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 |
Although every culture has its own share of dichotomies and incongruities, American culture is said particularly to be marked by contradictions and dilemmas. This course is designed to study some of these dichotomies as they unfold in American history and are revealed in literature. The aim of this course is to be able to discern and discuss the historical, cultural and economic backgrounds that lie behind these dilemmas. |
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 |
History and Theory |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Lecture |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
Since the assessment methods below have not been entered to the system yet, a closest method from among the existing ones have been selected. |
Assessment Criteria |
If one of the exams in this course will involves 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 |
This course involves both lectures and class discussions. While the instructor will provide most of the historical and theoretical background in lectures, the students are required to read and analyze the assigned texts for the week, which will be elucidated further in class discussions. In order to be able to follow class discussions and lectures, 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 |
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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