COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 5045 AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FÜSUN ÇOBAN DÖŞKAYA

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn the American Constitution to be able to compare the American Constitution with the other constitutions. The American Constitution is the first written constitution and based on certain principles.
This Constitution contains the Presidential system. The importance of the Presidential system might be understood better when the American Constitution is compared with others. When we are analzing the American Constitution, we see the place of the separation of powers and how it works properly through the American Constitution.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the importance and the place of the American Constitution.
2   To be able to learn how the American Constitution works through mechanisms.
3   The American constitution is compared with the other constitutions and find out the superiror parts of the American Constitution.
4   Through analyzing the American Constitution to find out connections of economy and politics.
5   The principles of the presidential system will be learned.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The State is still the Basic Entity Class Discussion
2 Federalism and the Constitution Class Discussion
3 The Constitution is a Living Document Class Discussion
4 The Organization of the Congress Class Discussion
5 The Powers of the Congress Class Discussion
6 How the Congress works Class Discussion
7 Presidency Class Discussion
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Class Discussion Class Discussion
10 The Leadership of the President Class Discussion
11 The power of the Judiciary Class Discussion
12 The Supreme Court Class Discussion
13 To Define the Public Policies through the Decisions of the Supreme Court Class Discussion
14 Why Does the American Constitution Duperior Class Discussion
15 The Presentation of the Students and the Discussions
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Remy, Richard C., lary Elowitz, William Berlin. Government in the United States, Scribner Educational Publishers, 1984.
Janda, Kenneth, jeffrey M. Berry, Jerry Goldman, The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
McClenaghan, William A. American Government, Prentice Hall, 1988.

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 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced.

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

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.

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)
Tutorials 0 0 0
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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