Apr 03, 2026  
2026-2027 Catalog (BETA) Cal State East Bay 
    
2026-2027 Catalog (BETA) Cal State East Bay

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ES 366 - Pinayism: Filipina Experiences and Activism


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; 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.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, 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 GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring


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

  1. Analyze Pinay writers with attention to themes of self-love, struggle, survival, sisterhood, solidarity, and social justice;
  2. Identify structures of oppression that impact Pinays through regional, national, and/or global contexts;
  3. Write analytical responses to key writings by Pinay authors; and
  4. 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.


GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes
 

  1. 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;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
  3. 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
 

  1. Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
  2. 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).
  3. Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.



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