their work ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  3148 AIIS 6010   SEM 101

  • The class will occur every other Friday unless otherwise specified.

AIIS 6300

Indigenous Peoples and De-Colonial Philosophies explores the formulations of de-colonization from multiple intellectual trajectories - namely the Fanonian, Latin American and Settler Colonial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 4300

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 16334 AIIS 6300   SEM 101

  • This class is reserved for graduate students. The assignments differ from the undergraduate component of the class.

AIIS 6970

A student may, with approval of a faculty advisor, study a problem or topic not covered in a regular course or may undertake tutorial study of an independent nature in an area of interest in American Indian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1344 AIIS 6970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Nadasdy, P

      Richardson, T

  • Sign into your faculty section. If your faculty member is not listed, please contact 140 Roberts Hall or the graduate school to add the faculty member.

AIIS 7720

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16463 AIIS 7720   SEM 101