PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ACL1097	American History I	Spring Fall	3	0	3	8

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	To introduce American history from the first settlement to 1877 and to specify the various political, social, cultural and economic themes that have played key roles in the development of the United States as a nation, people and society.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeed in this course will be able to:

1)To discuss major events, persons, and dates of American History up to 1877, Civil War.
2)To employ historical and sociological perspectives relating to the development of the American History to 1877
3)To formulate interpretations of a American society through the analysis of key events up to 1877
4)To evaluate how the USA developed its political, social, cultural, economical structure up to 1877.
5)To examine significant political, social, economical, and cultural developments in the first phase of American history.

Course Content

16th to 19th century American History

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Worlds Collide: Europe, Africa, and America, 1450-1620
2)	The Invasion and Settlement of North America, 1550-1700	Reading
3)	The British Empire in America, 1660-1750	Reading
4)	Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society, 1720-1765	Reading
5)	Toward Independence: Years of Decision, 1763-1775	Reading
6)	War and Revolution, 1775-1783	Reading
7)	The New Political Order, 1776-1800	Reading
8)	Westward Expansion and A New Political Economy	Reading
9)	The Quest for a Republican Society, 1790-1820	Reading
10)	The Economic Revolution, 1820-1860	Reading
11)	A Democratic Revolution, 1820-1844	Reading
12)	Religion and Reform, 1820-1860	Reading
13)	Civil War, 1861-1865	Reading
14)	The Reconstruction, 1865-1877	Reading
15)	Final
16)	Final

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	A People and A Nation: History of the United States, Combined Edition. Houghton Mifflin.
References:	Primary Source Booklet

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	16	% 10
Quizzes	2	% 10
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	15	7	105
Quizzes	2	2	4
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.