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

  •  8341 AMST 1101   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    To join the waitlist for this class, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/RmgNd8AgsJhdCu4K6

  •  8342 AMST 1101   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8343 AMST 1101   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1312

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MUSIC 1312

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4213 AMST 1312   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Peraino, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4214 AMST 1312   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4215 AMST 1312   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4216 AMST 1312   DIS 203

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4217 AMST 1312   DIS 204

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4218 AMST 1312   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4219 AMST 1312   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4220 AMST 1312   DIS 207

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4221 AMST 1312   DIS 208

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • 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

  •  3733 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Assie-Lumumba, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6313 AMST 1500   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1571

America is finishing up two wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. They have been the longest wars in American history and have ended amid much ambivalence about the US engagement in each place and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 1571HIST 1571HIST 6571

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9702 AMST 1571   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Silbey, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This is part of the Cornell in Washington (CIW) program.

AMST 1601

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2311 AMST 1601   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2312 AMST 1601   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2313 AMST 1601   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3460 AMST 1601   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1850

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1850

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9532 AMST 1850   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Verhoeven, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9533 AMST 1850   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9538 AMST 1850   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9539 AMST 1850   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9542 AMST 1850   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9543 AMST 1850   DIS 205

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9546 AMST 1850   DIS 206

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Verhoeven, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9843 AMST 1850   DIS 207

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9844 AMST 1850   DIS 208

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Verhoeven, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1986

This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASRC 1986HIST 1986LATA 1986

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9547 AMST 1986   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9554 AMST 1986   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9555 AMST 1986   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2000

This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3074 AMST 2000   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3611 AMST 2000   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3612 AMST 2000   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3613 AMST 2000   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3614 AMST 2000   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3615 AMST 2000   DIS 205

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3616 AMST 2000   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3843 AMST 2000   DIS 207

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3844 AMST 2000   DIS 208

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Moisey, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2001

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2999HIST 2005

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  3687 AMST 2001   LEC 001

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Earle, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you are unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/ui359qRp4dhceuAFA

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

  •  7557 AMST 2043   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7558 AMST 2043   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2152

How are migration dynamics produced? How do states and communities respond to and shape complex migration processes? This course will draw on the United States as a case study, focusing on Latino immigrants. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 2152LSP 2152

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6672 AMST 2152   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Villegas Rivera, F

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2212

What is the American empire? Is empire even the right word to describe U.S. power in the world today or in the past? If so, is the American empire formal or informal, and is the United States a reluctant ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2212

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6705 AMST 2212   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Lawlor, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6706 AMST 2212   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2315

In August 1945, Japan was a devastated country; its cities burned, its people starving, its military and government in surrender. World War II was over. The occupation had begun. What sort of society emerged ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 2258HIST 2315SHUM 2315

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7566 AMST 2315   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7567 AMST 2315   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2330

How does literary language depict the experience of physical suffering? Can a poem or a novel palliate pain, illness, even the possibility of death? From darkly comic narratives of black plague to the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8292 AMST 2330   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2381

Corruption in politics and economics has become a significant issue in the modern world. This course introduces students to the study of corruption and collusion from the perspective of early America and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2381LATA 2381

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8407 AMST 2381   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8408 AMST 2381   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2392

The international boundary between Canada and the United is the longest, straightest border in the world. Although frequently cast as boring in juxtaposition to its southern counterpart, this viewpoint ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2392

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7551 AMST 2392   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2581

This lecture course serves as an introduction to the historical study of humanity's interrelationship with the natural world. Environmental history is a quickly evolving field, taking on increasing importance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2581HIST 2581

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3787 AMST 2581   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sachs, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3788 AMST 2581   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3789 AMST 2581   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3790 AMST 2581   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3791 AMST 2581   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2660

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660HIST 2660

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6296 AMST 2660   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6297 AMST 2660   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6298 AMST 2660   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2690

This course introduces students to major American poets from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is designed for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of and appreciation for poetry while ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2690

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8397 AMST 2690   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hill, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2710

This course aims to explore and answer a single question about America's promise-of success if you work hard and do well in school: Why do we have such substantial and long-standing inequality in the U.S.? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6122 AMST 2710   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6123 AMST 2710   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6124 AMST 2710   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6125 AMST 2710   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9772 AMST 2710   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •  8516 AMST 2710   LEC 002

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2729

Who lived in the Ithaca area before American settlers and Cornell arrived? Where do these indigenous peoples reside today? This class explores the history and culture of the Gayogoho:no (Cayuga), which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2720ANTHR 2720ARKEO 2720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7707 AMST 2729   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2775

In this course, we will learn about the history of the West. We will deconstruct popular myths about the West, as we engage with the major themes and significant debates that define the historical scholarship. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2765LSP 2765

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8430 AMST 2775   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8445 AMST 2775   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 2790

What does it mean to call a film is Jewish? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews-actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2790PMA 2490VISST 2790

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4171 AMST 2790   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Shapiro, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3024

The course examines the historical political landscape of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States and the interplay between tribal interests, politics, and the federal government. The ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8800 AMST 3024   LEC 001

    • M
    • Courtney, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    This is part of the Cornell in Washington (CIW) program.

