HUM 106 Ethnic Thought and Culture (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly HUMAN 106
Course Description
This course provides a multicultural studies approach to the diversity, complexity and contradictions of the American ethnic experience as expressed in the arts and humanities.
Course Content
A. Lenses of humanistic inquiry (i.e. examination of imaginative human expressions such as theory, art, literature, etc. to understand more deeply others’ and one’s own condition in the world)
B. Cultural and artistic expressions of various ethnic and racial groups
C. Elements of works of art (e.g. performance, language, visual imagery, literature)
D. Historical, social, and economic factors surrounding ethnic cultural production and inclusion
E. Representation of ethnic groups, including multiracial and diverse populations
F. Ideologies related to race, ethnicity, equity, and inclusion
G. Concepts, language, and languaging processes used to represent and construct various ethnic groups.
H. Frameworks for understanding ethnic and racial identity and experience (e.g. critical race theory, intersectionality, privilege, appropriation, acculturation, assimilation, colonization)
I. Cultural expression in multiple genres and cross-genre forms
Student Outcomes
1. Apply lenses of humanistic inquiry to cultural artifacts and cultural production.
2. Analyze works of art or cultural expression as products of a particular culture or ethnic group.
3. Synthesize elements of works of art and one’s own identity reflection.
4. Discuss particular works of art in relation to historical, social, and economic factors surrounding their production.
5. Analyze the importance of images, themes, and ideas for various cultural groups.
6. Examine how languaging and stereotyping impact identity and ethnic/racial representations.
7. Discuss the role of cultural expressions as tools for political and social justice movements.
Degree Outcomes
Intercultural Engagement: : Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Formal writings: essays, essay exams, research reports, reading responses B. Projects:
group presentations, individual presentations, multimedia productions C. Informal writings:
journals, in-class responses, brainstorming, freewriting D. Group discussions and classroom
activities E. Exams and quizzes: short answer, matching, multiple choice
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