LATINX/ES AND MEDIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Connect the way that Latinx people have historically been represented in mainstream media to the way that they are represented in contemporary media and to their treatment in contemporary society more Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define anti-Latinx racism and its connections to other forms of oppression, including sexism, heteronormativity, classism, colonization, and ableism Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze the different constraints and possibilities for how Latinx people produce and consume media texts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Respectfully engage in nuanced discussions about race and reflect on the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate advanced analysis of Latinx media texts that rigorously engages with scholarship in Latinx media studies Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Connect the way that Latinx people have historically been represented in mainstream media to the way that they are represented in contemporary media and to their treatment in contemporary society more Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define anti-Latinx racism and its connections to other forms of oppression, including sexism, heteronormativity, classism, colonization, and ableism Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze the different constraints and possibilities for how Latinx people produce and consume media texts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Respectfully engage in nuanced discussions about race and reflect on the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate advanced analysis of Latinx media texts that rigorously engages with scholarship in Latinx media studies Audience: Graduate