American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

AMST 1101

This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary considerations of American culture. Specific topics may change from year to year and may include questions of national consensus versus native, immigrant ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8317 AMST 1101   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to join the class, or the discussion section you wish to join is full, see https://forms.gle/JGbkobWK27UV8Kw9A to join the waitlist. Emailing the faculty member or staff will not gain you a spot on the waitlist.

  •  8318 AMST 1101   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8319 AMST 1101   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8320 AMST 1101   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8321 AMST 1101   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shechtman, A

  • 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 in ... 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

  • 10145 AMST 1115   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10146 AMST 1115   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10147 AMST 1115   DIS 202

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10148 AMST 1115   DIS 203

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10149 AMST 1115   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10150 AMST 1115   DIS 205

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10151 AMST 1115   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10152 AMST 1115   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10153 AMST 1115   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10154 AMST 1115   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10155 AMST 1115   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10156 AMST 1115   DIS 211

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10157 AMST 1115   DIS 212

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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

  • 10731 AMST 1290   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Strang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1332

(Intro) To Black Music will introduce students to a multitude of Black musical artists across a range of styles and genres - from the blues of Bessie Smith and Blind Lemon Jefferson to the contemporary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1932MUSIC 1332

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9397 AMST 1332   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

      Xaka, V

  • 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

  •  8147 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8148 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Dromgoole, A

  • 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 insurgency ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12169 AMST 1595   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • 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

  •  6708 AMST 1600   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6710 AMST 1600   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6711 AMST 1600   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1770

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12295 AMST 1770   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12296 AMST 1770   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12297 AMST 1770   DIS 202

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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 Stdnt Opt

  • 12217 AMST 1985   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2023

This course centers Black women who have often described their reproductive health experiences as fighting for our lives. While grounded in an exploration of Black women 's experiences in the US, this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8169 AMST 2023   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2055

This course explores the history of religions among people of African descent from the period of the development of the transatlantic slave trade (1440s) to the present. Its aim is to introduce students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2060RELST 2060

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8175 AMST 2055   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pickett, X

  • 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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PUBPOL 2250SOC 2070

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13704 AMST 2070   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Musick, K

  • 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 2146

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2146

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8322 AMST 2146   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bitar, A

  • 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

  • 12144 AMST 2220   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12145 AMST 2220   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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
  • 10698 AMST 2225   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10699 AMST 2225   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10700 AMST 2225   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10701 AMST 2225   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10702 AMST 2225   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10703 AMST 2225   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2251

Americans are conflicted about immigration. We celebrate and commercialize our immigrant heritage in museums, folklife festivals, parades, pageants, and historical monuments. We also build fences and detention ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2251LSP 2251

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12164 AMST 2251   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: sophomores and first-years.

AMST 2256

This course examines K-12 and higher education in the United States through a sociological lens. To accomplish this, we examine how schools and schooling relate to broader social structures and institutions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 2250

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 10728 AMST 2256   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bischoff, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2280

The course reviews the great debates on capitalist economic growth to shed light on the current epochal transformation of the global economy. Can capitalism survive? Can socialism work? The debate continues. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 2180SOC 2280

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 10750 AMST 2280   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nee, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2369

This class will explore how access to the outdoors has been impacted by social inequalities related to race, class, and gender throughout U.S. history. The idea of ?the outdoors? and its synonyms (whether ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2369SHUM 2369

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12309 AMST 2369   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Martin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2391

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12200 AMST 2391   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2425

Movements and activism are important sites of learning and creativity. As people organize, they experiment with new ways of relating to the world and educating one another. Anthropologists have examined ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2425

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18651 AMST 2425   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Villenas, S

  • 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

  •  8489 AMST 2620   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • 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 2680ENGL 2650SHUM 2650

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8405 AMST 2650   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2665

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12180 AMST 2665   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12181 AMST 2665   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12182 AMST 2665   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • 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

