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Aug 26, 2024
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ENGL 325 - Asian-American Literature Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity Literature of different genres by Asian-American 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: 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: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- analyze and interpret Asia-American literary works in their social, political, and historical contexts to become more aware of themselves and their world;
- identify similarities and differences among various Asian American and Pacific Islander groups and the contexts in which these have evolved, 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 their understanding of literary terminology, analytical and persuasive skills, and awareness of their own writing process;
- demonstrate, in discussion and in writing, an understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, expressed by diverse Asian-American 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.
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