MLO 4: Secondary Culture Knowledge
In addition to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, the student demonstrates a general knowledge of a socio-cultural group other than a Hispanic one or mainstream American culture. The student develops a basic understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions) and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) – of the second culture.
There are two pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
There are two pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
- The student completes at least one upper division course whose focus is a socio-cultural group not reflected by a Hispanic culture. General areas to choose from are: literature, the social sciences (anthropology, geography, history, political systems), art history, music history and/or the second cultural group.
- With faculty approval, the student may opt for a more individual pathway, choosing to independently study, research and analyze the working components of the second culture.
To complete this MLO I took JAPN 311. This class deals with social issues in Japan. In this class, we have many exchange students from Japan which make it great for first hand experience in the topics. We discussed the idea of family, education, sexuality, work force, among others. Those of us taking this class a second culture knowledge course were challenged to break all stereotypes we had of the Japanese culture. We get to hear the opinions of our classmates and compare them to the opinions we have as Americans. This is an extremely diverse class which makes for great discussion. I have truly enjoyed learning about the Japanese culture and how similar, yet so different it can be from mine (Mexican-American).
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