Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
FGSS 1119
Course Description
Imagine a world with no war, violence, or injustice. For centuries, storytellers have envisioned such utopias. This course examines the powerful allure perfected tomorrowlands exert, especially over trans, ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Cole, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FGSS 1120
Course Description
This course brings together students, faculty, and invited guests to discuss the art of leadership and the opportunities and challenges women in leadership roles have encountered in their careers and how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 1120, DSOC 1120, UNILWYL 1120
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Mews Residence Hall 101
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Leonard, L
Schrader, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This is a Learning Where You Live course.
FGSS 1121
Course Description
How are environmental toxins distributed across landscapes of social hierarchy such as gender, race, indigeneity, and class? How might projects of environmental justice ameliorate or exacerbate these social ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 187
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fox-Knudtsen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FGSS 2010
Course Description
Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding the impact of gender and sexuality on the world around us and on the power hierarchies that structure ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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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 Caldwell Hall 100
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 102
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 2335
Course Description
In this course we will examine LGBTQ+ history in the United States with a focus on its recovery and public representation—what are the stakes of researching, preserving, and commemorating the LGBTQ+ past? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2335, AMST 6335, FGSS 6335, HIST 2335, LGBT 2335
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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 McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Vider, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment by permission. Please email Professor Vider (sv484) to express interest.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 2806
Course Description
This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2806, GOVT 2806
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Giannella, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3000
Course Description
This course will work across and between the disciplines to consider what it might mean to think 'as a feminist' about many things including, but not limited to 'gender', 'women' and 'sexuality'. We will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Hodzic, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FGSS 2010: Intro to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies OR instructor permission
FGSS 3520
Course Description
This course will offer an overview of theoretical and historical responses to bodily and cognitive difference. What was the status of people with (dis)abilities in the past, when they were called monsters, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3520, SHUM 3520
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3591
Course Description
How is the figure of the child constructed in popular culture? When and to what degree do children participate in the construction of these representations? This course surveys a variety of contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3591
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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
- MWF Klarman Hall KG42
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Juffer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3681
Course Description
Testimonio is a genre of prose that offers eyewitness accounts of world-changing events—from crimes against humanity like forced migration, detention, and genocide to the violence of war, both at home ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3680, ENGL 3680, LATA 3681, LSP 3680
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Diaz, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3707
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3707, COML 3707, ENGL 3707, JWST 3707, PMA 3507
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Branfman, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3754
Course Description
In this course, we will critically examine the production and performance of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender through literature and contemporary performance genres such as spoken word, slam poetry, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3754, ENGL 3954, LGBT 3754, LSP 3754, PMA 3754
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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 Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Jaime, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 3990
Course Description
Individual study program intended for juniors and seniors working on special topics with selected reading or research projects not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FGSS 4127
Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, BSOC 4127, CAPS 4127, FGSS 6127, HIST 4127, HIST 6127
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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 McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Roebuck, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Department Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4260
Course Description
This seminar addresses the intersection of communication, culture, and identity through an examination of gender and the U.S. media system. After introducing students to key approaches to studying gender ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 4260
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Savage Hall 200
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Duffy, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
COURSE IS CLOSED; ENROLLMENT IS BY WAITLIST ONLY.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4371
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical and empirical literature on the sociology of sex and gender. The readings cover theory and methods, feminism, masculinity, intersectionality, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 4370
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 360
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Maralani, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4451
Course Description
Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4451, ASIAN 6631, COML 4451, COML 6651, FGSS 6331, LGBT 4451, LGBT 6331, PMA 4451, RELST 4451
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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 Uris Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4458
Course Description
This seminar explores the educational lives and schooling experiences of women and girls through ethnographies conducted in the U.S. and different regions of the world. Drawing on the anthropology of education, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4458, ANTHR 7458, EDUC 4458, EDUC 7458, FGSS 7458
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Villenas, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4460
Course Description
Examines the changing economic roles of women and men in the labor market and in the family. Topics include a historical overview of changing gender roles, the determinants of the gender division of labor ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECON 3440, ILRLE 4450
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Ives Hall 115
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Blau, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4509
Course Description
In this course, we will engage in close and reflective critical readings of Toni Morrison's eleven novels. Morrison's writing style is characterized by highly distinctive strategies in the development ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4519, AMST 6513, ASRC 4509, ASRC 6513, ENGL 4509, ENGL 6513, FGSS 6513
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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 Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4560
Course Description
This course will look at how Black women writers negotiated enslavement, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow era segregation while also managing to find avenues of joy, escapism, and a certain kind of freedom ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4560, ASRC 4560, ENGL 4560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Morrill Hall 404
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Warren, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4661
Course Description
This course draws on feminist, queer, and crip theories; animal studies; disability studies; indigenous studies; and environmental studies to examine anthropocentrism and various forms of violence that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4260, COML 6260, SHUM 4661, SHUM 6661
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M A D White House 110
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Kim, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4665
Course Description
This course asks how Renaissance lyric poetry (including Petrarch, Labé, Ronsard, Shakespeare, Wroth) negotiates questions of gender through poetic innovation and, just as often, through the use of poetic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4262, COML 6262, ENGL 4965, ROMS 4655, ROMS 6655, SHUM 4665, SHUM 6665
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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 A D White House 201
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Kadue, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 4990
Course Description
To graduate with honors, FGSS majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an FGSS faculty member and defend that thesis orally before an honors committee. To be eligible for honors, students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
FGSS 6127
Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, ASIAN 6615, BSOC 4127, CAPS 4127, FGSS 4127, HIST 4127, HIST 6127
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Roebuck, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 6331
Course Description
Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4451, ASIAN 6631, COML 4451, COML 6651, FGSS 4451, LGBT 4451, LGBT 6331, PMA 4451, RELST 4451
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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 Uris Hall G24
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 6335
Course Description
In this course we will examine LGBTQ+ history in the United States with a focus on its recovery and public representation—what are the stakes of researching, preserving, and commemorating the LGBTQ+ past? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2335, AMST 6335, FGSS 2335, HIST 2335, LGBT 2335
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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 McGraw Hall 215
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Vider, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 6513
Course Description
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison received her M.A. in English at Cornell University in 1955. To study her, in a way, is to gain a deeper understanding of how she journeyed on from her days as a student here ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4519, AMST 6513, ASRC 4509, ASRC 6513, ENGL 4509, ENGL 6513, FGSS 4509
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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 Africana Ctr B01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Richardson, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
FGSS 6990
Course Description
Independent reading course for graduate students on topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students develop a course of readings in consultation with a faculty member in the field of Feminist, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FGSS 7458
Course Description
This seminar explores the educational lives and schooling experiences of women and girls through ethnographies conducted in the U.S. and different regions of the world. Drawing on the anthropology of education, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4458, ANTHR 7458, EDUC 4458, EDUC 7458, FGSS 4458
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 145
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
Instructors
Villenas, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person