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AMST 1104
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This course will examine race and ethnic relations between Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in the United States. The goal of this course is for students to understand how the history of race and ethnicity ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one discussion. Combined with: LSP 1105, SOC 1104
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3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Morrill Hall 106
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Alvarado, S
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- F Morrill Hall 111
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Alvarado, S
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- F Morrill Hall 111
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Alvarado, S
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Klarman Hall KG70
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Mettler, S
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- T White Hall 110
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- T Uris Hall G26
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- T McGraw Hall 365
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- W McGraw Hall 365
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- W Morrill Hall 106
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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- R Uris Hall G26
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- R Uris Hall G26
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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- F McGraw Hall 215
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- F White Hall B14
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AMST 1500
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This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas. This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 1500, GOVT 1503
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Africana Ctr B01
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Farred, G
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: ASRC 1595, HIST 1595
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 105
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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: AIIS 1100, ANTHR 1700
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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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- R Warren Hall 101
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- W Malott Hall 224
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AMST 1802
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This course seeks a fuller recounting of U.S. history by remapping what we understand as "America." We will examine traditional themes in the teaching of U.S. history—territorial expansion and empire, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1802, LATA 1802, LSP 1802
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Garcia, M
AMST 1886
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This course introduces students to the growing field of academic Food Studies, providing historical perspective into the development of American culinary culture. Discussions of American cuisine will lead ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1886
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Bitar, A
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- R Uris Hall 204
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- R Uris Hall G88
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 181
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
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- F White Hall B14
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AMST 2006
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Punk Culture–comprised of music, fashion, literature, and visual arts–represents a complex critical stance of resistance and refusal that coalesced at a particular historical moment in the mid-1970s, and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2006, ENGL 2906, MUSIC 2006
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Lincoln Hall B20
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Peraino, J
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
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- F Lincoln Hall 124
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AMST 2042
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This seminar examines America during the overlapping eras of segregation & immigration exclusion. Beginning with contests over the weaning of freedom during reconstruction and running through the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2042, HIST 2042
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall B14
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Chang, D
AMST 2225
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In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 2220, GOVT 2225, ILROB 2220, PAM 2220, PHIL 1950, SOC 2220
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Klarman Hall KG70
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Haskins, A
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Haskins, A
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Haskins, A
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Haskins, A
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- F Uris Hall 204
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Haskins, A
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- F Malott Hall 207
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Haskins, A
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Haskins, A
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Haskins, A
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- F Malott Hall 224
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Haskins, A
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- F Uris Hall 301
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Haskins, A
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- F Morrill Hall 110
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Haskins, A
AMST 2251
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Americans are conflicted about immigration. We honor and celebrate (and commercialize) our immigrant heritage in museums, folklife festivals, parades, pageants, and historical monuments. We also build ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2251, LSP 2251
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 104
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Garcia, M
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AMST 2255
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This course attempts to reconcile the split between art and science through a pluralistic perspective of environmental artistic processes. What is the role of visual culture in sustainable development? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2255
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3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G61
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Rickard, J
AMST 2260
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In this class, we will examine how musicians working in such genres as rock, jazz, folk, classical, soul, and experimental music responded and contributed to the major themes of the 1960s in the US: the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2260, MUSIC 2260
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Lincoln Hall B20
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Piekut, B
AMST 2350
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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: AIIS 2350, ANTHR 2235, ARKEO 2235
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Jordan, K
AMST 2354
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This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2354, HIST 2354
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Stimson Hall 105
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Rickford, R
AMST 2505
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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 2501, PMA 2501, VISST 2502
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Sheppard, S
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(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
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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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Chang, D
AMST 2665
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As we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the origins, character, and results of the American ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2665
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 132
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Parmenter, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Parmenter, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Parmenter, J
AMST 2682
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This lecture course explores the dramatic cultural, economic, and social upheavals in U.S. society during the 1960s and 1970s. It will primarily focus on the dynamic interactions between formal politics, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2680
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
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(Letter grades only)
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- TR Warren Hall 151
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Sipple, J
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- M Malott Hall 205
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Sipple, J
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- T Malott Hall 207
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Sipple, J
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- F Warren Hall 138
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Sipple, J
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- F Kennedy Hall 105
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Sipple, J
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- W Malott Hall 205
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Sipple, J
AMST 2721
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Representation is basic to anthropology. In the process of translating societies and cultures, anthropologists produce authoritative accounts about other people, their lives, and their communities. We ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2721, LSP 2721
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 107
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Santiago-Irizarry, V
AMST 2770
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Designed for the general student population, this course specifically appeals to students traveling abroad, or who in the future will work with diverse communities (for example, students with interests ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2770, ENGL 2770, LSP 2770
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
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Diaz, E
Ngugi, M
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Klarman Hall KG70
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Michener, J
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- W Uris Hall 262
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Staff
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- W Uris Hall 262
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
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- W Ives Hall 107
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AMST 3025