  • 10291 AMST 2669   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10292 AMST 2669   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10293 AMST 2669   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10294 AMST 2669   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10295 AMST 2669   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2675

This class aims to approach the literature and culture of the Cold War as the birth of the present Age of Information, as well as the origin of modern notions of privacy that are now being superseded. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2675SHUM 2675

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8508 AMST 2675   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kim, A

  • 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

  • 12131 AMST 2682   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12132 AMST 2682   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12133 AMST 2682   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12134 AMST 2682   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12135 AMST 2682   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2700

This course surveys global and American black art and visuality from the 18th century to the present and introduces its major figures, movements, criticisms and social, political, and economic issues. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2700ASRC 2700

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7257 AMST 2700   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7258 AMST 2700   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7259 AMST 2700   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ekpo, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  8285 AMST 2760   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8286 AMST 2760   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8287 AMST 2760   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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

  • 12203 AMST 2792   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Tolan-Szkilnik, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12204 AMST 2792   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3061

Climate policy is one of the most important and contentious areas of politics in the US today. In this course we will consider climate change in the United States, identifying how political institutions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3061

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10326 AMST 3061   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Andrews, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3200

The archaeology of European settler colonialism is a fast growing and increasingly important field of both world history and anthropological archaeology. Drawing upon insights provided by a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7537 AMST 3200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • LOUIS, C

  • 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

  • 11869 AMST 3281   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chutkow, D

  • 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 3330

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  3934 AMST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3334

The body has been crucially important to Black liberation politics. Not only has it been a site of contestation and control, but it has also served as a productive site of protest, alliance, and collective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8164 AMST 3334   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  9589 AMST 3360   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3430

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12037 AMST 3430   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12038 AMST 3430   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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: AMST 3503ASRC 3705ENGL 3505

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8540 AMST 3503   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 3503ASRC 3705ENGL 3505

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8541 AMST 3503   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8542 AMST 3503   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3533

This course explores the history, theory, and craft of writing for film, television, and other narrative media (including documentary, reality television, interactive media, etc.). We consider the vital ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9619 AMST 3533   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Bunn, A

  • 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

  •  9391 AMST 3617   STU 501

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fall, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3625

Frederick Douglass (1818?-1895) and France Harper's (1825-1911) careers as activists, orators, writers, and suffragists spanned the better part of the nineteenth century, from the age of enslavement through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3625ENGL 3625

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18529 AMST 3625   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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 over ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3678LSP 3678SPAN 3675

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8549 AMST 3679   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hey-Colon, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3703

The common perception of ethnicity is that it is a natural and an inevitable consequence of cultural difference. Asians overseas, in particular, have won repute as a people who cling tenaciously to their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7286 AMST 3703   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Munasinghe, V

  • 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 as ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3740LGBT 3740PMA 3740

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9606 AMST 3745   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3754

In this course, we will critically examine the production and performance of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender through literature and contemporary performance genres such as spoken word, slam poetry, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9616 AMST 3754   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Jaime, K

  • 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 3770LSP 3770

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12288 AMST 3775   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12289 AMST 3775   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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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Syllabi: none
  • 14283 AMST 3800   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Gleeson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3815

Is the welfare state a protector from capitalism or an accomplice to capitalism? Social safety nets and capitalist markets have a complicated relationship for workers. Healthcare, retirement pensions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 3815ILRGL 5815SOC 3800

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14351 AMST 3815   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wiggs, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 3815ILRGL 5815SOC 3800

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14352 AMST 3815   LEC 002

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wiggs, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3831

This course examines war and revolution as drivers of migration from Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean to the United States and Canada. From the War of 1898 to the wars in Central America, war and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3801LATA 3801LSP 3801

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 12302 AMST 3831   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3865

One hundred and fifty years ago, most of the world’s Jews lived in Europe or the Ottoman Empire. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century the United States was home to one of the largest Jewish communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3806JWST 3860

