Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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LATA 1210
Elementary Quechua I

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: QUECH 1210

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3627 LATA 1210   SEM 101

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Tacca Apaza, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 1220
Elementary Quechua II

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: QUECH 1220

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3629 LATA 1220   SEM 101

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Tacca Apaza, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 2170
Early Modern Iberian Survey

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 2170, SPAN 2170

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3703 LATA 2170   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Pinet, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 2200
Perspectives on Latin America

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3701 LATA 2200   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Schaber, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Conducted in English.

LATA 3100
Advanced Portuguese I

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

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3732 LATA 3100   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Osborne, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 3290
Comparative Politics of Latin America

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: GDEV 3290, GOVT 3293

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6478 LATA 3290   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6479 LATA 3290   DIS 201

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6480 LATA 3290   DIS 202

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6481 LATA 3290   DIS 203

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    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6482 LATA 3290   DIS 204

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    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 3481
Sustainability Education Policy in the U.S. and Ecuador

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one practicum. Combined with: PUBPOL 3480, PUBPOL 5480

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5339 LATA 3481   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Ficarra, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Application required. See https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-spring-break-program-ecuador-sustainability-education-policy to apply.

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  •  5340 LATA 3481   PRA 401

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Ficarra, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in Quito, Ecuador. Departure will be on March 28, 2026, returning on April 5, 2026.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

LATA 3613
Cornell Steel Band

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

  •  3937 LATA 3613   STU 501

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 3800
Poetry and Poetics of the Americas

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

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Syllabi: none

  •  1212 LATA 3800   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 4000
Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America

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 6000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8984 LATA 4000   LEC 001

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Nading, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 4704
From Fossil Fuels to Future Fossils: Reimagining Plastics

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6704, SHUM 4704, SHUM 6704

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1769 LATA 4704   SEM 101

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    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Barrios-Ramirez, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 4970
Independent Study in Latin American Studies

Guided independent study with a faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8983 LATA 4970   IND 601

    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Devoogd, T

  • 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.

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LATA 6000
Contemporary Issues in Latin-Latino America

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 4000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8981 LATA 6000   LEC 001

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Nading, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 6482
History Geography Theory

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 6482

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  9853 LATA 6482   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Craib, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9854 LATA 6482   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

LATA 6704
From Fossil Fuels to Future Fossils: Reimagining Plastics

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

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 4704, SHUM 4704, SHUM 6704

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1771 LATA 6704   SEM 101

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    • R
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Barrios-Ramirez, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person