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AMST 1101
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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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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Maxwell, B
AMST 1140
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This course offers you a chance to become a more engaged member of the Ithaca community as part of your first-year writing experience. For two afternoons a week, Cornell students will engage with Ithaca ... view course details
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 183
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Evans, D
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Student schedules must accommodate TR trips (3-5 PM) to Boynton Middle School. For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
AMST 1312
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This course examines the development and cultural significance of rock music from its origins in blues, gospel, and Tin Pan Alley up to alternative rock and hip hop. The course concludes with the year ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 1312
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Klarman Hall KG70
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Peraino, J
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- M Lincoln Hall B21
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- M Lincoln Hall B21
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- M Lincoln Hall B21
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- R Lincoln Hall 107
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- R Lincoln Hall 107
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- R Lincoln Hall 107
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- F Lincoln Hall B21
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- F Lincoln Hall B21
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- F Lincoln Hall B21
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AMST 1500
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 1500, GOVT 1503
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Africana Ctr B01
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Farred, G
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This course will not fulfill the introductory course requirement for Government.
AMST 1601
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This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIS 1110
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Fernow Hall G24
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Kassam, K
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- T Warren Hall B02
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Kassam, K
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- W Kennedy Hall 105
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Kassam, K
AMST 2000
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This course will introduce you to the field of Visual Studies. Visual Studies seeks to define and improve our visual relationship to nature and culture after the modern surge in technology and knowledge. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 2000, COML 2000, VISST 2000
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Moisey, A
AMST 2001
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Educational historian Frederick Rudolph called Cornell University "the first American university," referring to its unique role as a coeducational, nonsectarian, land-grant institution with a broad curriculum ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2999, HIST 2005
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1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Uris Hall G01
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Baptist, E
Earle, C
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Waitlist is closed.
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AMST 2020
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This course treats the period from 1950 to the present as we examine best-sellers, films, sports and television, radio, ads, newspapers, magazines, and music. We try to better understand the ways in which ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Altschuler, G
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- W White Hall 110
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- R White Hall 110
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- F White Hall 110
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- T White Hall 110
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AMST 2040
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This course will introduce students to American literature from the Civil War to the present. We will consider a wide range of authors and literary movements while paying close attention to radical shifts ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2040
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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Hutchinson, G
AMST 2108
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This course explores Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) knowledge and its application across the disciplines and through time. In particular, it offers a glimpse into Cornell's local indigenous culture ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 2100, ARTH 2101
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Warren Hall B02
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Rickard, J
AMST 2230
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Drugs can heal you or poison you, set you free or land you in prison, depending on who you are and your place in the world. The course sheds light on structural inequalities that result from the production, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2920, FGSS 2220, LGBT 2220
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW White Hall 106
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Hodzic, S
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AMST 2353
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This course explores the changing meaning of American freedom and citizenship in the context of the long struggle for black liberation. Relying on social and political history, it confronts the promise, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2353, HIST 2353
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Rickford, R
AMST 2411
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In this course, we will read and analyze select texts (both oral and written) that were composed between the late 18th century and 2005 by individuals who were enslaved in Africa, and in the United States. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2411, HIST 2411
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 104
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Greene, S
AMST 2422
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Examines how the United States came to rely primarily on the prison to address crime and social disorder, and ultimately arrived at a scale of incarceration without international or historic precedent. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2422
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Uris Hall 254
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
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AMST 2504
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The election of Barack Obama to the presidency has raised new questions in the American debate on race, politics, and social science. Has America entered a post-racial society in which racism and inequality ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2504, GOVT 2604, SOC 2520
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Stimson Hall 206
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Gosa, T
AMST 2512
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This course focuses on African American women in the 20th century. The experiences of black women will be examined from a social, practical, communal, and gendered perspective. Topics include the Club ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2512, FGSS 2512, HIST 2512
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
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Washington, M
AMST 2535
Course Description
The course introduces students to the history of African American and African diaspora social movements during much of the twentieth century through a focus on the social and cultural origins of various ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2525, HIST 2525, MUSIC 2525
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall G88
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Gaines, K
AMST 2560
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This course examines the widespread perception and the varied responses to the notion that the American K-12 education system is failing to adequately prepare its students. We review the structure of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PAM 2550
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR M Van Rensselaer Hall G71
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Matsudaira, J
AMST 2620
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 2620, ENGL 2620
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Wong, S
AMST 2650
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This course will introduce students to the African American literary tradition. Through aesthetic and contextual approaches, we will consider how African American life and culture has defined and constituted ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2650, ENGL 2650
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
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Mangrum, K
AMST 2655
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Exploration and analysis of the Hispanic experience in the United States. Examines the sociohistorical background and economic, psychological, and political factors that converge to shape a Latino group ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 2650, LSP 2010, SOC 2650
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3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Velez, H
AMST 2660
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One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 2660, HIST 2660
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Mcgraw Hall 165
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Parmenter, J
AMST 2682
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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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2680
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Mcgraw Hall 165
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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- M McGraw Hall 365
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- M McGraw Hall 366
