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United States: History and Contemporary - course description

General information

Course name	United States: History and Contemporary
Course ID	08.3-WH-FAP-US1-Ć-14_genUGMUD
Faculty	Faculty of Humanities
Field of study	English Philology
Education profile	academic
Level of studies	First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
Beginning semester	winter term 2022/2023

Course information

Semester	2
ECTS credits to win	2
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus	dr hab. Marek Smoluk, prof. UZ dr hab. Leszek Szymański, prof. UZ

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Class	30	2	18	1,2	Credit

Aim of the course

Po zrealizowaniu materiału słuchacz powinien potrafić nazywać i rozróżniać regiony Stanów Zjednoczonych, rozróżniać instytucje tego kraju oraz znać podstawowe pojęcia związane z kulturą USA.

Prerequisites

Znajomość języka angielskiego umożliwiająca uczestnictwo w zajęciach.

Scope

Geography of the United States. Regions.

States and Territories.

Selected Cities.

The Constitution of the United States.

The Bill of Rights.

Amendments to the Constitution.

Levels of Civil Administration/Organization in the United States.

Legal System.

Constitutionality. Civil/Criminal and Federal/State Law.

Politics, Political Parties and Elections.

Congress, Branches of Government and Division of Powers.

Education in the United States: K-12 and University.

Sports in the U.S.

Public and Private Sector

The Press / The Mass Media

The Economy and the Economic System.

Transport, Logistics, Resources and Industries.

American Identity: Race and Ethnicity in the United States.

The Concept of “American.”

Separation of Church and State.

Religion in the United States.

Hard Power. The U.S. Military.

Soft Power. American Culture and Pop/Popular Culture.

Americanization. (Internal and External).

Teaching methods

Wykład, w tym także wykład konwersatoryjny, dyskusja, w tym także dyskusja panelowa i punktowana, prezentacja studentów na wybrany temat.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

1. Regularne uczęszczanie na zajęcia, zarówno na ćwiczenia i wykłady.

2. Aktywne uczestnictwo w zajęciach.

3. Wykonanie zleconych zadań.

4. Pozytywny wynik testu zaliczeniowego.

Notes

Modified by dr hab. Marek Smoluk, prof. UZ (last modification: 12-04-2022 12:27)