American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

AMST 1101

This course provides an introduction to interdisciplinary considerations of American culture. Specific topics change from year to year and may include: food and nature, broadly defined; the transformation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17384 AMST 1101   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17914 AMST 1101   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17915 AMST 1101   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G24
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17916 AMST 1101   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17917 AMST 1101   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall G20
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5362 AMST 1115   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5364 AMST 1115   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5365 AMST 1115   DIS 202

    • T Uris Hall 312
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5363 AMST 1115   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5366 AMST 1115   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5367 AMST 1115   DIS 205

    • R McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5368 AMST 1115   DIS 206

    • R White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5369 AMST 1115   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5462 AMST 1115   DIS 208

    • F Clark Hall 294D
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5549 AMST 1115   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17639 AMST 1115   DIS 210

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1139

The American Studies Program offers an interdisciplinary engagement with what America means in the United States and in a global context. Faculty encourage students to look at the histories and cultures ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Queer Girlhood in American Pop Culture

  • 20054 AMST 1139   SEM 101

    • TR White Hall B06
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Serafini, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5172 AMST 1500   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19204 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • M Malott Hall 253
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1576

In recent years some historians have suggested that war is a "way of life" for the United States. Although many Americans have often thought about war as something that happens "over there", away from ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1576

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18439 AMST 1576   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18441 AMST 1576   DIS 201

    • F Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18442 AMST 1576   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18443 AMST 1576   DIS 203

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18444 AMST 1576   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1595

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1595HIST 1595

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17558 AMST 1595   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1100ANTHR 1700

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4514 AMST 1600   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4515 AMST 1600   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4516 AMST 1600   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5599 AMST 1600   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6440 AMST 1600   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1951

To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US foreign policy? This same question about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17588 AMST 1951   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17589 AMST 1951   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G20
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17590 AMST 1951   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17591 AMST 1951   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17592 AMST 1951   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1985

On the eve of the American Revolution Britain administered 26 colonies—not just the 13 that would become the United States. British North America's dramatic struggle for independence has led many history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 1985HIST 1985

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17694 AMST 1985   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17695 AMST 1985   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17696 AMST 1985   DIS 202

    • F Uris Hall G88
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17697 AMST 1985   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17698 AMST 1985   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 312
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2012

As a country, we are what we remember. But who decides what facts and stories about the past are important enough to memorialize? What does that decision tell us about power and truth? This class will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2011SHUM 2011

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10227 AMST 2012   SEM 101

    • M Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2052

"Silicon Valley" may sound like another name for the future, but it also a place with a past. In this course, we will delve into the economic, environmental, political, social, and technological history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2052STS 2052

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19747 AMST 2052   SEM 101

    • MW Sibley Hall 101
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Petersen, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2070

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PUBPOL 2250SOC 2070

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6092 AMST 2070   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    A portion of seats are reserved for Brooks School first year students. Any remaining seats will open for other students in August.

AMST 2106

This course is an introduction to Latina/o Studies, an interdisciplinary field of knowledge production that focuses on historical, sociopolitical, cultural, and economic experiences of Latinx peoples in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 2100

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9916 AMST 2106   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2160

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Syllabi: none
  • 18298 AMST 2160   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18300 AMST 2160   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  • 18301 AMST 2160   LEC 002

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2220SHUM 2220

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18154 AMST 2220   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18155 AMST 2220   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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
  •  5503 AMST 2225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5528 AMST 2225   DIS 201

    • F Statler Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5529 AMST 2225   DIS 202

    • F Statler Hall 341
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5530 AMST 2225   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5531 AMST 2225   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5532 AMST 2225   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5533 AMST 2225   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5534 AMST 2225   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5535 AMST 2225   DIS 208

    • F Statler Hall 441
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5635 AMST 2225   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5636 AMST 2225   DIS 210

    • F Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2297

In this course, we will study the history of Black resistance to slavery in the US. Then we will help to build an exhibit about that topic at one of the foremost museum sites that interprets the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2297HIST 2297

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19386 AMST 2297   SEM 101

    • TR Sibley Hall 318
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course includes a required 1-credit trip to Louisiana at the end of the semester. Students enrolled in HIST 2297 will receive a permission code for enrollment into HIST 2298 prior to Add/Drop.

