COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COUNTRY AND CULTURE KNOWLEDGE (USA)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 2112 COUNTRY AND CULTURE KNOWLEDGE (USA) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
English Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

This course enables students to learn basic information and discussions about the historical developments, political structures, social and cultural practices of the United States of America and evaluate this information within the framework of translation studies. Moreover, the discussion of concepts such as ethnicity, nation, class, gender, migration and power within the framework of individual and social identity will enable students to gain a critical perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Gain information about the historical developments, political structures, social and cultural practices of USA
2   Evaluate the categories of sociology and culturology critically.
3   Compare the cultures of America and Europe
4   Compare the cultures of America and Turkey
5   Acquire analytical skills concerning the cultural problems that they may come across during translation process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: What is America
2 War of Independence and Constitution
3 Settlement and Migration
4 Ethnicity and Americanism
5 African Americans and Civil Rights Movement
6 Gender
7 Regionalism in America: West and South
8 Mid-Term
9 Religious Culture
10 Political institutions 1
11 Political institutions 2
12 Legal system
13 Educational system
14 American Culture in the Era of Globalisation
15 General Evaluation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Anderson, B. (1983) Imagined Communities. London: Verso
Hall, S. (1997) Representation, Meaning and Language (1997) (Representation içinden, Der.S. Hall, Londra: Open Univ
Foucault, M. Space, Power and Knowledge in During, The Cultural Studies Reader
Butler, J. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire in Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, 1999
Mauk, D. & Oakland, J. (2017). American Civilization. New York: Routledge.
Campbell, N. & Kean, A. (2016). American cultural studies: An introduction to American culture. New York: Routledge.
Datesman, MK vd. (2017). American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture. Perason Education ESL

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, interactive discussion of weekly articles and book chapters, analytical texts, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Students should come prepared to classes.
3. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
4. Assignments should be submitted on time. Absence will not be accepted as an excuse for the late submission of assignments.

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 1 4
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 4 1 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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