Literature and Popular Culture

The Literature and Popular Culture ULR requires you to analyze, interpret, and appreciate literature and diverse forms of popular culture as artistic and cultural representation.

Popular culture includes film, music, television, folklore, crafts, mass media, youth culture, and other forms of communication.

Courses currently approved to fulfill this ULR are listed below.  Links to the ULR's outcomes, assessement and an archived list of courses no longer satisfying the ULR can be found below or in the navigation column.

Approved Courses

  • ASMT 427: Literature/Pop Cult (1 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • CST 209: Introduction to Animation (2 units)
    Approved from Spring 2010

  • CST 271: Digital Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2002

  • GS 362: Global Literatures (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2004

  • HCOM 112: ENCOM through Global Lit (5 units)
    Approved from Fall 2006

  • HCOM 221: Global Narratives (3 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • HCOM 225: Literature,Film & Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • HCOM 226: Afro Cuba Hip Hop (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2008

  • HCOM 227: Multicultural Poetry (6 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • HCOM 230: Environmental Creative Writing (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

  • HCOM 231: Latina/o Creative Wrtg Wrkshp (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2007

  • HCOM 244: Latino USA: Ident/Experiences (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2004

  • HCOM 247: African Legacy Worldwide (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2004

  • HCOM 285: Intro to Photojournalism (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2007

  • HCOM 322: Asian American Literature (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

  • HCOM 324: African American Narratives (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

  • HCOM 335: Amer Ethnic Lit & Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • HCOM 365: Chicana/o Latina/o History (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • HCOM 425: Post-Colonial Lit and Film (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • ISSM 323: World Mythological Literature (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2006

  • ISSM 324: Return of the Great Goddess (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2007

  • JAPN 213: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • JAPN 308: Japanese Pop-Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1998

  • JAPN 309: Japanese Lit in Translation (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2007

  • JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2000

  • JAPN 313: Manga, Anime & Modern Japan (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • LS 394: Multi Lit Chld & Yng Adults (3 units)
    Approved from Fall 2006

  • LS 394S: Multi Lit Chld & Yng Adults (3 units)
    Approved from Fall 1999

  • MPA 201: Survey Of Jazz (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • MPA 240: Active Storytelling (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • MPA 241: Introduction to Theatre (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • MPA 245: Playwriting (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • MPA 301: Music for Children (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • MPA 302: The Roots Of Pop Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • MPA 335: Reflections on America (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

  • MPA 360: Survey of World Music ONLINE (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

  • SBS 244: Latino USA:Ident/Experiences (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2004

  • SPAN 261: Contemp Chicano Lit:Survy (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • SPAN 310: Hispanic Child Lit (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1998

  • SPAN 325: Hispanic Cinema (2 to 6 units)
    Approved from Fall 2009

  • SPAN 365: The Chicano Novel (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • SPAN 425: La Literatura Mexicana (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • SPAN 426: Narativa Hispanoamericana (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • SPAN 427: Latin Amer Women Writers (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • SPAN 428: La Literatura Afrolatina (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • TAT 209: Introduction to Animation (2 units)
    Approved from Fall 2010

  • TAT 230: Creative Storytelling (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2005

  • TAT 231: Movie Mania (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2001

  • TAT 232: Power of Film (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2009

  • VPA 208: Power of Image (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2008

  • VPA 305: Media Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2004

  • VPA 307: Diverse Hist Contemp Art (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • VPA 308: Ways Of Seeing (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • VPA 312: Vis Arts Ed For Teachers (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • VPA 313: Regional Art History (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2002

Contact ULR Chair

Miguel Lopez

milopez [at] csumb [dot] edu

CSU General Education Alignment

  • Literature and Popular Culture: CSU GE Area C2