American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 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

  • 19690 AMST 1101   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19691 AMST 1101   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19692 AMST 1101   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19693 AMST 1101   DIS 203

    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19694 AMST 1101   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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 ... 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

  •  3557 AMST 1115   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3559 AMST 1115   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3560 AMST 1115   DIS 202

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3558 AMST 1115   DIS 203

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3561 AMST 1115   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3562 AMST 1115   DIS 205

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3563 AMST 1115   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3564 AMST 1115   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3621 AMST 1115   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3687 AMST 1115   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6695 AMST 1115   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18678 AMST 1115   DIS 211

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18680 AMST 1115   DIS 212

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1332

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19728 AMST 1332   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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

  •  3435 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7172 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1576

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1576

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6913 AMST 1576   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6914 AMST 1576   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6915 AMST 1576   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6916 AMST 1576   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6917 AMST 1576   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18293 AMST 1576   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18294 AMST 1576   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1600

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the diverse cultures, histories and contemporary situations of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Students will also be introduced to important ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3025 AMST 1600   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3026 AMST 1600   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3027 AMST 1600   DIS 202

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3712 AMST 1600   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4131 AMST 1600   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1951

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2951HIST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6677 AMST 1951   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Craib, R

      Loos, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6678 AMST 1951   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6679 AMST 1951   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6680 AMST 1951   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6681 AMST 1951   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2043

This seminar will explore Asian American history through the methodology of oral history. Students will read Asian American historical scholarship that has relied on oral history methods, but they will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 2043HIST 2043

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18456 AMST 2043   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18457 AMST 2043   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2060

Some of the best novels of the last 75 years were written by people who were students or professors at Cornell. Reading a selection of these great Cornell novels, we will also be tracing the history and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 1102

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19201 AMST 2060   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Attell, K

  • 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

  •  3979 AMST 2070   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rich, P

  • 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 2105

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2150MUSIC 2250PMA 2650

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18237 AMST 2105   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2106

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

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5832 AMST 2106   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2160

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18267 AMST 2160   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2225

In recent years, poverty and inequality have become increasingly common topics of public debate, as academics, journalists, and politicians attempt to come to terms with growing income inequality, with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  5290 AMST 2225   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5302 AMST 2225   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5303 AMST 2225   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5304 AMST 2225   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5305 AMST 2225   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5306 AMST 2225   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5307 AMST 2225   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5308 AMST 2225   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Young, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2232

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: FGSS 2232LGBT 2232MUSIC 2232

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19684 AMST 2232   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19685 AMST 2232   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19686 AMST 2232   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2255

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2255

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 19438 AMST 2255   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19439 AMST 2255   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19440 AMST 2255   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rickard, J

  • 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

  •  8016 AMST 2391   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2401

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5889 AMST 2401   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Brady, M

  • 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

  •  7340 AMST 2620   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2622

An introduction to Asian American performance, this course will consider both historical and contemporary examples and forms through the analytics of Asian American studies, theatre studies, and performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 2623PMA 2621

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19254 AMST 2622   LEC 001

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19256 AMST 2622   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2623PMA 2621

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19255 AMST 2622   LEC 002

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, 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

  •  8026 AMST 2665   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8028 AMST 2665   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8030 AMST 2665   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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

  •  5827 AMST 2669   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5869 AMST 2669   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5870 AMST 2669   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6697 AMST 2669   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6699 AMST 2669   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2682

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

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6797 AMST 2682   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kohler-Hausmann, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6798 AMST 2682   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6799 AMST 2682   DIS 202

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6800 AMST 2682   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6801 AMST 2682   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2725

This course is an introduction to Latina/o/x Performance investigating the historical and contemporary representations of Latina/o/xs in performance and media. Throughout the semester, students will critically ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 2720PMA 2720

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18262 AMST 2725   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Aldape Munoz, J

  • 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

  •  7922 AMST 2760   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7923 AMST 2760   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7924 AMST 2760   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7925 AMST 2760   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7926 AMST 2760   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2817

Donald Trump and Biden give us two visions of America and of the world: xenophobic nationalism and pragmatic cosmopolitanism. America and the world are thus constituted by great diversity. The first half ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2817

