LOGISTICS (TURKISH)
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ACL3005	American Poetry I	Fall	3	0	3	5

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:	Associate (Short Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HATİCE ÖVGÜ TÜZÜN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course is an intensive study of the works of the major 19th Century American poets, considered in terms of critical theory, technique, and form. Students will learn to interpret American poets such as Anne Bradstreet, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson through recognition of the cultural strands that connect particular poems in a web of meanings, both social and historical.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. The students will do an extensive reading of the 19th Century-American essays and poetry, especially that of the American Renaissance.
2. They will develop an insight about the beginnings of American poetry, especially about how poetry writing started in the US and how it developed towards being a major component of establishing a new nation.
3. They will develop an insight about the significance of poetry of individual, universal and national topics.
4. They will learn about the major literary movements of the 19th Century USA, namely romanticism, transcendentalism and realism.
5. They will learn about the Puritan influences in the works of the later poets.
6. They will learn about the basic ideas shaping the poet’s imagination and the most important concepts in the construction of a new Nation, during their Renaissance.
7. They will develop the ability to analyze and discuss major issues of American Poetry in the 19th Century both orally in class and in their essays in exams.

Course Content

Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol I. Pp. 146-274,
Anne Bradstreet, “The Flesh and the Spirit” “To My Dear Loving Husband”
Edward Taylor “Huswifery”
Neo-Classicism & Philip Freneau, “The Indian Student”
Romanticism & William Cullen Bryant, “The Praries”, “Thanatopsis”, “The Yellow Violet”, “To a Waterfowl”, “The Poet”
Transcendentalism& Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays: “Nature” & “The American Scholar”, “The Transcendentalist”, “Self-Reliance”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems: “The Rhodora”, “Each and All” & “The Snow-Storm”
Transcendentalism& Henry David Thoreau Essays: “On Civil Government” (Civil Disobedience)
Selected sections from Walden (Where I Lived, and What I Lived for)
Edgar Allan Poe: Essay, "The Philosophy of Composition"
Edgar Allan Poe:Poetry: “A Dream Within a Dream”, “To Helen”, “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”
Realism & Walt Whitman “There Was a Child Went Forth” & Selections from Leaves of Grass
Transcendentalism & Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself”
Poetry of Consciousness & Emily Dickinson, “Presentiment”, “Success is counted sweetest” “If I can stop one Heart from breaking” “Apparently with no surprise” , “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”
“I taste a liquour never brewed”, “There’s a certain slant of light”, “After great pain, a formal feeling comes”, “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died”, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Transcendentalism & Henry David Thoreau	Essays: “On Civil Government” (Civil Disobedience) Selected sections from Walden (Where I Lived, and What I Lived for)
1)	Introduction, Pioneers, New Settlers, Puritanism	Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol I. Pp. 146-274
2)	Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor	“The Flesh and the Spirit” “To My Dear Loving Husband” “Huswifery”
3)	Neo-Classicism & Philip Freneau	“The Indian Student”
4)	Romanticism & William Cullen Bryant	“The Praries”, “Thanatopsis”, “The Yellow Violet”, “To a Waterfowl”, “The Poet”
5)	Transcendentalism & Ralph Waldo Emerson	Essays: “Nature” & “The American Scholar”, “The Transcendentalist”, “Self-Reliance”
6)	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Poems: “The Rhodora”, “Each and All” & “The Snow-Storm”
8)	Review
9)	Edgar Allan Poe	The Philosophy of Composition
10)	Edgar Allan Poe	Poetry: “A Dream Within a Dream”, “To Helen”, “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”
11)	Realism & Walt Whitman	“There Was a Child Went Forth” & Selections from Leaves of Grass
12)	Realism, Transcendentalism & Walt Whitman	“Song of Myself”
13)	Walt Whitman	“Song of Myself”
14)	Poetry of Consciousness & Emily Dickinson	“Presentiment”, “Success is counted sweetest” “If I can stop one Heart from breaking” “Apparently with no surprise” , “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Çeşitli Kaynaklar, teksirler, The Penguin Book of American Verse, ed. Geoffrey Moore & handouts.
References:	Heath Anthology of American Literature, Vol. I.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	9	% 10
Application	1	% 10
Quizzes	4	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
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
Project	1	5	5
Quizzes	4	10	40
Midterms	1	30	30
Final	1	30	30
Total Workload			147

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 have knowledge about logistics operations and the basic legislation
2)	To have knowledge about the politics, corporations and the developments in logistics.
3)	To have knowledge about the economical life and the basic features of the enterprises that take place in logistics sector.
4)	To have knowledge about the documents that are used in logistics and how to prepare them.
5)	To have knowledge about the new marketing and sales techniques and the principles of opening to new markets.
6)	To have knowledge and consciousness about the job security, worker health and environment protection in logistics sector.
7)	To have knowledge and consciousness about the basic legal attainments, social responsibility, ethics and social security rights in logistics.
8)	To be involved in communication network in logistics sector and follow the developments.	2
9)	To have the ability to comment and evaluate the classical and current theories by taking into account the developments in logistics and supply chain areas.
10)	To have the basic knowledge about foreign trade and customs legislation.
11)	To have knowledge about relationship between foreign trade and logistics management.
12)	To have basic knowledge in at least one foreign language.
13)	He/she can use information and communication tecnologies that necessary for their area, follows technological change and applies new technologies to business system.