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8788 AMST 3865   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3885

Across twentieth-century history, race and war have been dynamic forces in shaping economic organization and everyday livelihoods. This course will approach labor and working-class history, through a focus ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 3885HIST 3884ILRGL 3885

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14302 AMST 3885   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Nagaraja, T

  • 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
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8297 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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

  •  8300 AMST 3980   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brady, M

  • 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8301 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 4050ASIAN 4452

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4416 AMST 4052   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4066

Artificial intelligence (AI), computers, and digital technologies including robotics, machine learning, large language models (LLMs), internet-enabled platforms, and other “high-tech” drivers of automation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRGL 4066ILRGL 6066PUBPOL 5411

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 14257 AMST 4066   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4109

This course will offer students the opportunity to both study and shape the ways in which US public culture attempts to both remember and forget some of the most contentious aspects of US history topics: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Remembering the History of Police Violence

  • 12274 AMST 4109   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Remembering the History of Police Violence

  • 12275 AMST 4109   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4203

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12189 AMST 4203   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12190 AMST 4203   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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 within impoverished ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENVS 4262HIST 4262

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12223 AMST 4262   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12224 AMST 4262   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • 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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Syllabi: none
  •  7530 AMST 4272   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4292

This course examines the politics of technology since 1960 with a focus on the United States. Each week we will watch a significant feature film from the period that addresses an issue in the politics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: STS 4292

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10655 AMST 4292   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4506

This seminar explores one of the most consequential movements in African American cultural history, a movement of transnational impact. It was empowered in part by new social and institutional developments, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4505ENGL 6515

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8530 AMST 4506   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8531 AMST 4506   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4519

In this course, we will engage in close and reflective critical readings of Toni Morrison's eleven novels. Morrison's writing style is characterized by highly distinctive strategies in the development ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4509ENGL 4509FGSS 4509

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8144 AMST 4519   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4619

This class examines the centrality of audiotape to the aesthetic and political cultures of the late Cold War period. After writing On the Road in the mid-1950s, Jack Kerouac spent twenty years writing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4619ENGL 6619MUSIC 4454

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8523 AMST 4619   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8524 AMST 4619   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4672

This course will explore the cultural, political and social ramifications of stand-up comedy through the lens of twentieth and twenty-first century stand up comedians. Because of streaming services, Stand ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4671

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18463 AMST 4672   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9634 AMST 4695   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4774

The materiality of art as willful agents will be considered from ontology to an Indigenous expression of more than human relations. Located at the intersection of multiple modernities, art and science; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7227 AMST 4774   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  8303 AMST 4993   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8305 AMST 4993   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8306 AMST 4993   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8312 AMST 4993   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6109

This course will offer students the opportunity to both study and shape the ways in which US public culture attempts to both remember and forget some of the most contentious aspects of US history topics: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Remembering the History of Police Violence

  • 12282 AMST 6109   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • Topic: Remembering the History of Police Violence

  • 12283 AMST 6109   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6210

The archaeology of European settler colonialism is a fast growing and increasingly important field of both world history and anthropological archaeology. Drawing upon insights provided by a relatively ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17946 AMST 6210   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • LOUIS, C

  • 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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Syllabi: none
  • 17953 AMST 6272   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6321

This seminar explores the international and transnational dimensions of the Black Power Movement, broadly defined. Beginning with an examination of transnationalism in the early 20th century, it examines ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6321HIST 6321

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12175 AMST 6321   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12176 AMST 6321   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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 historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9639 AMST 6695   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6703

The common perception of ethnicity is that it is a natural and an inevitable consequence of cultural difference. Asians overseas, in particular, have won repute as a people who cling tenaciously to their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7581 AMST 6703   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6774

The materiality of art as willful agents will be considered from ontology to an Indigenous expression of more than human relations. Located at the intersection of multiple modernities, art and science; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7230 AMST 6774   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person