Ä°KA602 - SOCIETY and THE INDIVIDUAL IN BRITAIN
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIETY and THE INDIVIDUAL IN BRITAIN | Ä°KA602 | Any Semester/Year | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other: (Oral Presentation, Preparing a Term Paper) | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to help the student gain the knowledge, skills, and competence required to discuss and analyse the social and cultural make-up of contemporary British society and the place of the individual in this society in relation to racial, gender and class identities, the law, politics, education, and work in the multinational and multicultural structure of contemporary British society. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course introduces and discusses the multinational and multicultural contemporary British society and the place and the role of the individual in this society in terms of the individual's relation to race, gender, class, law, ethnicity, politics, work and education through various theoretical and visual material and texts. | |||||
| References | Nicholas Abercrombie and Alan Warde. Contemporary British Society: A New Introduction to Sociology. Nicholas Abercrombie. Contemporary British Society: Reader. Bill Brysan. Notes from a Small Island. Bernard R. Crick. National Identities: The Constitution of the United Kingdom. Jeremy Paxman. The English: A Portrait of a People. Murray Pittock. Inventing and Resisting Britain: Cultural Identities in Britain and Ireland. Mike Storry and Peter Childs. British Cultural Identities. Other relevant books and/or articles. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the society and the individual in Britain |
| Week 2 | Identity theories, British society as a modern society |
| Week 3 | Overview of Britain today, the state and the individual |
| Week 4 | Britishness and British identity |
| Week 5 | Democracy and monarchy |
| Week 6 | British family, culture and media |
| Week 7 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 8 | Work, education and social mobility |
| Week 9 | Leisure, youth culture and religion |
| Week 10 | Social class, race/ethnicity and the individual |
| Week 11 | Gender identity and the society and the individual |
| Week 12 | Mid-Term Exam |
| Week 13 | Law, politics and the individual |
| Week 14 | Overall Evaluation |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 40 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 24 | 48 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 107 | 183 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. 1. Has expert knowledge in English language and literature, and culture. | X | ||||
| 2. Has expert knowledge in British cultural studies. | X | ||||
| 3. Has the necessary theoretical interdisciplinary knowledge to research and interpret texts of various genres in English literature and culture in historical, social, cultural, economic, political, philosophical, and ecological contexts. | X | ||||
| 4. Develops advanced critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Collects knowledge about English language, literature, and culture by utilizing information technologies and research methods, in both individual and collective work, and shares it in professional national and international educational environments. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses literary and cultural texts using related theories and an interdisciplinary approach. | X | ||||
| 7. Has the necessary knowledge and skills for teaching English language, literature and culture in national and international environments. | X | ||||
| 8. Conducts interdisciplinary research with critical and creative thinking skills, solves problems, and expresses the results in national and international professional and social contexts. | X | ||||
| 9. Examines English literature, culture, history, and society through both curriculum-based and extracurricular activities, develops an unbiased and open-minded attitude towards their own culture and other cultures. | X | ||||
| 10. Adopts an unbiased, respectful and open-minded attitude concerning different religions, languages, races, sexes and social classes. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest