| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Express a familiarity with American cultures, histories, literatures, and institutions.
- Place American texts, cultural artifacts, and intellectual debates within an historical context.
- Reflect upon and engage in intellectual debate and argumentation, coming to respect different opinions in the process.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | This course is designed to appreciate the American intellectual tradition from the early 17th century to the mid 19th century, and to investigate how a variety of intellectuals interpreted, analyzed, critiqued, and contributed to major events in early American history. The course covers such major topics as Puritanism, Republicanism, Liberalism, Evangelicalism, Transcendentalism, Abolitionism, Nationalism, and Sectionalism. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction |
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2nd Week |
Intellectuals and Intellectual History |
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3rd Week |
Introduction to Classical Political Thought |
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4th Week |
The American Enlightenment |
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5th Week |
Republicanism - Resistance - Independence - Revolution |
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6th Week |
Democracy in America |
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7th Week |
Transcendentalist Manifestos I |
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8th Week |
Midterm |
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9th Week |
Transcendentalist Manifestos II |
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10th Week |
The State of American Women in 19th Century |
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11th Week |
The Women's Rights Movement |
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12th Week |
Slavery and Abolitionism |
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13th Week |
Nationalism and Civil War |
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14th Week |
General Review |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | John Kingdon, American the Unusual (New York: St. Martin?s/Worth, 1999)
Jeffery D. Sachs, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018)
Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, America Abroad: The United States' Global Role in the 21st Century, 2016, Oxford University Press
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
20 |
| Assignment |
1 |
10 |
| Quiz |
3 |
10 |
| Project |
1 |
20 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Individual or group work |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
8 |
8 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Homework |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Project |
1 |
5 |
5 |
| Total Work Load | 120 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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