TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Tarık Tansu Yiğit
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to discuss the historical overview of social and political dissent/protest in America from the American Revolution to the present day, 2) will be able to explore how American dissent/protest movements have employed the discourses of religion, philosophy, politics, and gender, 3) will be able to examine forms of dissent in American history, ranging from passive resistance to violent protest.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The course will concentrate on the history of dissent in America, beginning with the American Revolution and focusing on movements such as Civil Disobedience, the Anti-Slavery Movement, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Movement, Anti-War campaigns, the Agrarian Movement, the Peace Movement, etc.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Making of the American Revolution: The Protestant (Puritan) Dissent Rhetoric 2nd Week The Making of the American Revolution: The Political and Philosophical Rhetoric of the Enlightenment 3rd Week Civil Disobedience: The Individual versus Political Authority 4th Week Pro-Slavery and Anti-Slavery Movements 5th Week Women's Rights: The Suffragists 6th Week Student Presentations 7th Week Student Presentations 8th Week Industrialization and Its Discontents 9th Week Politics and Its Discontents: from the Early 20th Century to McCarthyism 10th Week The Sixties: Against Vietnam 11th Week The Sixties and Beyond: Civil Rights Movements 12th Week The Sixties and Beyond: Feminist Movements 13th Week Student Presentations 14th Week Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Bush, Harold K. American Declarations: Rebellion and Repentance in American Cultural History. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1999. Denning, Michael. The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century. London and New York: Verso, 1997. Fink, Leon. "American Labor History." The New American History. Ed. Eric Foner. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1990. 233-50. Sanchez-Eppler, Karen. "Bodily Bonds: The Intersecting Rhetorics of Feminism and Abolition." The New American Studies: Essays from Representations. Ed. Philip Fisher. Berkeley: U of California P, 1991. 228-59.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 1 30 Attendance 1 10 Presentation of Article 2 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 5 70 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Project 1 60 60 Article Presentation 2 25 50 Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 5 70 Total Workload 305 Total Workload / 30 10,16 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No