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Patrick G. Blaine
B CUSP 104
Bothell Campus
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.