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This course examines both mainstream representations of and independent media made by, for, and about Asians and Asian Americans throughout U.S. cultural history. In this course, we will analyze popular ... view course details
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Morrill Hall 111
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Balance, C
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(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Levine, A
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- F White Hall 104
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 158
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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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Sanders, M
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- T White Hall 106
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- W Rockefeller Hall 231
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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(Letter or S/U grades)
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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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall 184
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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: AIIS 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
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 Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Uris Hall 312
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Bischoff, K
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AMST 3463
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This course considers issues, approaches, and complexities in the contemporary television landscape. As television has changed drastically over the past fifteen years, this course provides students with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3463, VISST 3463
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts B21
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Sheppard, S
AMST 3475
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This course explores Caribbean literary, sonic, and visual cultures in New York City from the late 19th century to the present, and examines the ways in which Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican diasporic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3470, LATA 3470, LSP 3470, SPAN 3470
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR McGraw Hall 366
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McDaniel, S
AMST 3515
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Blaxploitation films of the 1970s are remembered for their gigantic Afros, enormous guns, slammin' soundtracks, sex, drugs, nudity, and violence. Never before or since have so many African American performers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3505, ASRC 3505, FGSS 3505, PMA 3505, VISST 3505
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Finley, C
AMST 3562
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: AIIS 3560, ENGL 3560
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Uran, C
AMST 3650
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Powerful voices emerged in the United States' first hundred years that continue to reverberate and to shape the ways in which we understand ourselves as Americans. We will give special attention in this ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3650
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Gilbert, R
AMST 3670
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In the twentieth century, American fiction had an outsize impact on world literature as well as popular culture in the United States. This course will explore particularly important moments in its development, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3670
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Topic: 20th C. American Fiction
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Hutchinson, G
AMST 3810
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Review of architecture, building, and responses to the landscape from the prehistoric period to the Civil War. Architecture and building as social and collaborative arts are emphasized and thus ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARCH 3810, ARCH 5810
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- R Sibley Hall 261B
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Woods, M
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AMST 3854
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This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CRP 3854, GOVT 3494
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Topic: Growth and Development
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- M Washington, DC
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Fridl, D
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Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
AMST 3980
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Affords opportunities for students to carry out independent research under appropriate supervision. Each student is expected to review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, conduct the research, ... view course details
AMST 3990
Course Description
Individualized readings for junior and senior students. Topics, requirements, and credit hours will be determined in consultation between the student and the supervising faculty member. view course details
AMST 4021
Course Description
American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals. However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4021
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- F Olin Library 403
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Bensel, R
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AMST 4039
Course Description
This course focuses on the American South in the nineteenth century as it made the transition from Reconstruction to new forms of social organization and patterns of race relations. Reconstruction will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4390, ASRC 6391, HIST 4390, HIST 6391
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Uris Hall 260
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Washington, M
AMST 4066
Course Description
Computers and digital technologies including robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), internet-enabled platforms, and other "high-tech" drivers of automation have revolutionized the nature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 4066, ILRLR 6066
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Ives Hall 115
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Litwin, A
AMST 4104
Course Description
It is almost a truism that the United States is the world's most litigious society. As a polity founded on an almost sacralized constitutional foundation, it is no surprise that law and the legal system ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4304, ASRC 6340
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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 Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
Taiwo, O
AMST 4203
Course Description
This advanced seminar traces transformations in citizenship and the franchise throughout U.S. history. Through readings, frequent short writings, discussion, and a final paper, the class examines the struggles ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4203
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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
- T White Hall 104
Instructors
Kohler-Hausmann, J
AMST 4272
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, AIIS 7720, 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Jordan, K
AMST 4402
Course Description
Hip hop has been dependent on women's contributions, yet female artists have had to work hard to contest their marginalization and objectification in the music and culture. Some of the most heated debates ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4102, ASRC 4402, FGSS 4402, LGBT 4402
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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
LaBennett, O
AMST 4521
Course Description
This seminar will investigate the narrative uses of history and memory in US fiction, focusing particularly on the impact of gender on these representations. How do US writers use history in their fiction, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4521, FGSS 4521
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 164
Instructors
McCullough, K
AMST 4565
Course Description
The movement of things like narcotics and of people like laborers has been a profoundly compelling subject for artists of every form. This course will study television series such as Weeds and The Wire ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4565, LATA 4565, LSP 4565
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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 Olin Library 403
Instructors
Brady, M
AMST 4626
Course Description
This seminar surveys contemporary political theories of disobedience and resistance. We will examine liberal, republican, and radical perspectives on the logic of political protest, its functions, ... view course details
AMST 4733
Course Description
How should anti-racist people respond to the new racialized white identities that have emerged recently in Europe and the United States? What alternative conceptions of whiteness are available? How can ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6733, ASRC 4733, ENGL 4733, ENGL 6733
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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 232
Instructors
Mohanty, S
AMST 4993
Course Description
To graduate with honors, AMST majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an AMST faculty member and defend that thesis orally before a committee. Students interested in the honors program ... view course details
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 and one discussion. 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(Letter or S/U grades)
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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 Malott Hall 205
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Malott Hall 207
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Warren Hall 138
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Kennedy Hall 105
Instructors
Sipple, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Malott Hall 205
Instructors
Sipple, J
AMST 6272
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, AIIS 7720, AMST 4272, 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Jordan, K
AMST 6531
Course Description
This course takes a theoretical (what are some of the key understandings of capitalism?), methodological (how should we study it?), and case study approach to the history of capitalism in the United States ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6531
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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 White Hall 106
Instructors
Glickman, L
AMST 6627
Course Description
This seminar surveys contemporary political theories of disobedience and resistance. We will examine liberal, republican, and radical perspectives on the logic of political protest, its functions, ... view course details
AMST 6733
Course Description
How should anti-racist people respond to the new racialized white identities that have emerged recently in Europe and the United States? What alternative conceptions of whiteness are available? How can ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4733, ASRC 4733, ENGL 4733, ENGL 6733
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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 232
Instructors
Mohanty, S