ES 322 - Oral Traditions

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity
An examination of oral traditions in a cross cultural context, with special emphasis on collective memory, folklore, and testimonial literature of indigenous and mestizo/a populations. Students will examine oral history, interviewing techniques, immigration, popular culture, and genealogy.

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: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
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 ONLY

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

Students will be able to employ interviewing techniques in order to capture and record stories, histories, and cultural information.
Students will be able to compare and contrast regional stories, folklore, and tales from the Americas.
Students will be able to evaluate and analyze testimonial literature from marginalized groups.
Students will be able to interpret, evaluate and analyze cultural shifts in collective memory and the contemporary role of oral traditions in aboriginal communities.

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.