  • 19387 AMST 2297   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2340

The course will focus on the music of the Beatles and their impact on American and British culture in the 1960s to the present day. Topics include considerations of race, gender, class, sexuality, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 2340

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17899 AMST 2340   LEC 001

    • TR Lincoln Hall B20
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17900 AMST 2340   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17901 AMST 2340   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2350

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2350ANTHR 2235ARKEO 2235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17827 AMST 2350   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2401

From radical manifestos written by revolutionaries and satirical plays of union organizers to experimental novels, poetry, art, and music, this course examines Latinx literatures published in the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2400ENGL 2400LSP 2400

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10149 AMST 2401   SEM 101

    • TR Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Brady, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2555

This course is designed to introduce students to Latin American art from the pre-Columbian period to the present.  It will cover the arts of ancient civilizations including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Moche, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2550LATA 2050SHUM 2550VISST 2550

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20294 AMST 2555   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20295 AMST 2555   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2600ENGL 2600

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10273 AMST 2600   SEM 101

    • MW Warren Hall 150
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Byrd, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2620

This course will introduce both a variety of writings by Asian North American authors and some critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts. Working primarily with novels, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2620ENGL 2620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19572 AMST 2620   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 2130HIST 2640

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10516 AMST 2640   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18188 AMST 2640   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2667

MacArthur "Genius" grant winner Octavia Butler is famously known as a science fiction writer, but her novels, short stories and essays both adhere to and disrupt expectations in the genre. Throughout her ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2665ENGL 2665FGSS 2665

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18920 AMST 2667   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2669

This course offers a survey of American political thought from the colonial period to the present. We will read Puritan sermons, revolutionary pamphlets, philosophical treatises, presidential orations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2665

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9887 AMST 2669   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10072 AMST 2669   DIS 201

    • M Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10073 AMST 2669   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17643 AMST 2669   DIS 203

    • F White Hall 114
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17645 AMST 2669   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 114
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2682

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2680

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17980 AMST 2682   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 305
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17981 AMST 2682   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17982 AMST 2682   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17983 AMST 2682   DIS 203

    • W Uris Hall 312
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17984 AMST 2682   DIS 204

    • W Uris Hall 398
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17985 AMST 2682   DIS 205

    • T Uris Hall G88
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17986 AMST 2682   DIS 206

    • T Olin Hall 145
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18107 AMST 2682   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18110 AMST 2682   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2721

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2721LSP 2721

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18842 AMST 2721   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2810

This introductory course introduces students to issues and debates related to international migration and will provide an interdisciplinary foundation to understanding the factors that shape migration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6527 AMST 2810   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 217
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Gleeson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 first ... 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

  • 17488 AMST 2817   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17489 AMST 2817   DIS 201

    • M Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17490 AMST 2817   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17491 AMST 2817   DIS 203

    • W White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17492 AMST 2817   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3024

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Syllabi: none
  • 19381 AMST 3024   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

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 3032PUBPOL 3032

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17549 AMST 3033   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Michener, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17550 AMST 3033   DIS 201

    • T White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17551 AMST 3033   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17552 AMST 3033   DIS 203

    • T Ives Hall 103
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17553 AMST 3033   DIS 204

    • R White Hall 104
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17554 AMST 3033   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17555 AMST 3033   DIS 206

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3121

This is a class about the American criminal justice system—from policing to prisons, from arrest to reentry. In many ways, the operation of the modern criminal justice system is taken for granted, which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3121

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6215 AMST 3121   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6216 AMST 3121   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6217 AMST 3121   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6218 AMST 3121   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6219 AMST 3121   DIS 204

    • R Ives Hall 109
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6220 AMST 3121   DIS 205

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6221 AMST 3121   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3145

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Syllabi: none
  • 19260 AMST 3145   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, D.C.

AMST 3214

This course explores dance across multiple stages—TikTok videos, concert halls, streets—to assess how people create, sustain, and challenge markers of difference (race, gender, sexuality, ability, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3214

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9838 AMST 3214   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  6443 AMST 3281   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3302

In this discussion-focused course, we'll investigate the various sounds of black popular music in the post-World War II period, its antecedents, interactions with other popular musics, and influences on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3302

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19308 AMST 3302   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 3330NTRES 6330

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9842 AMST 3330   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, please complete the wait list request form: https://forms.gle/XbKS8oZS93UP13K69

AMST 3370

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3370PMA 3758

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18093 AMST 3370   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3420

"We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something," writes Judith Butler in Precarious Life. Can our mutual vulnerability serve as the basis for political intervention and social justice? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: FGSS 3400GOVT 3401

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Learning from Movements:Refuge, Asylum & Activism

  • 20239 AMST 3420   LEC 001

    • R Lincoln Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Learning from Movements:Refuge, Asylum & Activism

  • 20241 AMST 3420   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3430

A survey of the turning point of US. history: The Civil War (1861-1865) and its aftermath, Reconstruction (1865-1877). We will look at the causes, the coming, and the conduct, of the war, and the way in ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10497 AMST 3430   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20319 AMST 3430   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3510

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  • 20039 AMST 3510   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington D.C.

