MLO 4: Secondary Cultural Knowledge
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:
There are two pathways by which this outcome can be fulfilled:
- Pathway 1: 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.
- Pathway 2: The student may opt for a more individual pathway, choosing to independently study, research and analyze the working components of the second culture.
Reflective Narrative:
To fulfill the MLO 4: Secondary Cultural Knowledge, I took Jap 310: Japanese Cinema, taught by Professor Takahashi. Every week we watched a new movie and wrote a two page reflective paper. The professor have chosen some of the best Japanese movies in history. All of the movies we saw, had english subtitles. I was able to compare between Japanese films and Hollywood films. The themes are very similar in the first films we saw in class. Gogira film could be seen as a big monster, but we do not focus and how it arose. This film was based on the nuclear destruction of that time. Other films focused on the destruction and the effects of WWII. Thought this films I realized the Japanese unity and loyalty is emphasized as part of their culture. When we saw the most recent Japanese films, we can see a strong influenced by Hollywood films. I feel that Japanese people of small towns still have that unity and culture sense, but people who are exposed to different cultures in the world are making changes in there cultural beliefs.
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