COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN HISTORY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 1002 AMERICAN HISTORY II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course aims to examine the social, political, diplomatic and economic events that took place starting from the Civil War and tries to bring it up to the present. In this respect, the students are exposed all the concepts and terms that are necessary to evaluate this period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be acquainted with the political, social, economic, and historical events staring from the Civil War;
2   To know the basic terms, dates, concepts, and principals in order to understand the events since the Civil War;
3   To understand the facts and principals concerning the period;
4   To be able to find the reason and result relationship of the main events concerning the period;
5   To able to apply these facts and situations to new and currents situations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Development of the West: 1877-1900 Discussion
2 The Machine Age: 1870-1920 Reading and Discussion
3 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: 1917-1920 Reading and Discussion
4 The Quest for Empire: 1865-1914 Americans in the Great War: 1914-1920 Reading and Discussion
5 Great Depression and The New Deal: 1929-1941 Reading and Discussion
6 Peaceseekers and Warmakers: Americans in the World: 1920-1941 Reading and Discussion
7 World War II: 1941-1945 Reading and Discussion
8 Mid-term
9 Cold War Era: 1945-1961 Reading and Discussion
10 A Turbulent Era in America: 1961-1973 Reading and Discussion
11 Continuing Divisions and New Limits: 1980s Reading and Discussion
12 Global World and the 1990s Reading and Discussion
13 New Millennium Reading and Discussion
14 General Evaluation Reading and Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading


Bailyn, Bernard, et al. The Great Republic: A History of American People. 13th ed. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1985. Print.
Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey. 13th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2009. Print.
Norton, Mary Beth, et al. A People and a Nation: History of the United States .7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Print.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

At the exams the students will be asked whether they
* know the fundamental concepts relating to the area;
* are familiar with the historical, social, political, end economic events of the time;
* have grasped the role of the United States in the world arena;
* have acquired the ability to think critically on historical issues.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

* The students are required to identify the major issues dealt and discussed in the course material.
* They are also asked to demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of major facts relevant to the topics dealt in the class hours.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules


* According to the university policy the students are required to attend 70% of all scheduled classes.
* The students are required to come to the classes having read the assigned text.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 132

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.2554
LO.34
LO.4
LO.5

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