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.