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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
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Rooks, N
AMST 1149
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The United States is supposed to exemplify the First World and the global North. But poverty, colonialism, and marginalization are everywhere, evident in income inequality, environmental injustices, gun ... view course details
FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Lincoln Hall 117
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Andrews, E
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For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
AMST 1290
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 1290
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3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- TR Uris Hall 202
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Strang, D
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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- MW Klarman Hall KG70
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Peraino, J
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- W Lincoln Hall B20
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Peraino, J
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- W Lincoln Hall B20
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Peraino, J
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
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Peraino, J
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- R Lincoln Hall 124
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Peraino, J
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- F Lincoln Hall B21
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Peraino, J
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- F Lincoln Hall B21
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Peraino, J
AMST 1321
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This class is a survey of music practices among Mexican communities both in Mexico and in the U.S. Taking contemporary musical practices as a point of departure, the class explores the historical, cultural, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 1321, LSP 1321, MUSIC 1321, SPAN 1321
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Lincoln Hall 140
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Madrid, A
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 Rockefeller Hall 103
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Grovogui, S
AMST 1540
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This course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped the history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1540, ILRLR 1845
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Klarman Hall KG70
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Todt, K
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Please contact Judy (jly5) in history if you are interested in this class.
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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- R Rockefeller Hall 183
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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- F Uris Hall 302
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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- R White Hall 110
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- F Stimson Hall 206
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- F Rockefeller Hall B15
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
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- W McGraw Hall 145
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Todt, K
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- W McGraw Hall 145
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Todt, K
AMST 1585
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This course will explore the relationship between sports and politics over the course of American history since the 19th century. Sports and politics have come together surprisingly frequently in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1585
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
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Glickman, L
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Milman course on sports & American Culture.
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 348
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 348
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G19
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Glickman, L
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Glickman, L
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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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: AIIS 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 137
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- W Plant Science Building 141
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- M Warren Hall 138
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AMST 1640
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An introductory survey to United States history since the Great Depression, this course explores the dramatic social, economic, and political transformations of the last century. It emphasizes domestic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1640
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
AMST 2000
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This course introduces 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. It contains ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 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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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Moisey, A
AMST 2001
Course Description
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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Earle, C
Samuels, S
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For questions about enrollment, please email Corey Earle, cre8@cornell.edu
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AMST 2108
Course Description
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: AIIS 2100, ARTH 2101
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Caldwell Hall 100
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Rickard, J
AMST 2112
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This course examines Black spirituality, religion, and protest from an historical perspective, beginning with African traditions and Christianity during enslavement, which created resistance ideology and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2112, HIST 2112, RELST 2112
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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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Washington, M
AMST 2152
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One in ten residents of the United States was born outside the country. These people include international students, temporary workers, refugees, asylees, permanent residents, naturalized U.S. citizens ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 2152, LSP 2152
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Garcia-Rios, S
AMST 2220
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2220
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 183
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Glickman, L
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AMST 2274
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On August 9-10, 1969, ex-convict, aspiring rock star, and charismatic leader Charles Manson ordered his so-called Family to brutally murder a few of LA's rich, white, "beautiful people" and leave clues ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2274
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW White Hall 104
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Verhoeven, C
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AMST 2391
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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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2391
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 366
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Parmenter, J
AMST 2423
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How did some intoxicating substances come to be illegal, while others are socially accepted? What is the role and responsibility of the state in managing the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol? This seminar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2423
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Kohler-Hausmann, J
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AMST 2470
Course Description
Digital technology has been a part of modern life in the U.S. since the Cold War. A growing population of users works, plays, become politically active and fight-off boredom through digital technology. ... view course details
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
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Chaar Lopez, I
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 115
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Washington, M
AMST 2620
Course Description
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 Statler Hall 341
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Wong, S
AMST 2645
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This course surveys modern U.S. history, from Reconstruction to the contemporary period. It will examine how race has been the terrain on which competing ideas of the American nation have been contested. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AAS 2641, ASRC 2631, HIST 2641
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
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Chang, D
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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Staff
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- F Ives Hall 107
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- F Morrill Hall 102
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- F McGraw Hall 215
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- F Morrill Hall 102
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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. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660, HIST 2660
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 202
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Parmenter, J
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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Parmenter, J
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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Parmenter, J
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Parmenter, J
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AMST 2841
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This course explores what has been termed "the modern plague." It investigates the social history, cultural politics, biological processes, and global impacts of the retrovirus, HIV, and the disease syndrome, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2021, BSOC 2841, FGSS 2841, LGBT 2841, STS 2841
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Uris Hall 202
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Roebuck, C
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AMST 2955
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"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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2955, HIST 2955
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 122
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Rickford, R
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: ART 3810, ARTH 3010, VISST 3010
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Lincoln Hall 117
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Gaskins, B
AMST 3020
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Hip Hop/Hipster/Immigrant/Brownstone Brooklyn. This course borrows from hip hop's notion of "representing" to explore popular and cultural understandings of race and place in Brooklyn as depicted in print, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3020, ASRC 3020
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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 3071
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The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large. Exploring how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3071
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- F Washington, DC
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Silbey, D
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Taught in Washington, DC.
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AMST 3121
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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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3121
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Malott Hall 228-Bache Aud
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Margulies, J
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This class was formerly GOVT 3141, Prisons, taught by Prof. Margulies. It has been renamed and renumbered as GOVT 3121 to distinguish it from the distance learning course taught by Prof. Katzenstein. If you have taken GOVT 3141 with Prof. Margulies, you cannot take GOVT 3121.
