PORTGSE M122Foundations in Visual Culture in Iberian, Latin American, and Luso-Brazilian Worlds
Portuguese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Spanish M122.) Taught in English. Addresses specificities of visual culture in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. Through critical engagement with wide range of visual materials—from 16th-century maps of Americas to YouTube videos of street protects in Chile; from Modernist architectural designs for new national capitals to telenovelas and colonial photographs; and everything in between—introduction to practices, processes, objects of study, and interdisciplinary critical frameworks of field of visual culture studies. By examining manifestations of visual culture from Iberian, Latin American, and Luso-Brazilian contexts, students gain culturally specific foundations of visual knowledge and skills of visual literacy.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 25 or 26 or 27 or Spanish 25 or 27.
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PORTGSE M122
- PORTGSE 25Advanced Portuguese
- PORTGSE 3Intermediate Portuguese
- PORTGSE 11BIntensive Portuguese
- PORTGSE 26Language and Popular Culture
- SPAN 25Advanced Spanish Composition
- SPAN 5Intermediate Spanish
- PORTGSE 27Writing Studies: Afro-Luso-Brazilian World
- SPAN 27Advanced Spanish Composition for Heritage Speakers
5 direct requisites. Showing 15 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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