ES 366 - Pinayism: Filipina Experiences and Activism

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Diversity
This course examines the historical and contemporary social, political, and economic experiences of F/Pilipinas in global, local, and personal contexts. We will center Pinay narratives to understand and analyze self-love, struggle, survival, sisterhood, solidarity, and social justice.

Prerequisites: Completion of GE A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice)
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D Upper Division Social Sciences, Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Analyze Pinay writers with attention to themes of self-love, struggle, survival, sisterhood, solidarity, and social justice;
Identify structures of oppression that impact Pinays through regional, national, and/or global contexts;
Write analytical responses to key writings by Pinay authors; and
Design and implement Critical Pinay Studies curriculum weaving together the themes of the course, integrating personal testimony, key quotes from the assigned readings, and an interpretation of several texts.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.