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) | Professor Himmet Umunç Assistant Professor Tarık Tansu Yiğit
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Presentation |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Total Workload / 30 | | | 10,16 |
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ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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