Latin American Studies (LATA)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 21, 2024 12:50PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 6, 2024 12:59PM EDT
Classes
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
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LATA 3480
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3480, MUSIC 3480, PORT 3480
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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)
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)
LATA 3623
Course Description
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
Seven Week - First. Combined with: GOVT 3623
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LATA 3680
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3550, ARTH 6550, LSP 3551
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Fernandez, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 Americas? ... view course details
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
LATA 4166
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4166, ARKEO 7166, ARTH 4166, ARTH 6166, LATA 6166, VISST 4166, VISST 6166
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LATA 4334
Course Description
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
LATA 4970
Course Description
Guided independent study with a faculty member. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
Instructors
Devoogd, T
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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 data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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
LATA 6166
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4166, ARKEO 7166, ARTH 4166, ARTH 6166, LATA 4166, VISST 4166, VISST 6166
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LATA 6334
Course Description
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
