LTAM 3100 - Highlights of Mexican Identity and Culture (HF)

(3) Credit Hours

This course will explore topics about the Culture, Identity, Literatures, and Art of selected Mexican peoples/groups. It will also include films and documentaries. The course will be taught in English. We will explore and examine the different cultural, artistic, political, and social aspects of México, beginning with a brief introduction about its origins, all the way to the 21st century. Students will be able to recognize the connection between cultural products and society, relate the effects of geography, economics, religion, and philosophy on the values of the region’s culture and their cultural products. Students will also be able to analyze information and ideas from multiple perspectives and articulate an argument or an opinion or a conclusion based on their analysis. Moreover, this course will introduce students to México’s society and culture, and to a range of themes within that region. It will also provide students different avenues to learning about México.Fall or Spring semester. Lecture 3 hours.
General Education Category: Humanities and Fine Arts