St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 5
History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
1.
Prepared by: Kyoko Kishimoto
Phone: 8-5627
Proposal Number:
Email: kkishimoto@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: Ethnic Studies Department
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: ETHS 425: Contemporary Asian Pacific American Issues
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Diaspora and immigration; relations to other groups of color; anti-Asian movements; identities and
representations; Model Minority Myth; activism; achievement/contributions of Asian Pacific Americans. Prereq.:
one of 201, 215, or approved Racial Issues course. 3 Cr. F, ALT.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
This course is required for the Asian Pacific American Studies Minor.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
None
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 5: History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Develop understanding of human societies and behaviors, and of the concepts, theories, and methods of
history and the social sciences.
This course will explore the politics of studying Asian Pacific Americans; issues of race; public policies
such as immigration and naturalization laws, militarism and war and contemporary immigration; Model Minority
Myth; health issues and identities of Asian Pacific Americans; anti-Asian movements; relations with other racial
groups; representations and self-definitions; Asian Pacific American activism and empowerment; and discussions
of social locations and outsider/insider politics through interdisciplinary readings from literature, history, ethnic
studies, women's studies, and sociology. Methods and concepts/theories from social science and history such as
Critical Race Theory; Feminist Theory; Intersectionality; Quantitative and qualitative methods of research;
Critical analysis of history to understand contemporary issues; Analysis and critique of public policies; and
Analysis of power relations and community response will be addressed.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 5, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Describe or use the methods and data by which historians, social scientists, or behavioral scientists investigate
human conditions.
2. Analyze human behavior, cultures, and social institutions and processes from the perspectives of history or the
social and behavioral sciences.
3. Develop explanations for and explore solutions to historical or contemporary social problems.
4. Reflect upon themselves in relation to family, communities, society, culture, and/or their histories.
5. Apply and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories about human societies and behaviors.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
SLO 1 is achieved through readings from multiple disciplines.
SLO 2 is achieved through class discussion; videos such as "Blue collar and Buddha," "Unnatural causes," "AKA
Don Bonus," "Whose children are these?," Daugher of Danang," "Searching for Asian America,”
and "Troubled Paradise"; and writing a comparative media analysis paper.
SLO 3 is achieved through class readings, class discussions, and outside event paper.
SLO 4 is achieved through the discussions of social location and outsider/insider politics of researching about
Asian Pacific Americans, and final paper.
SLO is achieved through class facilitation and current conversation paper.
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15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
Contemporary diaspora and immigration (wars, globalization, conflicts) -- 15% (SLO 1, SLO 3, SLO 5)
Contemporary analyses of Asian Pacific Americans in relation to other groups of color (1992 L.A. riot, etc.) -15% (SLO 1, SLO 2, SLO 3, SLO5)
Anti-Asian movement (hate crimes, racial profiling, anti-immigration) -- 15% (SLO 1, SLO 2, SLO 3, SLO5)
Asian Pacific American identities, diversity among Asian Pacific Americans -- 10% (SLO 1, SLO 2)
Representation of Asian Pacific Americans (media, politics, economics, social, job market) -- 15% (SLO 3, SLO
5)
Model Minority Myth -- 10% (SLO 1, SLO 2, SLO 3, SLO 4, SLO 5)
Activism, achievement/contributions of Asian Pacific Americans -- 10% (SLO 2, SLO3, SLO 5)
Politics of researching Asian Pacific Americans -- 10% (SLO 2, SLO 4, SLO 5)
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
Academic Affairs Use Only:
Response Date:
Effective Date:
Proposal Number
Department: Ethnic Studies
Course or Course(s): ETHS 425: Contemporary Asian Pacific American Issues
Department or Unit Chair Signature
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date