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- T White Hall 110
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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- R White Hall 110
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- T Uris Hall G26
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Margulies, J
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- R White Hall 104
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- M White Hall 104
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- W White Hall 114
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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 Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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- MW Myron Taylor Hall 184
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Chutkow, D
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: EDUC 3143, GOVT 3142
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T McGraw Hall 366
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Reed, M
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AMST 3321
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This course explores the history of the globalization of jazz and offers a survey of local jazz scenes in various parts of the planet. Rather than presenting jazz as an exclusive U.S. tradition spreading ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3321
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Lincoln Hall B21
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Ospina Romero, S
AMST 3370
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How has theatre shaped our notion of America and Americans in the second half of the 20th century and beyond? What role has politics played in recent theatrical experimentation? How has performance been ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3370, PMA 3758
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Schwartz Ctr-Perform Arts 124
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Gainor, J
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. Choose one lecture and one discussion. 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
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- R Uris Hall 369
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- R Uris Hall 331
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- R Rockefeller Hall 187
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- R White Hall B06
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AMST 3420
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Topic Spring 2019: Child Refugees and Politics: Children comprised 52 percent of the worldwide refugee population of 68.5 million in 2017. Traveling with families as well as unaccompanied, they appear ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 3400, GOVT 3401, LSP 3402
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW White Hall 110
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Juffer, J
AMST 3506
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This interdisciplinary undergraduate lecture examines the visual culture of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th century to the present. Lectures present artifacts, prints, paintings, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3506, ASRC 3506, COML 3681, VISST 3506
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4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Finley, C
AMST 3581
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What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today? Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3580, GERST 3581, PMA 3481, VISST 3581
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Adelson, L
Haenni, S
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Taught in English.
AMST 3703
Course Description
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 ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3030, ANTHR 3703, ANTHR 6703
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Morrill Hall 110
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Munasinghe, V
AMST 3719
Course Description
This course will explore the relationship between DNA and Jewish life. We will conceive of Jews and Judaism broadly, in terms of religious, ethnic, and national discourses as we consider theories of kinship ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3719, RELST 3719, STS 3719
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Rock-Singer, C
AMST 3820
Course Description
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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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Monroe, J
AMST 3870
Course Description
Whether buying at a general store, shopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3870, ILRLR 3870
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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
- MW Klarman Hall KG70
Instructors
Hyman, L
AMST 3980
Course Description
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
AMST 3981
Course Description
This course analyzes several areas of Latinx popular culture that deeply impacted U.S. politics and history, artistic productions, and aesthetic sensibilities, as well as popular and civic cultures. Mapping ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3980, LSP 3980
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Diaz, E
AMST 3990
Course Description
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
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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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 Olin Library 403
Instructors
Bensel, R
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4030
Course Description
A close study of three major 20th century poets (Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks) who attended scrupulously to the diversity of life, both social and biological, while expanding the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4030
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Gilbert, R
AMST 4051
Course Description
The death penalty has gotten increased media attention due to high profile death row exonerations, and has long been under siege for other reasons, such as racial disparities in its imposition and the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LAW 4051
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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 Myron Taylor Hall 184
Instructors
Blume, J
Johnson, S
AMST 4130
Course Description
To what extent is civic engagement fundamental to democratic citizenship? This course seeks to answer that question by exploring the components of service learning as a discipline and to strengthen the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: WRIT 4130
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Evans, D
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4194
Course Description
No description available. 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 4220
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... 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, ILRLR 4533, ILRLR 7533, 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
- T Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Sampson, E
AMST 4550
Course Description
What is a university, what does it do, and how does it do it? Moving out from these more general questions, this seminar will focus on a more specific set of questions concerning the place of race within ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 4550, ENGL 4961, HIST 4551
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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
- M Stimson Hall 105
Instructors
Chang, D
Wong, S
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Additional Information
Students seeking permission to register for this class should contact aasp@cornell.edu.
Department Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4630
Course Description
This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... view course details
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: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
AMST 4671
Course Description
The Civil War haunts the United States. Its legacy still drives protests over confederate monuments. Nineteenth-century writers and artists confronted war in their own backyards. Taking advantage of our ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4671
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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 Washington, DC
Instructors
Samuels, S
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4851
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4851, HIST 6851, LSP 4851, LSP 6851
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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
- M McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Garcia, M
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AMST 4994
Course Description
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
AMST 6015
Course Description
This graduate seminar explores the making of photographic archives, the narratives they tell, and the parameters that define them as objects of study. As visual collections, photographic archives present ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4015, ARTH 6015
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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
- R Goldwin Smith Hall B30
Instructors
Finley, C
AMST 6201
Course Description
The United States Congress will be examined: first, as a "closed system" in which institutional arrangements decisively apportion political power; and, second, as the product of electoral and social forces ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 6201
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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
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 164
Instructors
Bateman, D
AMST 6220
Course Description
This course looks at the philosopher John Locke as a philosopher of dispossession. There is a uniquely Lockean mode of missionization, conception of mind and re-formulations of the 'soul' applied to dispossess ... view course details
AMST 6321
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 6321, HIST 6321
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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
- W White Hall B14
Instructors
Rickford, R
AMST 6630
Course Description
This seminar considers new directions in thinking about political authority that focus on the claims of non-state groups. It considers leading 20th century political theorists who have recognized authority ... 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: Equality, Democracy, and Solidarity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Stimson Hall 206
Instructors
Miller, R
AMST 6818
Course Description
This course engages with new and foundational writings in sound studies that center the racialized body -- be it of the performer, listener, or critic -- as well as racialized histories, places, and practices. ... view course details
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Balance, C