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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 3 0 3 8
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

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) 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