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The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) serves students, faculty and scholars from across the University of Illinois campus, along with communities across Illinois and the Midwest, by promoting innovative research, specialist teaching, and public awareness of the Latin American and Caribbean region. CLACS is a designated National Resource Center for the 2022-2026 period, supported by the Department of Education under Title VI funding.

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Optimization Models Applied to Agri-Logistics

ETMA 499: Optimization Models Applied to Agri-Logistics

The general objective of this course is to present the logistics applied to agribusiness, involving both the understanding of the different logistical activities (transport, storage, and information) as well as the practical use of tools applied to the logistics management of this chain (mathematical models of optimization, mostly using linear programming)

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Introduction to Latin America

LAST 170: Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande.

Introduction to Latin America offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the ways of life of Latin American peoples, their origins, historical legacies, and current cultural expressions.

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This course explores the link between migration & urbanization within the context of Nicaraguan migrants in SanJosé, Costa Rica; complementary to classroom themes, students will participate in community projects on-site in San Jose, engaging in the everyday experiences of Nicaraguan migrants in Central America's largest informal settlement. La Carpio, while juxtaposing the role of Costa Rica's neoliberal tourism industry, and the material and social inequalities it creates.

GLBL 298: Costa Rica Winter Break Short-term Faculty-Led Study Abroad

This course explores the link between migration & urbanization within the context of Nicaraguan migrants in SanJosé, Costa Rica; complementary to classroom themes, students will participate in community projects on-site in San Jose, engaging in the everyday experiences of Nicaraguan migrants in Central America's largest informal settlement.

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Beginner Quechua 1  An introduction to the largest indigenous language family of the Americas

QUEC 410, CRN 77348: Beginner Quechua 1

An introduction to the largest indigenous language family of the Americas. This course focuses on the Southern Quechua variety, spoken from southern Peru through Bolivia, up to northern Argentina.

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Life in the Andes  An overview of contemporary Andean culture, as practiced by the people in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Topics include but are not restricted to, the cultural geography of the Andes, agrarian techniques, worldview and spirituality, medicinal practices, and contemporary indigenous movements. The goal is to recognize Andean culture as the result of the resilience of the pre-Hispanic Andean heritage, and the continuous adaptation Andean people have practiced, first, to control their environmen

LAST 210, CRN 78201: Life in the Andes

An overview of contemporary Andean culture, as practiced by the people in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

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Instructor and student at dig site in Peru

LAST 395: Archaeology Field School in Peru

This course is an archaeological field school where students will have the opportunity to engage in innovative original research at the archaeological site of Cerro Blanco, a Chancay Administrative Center located in central Peru.

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Intro to indigenous languages

LAST 345: Intro to indigenous languages of Latin America

This course provides an overview of some indigenous language families in Latin America.

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