Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022. Courses of Study 2022-2023 is scheduled to publish mid-June.
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- Schedule of Classes - May 16, 2022 7:26PM EDT
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Classes
RELST 1110
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HEBRW 1110, JWST 1110, NES 1110
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2248
Course Description
For millennia, Buddhist monks, merchants, pilgrims, diplomats, and adventurers have moved around the Indian Ocean arena circulating Buddhist teachings and powerful objects. In doing so they helped create ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2248, HIST 2548
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2273
Course Description
This course serves as both an introduction to the academic study of religion and a survey of major topics in the intersections of religious communities and environmentally sustainable practices. Using ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2273
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2630
Course Description
What must (or could) God be like, and what reasons do we have for thinking that a being of that sort actually exists? What difference would (or could) the existence of God make to our lives? Religion & ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 2530
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Da Vee, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2655
Course Description
At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2530, MEDVL 2655, NES 2655
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2722
Course Description
From the poet-kings of medieval Persia to the trading networks of the famed "Silk Road" to the wandering mystics of Herat to the constitutional revolution of Iran to the colonial and post-colonial occupations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2294, MEDVL 2722, NES 2722
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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
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 2724
Course Description
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a repository of ancient Israelite religious, political, social, historical, and literary traditions. For the modern reader these ancient traditions are often obscured ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2724, NES 2724
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Monroe, L
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 3281
Course Description
A knowledge of the Bible's images, stories and themes is crucial to understanding not only the art and literature of many cultures, but also ancient and contemporary world politics. It is the world's most ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3280
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 3536
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 3535
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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
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 3618
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3618, MEDVL 3618, NES 3618
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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
- TR To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 3770
Course Description
Practice makes perfect, the old saying goes, but the nature of that connection remains opaque. This course, conducted in English and intended as a sequel to FREN 3540 - On Paying Attention, gives students ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3770, MEDVL 3760
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 4100
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
RELST 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 4451, FGSS 6331, LGBT 4451, LGBT 6331, PMA 4451, RELST 6631
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 4454
Course Description
This course examines connections between Jewishness and race. Highlighting ambiguities, ambivalences, and complex interrelationships among political, legal, social, cultural, scientific, and religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4454, ANTHR 7454, FGSS 4454, FGSS 7454, JWST 4454, JWST 7454, RELST 7454
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Tamarkin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 4990
Course Description
For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 4995
Course Description
RELST 4995 is the first course in the Honors two-part sequence. The Honors Program is open to Religious Studies majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial part of their senior ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
RELST 4995 is the FIRST course in the Honors two-part sequence. To enroll in Honors, please email akc52@cornell.edu to request a permission number.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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)
RELST 4996
Course Description
RELST 4996 is the second course in the Honors two-part sequence. The Honors Program is open to Religious Studies majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial part of their senior ... 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
- TBA
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
RELST 4996 is the SECOND course in the Honors two-part sequence. To enroll in Honors, please email akc52@cornell.edu to request a permission number.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
RELST 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
RELST 6631
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, 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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
RELST 7454
Course Description
This course examines connections between Jewishness and race. Highlighting ambiguities, ambivalences, and complex interrelationships among political, legal, social, cultural, scientific, and religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4454, ANTHR 7454, FGSS 4454, FGSS 7454, JWST 4454, JWST 7454, RELST 4454
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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 To Be Assigned
- Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022
Instructors
Tamarkin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person