American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

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

  •  5106 AMST 1115   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall B25
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5108 AMST 1115   DIS 201

    • M McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5109 AMST 1115   DIS 202

    • M McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5107 AMST 1115   DIS 203

    • M McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5110 AMST 1115   DIS 204

    • W McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5111 AMST 1115   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5112 AMST 1115   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5113 AMST 1115   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5196 AMST 1115   DIS 208

    • F Sibley Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5275 AMST 1115   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10238 AMST 1115   DIS 210

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1290

Introduces students to the sociological analysis of American society through the lens of film. Major themes involve race, class, and gender; upward and downward mobility; incorporation and exclusion; small ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 1290

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18248 AMST 1290   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1500

At the inception of this department at Cornell University in 1969, the Africana Studies and Research Center became the birthplace of the field "Africana studies." Africana studies emphasizes comparative ... 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

  •  4924 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 112
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11410 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • W Ives Hall 219
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1576

Is war a "way of life" for Americans, as some historians have suggested? In recent years, many Americans have come to think about war as something that happens "over there", away from our own shores, but ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10833 AMST 1576   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10835 AMST 1576   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10836 AMST 1576   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10837 AMST 1576   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10838 AMST 1576   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 262
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  4285 AMST 1600   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4286 AMST 1600   DIS 201

    • W Kennedy Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4287 AMST 1600   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5320 AMST 1600   DIS 203

    • R Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6008 AMST 1600   DIS 204

    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1770

This lecture course combines historical and literary approaches to explore the inner life of Americans over the last two hundred years. No prior knowledge of US history is assumed. We'll examine the ways ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1770

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18675 AMST 1770   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18677 AMST 1770   DIS 202

  • 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: ASIAN 2951HIST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10190 AMST 1951   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10191 AMST 1951   DIS 201

    • R White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10192 AMST 1951   DIS 202

    • F White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10193 AMST 1951   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10194 AMST 1951   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 394
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 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.  Combined with: ASRC 1985HIST 1985

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18415 AMST 1985   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 18780 AMST 2006   LEC 001

    • TR Lincoln Hall B20
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18781 AMST 2006   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18782 AMST 2006   DIS 202

  • 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

  •  9018 AMST 2012   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2070

"Social Problems in the U.S." teaches students how to think like a social scientist when encountering claims about major contemporary issues. Through readings and assignments, students develop an analytical ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5746 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

  •  8904 AMST 2106   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  7822 AMST 2225   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7873 AMST 2225   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7874 AMST 2225   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7875 AMST 2225   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7876 AMST 2225   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 204
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7877 AMST 2225   DIS 205

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7878 AMST 2225   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7879 AMST 2225   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7915 AMST 2225   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2253

This seminar examines the Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican diasporas in the United States. We will examine US relations with these three countries; the root causes of this Caribbean migration; their ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2253LATA 2252LSP 2253

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18187 AMST 2253   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 102
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18191 AMST 2253   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2350ANTHR 2235ARKEO 2235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10374 AMST 2350   LEC 001

    • MWF Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2354

This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2354HIST 2354SHUM 2354

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18104 AMST 2354   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18108 AMST 2354   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2375

How does our understanding of the current climate emergency change when we examine the past with an environmental lens? In this course, we will think of US history through climate catastrophes, human-made ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2371

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18811 AMST 2375   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18812 AMST 2375   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2391

This course engages the rich cartographic record of colonial North America via an in-depth analysis of two dozen iconic maps. Integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess human representations ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2391

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18154 AMST 2391   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2401

Latina/os have always been part of U.S. history, yet the media often represents Latinx as only recent immigrants or as stereotypes that reduce rich cultures into a single, unified category or group of ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8981 AMST 2401   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2620

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11674 AMST 2620   LEC 001

  • 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 discussion. Combined with: AAS 2130HIST 2640

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9154 AMST 2640   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10655 AMST 2640   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall 302
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18755 AMST 2640   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18756 AMST 2640   DIS 203

