552.040 (24S) 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 Blended learning course
- Online proportion 50%
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 71
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 06.03.2024
- 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 basic knowledge of American media industries
- be prepared for the further study of American culture
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
Lecture; occasionally short in-class discussions of selected material; final exam.
The course is designed as a blended class and will be partially taught online in an asynchronous mode with all materials -- including voice recordings -- provided on Moodle also in weeks in which the lecture is taught in person.
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 interconnected thematic units which will help us explore the transformative meanings of major events in American history and the roles of democracy, republicanism, religion, immigration, urbanization and media culture in American society.
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)
- Extension programme (UG §54a) Encounters in English
(SKZ: 020, Version: 23W.1)
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Subject: Stage One
(Compulsory subject)
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Module: Electives
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1.4 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 American Culture: History and Society (
0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Module: Electives
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Subject: Stage One
(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
-
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 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 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)