Fall 2026

Survey of Latinx/e Popular Culture

Survey of Latinx/e popular culture analyzing populations, histories, and politics through creative expressions and cultural contestations.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Ruben Medina3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.81 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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(CHICLA/​SPANISH 222 or SPANISH 223) and SPANISH 224

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.81 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RUBEN MEDINA is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction5 / 270
LEC 001Classroom Instruction20 / 270

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.83 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.81 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Latinx/e music, performance art, film and media, sports, food, and car culture.
  • Production, circulation, and reception of Latinx/e popular culture.
  • Use of Spanish and English languages, issues of identity, migration, and interculturality.
  • Role of the cultural industry and the context of globalization.

Skills

  • Analysis of Latinx/e popular culture through creative expressions, performances, and cultural contestations.
  • Exploration of intersectionality of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and nation.

Grades

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CHICLA/SPANISH 364 · Fall 2026

Survey of Latinx/e Popular Culture

Recorded 2026-09-07
CHICLA/SPANISH 364 · Fall 2026

Survey of Latinx/e Popular Culture

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Recorded 2026-09-07

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