FYE 110 - Reflections on Community and Identity

(2 units)

This course will provide a supportive environment to individually and collectively explore Asian Pacific Islander (API), Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQIA+ Identity, history, culture, and community. This space will provide support, mentoring, and networks to ensure educational success and empowerment. Scholars will have the opportunity to connect and network with peers and faculty, as well as participate in cultural events and activities on campus and in the local community.

Maximum units a student may earn: 2

Must be a resident of the Identity-based Living-Learning Community (LLC)

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 2
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of diversity through the LLC course that focuses on topics including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, physical ability, language, and/or social class with an emphasis on equity.
2. learn and apply critical approaches and/or methods to analyze diversity and equity, as well as examine social barriers to their promotion.
3. produce a research project that clearly presents research results and thoroughly considers previous research on the topic.
4. demonstrate the ability to perform oral communication appropriate to a given communicative event.
5. demonstrate the ability to determine and focus purpose of speech, articulate a thesis, and state ideas directly.
6. demonstrate the ability to design and produce multimedia communication appropriate to a given research or creative context (purpose, audience, event, form/genre/medium).
7. demonstrate the ability to summarize information effectively, highlight key results, explain methodology or processes involved both visually and orally if questioned.

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