American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

AMST 1104

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LSP 1105SOC 1104

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18080 AMST 1104   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Alvarado, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19495 AMST 1104   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Alvarado, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19496 AMST 1104   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Alvarado, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 1115

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 1111

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6781 AMST 1115   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6782 AMST 1115   DIS 201

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6785 AMST 1115   DIS 204

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6786 AMST 1115   DIS 205

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6787 AMST 1115   DIS 206

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6788 AMST 1115   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  6789 AMST 1115   DIS 208

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  6914 AMST 1115   DIS 209

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7037 AMST 1115   DIS 210

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7388 AMST 1115   DIS 211

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7389 AMST 1115   DIS 212

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 21895 AMST 1115   DIS 213

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 21896 AMST 1115   DIS 214

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 1500

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6577 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 1585

This course will explore the relationship between sports and politics over the course of American history since the 19th century.  Sports and politics have come together surprisingly frequently in the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1585

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16595 AMST 1585   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16596 AMST 1585   DIS 201

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16597 AMST 1585   DIS 202

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16598 AMST 1585   DIS 203

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16599 AMST 1585   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16600 AMST 1585   DIS 205

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16601 AMST 1585   DIS 206

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16602 AMST 1585   DIS 207

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16603 AMST 1585   DIS 208

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 1600

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: AIIS 1100

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5696 AMST 1600   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  5697 AMST 1600   DIS 201

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  5698 AMST 1600   DIS 202

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7128 AMST 1600   DIS 203

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 1802

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  7430 AMST 1802   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2006

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2006ENGL 2906MUSIC 2006SHUM 2006

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17610 AMST 2006   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 17611 AMST 2006   DIS 201

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 17612 AMST 2006   DIS 202

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2145

This course examines the history and culture of food in the United States over the last hundred years. Looking closely at contemporary food culture, we will ask questions such as: What are the origins ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2145

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18598 AMST 2145   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Bitar, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2152

One in ten residents of the United States was born outside the country. These people include international students, temporary workers, refugees, asylees, permanent residents, naturalized U.S. citizens ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2152LSP 2152

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16536 AMST 2152   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Garcia-Rios, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2160

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  • 16558 AMST 2160   LEC 001

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2220

This seminar will explore some of the major political and cultural trends in the United States,  from the era of the Democratic New Dealer, Franklin D. Roosevelt, through the era of the conservative Republican, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2220SHUM 2220

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16660 AMST 2220   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2225

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  6977 AMST 2225   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7002 AMST 2225   DIS 201

    • F Malott Hall 251
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7003 AMST 2225   DIS 202

    • F Kennedy Hall 106
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7004 AMST 2225   DIS 203

    • R Malott Hall 251
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7005 AMST 2225   DIS 204

    • R Malott Hall 251
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7006 AMST 2225   DIS 205

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7007 AMST 2225   DIS 206

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7008 AMST 2225   DIS 207

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7009 AMST 2225   DIS 208

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7198 AMST 2225   DIS 209

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7199 AMST 2225   DIS 210

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 21821 AMST 2225   DIS 211

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 21822 AMST 2225   DIS 212

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Haskins, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2260

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2260MUSIC 2260SHUM 2260

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17598 AMST 2260   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Piekut, B

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2280

How have different dimensions of our lives become matters of public health? Focusing on modern America, this course explores how public health has been bound up with histories of the state, the economy, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 2280STS 2280

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8577 AMST 2280   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • LeBlanc, H

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2315

In August 1945, Japan was a devastated country; its cities burned, its people starving, its military and government in surrender. World War II was over. The occupation had begun. What sort of society emerged ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2258HIST 2315SHUM 2315

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17791 AMST 2315   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2381

Corruption in politics and economics has become a significant issue in the modern world. This course introduces students to the study of corruption and collusion from the perspective of early America and ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2381LATA 2381

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18185 AMST 2381   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2600

The production of North American Indigenous literatures began long before European colonization, and persists in a variety of printed, sung, carved, painted, written, spoken, and digital media. From oral ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2600ENGL 2600

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7878 AMST 2600   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2630

Jewish cultures in the New World are far more diverse than most Americans realize. Some know the history of Ashkenazi (German and Eastern European) Jews, most of whom immigrated to the U.S. between 1880-1920. ... view course details

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  • 20099 AMST 2630   LEC 001

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Branfman, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2640

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2130HIST 2640

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7435 AMST 2640   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2723

This lecture traces the history of LGBTQ+ identities, relationships, and politics in the United States from the early 19th century to the present. We will consider, in particular, the shifting meanings ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 2722HIST 2722LGBT 2722

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18336 AMST 2723   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18339 AMST 2723   DIS 201

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18342 AMST 2723   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18345 AMST 2723   DIS 203

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18348 AMST 2723   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2755

The legacies of slavery remain all too obvious in the modern Atlantic World. From demographic imbalances to pervasive social and economic inequality, much of the recent past has involved addressing that ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 2755HIST 2755LATA 2755