AMST 3025

This course examines both mainstream representations of and independent media made by, for, and about Asians and Asian Americans throughout U.S. cultural history. In this course, we will analyze popular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 3020PMA 3420

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8059 AMST 3025   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8169 AMST 3025   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3112

The course will be a lecture course on Congress, introducing them to the political science literature on the topic and the major research questions and approaches. We will examine the development of the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3112PUBPOL 3112

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4177 AMST 3112   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4249 AMST 3112   DIS 201

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4250 AMST 3112   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4251 AMST 3112   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4300 AMST 3112   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9622 AMST 3112   DIS 205

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9623 AMST 3112   DIS 206

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3131

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3131LAW 4131

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7350 AMST 3131   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chutkow, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3334

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  8730 AMST 3334   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3370

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 the theatre? How has performance been used to examine concepts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3370PMA 3758

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7765 AMST 3370   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3405

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 3405EDUC 3405LSP 3405

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7722 AMST 3405   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8678 AMST 3405   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8679 AMST 3405   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8680 AMST 3405   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8681 AMST 3405   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3430

A survey of the turning point of US. history: The Civil War (1861-1865) and its aftermath, Reconstruction (1865-1877). We will look at the causes, the coming, and the conduct, of the war, and the way in ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9305 AMST 3430   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9338 AMST 3430   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Baptist, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3442

This course will look at how literature based at sea helps both shape and challenge concepts of freedom and capital. By looking at the relationship between the sea-faring economy and its relationship to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3440ENGL 3440

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8461 AMST 3442   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3565

Mainstream media would have us believe that driving a new Toyota Prius, recycling, and shopping clean at Whole Foods would make us all food environmentalists, right? Additionally, climate change ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3565ENGL 3565FGSS 3565

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8469 AMST 3565   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Frazier, C

  • 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

  •  8183 AMST 3590   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3602

This course examines the history of culture in North America from the pre-contact era to present. We will examine how Native, African, European, Asian, and Latino/a influences, along with colonization, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3602

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8425 AMST 3602   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Clark, J

  • 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

  •  3910 AMST 3617   STU 501

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Fall, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3715

This seminar overviews political theories of colonialism and empire, and in doing so, allows us to pose questions about the constitutive elements of our modernity, such as slavery, racism, dependency, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3715

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8010 AMST 3715   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Adalet, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3764

What can lawyers and judges learn from the study of literature? This course explores the relevance of imaginative literature (novels, drama, poetry, and film) to questions of law and social justice from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3762LAW 6710

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8763 AMST 3764   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Anker, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3820

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 Americas? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6384 AMST 3820   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3831

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

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8188 AMST 3831   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Garcia, M

  • 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

  •  6372 AMST 3885   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  •  6079 AMST 3911   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • 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

  • 11620 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Mettler, S

  • 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

  • 11621 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

AMST 4021

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 4021

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4032 AMST 4021   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6749 AMST 4021   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4051

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 4051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7845 AMST 4051   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Blume, J

      Johnson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4066

Computers and digital technologies including robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), internet-enabled platforms, and other high-tech drivers of automation have revolutionized the nature ... view course details

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

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7892 AMST 4066   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4417

At this time of planetary instability, all politics are environmental politics. But all environmental politics are not the same. Contemporary movements diverge around key questions: Is technology ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 7417ANTHR 4417ANTHR 7417

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8673 AMST 4417   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ahmann, C

      Bize, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4519

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  8762 AMST 4519   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4555

This seminar examines long-term colonialist processes of erasing Indigenous histories, and recent attempts to bring this heritage back to visibility. We will read texts by Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Jean ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8722 AMST 4555   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4556

Exploring a genealogy of Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Black, Indigenous, and Chicana/o/x theorizations of modernity and identity, the course asks, what is the decolonial? Is it a space between the colonial and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8492 AMST 4556   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4577

As Latinx studies continues to expand beyond its nationalistic origins and re-examines its geographical bounds, nuancing the role of borders within the field becomes urgent. This course probes at the primacy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 4577LSP 4577SPAN 4577

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9676 AMST 4577   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hey-Colon, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9677 AMST 4577   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Hey-Colon, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4681

This course explores the increasing presence of all the arts in prisons throughout the country and examines the increasing scholarship surrounding arts programs and their efficacy for incarcerated persons. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 4681SHUM 4081

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6765 AMST 4681   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Levitt, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4705

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7734 AMST 4705   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Jaime, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4792

This course examines Latinx education in comparative perspective, with a focus on transnational communities and cross-border movements that link U.S. Latinx education with Latin American education. We ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8776 AMST 4792   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4994

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 Graded

  •  2997 AMST 4994   IND 605

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  2999 AMST 4994   IND 607

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 5710

This course aims to explore and answer a single question about America's promise-of success if you work hard and do well in school: Why do we have such substantial and long-standing inequality in the U.S.? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6178 AMST 5710   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6179 AMST 5710   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6180 AMST 5710   DIS 202

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6181 AMST 5710   DIS 203

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9776 AMST 5710   DIS 204

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •  8518 AMST 5710   LEC 002

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6011

Contemporary politics raise profound questions about the American past and how aspects of it have traveled across time and into the present, shaping US government and politics. This PhD-level seminar uses ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6011

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8042 AMST 6011   SEM 101

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8578 AMST 6011   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6321

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

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  9687 AMST 6321   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9690 AMST 6321   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 6513

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

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Syllabi: none
  •  9498 AMST 6513   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6865

This seminar is an intensive study of the political thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. Approaching texts in contexts, we will seek to recover King the political thinker from his mythologization in American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 6865GOVT 4000GOVT 6865RELST 6865

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8055 AMST 6865   SEM 101

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8056 AMST 6865   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 7417

At this time of planetary instability, all politics are environmental politics. But all environmental politics are not the same. Contemporary movements diverge around key questions: Is technology ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4417ANTHR 4417ANTHR 7417

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8683 AMST 7417   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Ahmann, C

      Bize, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 7555

This seminar examines long-term colonialist processes of erasing Indigenous histories, and recent attempts to bring this heritage back to visibility. We will read texts by Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Jean ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8725 AMST 7555   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 7792

This course examines Latinx education in comparative perspective, with a focus on transnational communities and cross-border movements that link U.S. Latinx education with Latin American education. We ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9270 AMST 7792   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person