Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 19, 2018 12:09PM EDT
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Classes
LATA 1951
Course Description
To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US foreign policy? This same question about ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 1951, HIST 1951
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Craib, R
Loos, T
LATA 2150
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SPAN 2150
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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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Hendrickson, J
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: SPAN 2070 or 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.
LATA 2170
Course Description
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 Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Garrote Pascual, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: SPAN 2070 or SPAN 2090 or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor. Course is conducted in Spanish. This is a core course for the major.
LATA 2200
Course Description
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 Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 104
Instructors
Colanzi, L
Paz-Soldan, E
LATA 2240
Course Description
This course examines the Caribbean as a site where challenges to and within Western thought emerged. We analyze the ways in which freedom is described in revolutionary thinking by interrogating the following ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2240, SPAN 2240
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 103
Instructors
McDaniel, S
LATA 3015
Course Description
Rice, wheat, and maize are examples of crops that sustained the civilizations in which they were cultivated for centuries. Sugar is different. Not only is sugar cane a relatively recent transplant, originating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3010
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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
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Aching, G
LATA 3550
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3255, ANTHR 6255, ARKEO 3255, ARKEO 6255, LATA 6255
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Henderson, J
LATA 3565
Course Description
This course surveys the artistic and architectural traditions of Latin America during the period of Spanish colonial rule (ca. 1520s-1820s). It will center on visual cultures of the viceroyalties of New ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 3565, VISST 3565
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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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
LATA 3609
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3609
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- R Lincoln Hall B20
Instructors
Pond, S
LATA 3613
Course Description
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 Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Bailey Hall 101
Instructors
Miller, C
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Additional Information
Audition required.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
LATA 3800
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3820, COML 3800, ENGL 3910, SPAN 3800
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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
- TR White Hall B14
Instructors
Monroe, J
LATA 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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 6000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Castillo, D
LATA 4155
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
LATA 4160
Course Description
The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world. Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4160, ARTH 6160, LATA 6160, VISST 4160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
LATA 4250
Course Description
An introduction to belief systems in ancient Mexico and Central America, emphasizing the blending of religion, astrology, myth, history, and prophecy. Interpreting text and image in pre-Columbian books ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4256, ANTHR 7250, ARKEO 4256, ARKEO 7250, LATA 7250
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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
- W McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Henderson, J
LATA 4385
Course Description
Today, Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world, with about 80% of Latin Americans living in urban centers. Only a century ago, however, Latin America was predominantly rural, with 80% of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4385, HIST 6385, LATA 6385
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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
- T McGraw Hall 366
Instructors
Romero-Sanchez, S
LATA 4620
Course Description
In this seminar we will sustain a particular reading of post-1984 Mexico-US border cultural production as "undocumentation." Specifically, we will focus on performance, conceptual, and cinematic practices ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4620, COML 4616, FGSS 4620, LSP 4621, ROMS 4625, SHUM 4620, VISST 4620
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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
- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Carroll, A
LATA 4940
Course Description
As Cuba and the United States move forward toward normalizing diplomatic relations, this course seizes the opportunity to contextualize and analyze Cuba and cubanidad as sites and trajectories of repression ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4940, SPAN 4940
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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
- W Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
McDaniel, S
LATA 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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Castillo, D
LATA 6155
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Section Topic
Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Fernandez, M
LATA 6160
Course Description
The colonial period in Latin America (circa 1521-1820s) witnessed the formation of one of the most diverse societies in the world. Labor regimes, religious activities, marriage alliances, and commercial ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4160, ARTH 6160, LATA 4160, VISST 4160
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Art and Identity in Colonial Latin America
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Cohen-Aponte, A
LATA 6255
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3255, ANTHR 6255, ARKEO 3255, ARKEO 6255, LATA 3550
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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
- TR Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Henderson, J
LATA 6385
Course Description
Today, Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world, with about 80% of Latin Americans living in urban centers. Only a century ago, however, Latin America was predominantly rural, with 80% of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4385, HIST 6385, LATA 4385
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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
- T McGraw Hall 366
Instructors
Romero-Sanchez, S
LATA 7250
Course Description
Explores the ways Mesoamericans understood the world and their place in it, and the ways they constructed history as these are reflected in the few books that have survived from the period before the European ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4256, ANTHR 7250, ARKEO 4256, ARKEO 7250, LATA 4250
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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
- W McGraw Hall 215
Instructors
Henderson, J