Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences

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LATA 1802

This course seeks a fuller recounting of U.S. history by remapping what we understand as "America." We will examine traditional themes in the teaching of U.S. history—territorial expansion and empire, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  6879 LATA 1802   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Garcia, M

LATA 1986

This course provides an overview of disastrous attempts at colonization in the Americas from ca. 1500 through ca. 1760. Over thirteen weeks, we will engage with the question of why some attempts at colonization ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1986ASRC 1986HIST 1986

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17545 LATA 1986   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Schmitt, C

  • 17546 LATA 1986   DIS 201

  • 17547 LATA 1986   DIS 202

  • 17548 LATA 1986   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • 17549 LATA 1986   DIS 204

  • 17550 LATA 1986   DIS 205

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • 17551 LATA 1986   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5066 LATA 2200   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 303
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Gubbins, V

  • Conducted in English.

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.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ASRC 2308HIST 2541

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17413 LATA 2308   LEC 001

    • MW McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Byfield, J

  • 17414 LATA 2308   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

LATA 3480

Few areas of cultural expression can rise to the importance of music in Brazilian life. This seminar-style course employs discussion, critical reading and listening – and hands-on music-making – to investigate ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3480MUSIC 3480PORT 3480

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19857 LATA 3480   LEC 001

    • TR Lincoln Hall B21
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Pond, S

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

  •  7491 LATA 3609   STU 501

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

  •  4822 LATA 3613   STU 501

    • W Bailey Hall 101
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Miller, C

LATA 3623

In recent decades the Andean region of Latin America has become a focal point of international debate over alternative models of economic development and their environmental consequences. Windfall revenues ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: GOVT 3623

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17622 LATA 3623   LEC 001

    • W McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 22 - Mar 12, 2024
    • Roberts, K

  • Multi-semester course: Students must complete GOVT 3613, GOVT 3614, and GOVT 3623 for a final grade and Arts and Sciences distribution.

LATA 3680

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

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3550ARTH 6550LSP 3551

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18563 LATA 3680   LEC 001

  • 18564 LATA 3680   DIS 201

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
  • 17900 LATA 3800   SEM 101

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

  •  5683 LATA 4000   LEC 001

    • T Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

LATA 4166

This seminar immerses students in the diverse painting traditions of colonial Latin America (1500s-1800s), with a focus on artistic practice in Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and the Hispanophone Caribbean. ... view course details

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  • 19902 LATA 4166   SEM 101

LATA 4334

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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  • 19692 LATA 4334   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Melas, N

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

  •  4283 LATA 4970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Devoogd, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

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

  •  5685 LATA 6000   LEC 001

    • T Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

LATA 6166

This seminar immerses students in the diverse painting traditions of colonial Latin America (1500s-1800s), with a focus on artistic practice in Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and the Hispanophone Caribbean. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19903 LATA 6166   SEM 101

LATA 6334

The seminar will explore relations between the tangible effects of climate on urban, infrastructural, and ecological landscapes in the Caribbean and lived experiences of climate as mediated through literature, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 20008 LATA 6334   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Melas, N