AMST 3525

Our focus in this course will be on the vibrantly varied body of poetry produced in the United States during the 20th century. Encompassing strains of worldly celebration and prophetic rage, visionary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3525

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18216 AMST 3525   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3562

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3560ENGL 3560

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10759 AMST 3562   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3617

This course is open to experienced rappers, beatmakers, and vocalists interested forging collaborative relationships with other students. Taking as a foundation hip-hop's relationship to social justice, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3616

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  6159 AMST 3617   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3715

This course overviews political theories of colonialism and empire, and in doing so, allows us to pose questions about the constitutive elements of our modernity, such as slavery, racism, dependency, and ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3715

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17513 AMST 3715   LEC 001

    • TR Sibley Hall 115
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3711PMA 3711

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17935 AMST 3717   SEM 101

    • M Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Winitsky, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  3729 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6131 AMST 3980   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  3730 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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 Stdnt Opt

  • 17560 AMST 4021   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4052

This course focuses on three major and interrelated themes within Filipino/Filipino American history: war/empire, labor/migration, and culture/imaginaries. How do we account for the overwhelming number ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one project. Combined with: AAS 4050ASIAN 4452

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17892 AMST 4052   SEM 101

    • R Lincoln Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19927 AMST 4052   PRJ 601

    • TBA
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4104

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4304

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18075 AMST 4104   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4262

"Environmental Justice" is a relatively recent term, coined in the United States in the 1980s.  It usually refers to a social movement fighting against the unfair concentration of toxic sites ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4262

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18252 AMST 4262   SEM 101

    • T Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18253 AMST 4262   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4264

This seminar explores the intertwined histories of sex, sexuality, and gender at the intersection of major themes in American transnational and global history: race, labour, empire, and the state. What ... view course details

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  • 18359 AMST 4264   SEM 101

    • R Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18360 AMST 4264   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4272

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Syllabi: none
  • 17835 AMST 4272   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall B65
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4331

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  • 17905 AMST 4331   SEM 101

    • M Lincoln Hall 316
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Permission of instructor required.

AMST 4533

American Jews have frequently been touted as a "model minority." This course will take a more critical look at the historical interactions between Jewish immigration, United States industrialization, and ... view course details

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  •  9992 AMST 4533   SEM 101

    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Sampson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4627

If you haven't read contemporary U.S. American Indian fiction, then it might be fair to ask how much you know about the United States, its origins and its current condition. Since the 1960s, American Indians ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 4625ENGL 4625

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10763 AMST 4627   SEM 101

    • TR Caldwell Hall 400
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4681

This course explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4681PMA 4681

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11455 AMST 4681   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18136 AMST 4681   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4681PMA 4681

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18135 AMST 4681   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4682

This is course explores—and aims to disturb—"settlement." Attending to the close historical and economic relationship between the settlement of settler colonialism and the settlement of settled agriculture, ... view course details

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  • 18866 AMST 4682   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4696

This online course will examine the history of the art market, from the 16th century to the present. We will study the production, sale and exchange of works of art as well as the patrons, artists and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4696VISST 4696

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19129 AMST 4696   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4851

Since World War II, over 4 million people have migrated to the United States as refugees. In this seminar we will examine some of these refugee migrations and the ways these migrations challenged ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4851HIST 6851LSP 4851LSP 6851

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18481 AMST 4851   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18483 AMST 4851   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

  •  3237 AMST 4993   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4998

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  • 18932 AMST 4998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

AMST 6202

This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 6102GOVT 6202HIST 6202SOC 6200

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17572 AMST 6202   SEM 101

    • F Olin Library 403
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19772 AMST 6202   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6264

This seminar explores the intertwined histories of sex, sexuality, and gender at the intersection of major themes in American transnational and global history: race, labour, empire, and the state. What ... view course details

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  • 18392 AMST 6264   SEM 101

    • R Sibley Hall 211
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18393 AMST 6264   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6272

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  • 17840 AMST 6272   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall B65
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6331

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  • 17909 AMST 6331   SEM 101

    • M Lincoln Hall 316
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Permission of instructor required.

AMST 6510

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  • 20042 AMST 6510   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, D.C.

AMST 6656

Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6656PHIL 4430PHIL 6430

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Race, Gender, and Technology

  • 19340 AMST 6656   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Course will be taught by visiting Mellon Humanities postdoc Morgan Thompson.
    From predictive-policing algorithms to workplace surveillance systems, technologies originally developed for policing, welfare systems, and prisons have rapidly expanded into other domains of society, including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, and digital life. While the sophistication and ease with which data can be collected and shared has advanced, social data has long been collected by governments. How does the social classification used by the state impact those who are classified? Who ought to be in control of maintaining this data or deciding its uses? Can technologies created for criminal justice systems be extracted from their biased roots? How do these technologies interact with our societal and ethical values of privacy, equality, and justice? How do considerations of gender and race shape technologies, technical design, and technology policies? This class culminates in a focus on justice- and ethics-oriented approaches to science and technology that envision how technology might contribute to liberatory ends.

AMST 6682

This is course explores—and aims to disturb—"settlement." Attending to the close historical and economic relationship between the settlement of settler colonialism and the settlement of settled agriculture, ... view course details

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  • 18870 AMST 6682   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person