PdF:AJ4_DUSA History of the United States - Course Information

AJ4_DUSA History of the United States

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Anna Kalová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( AJ4_SDUS United States History Seminar )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS4)

Syllabus

• This is a survey course of American History from pre-Columbian times to the present day. Its aim is to serve as an introduction and foundation for further studies in American culture and literature. The lecture will deal with American History chronologically while the seminar will try to put into context and "make sense" of that history, concentrating on issues such as constitutional freedoms, slavery, the West, immigration, etc., and show their effect on modern America.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Typ výuky: přednáška

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
  
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