Introduction to Cultural Studies

1 credits · Undergraduate

Introduction to ideologies and political debates that shape the cultural configuration of Hispanic communities both within and outside the US Borders. The main goal is to explore and examine critically how particular discourses (within different genres and media) relate to politics, art, culture, and society. Articles, literary texts, films, web sites, etc. will serve as resources. As students engage with cultural studies, it is expected that they achieve discursive complexity and linguistic accuracy through vocabulary development, group and individual presentations, video recordings, writing projects and debates. Each section of this course features a special topic chosen by the professor. Though sections of Spanish 303 have different course topics, Spanish 303 cannot be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or equivalent.