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| IDE 213 | American Culture | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Lec.Karam NAYEBPOUR | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The primary goal of this course is to help students apply their understanding of American culture to current and recent American policies,
- to create in students an awareness of American Culture |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | gain a familiarity with American History | 1,2,21 | 1,3,6 | | LO - 2 : | develop a general understanding of what constitutes American Culture | 1,2,21 | 1,3,6 | | LO - 3 : | utilize critical thinking to apply past and recent American Policies | 1,2,21 | 1,3,6 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course is a survey of American history from cultural, political, social, literary and cultural perspective. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Intro to American Culture and Literature | | | Week 2 | Comments on America | | | Week 3 | Colonial Period | | | Week 4 | Religion in America: Puritanism, Evangelism and Mormonism | | | Week 5 | American Dream | | | Week 6 | Americsn Dream Novels: Moby Dick | | | Week 7 | American Dram Novels: The Great Gatsby | | | Week 8 | American Dream Novels: Of Mice and Man, The Grapes of Wrath | | | Week 9 | Mid Exam | | | Week 10 | Local Colours in American Literature: Mississipi Literature and Mark Twian | | | Week 11 | California Literature and J. Steinbeck | | | Week 12 | Coloured Literature | | | Week 13 | African American Literature | | | Week 14 | African American Literature | | | Week 15 | American Electporal System | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Bode, C. 1985;Highlights of American Literature, University of Maryland, Washington. | | | |
| 1 | Mcmichael, G. 1974; Concise Anthology of American Literature Macmillan, Newyork. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 07/11/2013 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 25/01/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 3 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 86 |
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