COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN POLITICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 2019 AMERICAN POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

Within the scope of the course, the legislative and executive powers of the three powers in the US government structure will be covered. How these powers affect US society, culture and politics will be analyzed. Starting with the American Constitution, Turkish Political System will be compared.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand American Political System completely
2   Especially, legislative and executive branches will be examined
3   To understand the American Constitutional structure
4   To be able to compare American and Turkish political systems.
5   To be able to compare presidential and parliamentary systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of state as a political unit
2 American Constitution and its origin
3 Federal system
4 Legislative branch
5 The power of the Congress
6 How Congress works
7 Executive branch
8 Midterm
9 President
10 Presidential election, electoral system
11 Leadership of the President
12 Secretaries of the President
13 White House and the President
14 Presidential System and Parliamentary System
15 General review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Remy, Richard, Larry Elowitz, William Berlin. Government in the United States, New York, Macmillan Publishers, 1984.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining the topic to students through interactive presentations and supporting it with visual materials, followed by in-depth analysis of the topic through student discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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
2. Homework
3. Participation
4. Final

Assessment Criteria

1. Ability to understand and define basic concepts correctly
2. Relating related concepts to each other and using them in context.
3. Analyzing a given text or discourse and using the terminology in the course content effectively.
4. Using language correctly and effectively.
5. Relating and applying the knowledge learned to real in real world examples.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is compulsory 70 %
Active participation is expected, Students should read the assigned texts before coming to class

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fusun.doskaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 08:30-09:30
Tuesday 08.30-09:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.42
LO.55

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