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:
- 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.
- With faculty approval, the student may opt for a more individual pathway, choosing to independently study, research and analyze the working components of the second culture.
HCOM 346. As a second culture class, I took African American history. In this class I had the opportunity to learn about the traditions, ways of thinking, religion, and political system of the African, and African American people. The topic of the class that I liked most was the study of the different kingdoms before slavery to America. Never imagine that slavery was justified on false rumors of Africans. For example, European people said that they were cannibals, and stole children to make sacrifices. Stereotypes about this group were so terrible that Europeans treated them worse than animals. On the other hand, the reality was that the Africans had very well structured societies, and a very beautiful culture.