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Basic Course
WiSe 20/21: Understanding North America A
Ulla Haselstein, Sebastian Jobs, Martin Lüthe
Information for students
Geschichtsstudierende des Friedrich-Meinecke-Instituts können diese Vorlesung im Rahmen des BA-Moduls „Regionale Perspektiven der Geschichte“ belegen. Für die nötigen 2 SWS müssen Sie nur die Vorlesung besuchen, nicht die Tutorien. Für die Geschichtsstudierenden gelten die in der Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für den BA-Studiengang Geschichte formulierten Anforderungen. close
Comments
"Understanding North America" (UNA) is one of the most challenging courses you will take here at the John F. Kennedy-Institute, it will reward you with insight into the perspectives of multiple disciplines along with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for your further studies. For UNA A, there are three things that you must do to succeed: 1) attend and actively participate in all course components (both lectures on Friday and one tutorial session on Wednesday), 2) prepare all readings and study questions, and, 3) work through the arguments and materials of the course throughout the lecture (not just the week before the exam!). Lectures and tutorials complement each other in their format. The lectures offer an overview of developments, concepts, and questions of American culture, literature and history to puzzle over. The tutorials, in contrast, develop close-up views and introduce more “mechanical” issues (e.g. how to write an academic essay). You will have the chance to go over the lectures, but also dive into materials and issues in smaller group discussions. -----
COVID Contingencies: Tutorial sessions and lectures alternate between the disciplines. What does not alternate is your participation in a tutorial group. We are currently looking into how exactly we will facilitate UNA A, but it looks like it is unrealistic to conduct the class fully on campus. Rather, we aspire to provide a mixed bag of meetings in person and remote lectures/meetings. For now, it is crucial that you enroll for the class on Blackboard, as soon as it is possible. After all, the online learning platform contains all the organizational information and readings for this course. It is also the primary way in which the teaching teams communicate with course participants, before more infrastructure and tools are in place. Please make sure that you register for and regularly check Blackboard. close
30 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Fri, 2020-11-06 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-11-13 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-11-20 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-11-27 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-12-11 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-12-18 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-01-08 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-01-15 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-01-22 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-01-29 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-02-05 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-02-12 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-02-19 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2021-02-26 14:00 - 16:00
Fri, 2020-11-06 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-11-13 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-11-20 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-11-27 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-12-04 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-12-11 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2020-12-18 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-01-08 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-01-15 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-01-22 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-01-29 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-02-05 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-02-12 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-02-19 10:00 - 12:00
Fri, 2021-02-26 10:00 - 12:00