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Learning Goals for Appalachian Studies

Learning Goals for Appalachian Studies

  • artistic expression
  • health issues
  • sustainability
  • natural history
  • contemporary issues
  • gender
  • race
  • other approved courses relating to Appalachia
    • Delineate distinctive physical and human characteristics of places and regions in Appalachia;
    • Analyze social and power relations of Appalachian cultures, identity positions (gender, class, race/ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, etc.), and social systems.   
      • Explore the interconnected diversity of the Appalachian experience across time and space;
      • Articulate ways that the Appalachian region has been and is connected to national and international development, culture, and history.
        • Analyze representations of Appalachia in terms of rhetoric and power;
        • Explain the cultural function and meaning of Appalachian artifacts or events; and
        • Produce non-academic-essay creations (i.e., fibers, crafts, music, plays, films, poems, oral histories, etc.) that are proficient in terms of genre and their interaction with Appalachian materials, cultures, and/or issues.
          • Consider Appalachian issues with methods, concepts, and skills drawn from varied disciplines, experiences, and approaches;
          • Deploy skills and knowledge gained in the college setting in non-campus work, action, or, service related to Appalachia;
            • Have knowledge of Appalachia’s history and development.
            • Will work toward a comprehensive sense of the Appalachian region from a variety of cultural, social, and artistic perspectives.
            • Will gain skills and passion to work with communities in the mountains.
            • Will be able to see Appalachia as a model for regional study in other parts of the nation and the world.