Ramowy program studiów
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Informacje ogólne
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Nazwa zajęć |
Kultura USA |
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Kod zajęć |
FA-1-4,5,19-20 |
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Status zajęć |
Obowiązkowy |
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Wydział / Instytut |
Instytut Humanistyczno - Społeczny |
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Kierunek studiów |
filologia angielska |
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Moduł specjalizacyjny |
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Specjalizacja |
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Poziom studiów |
studia pierwszego stopnia |
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Profil |
Praktyczny |
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Osoba odpowiedzialna za program zajęć |
mgr Michael Pacholka |
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Wymagania (Kompetencje wstępne) |
Students are at a B1 / B2 level of English language competence. |
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Założenia i cele zajęć |
To give students an understanding of American life and culture, and increase their vocabularic range in matters pertaining to American life and culture. |
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Prowadzący zajęcia |
mgr Michael Pacholka |
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Egzaminator/ Zaliczający |
mgr Michael Pacholka |
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Nakład pracy studenta - bilans punktów ECTS
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Efekty uczenia się
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Formy i metody kształceniaStudent - student Teacher - student Student - teacher |
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Treści programowe
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1. Intro: general: What do they know? What do they think? What is—or are—the United States? Where is it? Geography: Land structure, water, temperatures and weather patterns, settlement, displacement of natives, agriculture, industry, stuff like this. Early colonisation, early history (Aboriginal and European).
2. Governmental overview, the Constitution, Administrative divisions: Executive, Judiciary, Legislative; Electoral system; Congressional elections; the Senate and House of Reps; gerrymandering; financial contributions; Big Money; PACS and SUPERPACS; State assemblies; laws. Political parties; subdivisions within parties, eg, Trump Republicans, The Tea Party.
3. Public participation in government; taxes; lobby groups and pressure groups; volunteering; ‘giving back’; Education’; Immigration; assimilation (the Melting Pot); religiousity; Exceptionalism; ‘health care’; prisons; guns.
4. The US position in the world; multi-polarity; Pax Americana—the history of; Isolationism and non- isolationism; Beacon to the World; Exceptionalism again.
5. Who rules? America’s aristocrats; The American Dream (or ideas of this).
6. The car; Detroit; the Rouge Plant; Motown; the Rust Belt.
7. Chicago and New York; the South-West and the West Coast; the North-West; the South; the Mid- West; the North-East; the Plains and Texas.
8. The Music: Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Blue Grass, Folk, Country, Swing, Big Band, Rock-a-Billy, R & B, Motown, Country-and-western, Pop, Rock-and-Roll, Rap, Hip-hop, Muzak (elevator music), Metal, Acid Rock, the West Coast sound, California surf sound, Nashville, Country rock, etc.
9. Cinema: The Movies: the Musical; Hollywood; the Hollywood movie; the Block-Buster; Hollywood and history; branding; advertising.
10. Cinema: Classic ‘American’ films (and why they are American. OR: What makes them so American? (and examples which come to mind: Wizard of Oz; Badlands; Casablanca; Red River; To Kill a Mockingbird; Twelve Angry Men; Citizen Cane; The Last Picture Show; Deadwood; American Graffiti; Short Cuts.).
11. Television and the Networks: Big Media. Advertising.
12. Sports: American football – baseball – basketball (the big three). Also: bowling, golf, and other somewhat fringe sports such as (ice) hockey, lacrosse, soccer (though this is, paradoxically, one of the more popular sports for kids to play), stock-car racing.
13. The Cowboy / the West / the Frontier / ‘Finding’ America.
14. Gangsters, etc. --The Outlaw.
15. Fine Art; Theatre; Literature; satire in America; comics and comedy.
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Students are to prepare, alone or in pairs (in exceptional cases a group of three will be permitted), shortish presentations (25 - 45 minutes), accompanied by appropriate AV material, on some topic relating to some aspect or aspects of American life and culture. Attendance is compulsory (which is to say two (2) absences are permitted).
Topic list:
Geographical diversity in America.
The American political system.
Health care in American.
The America aristocracy.
Beacon to the World: American Exceptionalism.
Pax Americana. The Car / Detroit / the Rouge Plant / the UAW and the Civil Rights Movement / The Industrial Heartland / The Rust Belt / Ford.
Chicago and New York.
Great American Cities.
The South.
The Music.
Cinema.
Radio and Television: The Networks / Fox / CNN.
Advertising.
Sports in America.
The Cowboy / The West / the Frontier / the Outlaw.
Gangsters.
Fine Art / Literature / Theatre.
Other: Students may create their own topic, though this must first be cleared with the instructor.
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Kryteria oceny osiągniętych efektów uczenia się
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Kryteria oceny efektów uczenia się osiągniętych przez studenta |
Preparation and presentation of an adequate in-class A-V accompanied project, on a topic of the student’s choice, though cleared first with the instructor, as well as participation in presentations given by others.
Successful completion of a take-home exam relating to material presented during lectures, and a short oral exam relating to presentations and to some topic relating to American life and culture (which oral topics will be given out before hand).
A grade of 5 will be granted to students who have a very good knowledge of American life and culture, are able to to engage in and understand perfectly, or almost perfectly, discussions pertaining to American life and culture, and who fully understand the importance of participation in aspects of the American Cultural heritage.
A grade of 4 will be granted to students who have a good knowledge of American life and culture, are able to engage in and understand discussions pertaining to American life and culture, and who understand well the importance of participation in aspects of the American Cultural heritage.
A grade of 3 will be granted to students who have an adequate knowledge of American life and culture, are able adequately to engage in and understand discussions pertaining to American life and culture, and who understand more or less the importance of participation in aspects of the American Cultural heritage. A grade of 2 will be given to students who have an inadequate knowledge of American life and culture, are unable adequately to engage in and understand discussions pertaining to American life and culture, and who do not have an adequate understanding of the importance of participation in aspects of the American Cultural heritage.
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Forma weryfikacji osiągnięć studenta i warunki zaliczenia zajęć
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Forma weryfikacji osiągnięć studenta |
Zaliczenie i egzamin |
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Warunki odbywania i zaliczenia zajęć oraz dopuszczenia do końcowego egzaminu (zaliczenia z oceną) |
Student presentations will count for 50% of the final grade, the take-home exam will count for 35% of the final grade, and the oral exam will count for 15% of the final grade.
Students’ language level should now be at, or approaching, B2.
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Wymiar, zasady i forma odbywania praktyk zawodowych
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Wymiar, zasady i forma odbywania praktyk zawodowych |
Not Applicable |