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17924 AMST 2755   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19197 AMST 2755   DIS 201

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19198 AMST 2755   DIS 202

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19199 AMST 2755   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19200 AMST 2755   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 19201 AMST 2755   DIS 205

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2770

Designed for the general student population, this course appeals to students who intend to work with diverse communities (for example, students with interests in medicine, law, labor, government, business, ... view course details

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  • 16668 AMST 2770   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Diaz, E

      Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 2817

Donald Trump and Barack Obama give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism.  America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2817

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7906 AMST 2817   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7907 AMST 2817   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7908 AMST 2817   DIS 202

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7909 AMST 2817   DIS 203

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7910 AMST 2817   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3033

Public policies are political outcomes determined by processes that are complex, convoluted and often controversial. The aim of this course is to equip students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3032

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7964 AMST 3033   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8252 AMST 3033   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8253 AMST 3033   DIS 202

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8254 AMST 3033   DIS 203

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8255 AMST 3033   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8256 AMST 3033   DIS 205

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8257 AMST 3033   DIS 206

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  8258 AMST 3033   DIS 207

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 16734 AMST 3033   DIS 208

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3071

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large.  Exploring how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3071

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18331 AMST 3071   LEC 001

    • F Washington, DC
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

AMST 3281

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3281LAW 3281

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17828 AMST 3281   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Chutkow, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3312

If you have ever wondered what the Vietnam War was all about, how did it begin, how was it fought, why was it so controversial, why did the American people turn against it, why was it important, why were ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3312HIST 3312

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21981 AMST 3312   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Taylor, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3312HIST 3312

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21982 AMST 3312   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Taylor, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3330NTRES 3330

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7488 AMST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall 401
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3330NTRES 3330

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20834 AMST 3330   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3380

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 3380

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7571 AMST 3380   SEM 101

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Bischoff, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3420

Topic Fall 2020: The Time and Space of Immigrant Detention in the U.S.: Migration is about movement, yet the journey often ends in the denial of movement, especially if one migrates to the U.S. This country ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3400GOVT 3401

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Time and Space of Immigrant Detention in the U.S.

  • 17552 AMST 3420   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

AMST 3425

American Impeachments: Four times in US History, Congress has moved to impeach the President—in fact this has happened three times in the last 46 years, after only one instance in the first 184.  The US ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3431HIST 3435

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17116 AMST 3425   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Baptist, E

      Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18119 AMST 3425   DIS 201

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18120 AMST 3425   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18121 AMST 3425   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18122 AMST 3425   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18123 AMST 3425   DIS 205

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18124 AMST 3425   DIS 206

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3434

This course offers undergraduates a unique approach to exploring the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad in Central New York. It is an experiential course that includes visits to specific known ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3434SHUM 3434

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16785 AMST 3434   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Aching, G

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3452

This course understands "myth" in the sense of "ideological construction."  So we'll be examining the intellectual and cultural life of Americans, over the last two centuries. The emphasis will be on identity, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 3452

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20462 AMST 3452   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 20461 AMST 3452   DIS 205

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 20463 AMST 3452   DIS 206

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3461

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3999PMA 3461VISST 3461

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16888 AMST 3461   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Sheppard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3515

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16823 AMST 3515   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Finley, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3533

This course will consider the history, theory and craft of feature film screenwriting. We will examine the vital elements of effective motion picture narrative (protagonist, pathos, objective, action), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3533

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7836 AMST 3533   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    This course follows the hybrid model -- students will be divided evenly and attend in person one time a week and remotely the other. A Zoom connection to the class will be provided. All films will be available to screen asynchronously.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3533

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20860 AMST 3533   SEM 102

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Bunn, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3616

How can we account for the contemporary popularity of podcasts? In what ways do they build on, and break from, earlier forms of writing for the ear? In this class we will study innovative podcast fictions ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18671 AMST 3616   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3617

This course is open to experienced rappers, beatmakers, and vocalists interested forging collaborative relationships with other students. The fall semester will center on hip-hop's relationship to social ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3616

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 20130 AMST 3617   STU 501

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3675

This course focuses on works that exemplify environmental consciousness—a sense that humans are not the center of the world and that to think they are may have catastrophic consequences for humans themselves. ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3675

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16679 AMST 3675   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3687

This seminar examines the history of the United States' involvement with Middle East beginning with evangelical efforts in the 19th century and President Wilson's engagement with the colonial powers in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17074 AMST 3687   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Taught in Washington D.C. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

Syllabi: none
  • 21819 AMST 3687   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3707

From White Chicks to Blackkklansman, American film has often depicted characters who conceal their race or gender, like black male cops "passing" as wealthy white women. This class will examine how Hollywood ... view course details

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  • 20098 AMST 3707   SEM 101

    • MWF Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Branfman, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3717

"Sitcom Jews" uses close media analysis, theoretical discussion, and student performances or media projects to examine the representation of Jews on television and on the Broadway stage from 1948-2017. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3711PMA 3711

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8504 AMST 3717   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3711PMA 3711

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20469 AMST 3717   SEM 102

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Winitsky, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3720

In addition to nourishing the body, food operates as a cultural system that produces and reflects group and individual identities. In this class we will examine foodways-the behaviors and beliefs attached ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3721FGSS 3720SHUM 3720

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17570 AMST 3720   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3754

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  7843 AMST 3754   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3760

In 1968, amongst cultural and political turmoil, the American film industry adopted the ratings system, which helped usher in the kinds of cinema we know today. This course focuses on developments in U.S. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PMA 3560VISST 3760

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17755 AMST 3760   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    Lectures will be delivered asynchronously online. 75min discussion sections in person (except the Thursday section which will be online). Each student has to sign up for one discussion section.

