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Current NYU Courses

Through the New York City Consortium for Latin American Studies (NYCCLAS), SIPA students are able to take courses at NYU. A listing of NYU courses open to students for Spring 2008 is available at ILAS (8th Floor IAB)

How can I take graduate classes in Latin American Studies at NYU?

  • Decide which classes to take from the NYU course listing available.

  • Pick up the cross-registration form(s) at ILAS or download it from this site here. 

  • Obtain necessary approval and signatures 

  • Take the cross registration form(s) with you to the first class at NYU. Have the NYU professor sign the form(s) and make 3 copies 

  • Take the original and signed form(s) to the Columbia U. Registrar (205 Kent Hall) 

  • On the second class, give a copy of the form(s) to the course instructor and to CLACS at NYU. You keep the third copy. 

  • Your grade will be submitted to Columbia by NYU

Please note: Your CU ID will be accepted at the NYU library. Also, keep in mind that if you are graduating at the end of that semester, please inform the CLACS staff to ensure that your grade will be posted on time.

Spring 2010 Courses

I CLACS Courses
Access codes are required for registration. All students must come for advisement.
PLEASE NOTE that all sections are section 001, unless otherwise specified.
 
Spring 2010 CU- NYU Cross-Registration Course (Tentative)

G10.1048    International Human Rights: Latin America
30019        Peter Lucas, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University and CLACS
Date/Time    Thursday 6:20 – 9:00 pm
Location:    53 Washington Square South, 404W

In this graduate seminar, students will study the international human rights standards and principals, topical case studies in Latin America, the role of international and local NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in the human rights movement, popular resistance and social movements in the Latin American human rights movement, and the role of media and representation in reporting and promoting human rights.


G10.1545           Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration
31372                 Suarez-Orozco, M., Steinhardt
Date/Time         Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15pm
Location:     TBD


G10.1017    Government and Politics of Latin America    
30017        Patricio Navia, Master Teacher and CLACS Adjunct Professor
Tuesday        4:10 -6 pm
Location:     King Juan Carlos Center, 404W

As a social science, political science differs from other disciplines in that its basic object of study is the State and the way individuals and groups of individuals relate, interact and respond to the State. Political parties, institutions and collective behavior of individuals are central components in the field. Yet, rather than studying individual behavior (as psychology does) or group behavior (sociology) in general or individual/group behavior in given contexts (anthropology and economics), political science studies all of the above as they relate to the State. Not surprisingly, there is a bias in political science to concentrate on those groups and individuals that have a stronger relationship with the State and on those who can influence it more directly. Thus, political science will often focus more on political parties, the military, government bureaucracies and revolutionary forces than on labor unions, peasants or disposed groups. In short, political science tends to show a bias towards elite studies. This class is no exception. Perhaps as a signal that traditionally disposed groups are acquiring greater political power, non-elite studies have grown and enriched the field in recent years (see in particular week 3). Yet, the primary research focus continues to be the State and how different groups influence (or seek to influence) the State.

G11.2652    Haiti in the Caribbean Context
31353        Instructor  TBD
Date/Time    Wednesday 3:30-6:00pm
Location:    TBD

G57.2800     Topics in Latin American History: Latin America Labor History Comparative Perspective
30735        Tuesday 2:00-4:45pm
Professor Barbara Weinstein

G53.3400    Political Economy Seminar: Political Economy of Development
30645        Monday 4:10pm-6pm
Professor Przeworski

G95.2976     Topics: Latin American Theatre
31431        T 3:30-5:30pm
Professor Diana Taylor