ENGL 328 - Latinx Literature

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
Literature of all genres written by Latinx authors that reflects diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences, and that explores themes such as immigration, class, gender, and sexuality.

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, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

analyze and interpret Latina/o authored literary works in their social, political, and historical contexts;
identify similarities and differences among various Latina/o experiences, as represented in literature;
engage in collaborative assignments, such as discussion, oral presentation, and peer editing, and listen respectfully to interpretations of others. write clear thesis-driven essays about literature, demonstrating understanding of literary terminology, analytical and persuasive skills, and awareness of the own writing process;
demonstrate, in discussion and in writing, an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, expressed by diverse Latina/o literary voices.

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.

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.