COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This class analysez the interrelation of science and technology with culture and literature in the United States.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Alan Trachtenberg, Leo Marx, Edith Warton, Henry Adams, Hart Crane
Henry James, David F.Noble, Dana Haraway, Jonathan Lethem
Movies and Documentaries.
Each semester an updated blog site will host the online class Syllabus
for audio visual, written links and updates.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This class focuses on the study of science and technology and its interrelation with American literature and culture within the context of American (Culture) Studies, inclusive of major works published in the area pertaining especially to technology s development through American history, and its examples in literature, art and popular culture in scrutiny of the social categories of race, class, ethnicity and gender

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

One Midterm and Final exam will be administered througout the semester.
The exams will be in test format, as well as inclusive of open ended questions.
These exams will be evaluating students' understanding of major arguments in the area:
knowledge of concepts, definitions, and ability to develop inferences will be evaluated

Assessment Criteria

1. Exam questions test course related knowledge.
2. In test questions correct answers and answers that are closest to the correct answer
are accepted as correct. If the correct answer is worth two points (2) the answer
closest to correct is to be graded as one (1) point.
3. In open ended type questions students are expected to remember a definition at its
best possible form in a cause and effect relationship, showing their best understanding
of it. If the correct answer is worth two points (2) the answer closest to correct is
to be graded as one (1) point.
4. All exam questions will be related with issues covered during the semester , and are
prepared so as to allow for due response time.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Class attendance required 70%

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes