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Loayza, Doris

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courses taught

  • ARSC 1200 - Topics in Arts and Sciences
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
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  • GEOG 4002 - Topics in Human and Environment/Society Geography
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
    Examines various topics in human and environment / society geography that are not typically covered in the curriculum. Offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors.
  • LAMS 1000 - Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    Focuses on the main topics of Latin American and Latinx Studies, exploring them through interdisciplinary approaches. Core course of the Latin American and Latinx Studies Certificate.
  • LAMS 1010 - Beginning Quechua 1
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
    The course focuses on the development of written and oral communicative abilities in Quechua through an interactive activity-based approach. Course includes an introduction to Andean Culture, and foundations on the sociocultural history of Quechua.
  • LAMS 1020 - Beginning Quechua 2
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021
    This course continues the study of the Southern variety of Quechua in Beginning Quechua 1. Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, with an estimated 8-10 million speakers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. Quechua is associated with people living in the Andes. But decades of migration have brought Quechua to coastal cities and abroad, like New York, New Jersey and Chicago. Quechua is more than a spoken language. Studying Quechua also provides a window into a rich indigenous culture, and alternative perspectives about space and time, family, relationships, society, and the natural world.
  • QUEC 1010 - Beginning Quechua 1
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    The course focuses on the development of written and oral communicative abilities in the Southern variety of Quechua through an interactive activity-based approach. Course includes an introduction to Andean Culture, and foundations on the sociocultural history of Quechua. Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, with an estimated 8-10 million speakers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. But decades of migration have brought Quechua to coastal cities and abroad, like New York, New Jersey and Chicago. Formerly LAMS 1010.
  • QUEC 1020 - Beginning Quechua 2
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    This course continues the study of the Southern variety of Quechua in Beginning Quechua 1. Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, with an estimated 8-10 million speakers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. Quechua is associated with people living in the Andes. But decades of migration have brought Quechua to coastal cities and abroad, like New York, New Jersey and Chicago. Quechua is more than a spoken language. Studying Quechua also provides a window into a rich indigenous culture, and alternative perspectives about space and time, family, relationships, society, and the natural world. Recommended prerequisite: QUEC 1010 (minimum grade D-). Formerly LAMS 1020.
  • QUEC 2010 - Intermediate Quechua 1
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
    This course continues the study of the Southern variety of Quechua in Beginning Quechua 2. Quechua is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, with an estimated 8-10 million speakers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, and Argentina. Quechua is associated with people living in the Andes. But decades of migration have brought Quechua to coastal cities and abroad, like New York, New Jersey and Chicago. Quechua is more than a spoken language. Studying Quechua also provides a window into a rich indigenous culture, and alternative perspectives about space and time, family, relationships, society, and the natural world. Recommended prerequisite: QUEC 1020 (minimum grade D-).

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