Course Title : American History and Culture
Code		Course Type	Regular Semester	Lecture (hours/week)	Seminar (hours/week)	Lab (hours/week)	Credits	ECTS
ELL 312-1		B	6	4	0	0	4.00	5
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Teaching Assistant and Office Hours
Language				English
Course Level
Description		This subject informs the students about the most important periods of the history of the USA as well as their impact in the development of culture.
Objectives		Provide the students with essential knowledge on the most important moments of the history of the United States of America – Enable the informing of the students regarding data from the pre European period of the history of the North American continent, to the present days. Special attention will be given to the emergence of colonial societies and launching the New Republic.
Course Outline
Week	Topics
1	Native Peoples of America, to 1500
2	The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625–1700
3	The Bonds of Empire, 1660–1750
4	Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776–1788
5	Launching the New Republic,1788–1800
6	The Transformation of American Society, 1815–1840
7	Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840–1860
8	Midterm exam
9	Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840–1848
10	The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860–1900
11	Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860–1900
12	Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877–1900
13	The Cold War Abroad and at Home,1945–1952
14	Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present
15	Revision
16	Final Exam
Prerequisites
Textbook
Other References
Laboratory Work
Computer Usage
Other
Learning Outcomes and Competences
1	Knowledge and analysis on the wars in USA
2	Understand and analyze the elements of the USA as an international superpower
3	Evaluate the history in function of the development of culture
Course Evaluation Methods
In-term studies						Quantity	Percentage
Midterms						1	30
Quizzes						1	10
Projects						0	0
Term Projects						0	0
Laboratory						0	0
Attendance						0	0
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade							40
Contribution of final examination to overall grade							60
Total							100
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload
Activities					Quantity	Duration (hours)	Total Workload (hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours)					16	4	64
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)					14	3	42
Assignments					0	0	0
Midterms					1	8	8
Final examination					1	12	12
Other					0	0	0
Total Work Load							126
Total Work Load / 25 (hours)							5.04
ECTS							5

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