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Apr 03, 2026
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ES 322 - Oral Traditions
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-3; 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.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-3 - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area 3 requirements (lower division Area C requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
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.
GE-UD-3. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply principles, methodologies, values 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.
- Demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts or humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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