TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Tarık Tansu Yiğit
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) discuss the events, ideas, institutions, trends, and attitudes that have shaped the history of the United States from the end of the Civil War up to the present day, 2) recognize the cultural concepts involved in the structuring of American national identity, 3) infer the historical significance of the geography of the United States.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	Building up on the Survey of American History 1 course, the aim of this course is to closely analyze the history of the United States of America from the Civil War up to the present day. Topics to be surveyed include World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War and American foreign policy.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Revision: The Civil War and Its Aftermath; The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900, Chapter 15 2nd Week Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1920, Chapter 16; Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900, Chapter 17 3rd Week The Progressive Era, 1895-1920, Chapter 18 4th Week The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914, Chapter 19 5th Week Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920, Chapter 20 6th Week The New Era, 1920-1929, Chapter 21 7th Week Midterm Examination 8th Week The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939, Chapter 22 9th Week The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945, Chapter 23 10th Week The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961, Chapter 24; America at Midcentury, 1945-1960, Chapter 25 11th Week The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968, Chapter 26; A Pivotal Era, 1969-1980, Chapter 27 12th Week Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992, Chapter 28 13th Week Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992, Chapter 29 14th Week Revision and Wrap-Up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Kamensky, Jane, et al. A People and a Nation: A History of the United States. 11th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2017.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Assignment 1 5 Quiz 2 10 Attendance 1 5 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 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 1 5 5 Individual or group work 14 4 56 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 5 5 Quiz 2 2 4 Total Workload 136 Total Workload / 30 4,53 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No