53 courses with the subject LAS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LAS 100Selected Topics1-6
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
The turmoil of the postindependence period and the search for economic and political stability. Reasons for and consequences of export-led growth. The role of the United States in preserving the status quo in the Americas.
LAS 321Latin American Development: Politics & Environment3
This class examines the political ecologies of economic development in Latin America. In particular, we will focus on the ways in which Latin American environments and natural resources have been (and continue to be) enrolled in projects of regional, national, and local development.
Development of Amer-Indian civilization and the Spanish conquests. Evolution of the Spanish American economy and the unique American culture. Growth of the plantation economy of Brazil. The movements toward independence.
Processes of geographical change in latin America from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. Reconstruction of geographies of Latin America at critical periods.
Music of the Caribbean region in its cultural, historical, and political contexts. The course uses instruments, rhythms, and movements as starting points to explore issues of migration, urbanization, nationalism, race and ethnicity in the Caribbean.
LAS 334Contemporary Issues in Chile and Latin America3
Offered only in Santiago. This seminar features in-situ lectures and activities in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay introducing important political, sociological and environmental issues in the Southern Cone region.
The history and politics of Mexico, with special attention to relations between Mexico and the United States and the politics of immigration, NAFTA, the drug trade, and other bilateral issues.
Examines Latina feminist and queer thought and methods for social transformation; places US women of color feminisms in conversation with Latina/o and Latin American histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
Examines Organization of American States and other regional institutions. Considers how regional cooperation efforts have been shaped by political, economic, and cultural diversity of the countries in the region and by the changing global context.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Examines journalism and media in Spanish as they are practiced in Spanish-speaking countries and the U.S. Conducted in Spanish. [Effective spring 2009]
LAS 424Dictatorships, Human Rights, and Historical Memory in the Southern Cone3
Offered only in Santiago. The time period (1940-present) and its significance and contributions to the configuration of social, political and economic aspects of Chile today. Relies on primary sources, comparisons within the Southern Cone, and a focus on US role and influence during this period.
The philosophical analysis and critique of colonialism's representations of other cultures and justifications for intervention, as well as debates over effective forms of resistance.
Language immersion in the Spanish-speaking community in the Syracuse area. Emphasis on improving spoken and written Spanish through a service learning component. Additional work required of graduate students.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
LAS 475Women, Myth and Nation in Latin American Literature3
Myths about women and nation. Modern interpretations and reconstructions of these myths in contemporary literature by Latin American women writers. Literary texts with theories on myth. Representation and "real" constructions of feminine and national identities in different regions of Latin America.
LAS 479Perspectives on Mexico and Central America: Literature, Art, Film3
Literary works, films and arts created in Central America. Topics include perspectives on indigenism, feminine and masculine identities, religion, politics, technology and its future implications on those countries.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
LAS 482Chican@/x and Latin@/x Literature: Vision as Power3
Chican@/x and Latin@/x literature employs vision as an aesthetic form of resistance, affecting what we see when we read and how we understand our world.
Texts in Spanish by Caribbean writers. Explores themes such as women, politics, death, identity. Readings are accompanied by films and followed by critical theory and analysis.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
LAS 493Afro-Hispanic Topics in Caribbean Literature3
Caribbean African-Hispanic literature (poetry and short stories) with different areas of social and political interest. Emphasis on different Caribbean religions.
This course studies the Spanish Caribbean's multiple identities through the discussion of a series of literary and cultural texts. The course concentrates on race, gender, sexuality, migrations, postcolonial relations, popular culture and diasporas.
LAS 537Environmental Policy in a Development Context3
Offered only in Santiago. Examines historical/intellectual/ material processes that transformed nature into natural resources to be exploited; ways global political process has guided global responses to environmental problems; Chilean environmental policy over the last 20 years.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
