SPAN375

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Community Based Learning: The U.S. Latino/a Experience

Spanish College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

SPAN

Course Number

375

Status

Active

Course Attributes

CBL: ProgCLA-Community Based Learn, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, IMCE, IMMX: GenEd-Immersive Experience, MSPA: Major-Spanish, NAPP: Minor-Applied Performance, NEDU: Minor-Education and Society, OFFC: GenEd-Off Campus Experience, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, ENSP: Minor-Spanish Elective, NSPA: Minor-Spanish

Course Short Title

Comm Based Learning:Us Latino

Course Long Title

Community Based Learning: The U.S. Latino/a Experience

Course Description

Explores the experiences of the Latino/a community in the U.S. by examining regional and national trends in topics such as immigration, labor, family, community, cultural adaptation, education and language. Students engage in critical, reflexive thinking and civic responsibility through their participation in a community-based learning project. Students may learn about Latinos/as in various social settings and the impact they have on communities where they live. Complemented by an off-campus component in collaboration with a community partner. Students will have the opportunity to partner with organizations that serve the local Latino/a community, and will examine their role and responsibility in relation to issues of citizenship, social and economic justice, and social change.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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