Courses
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Courses
Courses for Spring 2026
Complete Cornell University course descriptions and section times are in the Class Roster.
Courses by semester
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| Course ID | Title |
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| ANTHR 1101 | FWS: Culture, Society, and Power Details This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to the anthropological study of the human condition. Anthropology examines all aspects of human experience, from the evolution of the species to contemporary challenges of politics, environment, and society. The discipline emphasizes empirically rich field research informed by sophisticated theoretical understandings of human social life and cultural production. The diversity of anthropology's interests provides a diverse array of stimulating opportunities to write critically about the human condition. Topics vary by semester.Topics for 2024-2025 may include:TitleInstructorFWS: Canoe Cultures in America: Commerce, Conquest, ContradictionsA. ArcadiFWS: Historytelling as RitualJ. LuriaFWS: Culture on TourC. RechtzigelFWS: Becoming Indigenous in AsiaY. Liang Full details for ANTHR 1101 - FWS: Culture, Society, and Power |
| ANTHR 1300 | Human Evolution: Genes, Behavior, and the Fossil Record Details The evolution of humankind is explored through the fossil record, studies of the biological differences among current human populations, and a comparison with our closest relatives, the primates. This course investigates the roots of human biology and behavior with an evolutionary framework. Full details for ANTHR 1300 - Human Evolution: Genes, Behavior, and the Fossil Record |