    • F Uris Hall G22
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18757 AMST 2640   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18758 AMST 2640   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2650

This course will introduce students to African American literary traditions in the space that would become North America. From early freedom narratives and poetry to Hip-Hop and film, we will trace a range ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2650ENGL 2650SHUM 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19158 AMST 2650   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2665

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the origins, character, and results of the American ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2665

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18164 AMST 2665   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18166 AMST 2665   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18168 AMST 2665   DIS 202

  • 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 2665HIST 2655

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8898 AMST 2669   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 202
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8945 AMST 2669   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8946 AMST 2669   DIS 202

    • M White Hall B02
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10242 AMST 2669   DIS 203

    • W Uris Hall G22
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10244 AMST 2669   DIS 204

    • F White Hall B04
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2682

Roots of the United States' most vexing problems can be traced to the 1960s and 1970s. This class explores the struggles to explain these turbulent decades in both popular memory and historical scholarship ... 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

  • 10508 AMST 2682   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10509 AMST 2682   DIS 201

    • T McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10510 AMST 2682   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10511 AMST 2682   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10512 AMST 2682   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10513 AMST 2682   DIS 205

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10514 AMST 2682   DIS 206

    • T Uris Hall 394
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10594 AMST 2682   DIS 207

    • W McGraw Hall 145
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10596 AMST 2682   DIS 208

    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2755HIST 2055LATA 2055

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18379 AMST 2755   SEM 101

    • MW Morrill Hall 102
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18380 AMST 2755   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2760

From the beginning of the twentieth century to the present moment, movies - and in particular Hollywood - have profoundly influenced the ways in which people see, think and talk about the world. Focusing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ENGL 2761PMA 2560VISST 2300

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17998 AMST 2760   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17999 AMST 2760   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18000 AMST 2760   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18001 AMST 2760   DIS 203

    • F Morrill Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18002 AMST 2760   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2792

In this course we will examine how we have come to narrate social, cultural, and political history in the United States, investigating the ways scholarly, curatorial, archival, and creative practices shape ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2792SHUM 2792

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18560 AMST 2792   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18561 AMST 2792   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2955

"Why no socialism in America?" Scholars and activists have long pondered the relative dearth (compared to other industrialized societies) of sustained, popular, anticapitalist activity in the United States. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2955HIST 2955

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18171 AMST 2955   LEC 001

  • 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

  •  5846 AMST 3121   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5847 AMST 3121   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5848 AMST 3121   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5849 AMST 3121   DIS 203

    • R White Hall B04
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5850 AMST 3121   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19623 AMST 3121   DIS 207

    • M Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19624 AMST 3121   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 21595 AMST 3121   DIS 209

    • M White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3122

The United States has been widely associated with democratic ideals, and yet American democracy has been long in the making, even in recent decades retaining hallmarks of an "unfinished work." It has evolved ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18219 AMST 3122   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18933 AMST 3122   DIS 201

    • T McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18934 AMST 3122   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18935 AMST 3122   DIS 203

    • F White Hall B14
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3145

This course will explore the traditional dynamic and norms of political press coverage in the United States, and the impact of those patterns on both the government and the nation; some of the ways longstanding ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  • 11457 AMST 3145   LEC 080

  • 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

  •  6011 AMST 3281   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

  •  8888 AMST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR Weill Hall 226
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, see https://forms.gle/XbKS8oZS93UP13K69 to add yourself to the waitlist.

AMST 3360

Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3360PMA 3757

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18211 AMST 3360   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3380

This is an interdisciplinary seminar on inequality in metropolitan American that draws on scholarship from sociology, history, political science, and public policy. The first part of the course is dedicated ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18250 AMST 3380   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G28
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bischoff, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3420

Social Justice highlights refugee-led organizing and its intersections with un/documented and Indigenous beyond borders activism. We will work with and learn from refugee and asylum seekers led organizations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 3402FGSS 3400GOVT 3401

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12001 AMST 3420   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 404
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12002 AMST 3420   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3436

