MLO 4 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:
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.
Courses Completed:
Japan 305 Intro to Japanese Culture and Civilization
Reflection: In this course I really did learn about the Japanese culture. At first I really thought I would have trouble in this course, but it has a great pleasure being in Professor Takahashi's class. His class was full of important and it introduced so many new information into my knowledge. Learning about ninjas and samurais was like learning about a different warriors just in the Japanese culture. The religion of the Japanese was one of the most intriguing topics we learned about. The Japanese religion has a method of pilgrimage where they praise and walk to a temple in order to do a pilgrimage. We had many readings and we would get quizzed on them. The readings were not boring, and the films we watched in classes were very important to my knowledge of the topic we learned about.