Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - October 30, 2025 7:09PM EDT
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    LATA 1210
    
          
        
  
 
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1210-1220 is an introductory sequence that allows students to develop basic fluency in Quechua, the most widely spoken indigenous language in the Americas. Students learn elements of Quechua's phonetics, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: QUECH 1210 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    LATA 1220
    
          
        
  
 
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1210-1220 is an introductory sequence that allows students to develop basic fluency in Quechua, the most widely spoken indigenous language in the Americas. Students learn elements of Quechua's phonetics, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: QUECH 1220 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    LATA 2170
    
          
        
  
 
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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 Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    LATA 2200
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2200 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    LATA 3100
    
          
        
  
 
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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
- Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PORT 3100 
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                Credits and Grading Basis3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
    
    LATA 3290
    
          
        
  
 
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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: GDEV 3290, GOVT 3293 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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        Meeting Pattern- MW
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Roberts, K 
 
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- Instructors- Staff 
 
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    LATA 3481
    
          
        
  
 
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This course connects Cornell and USFQ students to study Sustainability Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador. Focusing on UN SDG 4, the course includes collaborative research, international exchange, ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one practicum. Combined with: PUBPOL 3480, PUBPOL 5480 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only) 
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Ficarra, J 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction Mode: In Person Application required. See https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-spring-break-program-ecuador-sustainability-education-policy to apply. Instructor Consent Required (Add) 
    
    LATA 3613
    
          
        
  
 
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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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                Credits and Grading Basis1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
    
    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 Americas? ... view course details
    
    LATA 4000
    
          
        
  
 
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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
    
    LATA 4704
    
          
        
  
 
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Plastics are a staple of everyday life. Yet, the oil and petrochemicals that make them possible remain largely out of sight. Their afterlife either as microplastics inside our bodies, or as trash that ... view course details
    
    LATA 4970
    
          
        
  
 
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Guided independent study with a faculty member. view course details
- Project Session Full. 
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                Credits and Grading Basis1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades) 
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- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Devoogd, T 
 
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    Additional InformationInstruction 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. Department Consent Required (Add) 
    
    LATA 6000
    
          
        
  
 
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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
    
    LATA 6482
    
          
        
  
 
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This seminar is a readings course on works from the past two decades that have wrestled theoretically, empirically, and narratively with the boundary between geography and history. The course is purposefully ... view course details
- Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6482 
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                Credits and Grading Basis4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit)) 
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        Meeting Pattern- W
- Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
- Instructors- Craib, R 
 
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    LATA 6704
    
          
        
  
 
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Plastics are a staple of everyday life. Yet, the oil and petrochemicals that make them possible remain largely out of sight. Their afterlife either as microplastics inside our bodies, or as trash that ... view course details
