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Multicultural Studies - Global (MCG)

Revised requirement

Adopted May 2007; effective date September 2008

Description:

Multicultural Studies: Two courses, each from a different department or program, one with a domestic focus and one with a global focus.

A. Multicultural Studies-Global (MCG)

Intended learning outcomes for students:

    Students will demonstrate:

  1. deep, contextualized knowledge about at least one culture located primarily outside the United States and considered to have experiences and/or a culture substantially different from those of the dominant groups in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

  2. the ability to use concepts and tools of inquiry from at least one discipline to analyze issues related to cultural experience different from that of the dominant groups in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

  3. the ability to reflect critically on their own cultural experience and the diverse cultural experience of others as well as on their understanding of their place in a world that is culturally complex and diverse, interdependent but divided.

Guidelines for courses:

  1. The course must focus explicitly on the beliefs, history, social experiences, artistic or literary expressions, and/or traditions of one or more cultures located primarily outside the United States, considered to have experiences and/or a culture substantially different from those of the dominant groups in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

  2. The course must engage students in the use of tools of inquiry considered appropriate within the disciplinary or interdisciplinary focus of the course.

  3. The course must engage students in reflection on their place in an interdependent but divided global community.

Additional information for faculty proposing MCG courses – includes committee comments on course guidelines to assist instructors in preparing proposals for GE accreditation

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Current requirement

Description:

Multicultural Studies: The requirement consists of two parts: one course and one component, intended to develop understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity. The course develops understanding of cultures outside the western tradition. The component develops understanding of cultural diversity within U.S. society, with a focus on race, ethnicity or gender.

A. Global Course (MCS-G):

Intended learning outcomes for students:

The current version of this requirement does not include a statement of intended learning outcomes.

Guidelines for courses:

  1. Multicultural Studies introduce students to non-Western traditions and societies.

  2. Cultural studies focus on patterned systems of belief and behavior that may be expressed broadly in world views, values, and social institutions, and more specifically, for example, in notions of time and space, custom, and gesture. Courses in Multicultural Studies should, therefore, treat one or more significant aspects of a society or societies in their cultural and intercultural context.

Multicultural Studies requirement complete description - includes committee comments on course guidelines to assist instructors in preparing proposals for GE accreditation