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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AMST 3010
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Who are 'the poor' in the United States? Who are the largest recipients of federal welfare and entitlement spending? Why is there an unprecedented simultaneous increase in wealth and poverty in the United ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3010, VISST 3010
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Olive Tjaden Hall 407
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Gaskins, B
AMST 3021
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Analyzing a variety of movements from the late 19th century to the present, this course seeks answers to the following questions: What social and political conditions gave rise to these movements? What ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3021
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 262
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Sanders, M
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- F White Hall 106
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- F White Hall 106
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AMST 3022
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This course explores the changing relationship between democratic practice and the evolving corporate form of capitalism during the late 19th and 20th centuries. The economic strength of the corporate ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3022, ILRLR 3022
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Ives Hall 217
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Salvatore, N
AMST 3065
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Immigration discourse and policy has played a central role in shaping the modern American nation-state, including its composition, values, and institutions. This course begins in the late nineteenth century, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 3065, LATA 3065, LSP 3065
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Ives Hall 105
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Martinez-Matsuda, V
AMST 3131
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A general-education course to acquaint students with how our legal system pursues the goals of society. The course introduces students to various perspectives on the nature of law, what functions it ought ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3131, LAW 4131
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall 184
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Chutkow, D
AMST 3140
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Students examine the emergence of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century. The course focuses on the domestic sources of foreign policy and the assumptions of the major policy makers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CAPS 3140, HIST 3140
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Morrill Hall 107
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Von Eschen, P
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- T McGraw Hall 366
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- T McGraw Hall 145
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- T Rockefeller Hall B16
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- T McGraw Hall 366
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AMST 3141
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The United States stands alone among Western, industrialized countries with its persistent, high rates of incarceration, long sentences, and continued use of the death penalty. This "American exceptionalism" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3141
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Margulies, J
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- W McGraw Hall 365
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Margulies, J
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- F Stimson Hall 206
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Margulies, J
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- T White Hall 110
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- W White Hall 110
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- F Rockefeller Hall 104
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Margulies, J
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Margulies, J
AMST 3142
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This class is intended to provoke some hard thinking about the relationship of committed "outsiders" and advocates of change to the experience of crime, punishment, and incarceration and to the men we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3142
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
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Katzenstein, M
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Prerequisite: participation as a Teaching Assistant in the CPEP program in Auburn or Cayuga or work in a juvenile or other correctional facility.
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AMST 3360
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3360, PMA 3757
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
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Warner, S
AMST 3401
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At the conclusion of World War II, the US ushered in a new international order based on the principles of the Atlantic Charter, which became the basis for the United Nations Charter: including but not ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3401, GOVT 3211
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Grovogui, S
AMST 3402
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This course is about being Black throughout the Atlantic world. What constitutes Blackness? What experiences, cultural understandings and social problems shape the identities of people of African descent? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3400, ASRC 3400, LSP 3400
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Africana Ctr B01
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LaBennett, O
AMST 3405
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This course explores research on race, ethnicity and language in American education. It examines historical and current patterns of school achievement for minoritized youths. It also examines the cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3405, EDUC 3405, LSP 3405
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
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Villenas, S
AMST 3512
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Since its establishment during the antebellum era in the slave narrative, autobiography has been a foundational genre in African American literary and cultural history. Fifty years after the 1966 founding ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3512, ENGL 3912
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Africana Ctr 111
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Richardson, R
AMST 3520
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The Asian American middle class is defined by having a certain level of education, bourgeoisie sets of manners, investment in home ownership, professional qualifications such as a doctor or an engineer, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3515, HIST 3515
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 187
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Lau, C
AMST 3562
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 3560, ENGL 3560
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
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Cheyfitz, E
AMST 3590
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This course provides a critical historical interrogation of what Black Marxism author Cedric Robinson called "the Black Radical Tradition." It will introduce students to some of the major currents in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3590, HIST 3590
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall G88
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Rickford, R
AMST 3670
Course Description
An introduction to recent American fiction through close reading of novels and short fiction since 1970. Some consistent themes will be resistance and revolt, ideas of gender, race and identity, power ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ENGL 3670
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 128
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Sawyer, P
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Sawyer, P
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 283
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Sawyer, P
AMST 3685
Course Description
Spy Kids, Dora the Explorer, Jane the Virgin give us Hollywood visions of what it is like to grow up Latin@ in this country. Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Sonia Sotomayor and DREAMers provide another set ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3685, FGSS 3685, LSP 3685
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Brady, M
AMST 3720
Course Description
In addition to nourishing the body, food operates as a cultural system that produces and reflects group and individual identities. In this class we will examine foodways-the behaviors and beliefs attached ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3721, FGSS 3720
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 202
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McCullough, K
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Department Consent Required (Add)
AMST 3809
Course Description
The 10 years from 1967 to 1976 were an extraordinary time both in the history of American politics and in the history of American film. In the same period that the country was rocked by the Vietnam War, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3809
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Kirshner, J
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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AMST 3820
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As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3800, ENGL 3910, LATA 3800, SPAN 3800
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Klarman Hall KG42
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Monroe, J
AMST 3854
Course Description
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of regional development and globalization. Topics vary each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CRP 3854, GOVT 3494
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Social Justice& Urban Issues:Case of Washington,DC
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- M Washington, DC
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Lekus, I
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Taught in Washington, DC.
