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Patrick G. Blaine
B CUSP 104
Bothell Campus

Discovery Core I: The Arts

Examines an important social issue such as ecology, art, political change, the power of media, educational reform, or the role of science in contemporary culture through interdisciplinary investigation, and the lens of the visual, literary, and performing arts. Co-requisite: either B CUSP 101, B CUSP 107, or B CUSP 110.

Class description

This course examines three topics: Human rights, gender, and immigration through the cases of Mexico, Cuba, and Chile. We will use a combination of film, fiction, poetry, social science, and testimony to understand a number of political and social problems, including:

Human rights violations in the region; the ways people respond to injustice; how men and women experience politics differently from one another, and why so many people from Latin America and the Caribbean have left their countries of origin.

Student learning goals

Understand fundamental issues in recent history relating to the U.S. and parts of Latin America

Inclusive Practices

Critical and Creative Inquiry

Ethics and Social Responsibility

Quantitative and Qualitative Literacies

Communication

General method of instruction

Lecture, small group work, writing assignments.

Recommended preparation

None. Buy all required texts.

Class assignments and grading

Mostly written, of varying lengths.


The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.
Last Update by Patrick G. Blaine
Date: 07/27/2009