Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

LATA 1950

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8140 LATA 1950   LEC 001

  • 16722 LATA 1950   DIS 201

  • 16723 LATA 1950   DIS 202

  • 16724 LATA 1950   DIS 203

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    • Staff

  • 16725 LATA 1950   DIS 204

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    • Staff

LATA 2150

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SPAN 2150

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6565 LATA 2150   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: Spanish 2070 or 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

LATA 2170

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 2170SPAN 2170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6567 LATA 2170   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: SPAN 2070 or SPAN 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

LATA 3060

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3060LSP 3061

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15934 LATA 3060   LEC 001

LATA 3290

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: DSOC 3290GOVT 3293

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16414 LATA 3290   LEC 001

  • 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.

  • 16415 LATA 3290   DIS 201

  • 16416 LATA 3290   DIS 202

  • 16417 LATA 3290   DIS 203

  • 16418 LATA 3290   DIS 204

LATA 3566

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 3566ARTH 3566VISST 3566

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16752 LATA 3566   LEC 001

LATA 3609

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3609

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 16413 LATA 3609   STU 501

LATA 3613

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3613

  • 0-1 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7942 LATA 3613   STU 501

LATA 3800

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16073 LATA 3800   SEM 101

LATA 4165

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 15849 LATA 4165   SEM 101

LATA 6010

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: IARD 6010

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8125 LATA 6010   LEC 001

LATA 6165

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 15852 LATA 6165   SEM 101

LATA 6210

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRIC 6010LSP 6010

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 16862 LATA 6210   LEC 001