Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences
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LATA 1950
Course Description
When did the 'Americas' come in to being? Who created 'them' and how? What other geographic units of analysis might we consider in thinking about what Iberian explorers and intellectuals initially called ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1950
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 301
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Bassi Arevalo, E
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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LATA 2150
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Readings and discussion of representative texts of the 19th and 20th centuries from various regions of Latin America. Among the authors considered are Sarmiento, Hernández, Martí, Darío, Agustini, Cortázar, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2150
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 162
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Antezana Quiroga, S
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Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.
LATA 2170
Course Description
This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 2170, SPAN 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Klarman Hall KG42
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Garces, M
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Prerequisite: SPAN 2070 or SPAN 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.
LATA 3060
Course Description
This course provides a general, critical introduction to the history of Mexico since its independence from Spanish rule in the early nineteenth century. Rather than a chronological summation of events ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3060, LSP 3061
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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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Craib, R
LATA 3290
Course Description
This course is designed as an introduction to political, economic, and social issues in 20th century Latin America. Topics are organized chronologically, beginning with the crisis of agro-export economies ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3290, GOVT 3293
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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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Roberts, K
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This course will be offered in partnership with the Spanish Language Program. Students enrolled in GOVT 3293 may enroll in an optional one credit course, SPAN 3020.
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- M McGraw Hall 145
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- M Stimson Hall 119
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- F Rockefeller Hall 115
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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LATA 3566
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This course introduces students to the arts of the ancient Americas from circa 2000 BC to the Spanish invasions of the 15th and 16th centuries. The inhabitants of the Americas produced outstanding works ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3566, ARTH 3566, VISST 3566
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Cohen-Aponte, A
LATA 3609
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Deixa Sambar performs several styles of samba, Brazil's national music. Members need not have prior background in music-making, but a good sense of rhythm is desirable. Members include students as well ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3609
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1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- R Lincoln Hall B20
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Pond, S
LATA 3613
Course Description
The Cornell Steel Band explores the wide variety of music for an orchestra of instruments fashioned from 55-gallon oil drums, and an "engine room" of non-pitched percussion. Interwoven into the focus on ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3613
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0-1 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Bailey Hall 101
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Miller, C
LATA 3800
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As globalization draws the Americas ever closer together, reshaping our sense of a common and uncommon American culture, what claims might be made for a distinctive, diverse poetry and poetics of the America? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3820, COML 3800, ENGL 3910, SPAN 3800
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Klarman Hall KG44
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Monroe, J
LATA 4165
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This course will look at visual representations of cross-cultural encounters throughout the early modern period with a special emphasis on exchanges between Europe and the Americas (15th-18th centuries). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4165, ARTH 6165, LATA 6165, VISST 4165
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Cohen-Aponte, A
Lazzaro, C
LATA 6010
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Designed to provide students with an opportunity to observe the rich living cultures, environments, ecologies, rural and urban communities, and development issues in tropical southern Mexico. Also designed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: IARD 6010
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3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Emerson Hall 133
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Hobbs, P
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LATA 6165
Course Description
This course will look at visual representations of cross-cultural encounters throughout the early modern period with a special emphasis on exchanges between Europe and the Americas (15th-18th centuries). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4165, ARTH 6165, LATA 4165, VISST 4165
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Cohen-Aponte, A
Lazzaro, C
LATA 6210
Course Description
Provides an introduction to the challenges posed by the movement of people across borders. Examines the links between globalization and migration, and explores the implications of contemporary migrations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRIC 6010, LSP 6010
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4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- TR Ives Hall 107
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Cook, M