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.

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

  •  4501 LATA 2200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Gubbins, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Conducted in English.

LATA 3480

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3480MUSIC 3480PORT 3480

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 11096 LATA 3480   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pond, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5957 LATA 3609   STU 501

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Pond, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  4277 LATA 3613   STU 501

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Miller, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 12074 LATA 3623   LEC 001

    • W
    • Jan 21 - Mar 11, 2025
    • Roberts, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: GOVT 3613 and GOVT 3614.

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3550ARTH 6550LSP 3551

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 10276 LATA 3680   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10277 LATA 3680   DIS 201

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fernandez, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 Americas? ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9744 LATA 3800   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Monroe, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •  5032 LATA 4000   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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Syllabi: none
  • 11126 LATA 4166   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

      Weislogel, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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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Syllabi: none
  • 10973 LATA 4334   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATA 4970

Guided independent study with a faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3750 LATA 4970   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • 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 data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

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

  •  5034 LATA 6000   LEC 001

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Bassi Arevalo, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  • 11127 LATA 6166   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Cohen-Aponte, A

      Weislogel, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  • 11185 LATA 6334   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person