Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature |
Level of Course Unit |
Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NILSEN GÖKÇEN ULUK |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
This course is designed to introduce to the student a significant part of American history and social makeup as a nation of immigrants and ethnic components regarded by a range of metaphors ranging from the "melting pot" to the "kaleidoscope." At the end of this course, in addition to an understanding of the intricate and intimate relations between race, class, and gender, the students are expected develop an understanding of the (shifting) margins and center(s) of American culture, relations between ethnic groups and the mainstream culture as well as interrelations among ethnic groups. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Theory and History: |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Lecture |
Assessment Methods |
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*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable. |
Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
None |
Assessment Criteria |
Either the midterm or the final of this course will involve writing a research paper. The minimum criteria in the evaluation of this assignment will be the sensibleness and coherence of the argument, fluency of the development of ideas and thoughts, the quality and range of research, the intellectual level of the analyses and syntheses of the sources, their integration to the main idea, and the success in the accuracy, fluency in the idiomatic usage of language. The latest version of the MLA documentation style shall be employed in the research paper. The Wrks Cited must include at least ten secondary sources. Study aids such as Cliffsnotes, Sparksnotes will not be accepted as part of the Works Cited. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
Any attempt at plagiarism at research papers will result in failure in this course and start a legal process against the student. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
Address:Faculty of Letters Building Office A 220 |
Office Hours |
By appointment. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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