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AMST 4021
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4021
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- F White Hall B04
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Bensel, R
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Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.
AMST 4032
Course Description
Latinos are a greater presence in American society and political life than ever before. Students in this course will explore themes such as immigration, political incorporation, inter-ethnic relations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4032, LSP 4032
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Garcia-Rios, S
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Additional Information
Government Seniors/Juniors given preference.
AMST 4039
Course Description
This course focuses on the American South in the nineteenth century as it made the transition from Reconstruction to new forms of social organization and patterns of race relations. Reconstruction will ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4390, ASRC 6391, HIST 4390, HIST 6391
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 1M01F
Instructors
Washington, M
AMST 4105
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4110, ASRC 6110, ENGL 4510
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Africana Ctr 111
Instructors
Farred, G
AMST 4194
Course Description
What is distinctive about American Shakespeare? Is it merely a less confident cousin of its more prestigious UK relative; or does it have a character of its own? What is currently happening with 'American ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4291, PMA 4190
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Washington, DC
Instructors
O'Connor, J
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4215
Course Description
This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details
AMST 4301
Course Description
The Rabinor Seminar explores the role of diversity in the formation of a distinct American tapestry. The specific topic varies each year, but the general subject is the promise and experience ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4662
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Treaties & Indigenous Rights in N American History
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Parmenter, J
AMST 4306
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6761, ARTH 4761, ARTH 6761, VISST 4761
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Meixner, L
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4402
Course Description
This course will explore how women are portrayed in hip hop music and culture, addressing women both as consumers and producers. We will draw on texts that analyze misogyny in hip hop music and music videos, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4102, ASRC 4402, FGSS 4402, LGBT 4402
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Africana Ctr B01
Instructors
LaBennett, O
AMST 4516
Course Description
We will undertake an in-depth study of racial inequality and its relationship to schooling. The course content is centered primarily on the schooling challenges facing Black, Latino, Asian, and Native ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4516, ASRC 6516, SOC 4520
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall 104
Instructors
Gosa, T
AMST 4519
Course Description
Toni Morrison is best known for her body of novels that began with publication of The Bluest Eye in 1970. We will focus on reading novels by Morrison, including The Bluest Eye, Sula (1973), Song of Solomon ... view course details
AMST 4533
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4733, JWST 4533, JWST 7533, NES 4533, NES 7533
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R White Hall B02
Instructors
Sampson, E
AMST 4655
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 6656, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4470, PHIL 6430, SOC 4430, SOC 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social, &Racial
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
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Additional Information
An investigation of the nature and moral significance of some major U.S. inequalities and proposals to reduce them: unequal political influence, unequal opportunity, the extreme concentration of income and wealth at the top, the persistence of stark racial inequalities, inequalities in education, and the interaction of disadvantages in sustaining poverty. Six meetings of the seminar will be led by eminent figures in the study of these inequalities: Benjamin Page (Political Science, Northwestern), Miles Corak (Economics, Ottawa), David Grusky (Sociology, Stanford), Prudence Carter (Education, Stanford), Cecilia Rouse (Economics, Princeton), Karl Alexander (Sociology, Johns Hopkins). In other weeks, the seminar will investigate controversies over social justice, democratic values, hierarchy, domination and freedom that shape the proper response to these inequalities, as well as studying further social inquiries.
AMST 6202
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 6102, GOVT 6202, HIST 6202, SOC 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall 104
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 6215
Course Description
This course will read the historical archive as literature alongside contemporary and canonical theoretical texts that attempt to negotiate ideas of being and blackness. We will interrogate the position ... view course details
AMST 6656
Course Description
Advanced discussion of a topic in social and political philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4655, GOVT 4655, GOVT 6656, PHIL 4470, PHIL 6430, SOC 4430, SOC 6430
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Inequalities: Economic, Political, Social,& Racial
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
AMST 6670
Course Description
This course analyzes the historical development of U.S. federal Indian law and its relation to American Indian literatures as a critical commentary on that law. As such, the course is generative for an ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AIS 6670, ENGL 6670
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 105
Instructors
Cheyfitz, E
AMST 6761
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4306, ARTH 4761, ARTH 6761, VISST 4761
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Mass Culture in the Great Depression
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Meixner, L
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)