Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

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.  Combined with: HIST 1950

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16853 LATA 1950   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  •  5445 LATA 2170   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Garcia Pinar, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2095 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.

LATA 2200

Interdisciplinary course offered every spring. Topics vary by semester, but readings always focus on current research in various disciplines and regions of Latin America. The range of issues addressed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SPAN 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7386 LATA 2200   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 108
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Carter, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 2308

This course examines the development of the Caribbean since the Haitian Revolution.  It  will focus on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and our readings pay particular attention to the ways in which ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2308HIST 2541

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16879 LATA 2308   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 2715

This course examines the history of Chile from the 1700s to the present, always with an appreciation for its place in a broader world but always also with attention to its regional and national specificities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2715HIST 6715SPAN 2715

  • 4-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16918 LATA 2715   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Craib, R

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 2800

This course provides an introduction and overview of Brazilian culture. It will study different periods of Brazilian history, through the analysis of films, literature, essays, visual arts, and music. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PORT 2800

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16651 LATA 2800   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • De Lemos, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Conducted in English.

LATA 3065

Immigration discourse and policy has played a central role in shaping the modern American nation-state, including its composition, values, and institutions. This course begins in the late nineteenth century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3065ILRLR 3065LSP 3065

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17469 LATA 3065   LEC 001

    • TR Ives Hall 105
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Martinez-Matsuda, V

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 3100

This course provides intermediate level students with the opportunity to advance their oral and written fluency, proficiency, and understanding of the grammar of Portuguese. In addition, students will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PORT 3100

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16649 LATA 3100   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • De Lemos, S

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  • 17378 LATA 3290   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    This course will be offered in collaboration with the Languages Across the Curriculum Program. Students enrolled in GOVT 3293 may enroll in an optional one credit discussion section in Spanish. Interested students should contact the instructor.

  • 17379 LATA 3290   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17380 LATA 3290   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17381 LATA 3290   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 17382 LATA 3290   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 3550

An introduction to ancient Mesoamerica, focusing on the nature and development of societies that are arguably the most complex to develop anywhere in the precolumbian Americas.  The course provides a summary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16999 LATA 3550   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G24
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Henderson, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  •  7684 LATA 3609   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  6989 LATA 3613   STU 501

    • W Bailey Hall 101
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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
  •  8377 LATA 3800   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 3920

We will focus on writers from Argentina and Brazil whose work is reshaping both the national and the continental canon.  Taking into account different kinds of narrative writing-from personal diaries to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PORT 3920SPAN 3920

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16389 LATA 3920   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Colanzi, L

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 4000

Interested in Latino Studies and Latin American Studies? This course will explore topics in Anthropology, Art, Economics, History, Literature, Government, Sociology, etc., of US Latino and Latin American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6000LSP 4000LSP 6000

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8541 LATA 4000   LEC 001

    • W Stimson Hall G01
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 4155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  • 16717 LATA 4155   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 4970

Guided independent study with a faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6192 LATA 4970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Devoogd, T

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 6000

Interested in Latino Studies and Latin American Studies? This course will explore topics in Anthropology, Art, Economics, History, Literature, Government, Sociology, etc., of US Latino and Latin American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 4000LSP 4000LSP 6000

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8543 LATA 6000   LEC 001

    • W Stimson Hall G01
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Castillo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 6155

This seminar will investigate question such, such as: How does the inclusion of technologically engaged practices in the history of Latin American art challenge our understanding of this art? Are there ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology

  • 16720 LATA 6155   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

LATA 6255

An introduction to ancient Mesoamerica, focusing on the nature and development of societies that are arguably the most complex to develop anywhere in the precolumbian Americas.  The course provides a summary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17062 LATA 6255   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G24
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Henderson, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person