The course will study the history of policing and race in the US. Beginning with the origins of American policing in a settler-colonial society, it will study the way whiteness emerged as an identity that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3436

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18668 AMST 3436   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18669 AMST 3436   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3463

This course considers issues, approaches, and complexities in the contemporary television landscape. As television has changed drastically over the past fifteen years, this course provides students with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3463VISST 3463

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18587 AMST 3463   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3464

This course is designed to explore the varied ways that race and gender intersect with the media industry. While common industrial logic suggests these descriptors of identity are not a factor in terms ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3464PMA 3464VISST 3464

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20413 AMST 3464   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3503

This course offers an opportunity to read in depth two major writers of the twentieth century, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.  Friends and one-time collaborators in the New York City of the 1920s, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3705ENGL 3505

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19733 AMST 3503   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3510

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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  • 11991 AMST 3510   LEC 080

  • 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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3560ENGL 3560

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9271 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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3616

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  5806 AMST 3617   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3679

"Foreign in a domestic sense" is the perplexing way that the Supreme Court of the United States chose to define Puerto Rico's status in the so-called "Insular Cases" of the early 20th century. Written ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3678LSP 3678SPAN 3675

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20038 AMST 3679   SEM 101

    • TR Morrill Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hey-Colon, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3717

Jews have been on TV since the beginning of the medium – over 70 years – and have made decisions about how they are represented. What kind of Jews do we put on screen, and do they actually represent Jews ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19435 AMST 3717   SEM 101

    • M Stimson Hall 206
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Winitsky, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3732

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result.  In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature.  ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3742ENGL 3742SHUM 3742

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19033 AMST 3732   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3745

In A Theory of Parody, Linda Hutcheon defines parody broadly as "repetition with critical difference, which marks difference rather than similarity." Taking a cue from Hutcheon, we will consider parody ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3740LGBT 3740PMA 3740

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18202 AMST 3745   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3775

In this course, we will answer two major questions: What is Latino history? And how should we write Latino History? We will explore these questions without attempting to cover all of Latino history before ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3770LSP 3770

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18396 AMST 3775   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18398 AMST 3775   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3800

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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  • 18880 AMST 3800   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 115
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gleeson, S

  • 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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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3521 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5783 AMST 3980   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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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  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3522 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

AMST 4030

Many distinguished poets have taught at Cornell. In this course we'll focus on three, all of them widely acclaimed: A. R. Ammons, Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson. A. R. Ammons is best known for charting ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4030

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: A. R. Ammons, Alice Fulton, Ishion Hutchinson.

  • 20092 AMST 4030   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4203

This advanced seminar traces transformations in citizenship and the franchise throughout U.S. history. Through readings, frequent short writings, discussion, and a final paper, the class examines the struggles ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4203

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18183 AMST 4203   SEM 101

    • T McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18184 AMST 4203   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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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  • 19184 AMST 4212   SEM 101

    • TR Africana Ctr B01
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Richardson, R

  • 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: ENVS 4262HIST 4262

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10700 AMST 4262   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10701 AMST 4262   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4272

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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  • 10382 AMST 4272   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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  •  8922 AMST 4533   SEM 101

    • T White Hall 110
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • 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

  •  9275 AMST 4627   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4675

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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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4675

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19150 AMST 4675   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19151 AMST 4675   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4695

This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details

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  • 19942 AMST 4695   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

  • 10859 AMST 4851   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10860 AMST 4851   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • 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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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3059 AMST 4993   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4454 AMST 4993   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4467 AMST 4993   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4998

The core course at Cornell in Washington is an engaged learning class that focuses on understanding and analyzing the professional experience of being in DC. Its primary purpose is to give students a chance ... view course details

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  • 11193 AMST 4998   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6272

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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  • 10387 AMST 6272   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6510

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most ... view course details

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  • 11994 AMST 6510   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6695

This course contemplates challenges associated with researching and representing LGBTQ+ pasts. We approach this topic from several angles: 1) by asking what constitutes "queer" and "trans" in different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19944 AMST 6695   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person