Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature |
Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
PROFESSOR DOCTOR NILSEN GÖKÇEN ULUK |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
This course is designed to introduce and discuss the concept and structures of class in American society as they interact with relevant issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, and age. In order to achieve this, we will look into the birth and evolution of social and economic classes first in human history and their particular emergence in the United States, which was founded in order to create a classless democracy. Since the most striking conflict with this ideal is found in the racial divisions and slavery in American history, class cannot be considered independently of race in America, the other major component of this course. At the end of this course the student is expected to develop an understanding of how the racial divisions of American society also function as class divisions. |
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 |
In this course we will study a wide range of materials from theoretical and historical texts to autobiographical accounts, from books of journalism to short stories and novels. |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
1. Lectures |
Assessment Methods |
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*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable. |
Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
Since the assessment methods below have not yet been entered the system, for now the closest assessment methods have been chosen. |
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. |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
In order to be able to follow class discussions and lectures, the students must read the required material for the week. Each student is thus expected to be ready to participate in an intellectually stimulating discussion of the texts. In addition, s/he is expected to establish ties between the present and previously introduced material in order to be able to develop a wider perspective on underlying issues. |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
Office phone: 232 301 8678 |
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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