Description of Individual Course Units
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Offered By |
American Culture and Literature |
Level of Course Unit |
First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree) |
Course Coordinator |
INSTRUCTOR AYŞEGÜL GÜNDOĞDU |
Offered to |
American Culture and Literature |
Course Objective |
The aim of this course is to develop the ability of students to make prewriting activities (brainstorming, listing, topic sentence, outlining) needed to write an academic paper, and then, to write a coherent essay consisting of a thesis statement and supporting ideas. In addition, the course also aims at providing students with the research methods like citation, preparing bibliographies etc. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Mode of Delivery |
Face -to- Face |
Prerequisites and Co-requisites |
None |
Recomended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
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Recomended or Required Reading |
Alice Oshima. Ann Hogue. Writing Academic English: A Writing and Sentence Structure Handbook.New York:Addison Wesley, 1991 |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
Reading and writing exercises, research exercises, citation and bibliography exercises in MLA style. |
Assessment Methods |
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Further Notes About Assessment Methods |
None |
Assessment Criteria |
Students' grasping the steps of a writing process, |
Language of Instruction |
English |
Course Policies and Rules |
%70 attendance is compulsory |
Contact Details for the Lecturer(s) |
To be announced. |
Office Hours |
To be announced. |
Work Placement(s) |
None |
Workload Calculation |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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