552.040 (21S) American Culture: History and Society
Overview
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- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM01001UL
- Course title german American Culture: History and Society
- Type Lecture
- Course model Online course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 70
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 10.03.2021
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
After successfully completing this lecture course, students will:
have a basic understanding of the main issues, themes, and topics of American social and cultural history
be familiar with dominant and alternative discourses in and of American history, society, and culture
be able to apply their knowledge of American history, society, and culture in their studies of American literary and media texts
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
The course is designed as a weekly online lecture course with a mix of synchronous BBB sessions and asynchronous, pre-recorded PPP presentations.
Course content
The course aims to trace the major issues, topics, and themes of American culture from the colonial period to the present day. We will start out with a closer look at some of the United States’ founding documents and formative myths, and then go on to explore how the nation’s treatment of women and various minority communities has changed over time. In this context, we will pay particular attention to African American and Native American histories as well as to the U.S.’s changing immigration policies. In the second part of the semester, we will turn our attention issues surrounding migration and urbanization, and to the culture and media industries that have shaped American society and politics over time, among them Hollywood film, television, music, sports, and other forms of mass entertainment. Given current political developments, the course will also take time to investigate the U.S. presidency and the nation’s relation to its international partners in a historical perspective.
Literature
All relevant literature will be made available on Moodle on a weekly basis.
Intended learning outcomes
After successfully completing this lecture course, students will:
have a basic understanding of the main issues, themes, and topics of American social and cultural history
be familiar with dominant and alternative discourses in and of American history, society, and culture
be able to apply their knowledge of American history, society, and culture in their studies of American literary and media texts
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
The course is designed as a weekly online lecture course with a mix of synchronous BBB sessions and asynchronous, pre-recorded PPP presentations.
Course content
The course aims to trace the major issues, topics, and themes of American culture from the colonial period to the present day. We will start out with a closer look at some of the United States’ founding documents and formative myths, and then go on to explore how the nation’s treatment of women and various minority communities has changed over time. In this context, we will pay particular attention to African American and Native American histories as well as to the U.S.’s changing immigration policies. In the second part of the semester, we will turn our attention issues surrounding migration and urbanization, and to the culture and media industries that have shaped American society and politics over time, among them Hollywood film, television, music, sports, and other forms of mass entertainment. Given current political developments, the course will also take time to investigate the U.S. presidency and the nation’s relation to its international partners in a historical perspective.
Literature
All relevant literature will be made available on Moodle on a weekly basis.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Final exam.
Examination methodology
Final exam.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
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Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
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ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (STEOP) (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
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ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (STEOP) (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
-
Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
-
ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (STEOP) (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
-
ENM.001 British Culture – History and Society ODER American Culture – History and Society (STEOP) (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
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1.4 British or American Culture: History and Society (
0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
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1.4 British or American Culture: History and Society (
0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2024
- 552.040 VO STEOP/BA & UF: American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2023
- 552.040 VO STEOP/BA & UF: American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2022
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2020
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2019
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2018
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2016/17
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2016
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 5.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2015/16
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)