English 10:  Literature By and About Men

"Some men go crazy,

some men go slow,

some men go just where they want,

some men never go . . . ."

Bob Seger

English 10 is the only course in California higher education to focus on literature by and about men and is fully transferable to the University of California (read more here  (http://nas.org/forum_blogger/forum_archives/2004_12_19_nasof_arch.htm) and California State University systems. 

NAS

Update

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS

Vol. 14, No. 2 _ ISSN 1089-0874 _ 2005

UC Reverses Its Rejection of Male-Centered Course

The University of California (UC) recently reversed an earlier decision to deny transferability of English 10, “Literature By and About Men,” a course created by David Clemens of the English Department at Monterey Peninsula College. UC had initially deemed English 10 non-transferable on November 29, 2004, claiming that the course was too “narrow” and that no comparable course was offered by the University. Although Professor Clemens protested that UC awarded credit for much narrower, lower division, English courses, and demonstrated the wide scope of English 10’s reading list, the administration ignored his appeal. Professor Clemens responded by contacting NAS headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, resulting in the publication of a detailed account of his dealings with the administration. Titled “Sex and the Multiversity,” his article appeared in NAS Online Forum on December 20, 2004 (accessible at www.nas.org/forum.html). A number of Internet media sources soon picked up the story and, in the fullness of time, UC initiated an appeal of the course’s rejection. On January 18, 2005, Dawn Sheibani, UC’s Principal Analyst for Community College Articulation, notified Professor Clemens that after further review of his course by University faculty, UC had decided to accept “Literature By and About Men” for transfer credit. English 10 thus becomes the only English course in the nine-campus UC and 109-campus California community college systems to survey “multiple sources, enactments, and depictions of maleness, manhood, and masculinity in essays, films, short stories, and poetry either by men or about men.” Professor Clemens credits the Internet exposure on NAS Online Forum as instrumental in compelling UC’s reconsideration, leading to a victory for equity and consistency.

http://www.nas.org/publications/update/update_14-2.pdf

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