  • 17756 AMST 3760   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17757 AMST 3760   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17758 AMST 3760   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 17765 AMST 3760   DIS 204

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3762

The Latinx experience in the United States is, too often, predominantly shaped by law, state power, and police action. Drawing from a theoretical and methodological toolkit developed within the anthropology ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16843 AMST 3762   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  • 20259 AMST 3762   LEC 002

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Santiago-Irizarry, V

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3785

This course examines controversies in the theory and history of civil disobedience. Do citizens have obligations to obey unjust laws? Can law breaking ever be civil rather than criminal? Do disruptive ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3785PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18605 AMST 3785   LEC 001

    • MW Sibley Hall 235
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  • 18606 AMST 3785   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18607 AMST 3785   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18608 AMST 3785   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18609 AMST 3785   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3785PHIL 2945

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21314 AMST 3785   LEC 002

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18606 AMST 3785   DIS 201

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18607 AMST 3785   DIS 202

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18608 AMST 3785   DIS 203

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  • 18609 AMST 3785   DIS 204

    • F Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 3854

This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CRP 3854GOVT 3494

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Growth and Development

  •  6211 AMST 3854   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

AMST 3980

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4747 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8697 AMST 3980   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3990

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4748 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4002

Rates of chronic disease and other health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, have surged over the past three decades, owing largely to structural factors associated with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4002SOC 4010

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20243 AMST 4002   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Ezell, J

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4012

This course examines working class politics in the United States, as it has developed historically and as it exists today, including the ideas and institutions of industrial democracy, the participatory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4012GOVT 6012

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18997 AMST 4012   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4021

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4021

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6906 AMST 4021   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

AMST 4040

Fictions of dictatorship, as termed by scholar Lucy Burns, denote both the narratives and spectacles produced by authoritarian governments and the performances, events, and cultural objects that work against ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18951 AMST 4040   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4066

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4066ILRLR 6066PADM 5411

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 19397 AMST 4066   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 217
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4066ILRLR 6066PADM 5411

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 20417 AMST 4066   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4123

Considering the archipelagic turn, this course takes a transnational approach to geographies, ecologies, literatures, and cultures of island chains. How are archipelagoes understood in relations of power ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17958 AMST 4123   SEM 101

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Goffe, T

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4212

Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16800 AMST 4212   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4321

Using film, legal history, memoir, sociology and social history, this research-based seminar will focus on the historical and contemporary state of education in both the production and amelioration of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4301SHUM 4301

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16806 AMST 4321   LEC 001

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Rooks, N

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4603

This course takes up literatures and arts of Black speculation in the broadest terms, from science fiction and fantasy to Afrofuturism and Afropunk to Phillis Wheatley's and Outkast's poetics. We'll give ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4655ENGL 4605SHUM 4605

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18026 AMST 4603   SEM 101

    • T Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Spires, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4733

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  7384 AMST 4733   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Mohanty, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 4993

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4156 AMST 4993   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18739 AMST 4993   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 18740 AMST 4993   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4998

This required course forms the core of the Cornell in Washington academic program. The foundational skill of both politics and policy is taking knowledge, analyzing it, figuring out how to convert it into ... view course details

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  •  4742 AMST 4998   LEC 080

    • F Washington, DC
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

AMST 6052

This course introduces graduate students to a broad selection of works in the field of Latinx History.  The seminar has several goals: (1) to provide a broad overview of important works in the field (2) ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6052LSP 6052

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18472 AMST 6052   SEM 101

    • W Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 6201

The United States Congress will be examined: first, as a "closed system" in which institutional arrangements decisively apportion political power; and, second, as the product of electoral and social forces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6201

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16480 AMST 6201   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 6612

What are minoritarian aesthetics? How do these inform the production and reception of performance, broadly defined? How does attending to the aesthetics involved in the production of artistic and cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 6611PMA 6611

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18479 AMST 6612   SEM 101

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 6733

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  7385 AMST 6733   SEM 101

    • R Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Mohanty, S

  • Instruction Mode: Online

AMST 6762

The Latinx experience in the United States is, too often, predominantly shaped by law, state power, and police action. Drawing from a theoretical and methodological toolkit developed within the anthropology ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17475 AMST 6762   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  • 20262 AMST 6762   LEC 002

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Santiago-Irizarry, V

  • Instruction Mode: Online