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Catalog: PLO & Articulated Courses
Pan African Studies, M.A.
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2021 cycle
https://calstatela.curriculog.com/proposal:5728/form
F1. Fit with the Institutional Mission or Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
Institutional Learning Outcomes (Cal State LA):
- Knowledge: Mastery of Content and Processes of Inquiry
- Understand and apply the scientific method
- Demonstrate an understanding of human beings as physiological, psychological, social and spiritual people
- Utilize perspectives of the different disciplines to analyze broader questions facing society now and in the future
- Proficiency: Intellectual skills
- Critical thinking: Demonstrate advanced reasoning in the discipline
- Reading, writing, and speaking:
- Write to inform, explain, describe, or define a subject
- Demonstrate the ability to write in the discipline
- Make an oral argument and respond to questions
- Quantitative reasoning:
- Perform computations and symbolic manipulations
- Demonstrate quantitative reasoning appropriate to the discipline
- Information literacy: Demonstrate information seeking, management and evaluation of source appropriate to the discipline
- Problem solving: Team work: function effectively in a cross-cultural environment
- Place: Urban and Global Mission
- Demonstrate personal and social responsibility via individual and group effort including engagement with their local communities
- Demonstrate an understanding of social issues and the ideals of a multicultural society
- Recognize, analyze, and help to solve issues of civic and ethical concern in local and global communities
- Transformation: Integrative Learning
- Conduct a community, creative or scholarly research project
- Demonstrates life-long learning dispositions
- Articulate and reflect on the benefits of their educational experience
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Institutional Learning Outcomes
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Introduced
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Developed
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Mastered
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Knowledge: Mastery of Content and Processes of Inquiry
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
Elective (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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Understand and apply the scientific method
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
Elective (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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Place: Urban and Global Mission
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
Elective (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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Transformation: Integrative Learning
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
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F2. Program Learning Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes
- establish a foundation for understanding and interpreting the historical world that produced the African diaspora to provide the groundwork for interpreting and analyzing the contemporary world that continues to be shaped by the politics, popular cultures, and social movements of Black populations
- foster a socially responsive and applied Pan Africanism that is in partnership with the people, communities, and environments that are engaged, served and studied to further the development of African peoples worldwide
- provide a theoretical base of knowledge, exposure to methods of research, and a context for analyzing and interpreting the African diasporic experience, which can be invaluable either in further graduate study or in a specific job or career choice
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the M.A. in Pan African Studies, students will be able to:
1) demonstrate an interdisciplinary understanding of the history, culture, and politics of Africans of the diaspora
2) create research or applied approaches to addressing and demystifying issues facing domestic African communities or worldwide
3) be prepared for doctoral studies or professional careers in relevant areas
- All course-based student learning outcomes will be assessed via written examination, oral examination, or term paper(s). Overall student learning outcomes, program outcomes, and institutional outcomes will be assessed via successful completion of all PAS MA coursework and fulfillment of the PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Project:
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- An issue related to the agency, experiences, and advancement of people of African descent.
- Their approach to better understand or modify this issue on an educational or institutional level
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Program Learning Outcomes
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establish a foundation for understanding and interpreting the historical world that
produced the African diaspora to provide the groundwork for interpreting and analyzing the contemporary world that continues to be shaped by the politics, popular cultures, and social movements of Black populations
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PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
- Assessed by way of a term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
Elective (3 units)
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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foster a socially responsive and applied Pan Africanism that is in partnership with the
people, communities, and environments that are engaged, served, and studied to further the development of African peoples worldwide
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PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
Elective (3 units)
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- PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units) Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
Elective (3 units)
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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provide a theoretical base of knowledge, exposure to methods of research, and a context for analyzing and interpreting the African diasporic experience, which can be invaluable either in further graduate study or in a specific job or career choice
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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Student Learning Outcomes
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demonstrate an interdisciplinary understanding of the history, culture, and politics of Africans of the diaspora
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
PAS 5001 Overview of African History from Ancient Africa to Colonialism (3)
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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create research or applied approaches to addressing and demystifying issues facing
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
PAS 5012 Creating Parallel Structures, Institutions, Organizations, and Systems (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a community engagement based project
Elective (3 units)
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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be prepared for doctoral studies or professional careers in relevant areas
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PAS 5000 Proseminar in Pan African Studies (3 units)
- Assessed by way of a comprehensive term paper and oral presentations and classroom led discussions
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PAS 5002 Research Methods in Pan African Studies (3units)
- Assessed by way of a research proposal
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PAS 5990 Thesis Research or PAS 5995 Thesis Project (3 units)
- Assessed by the design of a thesis draft in consultation with the professor and advisor.
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