TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Defne Tutan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to trace the development of the United States of America into a global super-power by means of science and technology, 2) will be able to discuss how technological development is linked to issues of American identity, 3) will be able to discuss how science and technology have influenced American political thought, giving way to notions such as ideological supremacy, 4) will be able to discuss the interrelationships between scientific thought, technological development, and intellectual movements such as Modernism, 5) will be able to survey the responses of American writers to technological development, both positive and negative.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Directed readings into the relation of scientific institutions and thought, and technological systems and productions to social and economic conditions and changes, political events and intellectual movements with particular reference to the twentieth century.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Technology and Human Values 2nd Week Engineering and Society: The Industrial Revolution in Europe and America 3rd Week Mass production in Early Twentieth Century America 4th Week Politics of Science: American Political Thought in the Twentieth Century 5th Week Politics of Science: American Political Thought in the Twentieth Century 6th Week Student Presentations 7th Week Student Presentations 8th Week Machine Age America in Fiction and Film 9th Week Machine Age America in Fiction and Film 10th Week Scientific and Environmental Controversies 11th Week Scientific and Environmental Controversies 12th Week Globalization and Competitiveness: Science, Technology, and Economics 13th Week Student Presentations 14th Week Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Barthes, Roland. The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies. Berkeley: U of California P, 1977. Hughes, Robert. The Shock of The New. London: BBC, 1991. Kenner, Hugh. The Pound Era. Berkeley: U of California P, 1975. Lears, Jackson. No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880-1920. New York: Pantheon, 1981. Martin, Ronald E. American Literature and The Universe of Force. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1991. Marx, Leo. The Machine in the Garden. New York: Oxford UP, 1967. Peterfreund, Stuart, ed. Literature and Science: Theory and Practice. Boston: Northeastern UP, 1990. Tabbi, Joseph. Postmodern Sublime: Technology and American Writing from Mailer to Cyberpunk. Ithaca and London: Cornell UP, 1995. Tichi, Cecelia. Shifting Gears: Technology, Literature and Culture in Modernist America. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1987.
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