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18710 AMST 2817   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Katzenstein, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18711 AMST 2817   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18712 AMST 2817   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18713 AMST 2817   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18714 AMST 2817   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3161

This course will explore and seek explanations for the performance of the 20-21st century presidency, focusing on its institutional and political development, recruitment process (nominations and elections), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3161

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18748 AMST 3161   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18996 AMST 3161   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18998 AMST 3161   DIS 202

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18999 AMST 3161   DIS 203

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kriner, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19002 AMST 3161   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3200

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Syllabi: none
  • 19224 AMST 3200   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3261

COVID-19 did not affect everyone equally. In fact, the opposite is true: the pandemic exposed dramatic health inequities by race, class, gender, and other factors. Not only were some groups more likely ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3251

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18753 AMST 3261   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Michener, J

      Perera, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18754 AMST 3261   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18758 AMST 3261   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18761 AMST 3261   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18764 AMST 3261   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  4134 AMST 3281   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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 3330NTRES 6330

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5823 AMST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

AMST 3360

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

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8062 AMST 3360   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3590

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3590HIST 3590

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18364 AMST 3590   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 6, 2025
    • Rickford, R

  • 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

  •  4003 AMST 3617   STU 501

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fall, M

  • 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

  •  9431 AMST 3679   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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
  • 18785 AMST 3703   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3732

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3742ENGL 3742SHUM 3742

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8704 AMST 3732   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3744

America Becomes Modern offers an upper-level survey of major themes in American history between 1877 and 1917. The course will have a lecture/discussion format; student participation is highly valued and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3740

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18367 AMST 3744   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Glickman, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •  8569 AMST 3800   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gleeson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3812

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 3441VISST 3812

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19731 AMST 3812   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Haenni, S

  • 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

  • 18632 AMST 3885   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Nagaraja, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3911

This course reviews the changing relations between science, technology, and the state in America, focusing on the period from 1960 to the present. We will explore science-intensive policy controversies. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3091STS 3911

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19058 AMST 3911   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3980

Affords opportunities for students to carry out independent research under appropriate supervision. Each student is expected to review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, conduct the research, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11858 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • 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

  • 12475 AMST 3980   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

AMST 3990

Individualized readings for junior and senior students. Topics, requirements, and credit hours will be determined in consultation between the student and the supervising faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11859 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Margulies, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

AMST 4205

While the purpose of Hollywood films is to entertain, when those films are set in the past, they offer a critical lens onto how and why we remember and memorialize certain historical events. This course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18873 AMST 4205   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18874 AMST 4205   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4212

Black women first began to shape the genre of autobiography during antebellum era slavery. They were prolific in developing the genre of autobiography throughout the twentieth century, to the point of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8824 AMST 4212   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4264

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 18397 AMST 4264   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18398 AMST 4264   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4548

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4548NES 4548RELST 4548

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18308 AMST 4548   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Monroe, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4632

What are the limits and possibilities for Asian American longing and belonging? Asian Americans have been variously understood as immigrants, refugees, forever foreigners, and model minorities. These ideas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 4630ENGL 4630

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19789 AMST 4632   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19790 AMST 4632   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, 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

  •  2183 AMST 4993   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3091 AMST 4993   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3098 AMST 4993   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6202

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 6102GOVT 6202HIST 6202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18966 AMST 6202   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18967 AMST 6202   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6210

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Syllabi: none
  • 19227 AMST 6210   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6264

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 18405 AMST 6264   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18406 AMST 6264   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6322

This graduate seminar will explore major currents in historical writing about African-American life and culture in the twentieth century. Focusing on social, intellectual, and labor history, we will identify ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6322HIST 6322

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18447 AMST 6322   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18561 AMST 6322   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6632

The first half of the 20th century saw an unprecedented wave of poetic innovation, much of it produced by American poets living both in the United States and abroad. This course will explore crucial texts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 6632

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19781 AMST 6632   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6645

In contemporary political contexts democracy is often invoked as the very ground of political legitimacy. There is very little agreement, however, on what democracy means or how it is best embodied in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6645

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18983 AMST 6645   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18984 AMST 6645   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Frank, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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
  • 18796 AMST 6703   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person