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American Civilisation 1865 - 2015

General data

Course ID: WP-MON-PO-S-CA1865
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: American Civilisation 1865 - 2015
Name in Polish: Cywilizacja amerykańska 1865-2015
Organizational unit: Faculty of Law and Administration
Course groups: (in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (studia II stopnia)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - obszar nauk humanistycznych i społecznych (studia I st. i JM)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Subject level:

intermediate

Learning outcome code/codes:

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Short description:

The richly illustrated lecture shows the development of American civilization since the post-Civil War period and covers a wide range of issues.

Full description:

The lecture covers a wide range of issues related to the development of American civilization from the time after the Civil War to the second decade of the 21st century: domestic and foreign policy, economy, literature, art, society. The issues are presented synchronously in chronological order.

The lecture is accompanied by rich iconography presented in the form of slides.

Bibliography:

There is no textbook with the scope of the lecture. Relatively close is: Zbigniew Lewicki, ed., America: Institutions and Society 1607-2017. Persons who are particularly interested can refer to: Zbigniew Lewicki, Historia civilizacji amerkanskiej, vol. III and IV, but there are very extensive studies

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

When teaching remotely:

Students will receive 3 issues to their e-mail address, which they will have to discuss in a total time of 1 hour. Teaching aids may be used, but not verbatim transcription from any source, including your own lecture notes. Each essay can receive up to 10 points, a satisfactory grade requires a total of 15 points.

In classroom teaching

Students will be given 60 questions on the exam and should select the correct answer from among four. A satisfactory grade is 30 points.

Practical placement: (in Polish)

Nie dotyczy

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Monographic lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Zbigniew Lewicki
Group instructors: Zbigniew Lewicki
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - examination
Monographic lecture - examination
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy

Type of subject:

optional with limited choices

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) PO/S1 - obszar nauk społecznych - I stopień/JM

Short description:

The richly illustrated lecture shows the development of American civilization since the post-Civil War period and covers a wide range of issues.

Full description:

The lecture covers a wide range of issues related to the development of American civilization from the time after the Civil War to the second decade of the 21st century: domestic and foreign policy, economy, literature, art, society. The issues are presented synchronously in chronological order.

The lecture is accompanied by rich iconography presented in the form of slides.

Bibliography:

There is no textbook with the scope of the lecture. Relatively close is: Zbigniew Lewicki, ed., America: Institutions and Society 1607-2017. Persons who are particularly interested can refer to: Zbigniew Lewicki, Historia civilizacji amerkanskiej, vol. III and IV, but there are very extensive studies

Wymagania wstępne:

Please read the pass criteria on the general page of the course.

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