HIST 327 - Love, Sex, Family: Globalization and Private Life Since 1914

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
Impact of globalization on private life: effects of migration, decolonization, diasporas, international education on personal relationships. “World” literature as a window into personal experiences of globalization. Reading novels, plays and short stories historically; using diaries and memoirs as primary sources.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Know basic analytic concepts for interpreting historical evidence relating to globalization and private life.
Achieve digital literacy in accessing and presenting information about personal experiences of globalization.
Demonstrate significant knowledge of major events and trends in the global history of private life.
Write and speak clearly and persuasively about events and trends in the global history of private life, and work collaboratively with others in solving problems relating to historical interpretation of fiction and personal narratives.
Provide original interpretation of assigned sources, and accurately reference all sources in coursework.
Comprehend how differences and similarities among diverse peoples and cultures over time shaped the global history of private life.
GE C4: Analyze works of literature as reflections on diversity in the human experience and understand how readers and writers envision new relationships between family, culture and society through literature.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.