COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5030 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LEMAN GIRESUNLU

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

This course focuses on classical texts from American Literature and history as well as major publications in American studies with an emphasis on science and technology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Sudents will be able to read and analyze classical works central to American Studies curriculum.
2   Sudents will be able to synthesize contemporary ideas and trends along selected themes.
3   Sudents will be able to asses the mechanics of academic articles based on earlier reading and compositions skills, thus to develop advanced reading skills.
4   Sudents will be able to acquire advanced reading and writing techniques.
5   Students will become able to synthesize literary and critical works and perform in class presentations of their own arguments through well developed research projects.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Henry Nash Smith, Virgin Land Lecture on area study historical perspective Henry Nash Smith, Virgin Land analysis
2 Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden Lecture on area study historical perspective Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden analysis proposal writing
3 Frank Norris, Octopus Lecture on area study a historical perspective-- Frank Norris, Octopus analysis---academic research paper writing--
4 Frank Norris --continued Lecture on area study historical perspective --Frank Norris, Octopus analysis---academic research paper writing--/ research paper proposal evaluation and return to students with suggestions.
5 Hart Crane, The Bridge Lecture on area study historical perspective --Hart Crane, The Bridge analysis steps on bibliography, endnote, footnote writing .
6 Hart crane --continued Lecture on area study historical perspective --Hart Crane, The Bridge analysis steps on bibliography, endnote, footnote writing .
7 Alan Trachtenberg; Brooklyn Bridge Lecture on area study historical perspective --Alan Trachtenberg; Brooklyn Bridge analysis steps on annotated bibliyography.
8 Alan Trachtenberg; Brooklyn Bridge Lecture on area study historical perspective --Alan Trachtenberg; Brooklyn analysis-- steps on annotated bibliyography.
9 Class Discussion Class Discussion
10 Cecelia Tichi, Shifting Gears; Technology, Literature, Culture in Modernist America Lecture on area study a historical perspective --Cecelia Tichi, Shifting Gears; Technology, Literature, Culture in Modernist America analysis-- steps on annotated bibliyography.
11 Allen, Robert C. ed. Channels of Discourse: Television and Contemporary Criticism or equivalent Lecture on area study a historical perspective --Allen, Robert C. ed. Channels of Discourse: Television and Contemporary Criticism analysis
12 On interdisciplinarity and postmodernity Lecture on area study a historical perspective interdisciplinary studies and contemporary works analysis.
13 Haraway, Donna. Simians, Cyborgs and Women Lecture on area study a historical perspective Haraway, Donna. Simians, Cyborgs and Women --analysis
14 Current issues in cybernetics Lecture on area study and current issues in cybernetics
15 Wrap up paper presentations and evaluations --for paper assignments--

Recomended or Required Reading

Henry Nash Smith, Virgin Land; Leo Marx, The Machine in the Garden; Frank Norris, Octopus; Hart Crane, The Bridge; Alan Trachtenberg; Brooklyn Bridge; Cecelia Tichi, Shifting Gears; Technology, Literature, Culture in Modernist America
(Syllabus maybe updated with due notice.)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) All selected teaching material; written and visual are to be notified prior to the semester.
2) A Tentative Syllabus maybe located on the class blog and subject to timely updates and alterations.
3) Lectures maybe inclusive of diverse learning/teaching tools such as audio/visual materials from films to documentaries.
4) The Course Blog embedded within the University Teaching portal ( for online courses) will host all reading and audio visual materials, as well as course announcements

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1) Midterm (%40) will be administered in class, and all homeworks and in class presentations will add up equally to the midterm grade.

2) Final (%60) will be administered as in class, and all homeworks and in class presentations will add up equally to the final grade.

Assessment Criteria

1) All exams and research projects assess knowledge, and research skills.

2) Research paper assignments require adherence to academic ethics and rules of writign and research (MLA style.)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1) Class attendance is compulsory (%70). Students are expected to join class and be prepared for class discussions.
2) Research paper assignments require adherence to academic research writing rules (MLA style)
3) Students are expected to adhere to academic code of ethics.
4) Late assignments are subject to deduction in the overall grade, notified early in the semester.
5) All students exempt from class participation from a former years' attendence, are expected to stay updated with the current
semester's course content.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Faculty of Letters

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 midterm exam 1 22 22
Preparation for final exam 1 22 22
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 5 50
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 8 8
Midterm 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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