HISPANIC SCREEN STUDIES
An introduction to audiovisual media in the Spanish-speaking world. Topics may include cinema, television, video and video gaming. Learn basic technical vocabulary, analytical concepts and industrial history for specific media and consider theoretical issues relating to the integration of those media in various local cultures. Special attention will be paid to the economic, technological, social and political conditions that have determined the differential development of the various screen arts in Spanish-speaking countries.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ( CHICLA/SPANISH 222 or SPANISH 223 ) and SPANISH 224 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Converse, read and write in Spanish about screen media using specialized technical vocabulary. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze and critique texts in these media using categories and concepts prevailing in professional and academic discourse. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe and evaluate the potentialities and limitations of screen media in the sociohistorical context of contemporary Spanish America. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and explain cultural, financial and political factors that production and consumption of screen media discourses in Spanish America from that in other regions. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Converse, read and write in Spanish about screen media using specialized technical vocabulary. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze and critique texts in these media using categories and concepts prevailing in professional and academic discourse. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe and evaluate the potentialities and limitations of screen media in the sociohistorical context of contemporary Spanish America. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify and explain cultural, financial and political factors that production and consumption of screen media discourses in Spanish America from that in other regions. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027