2021 cycle

https://calstatela.curriculog.com/proposal:6249/form#AreaD

D1-Fit with the Institutional Mission or Institutional Learning Outcomes
 

n close alignment with the University’s mission, and its focus on engagement, service, and the public good, community-based learning has been a defining feature of our programmatic goals. Taking advantage of our campus location and our ties to the surrounding Asian American communities, AAAS’ goals has always been to design a curriculum that would introduce students to concepts of civic learning and community engagement early on, build capacity in our second and third-year courses so that we have strong community partnerships in place, and design one or two capstone/internship courses to allow students to take on projects that not only create meaningful civic consciousness but also pave ways to connect their chosen discipline to their communities. Thus, we have developed a scaffolded community curriculum that teaches students how to prepare themselves to be competent and responsible citizens and lead an engaged civic life in the Pacific century. For example, two of our signature service-learning courses are AAAS 3510: “Body, Health, Food Justice and API Communities,” and AAAS/HIST 3520: “Oral History of Asian America.” 

The table below demonstrates how our Program Learning Outcomes (PLO’s) are aligned with the University Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO’s) and help advance the University mission: 

Cal State LA Institutional Learning Outcomes	PLO(s) which match this ILO
1. Knowledge: Mastery of content and processes of inquiry	PLO 1 & PLO 2
2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills	PLO4 & PLO5
3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission	PLO3
4. Transformation: Integrative learning	PLO 6 & PLO 7

 

D2-Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the breadth of Asia, its culture, people, and society;

2. Demonstrate knowledge about Asian America, its origin, immigration history, and its relationship with other ethnic groups;

3. Explain the connections between Asia and America through migration, trade, and war, and the connection between the localized and the global;

4. Demonstrate writing skills by researching and writing about Asia and Asian America;

5. Demonstrate oral skills through presentations of reading, current events, and research on Asia and Asian America;

6. Demonstrate critical thinking skills, quantitative reasoning, and information literacy through formulating and executing an original and analytic research project;

7. Demonstrate an understanding of the connection between Asian America and other racial/ethnic groups in the United States through comparative and team-taught courses in Ethnic Studies and Diaspora Studies.