- Code
- ELL 356
- Name
- American Studies
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
American film reflects and arguably creates the American national identity. The films considered in this course will explore dynamics of modern America; the films and the introductory lectures will provide students with an integrated and critical knowledge of American culture and society. Rather than accept a given film as an accurate depiction of events or even ideologies, your exercise in critical thinking will be paramount to your learning success.
- Objectives
-
By the end of this course, students will have considered some complexities that make up life in America: • American Philosophical Thought • Intercultural Relations • Ethnicity, Race, and Religion • National Identity • Popular Culture • Individualism and Idealism • War and Conflict
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Course Introduction
- 2
- America’s Political Foundation
- 3
- American Philosophy
- 4
- The American Dream It’s a Wonderful Life
- 5
- Intercultural Relations Outsourced
- 6
- America, Race and Civil Rights Mississippi Burning
- 7
- Midterm Preparation
- 8
- Midterm exam
- 9
- America at War Platoon
- 10
- Watergate All the President’s Men
- 11
- Freedom of the Press The Post
- 12
- Rock and Roll in American-1
- 13
- Rock and Roll in American-2
- 14
- Rock and Roll in American-3
- 15
- Discussion
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- The students will come to understand that the “America” they think they know, is not the one in their imagination;
- 2
- The students will use their critical thinking and better understand complexity that makes up and informs what America is.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 40% 40%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 40%
- Final exam percent
- 60%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 5 70
- Duties
- 0 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 0 0
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 118
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 4.72
- ECTS
- 5.00