2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
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HUM 106 Ethnic Thought and Culture (5 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly HUMAN 106

Course Description
Provides a multicultural studies approach to the diversity, complexity and contradictions of the American ethnic experience as expressed in the arts and humanities.

Student Outcomes
1. Analyze and discuss works of art or cultural expression as products of a particular culture or ethnic group.
2. Appraise aesthetic elements of works of art, such as performing arts, language, visual imagery, literature.
3. Discuss particular works of art in relation to historical, social, and economic factors surrounding their production.
4. Analyze images, themes, and ideas found in various works in the arts.
5. Examine stereotypes and their impact on identity and ethnic/racial representations.
6. Discuss ethnic cultural expression as a tool for political and social justice movements.
7. Identify the importance of language used to represent various ethnic groups.
8. Examine central concepts in relation to aesthetic representation, such as objectivity, subjectivity, community, and cultural and multiracial identity.



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