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Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
none |
2) |
Beginnings: Max Planck and Quantum, Picasso in Paris, Nietzsche, Veblen, Spencer |
Coursebook |
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Einstein, Rutherford, Russell and Whitehead, the intellectual consequences of war, Wittgenstein. |
coursebook |
4) |
Spengler, Economic consequences of peace, idea of progress, Whig history |
coursebook |
5) |
Golden Age of Physics, Freud and the West, Jung and Modern Man. |
coursebook |
6) |
Benjamin, Keynes, German Academics in Turkey |
Coursebook |
7) |
Sartre, Merleu-Ponty, Camus, Beckett, Hannah Arendt |
coursebook |
8) |
Wittgenstein, Skinner vs. Chomsky, Hayek, Martin Luther King. |
coursebook |
9) |
Moon Landing, Braudel and Annales Okulu, Pulsars |
coursebook |
10) |
Oil Crisis, The contradictions of Capitalism, Studies on Genetics. |
coursebook |
11) |
AIDS, Susan Sontag, Lyotard, Rorty. |
coursebook |
12) |
Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Edward Said, Culture Wars |
Coursebook |
13) |
Revision |
Coursebook |
14) |
Final Exam |
Coursebook |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. |
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2) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. |
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3) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. |
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4) |
Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. |
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5) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. |
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6) |
Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. |
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7) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. |
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8) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. |
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9) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. |
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