552.040 (15W) American Culture: History and Society
Overview
- Lecturer
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM01001UL
- Course title german American Culture: History and Society
- Type Lecture
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 3.0
- Registrations 133
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- Course begins on 07.10.2015
Time and place
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Course Information
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
lectureCourse content
definitions, basic skills, knowledge, and experience in the study of culture; approaches; key concepts (representation; identity and difference; production; consumption; regulation; agency; power; etc.); trends and tendencies; America' money, past and presentTopics
- culture and the social whole
- normative and descriptive concepts of culture
- theories of culture
- cultural practices as sense-making practices
- interpretive framework: the circuit of culture
- money as rhetoric
- money as proxy of the nation
- etc.
Teaching objective
to experience the study of American culture via a case studyPrior knowledge expected
noneOther materials
COURSE PACKET; and to be announcedLiterature
Rob Pope, The English Studies Book: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture (London-New York: Routledge, 20022); Stuart Hall, “Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms,” 1980, in Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (London-New York: Longman, 1995), 194-205; Paul du Gay et al., Doing Cultural Studies(London: Sage, 1997; repr. 2000); Heinz Tschachler, The Greenback (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010) - all in library!Examination information
Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.
Examination topic(s)
all class reading; material from COURSE PACKET; from "Literature" (to be announced)Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
final written exam - 1st take: January 27, 2016, 3:30-5, HS7; 2nd take: March 2, 2016 (3:30-5, HS 10) 3rd take: June 29, 2016 (3:30-5, HS 10)Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies
(SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
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Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer
(Compulsory elective)
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Module: Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies
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Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies (
6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
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Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies (
6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
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Module: Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies
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Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
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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 (
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 (
2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory
(Compulsory subject)
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage one
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Subject: Introduction to English and American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Introduction to Theory and Methodology in Culture Studies I (
2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Introduction to Theory and Methodology in Culture Studies I (
2.0h PS / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Introduction to English and American Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage one
- Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation)
(SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
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Stage one
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Subject: Culture Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Survey of Anglophone Cultures I (
2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
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Survey of Anglophone Cultures I (
2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Culture Studies
(Compulsory subject)
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Stage one
- 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)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase (ab 11W)
(Compulsory subject)
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Cultures in Context (
2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
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Cultures in Context (
2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase (ab 11W)
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Subject: Studieneingangs- und Orientierungsphase
(Compulsory subject)
-
Cultures in Context (
2.0h KU / 4.0 ECTS)
- 552.040 American Culture: History and Society (2.0h VO / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
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Cultures in Context (
2.0h KU / 4.0 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 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)