Spring 2027

Topics in Latinx Culture

Explores the cultural evolution of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and other U.S. Latinx groups in relation to their countries of origin.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ruben Medina3.7/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.87 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize the place of migration in the development of the U.S. as a nation, of migration as an integral social phenomena, and of Mexican migration in particular.

  • Apply various analytical tools and perspectives to grasp diverse practices of cultural retention, cultural transformation, hybridity, transnationalism, and plural identities.

  • Recognize the intersectionality of ethnicity, race, gender, nation, and sexuality.

  • Identify various cultural expressions in critical dialogue with hegemonic/dominant cultures.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

Course map

(CHICLA/​SPANISH 222 and SPANISH 224), (SPANISH 223 and 224),SPANISH 361, 363, or CHICLA/​SPANISH 364

CHICLA/SPANISH 469

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Raw average: 3.77/5 from 30 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.40 GPA, 68.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.69 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RUBEN MEDINA is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 270
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 270

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.87 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=47 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Cultural evolution of U.S. Latinx communities in relation to countries of origin.
  • Migration as a social phenomenon, including Mexican migration.
  • Cultural retention, transformation, hybridity, transnationalism, and plural identities.

Skills

  • Apply analytical tools to understand cultural retention, transformation, hybridity, and transnationalism.
  • Analyze the intersectionality of ethnicity, race, gender, nation, and sexuality.
  • Identify cultural expressions that critique hegemonic or dominant cultures.

Grades

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CHICLA/SPANISH 469 · Spring 2027

Topics in Latinx Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
CHICLA/SPANISH 469 · Spring 2027

Latinx Migration to the US

Recorded 2026-10-14
CHICLA/SPANISH 469 · Spring 2027

Topics in Latinx Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
CHICLA/SPANISH 469 · Spring 2027

Latinx Migration to the US

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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