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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.
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- Schedule of Classes - January 31, 2019 7:14PM EST
- Course Catalog - January 31, 2019 7:15PM EST
Classes
AIIS 1100
Course Description
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: AMST 1600, ANTHR 1700
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Caldwell Hall 100
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Uran, C
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- T Plant Science Building 143
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Staff
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- R Warren Hall 101
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Staff
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- W Malott Hall 224
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Staff
AIIS 1122
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Comstock Hall-Academic II B104
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Stockton-Juarez, C
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
AIIS 2350
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2350, ANTHR 2235, ARKEO 2235
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Jordan, K
AIIS 2420
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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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2420, BSOC 2420
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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Nadasdy, P
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 102
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Staff
AIIS 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: AMST 3330, NTRES 3330, NTRES 6330
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Fernow Hall G24
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Kassam, K
AIIS 3560
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3562, ENGL 3560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Uran, C
AIIS 4300
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 6300
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Caldwell Hall 400
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Richardson, T
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Additional Information
Enrollment is limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Course requirements differ at 4300 and 6300 levels.
AIIS 4720
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 7720, AMST 4272, AMST 6272, ANTHR 4272, ANTHR 7272, ARKEO 4272, ARKEO 7272
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW McGraw Hall 215
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Jordan, K
AIIS 4970
Course Description
Topic and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
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Parmenter, J
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Additional Information
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.
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AIIS 6010
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- F Caldwell Hall 400
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Richardson, T
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Additional Information
The class will occur every other Friday unless otherwise specified.
AIIS 6300
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4300
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Caldwell Hall 400
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Richardson, T
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Additional Information
This class is reserved for graduate students. The assignments differ from the undergraduate component of the class.
AIIS 6970
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Nadasdy, P
Richardson, T
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Additional Information
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.
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AIIS 7720
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIIS 4720, AMST 4272, AMST 6272, ANTHR 4272, ANTHR 7272, ARKEO 4272, ARKEO 7272
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MW McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Jordan, K