Latino Studies Program (LSP)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
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Classes
LSP 1101
Course Description
The digital revolution has made an enormous amount of information available to research scholars, but discovering resources and using them effectively can be challenging. This course introduces students ... view course details
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: ASRC 1900
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Graded(Letter grades only)
LSP 1250
Course Description
This low-intermediate course expands Heritage students' confidence and competence in Spanish by providing opportunities to build upon the conversational skills they have. Through literary texts, other ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 1250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LSP 2020
Course Description
Designed to expand bilingual Heritage students' knowledge of Spanish by providing them with ample opportunities to develop and improve each of the basic language skills, with a particular focus on writing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Redmond, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: Language Placement test in Spanish (LPS) 56 or higher, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) placement. Students should speak with the instructor about their language skills and course placement.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2000
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LSP 2152
Course Description
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
LSP 3132
Course Description
This class will examine historical and contemporary developments in the politics of resistance, solidarity, and inclusionary policies around migration. We will place a special focus on North and Central ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3132
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LSP 3215
Course Description
In this course, we interrogate how immigration debates are staged and experiences of belonging are redefined through performance. The categories of "undocumented," "illegal," "displaced," and "exile" collide ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PMA 3215
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LSP 3336
Course Description
This course focuses on a place and a concept where two of the most urgent issues of our times - migration and environmental degradation - converge, collide, and shape each other. It examines borders not ... view course details
LSP 3405
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3405, ANTHR 3405, EDUC 3405
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Villenas, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
LSP 3551
Course Description
This course concerns a selection of influential artistic movements in Latin American from the early twentieth century to the present. Attention is given to issues such as the effects of colonialism and ... view course details
LSP 3801
Course Description
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
LSP 4000
Course Description
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
LSP 4210
Course Description
Guided independent study. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Castillo, D
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Garcia, M
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
LSP 4556
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4556, ARTH 4556, ARTH 6556, ENGL 4556, ENGL 6565, LSP 6565, VISST 4556, VISST 6556
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
LSP 4577
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4577, ENGL 4577, SPAN 4577
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Hey-Colon, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
LSP 4690
Course Description
This course provides an introductory overview to environmental thought in Latin America and the Latinx diaspora. We will discuss pre-Columbian approaches to the nonhuman and colonialism's transformative ... view course details
LSP 4701
Course Description
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
LSP 4790
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4792, AMST 7792, ANTHR 4790, ANTHR 7790, EDUC 4790, EDUC 7790, LSP 7790
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
LSP 6000
Course Description
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
LSP 6210
Course Description
Guided independent study. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LSP 6336
Course Description
This course focuses on a place and a concept where two of the most urgent issues of our times - migration and environmental degradation - converge, collide, and shape each other. It examines borders not ... view course details
LSP 6565
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4556, ARTH 4556, ARTH 6556, ENGL 4556, ENGL 6565, LSP 4556, VISST 4556, VISST 6556
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
LSP 6701
Course Description
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
LSP 7790
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4792, AMST 7792, ANTHR 4790, ANTHR 7790, EDUC 4790, EDUC 7790, LSP 4790
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))