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May 11, 2024
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ENG 345 - Literature of Ethnic Minorities in the U.S. (3 units) CO10 Literature of ethnic groups within the American population, such as American Indians, Blacks, Basques, and Chicanos. (ENG 345 and WMST 345 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Prerequisite(s): Two from CH 201 , CH 202 or CH 212 , CH 203 ; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3 Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. describe what forces affect the ways in which individuals grow up within an ethnic group and develop an identity in American culture. 2. describe the perceptions, viewpoints, or life experiences of people in societies or cultures of non-dominant or marginalized groups within the United States. 3. identify the complex elements important to members of diverse cultural groups in relation to their history, values, politics, economy, or beliefs and practices. 4. employ and understand literary terms to analyze course readings. 5. write and think critically about how the literary works characterize minority experience in American literature. 6. critically examine and articulate how one’s identity has developed through one’s education and family and how this impacts one’s worldview. 7. write a final project that synthesizes and explains the cultural context for the literature of ethnic minority writers in America. 8. use advanced search strategies in library research databases and tools to find primary and secondary sources for a presentation or essay. 9. produce a well-supported argument that makes an original contribution to the field and could be submitted for publication in an undergraduate journal.
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