552.040 (23S) STEOP/BA & UF: American Culture: History and Society
Overview
- Lecturer
- Tutor/Tutors
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM01001UL
- Course title german STEOP/BA & UF: American Culture: History and Society
- Type Lecture
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 54
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 08.03.2023
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
- University entrance qualification examination Yes
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students will
- have a basic understanding of major issues, themes, and discourses of American cultural history
- be familiar with basic meanings of race, class, and gender in a U.S. context
- have a sense of the breadth and diversity of (ethnic) voices that shape the United States
- be prepared for the further study of American culture.
Teaching methodology
Lecture; occasionally short in-class discussions of selected material; final exam.
The course is designed as in-person lecture and will take place on campus (including the final exam). Any changes that may become necessary due to the ongoing pandemic situation will be announced by the instructor.
There will be a tutorial for further discussion of the topics covered in the lecture.
Course content
The lecture introduces students to major issues, themes, and discourses of American cultural history, as well as to some of the key concepts academic scholarship brings to analyzing this history. Instead of covering American history in a strictly chronological fashion, the course aims to convey a basic understanding of U.S. culture and society through four interconnected thematic units: race, class, gender, nature. Understood as broad lenses, these will help us explore the transformative meanings of major events in American history and the roles of democracy, republicanism, religion, immigration, and urbanization in American society. The lecture will turn to a broad range of media and topics including cinema, television, sports, and music, and will place particular emphasis on the diversity of (ethnic) voices shaping the nation from its troubled birth to the twenty-first century.
Literature
All relevant literature will be made available via Moodle on a weekly basis.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Final exam
- written
- 90 minutes
- without materials
There will be four sittings of the exam. Dates TBA in class & via Moodle.
Students MUST REGISTER for the exam on ZEUS!
Examination topic(s)
Exam consists of
- 10 multiple-choice questions
- 5 open-answer questions
Only “Central Questions & Concerns” (as found on the slides on Moodle) relevant for the exam.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Participants need 51/100 points to pass the 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 STEOP/BA & UF: 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)
-
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 STEOP/BA & UF: 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 STEOP/BA & UF: 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)
-
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 STEOP/BA & UF: 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 2022
- 552.040 VO American Culture: History and Society (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2021
- 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)