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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ACL1097 | American History I | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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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. |
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. |
16th to 19th century American History |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | A People and A Nation: History of the United States, Combined Edition. Houghton Mifflin. |
References: | Primary Source Booklet |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |