Dr.
Jody Skinner, M.A.
Verzeichnis
der akademischen Lehrveranstaltungen
Universität Koblenz-Landau (1993
fortlaufend)
Otto-Friederich-Universität Bamberg (1988-1993)
| Akademischer Oberrat an der Universität Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz |
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Sommersemester 2006 |
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Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction) UK parties, electoral system, Parliament, Prime Minister, monarchy, law; US Supreme Court, political parties, Congress, president and vice-president, electoral college, Strom Thurmond; pre-university education UK/US: school systems, historical overviews, curriculum, grading, religious, media, government influences on US education; UK universities: ancient, red brick, plate glass, new, Open University; US universities; US university: admission, degrees, grades, credits, costs, student life, graduation ceremony, Seven Sisters and Ivy League; Political Life US / UK special issues: Katrina, Guantanamo Bay and domestic politics, Michael Moore and his film Fahrenheit 9/11, American foreign policy, the Kennedy clan, gossip and trivia about the monarchy. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar) UK main minority groups, "Asian", films literature food music, becoming a British citizen, racism, Sevda's experiences; US immigration historical and contemporary, minorities and ethnic groups, Hispanics, German-Americans; US religious diversity, definitions, affiliation, fundamentalism vs. liberal Protestantism, Mormons, Scientology, Methodists, Jews, televangelism, church and state, civil religion, Intelligent Design; UK religious history, Anglican Church and Communion, Archbishops, disestablishment, ordination of women and homosexuals, role of religion in everyday life, Scotland, Ireland, Roman Catholic, other Christian churches and religions; UK air pollution, global warming, smog, water quality, tidal power, flood risks, hedgerows, British species, fox hunting, urbanization, congestion charging, Sellafield, soil recultivation, GM crops, organizations: National Trust, RSPB, Friends of the Earth, Defra, Environment Agency, UK BAP; US environmental awareness from Earth Day to Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, Mount St. Helen's, San Francisco Earthquake, endangered species, hurricanes. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar) American television: terms, ratings, Parents Television Council, 1st Amendment, nudity, Nipplegate, Jerry Springer, commercials; American health care and health problems; types and history of UK newspapers, magazines and periodicals, paparazzi, censorship in Britain?, advertising; American health care and health problems (eating habits, plastic surgery, obesity), UK food in general, pub culture in the UK, binge drinking, smoking, Public Health White Paper, obesity, school meals and Jamie Oliver; painter Andy Warhol, sculptor Duane Hanson, music of Elvis, Ray Charles, Madonna, examples of American film; YBAs, Emin, Lucas, Hirst, Ofili, Harvey; Turner and the Turner Prize, British music through the centuries, British rock music through the decades, Last Night at the Proms. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2006/07 |
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Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction): UK Constitution, Electoral and Party System, Political Parties and Prime Minister, Parliament, Government, The Monarchy; Congress and mid-term elections, political parties, branches, checks and balances, presidential election, controversial election 2000; UK state and independent schools, school-leaving certificates, US public and private schools, US high schools, magnet schools, bilingualism, church influence, violence; UK university types, A-levels, entrance exams, academic degrees, Koblenz partner universities, going abroad, Camilla as UCL guest; US university education: requirements, SATs, and scholarships, public and private, Ivy League, undergraduate and graduate, extracurricular activities, fraternities and sororities, Koblenz’ exchange universities; US / UK Political Life Special Issues: Bush at war, US security, special relationship between Britain and America, Queen Elizabeth. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar): US minorities and immigration, reasons for immigrating, waves and restrictions, ethnic groups, immigration process today, melting pot vs. salad bowl; UK minorities and immigration, history, the term “Asians”, main minority groups, Life in the UK citizenship test, racism; UK historical background, Anglican Church / Communion, Church of England, Scotland, churches in Wales, Ireland, Free Evangelical Church, other Christian churches, minority religious groups and non-Christian religions; Environment US: DDT, Rachel Carson, Environmentalism and the EPA, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Glacier National Park, National Park problems, Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, Kyoto Protocol;Environment UK: political points of view, pollution catastrophes, non-fossil fuels and renewable energy, National Parks and organizations, animals and leisure time activities. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar): Print Media UK, history, Lord Northcliffe, types of newspapers, magazines, advertisement, restrictions, ownership concentration, political orientation, future newspapers; Mass Media Television UK/US: kinds of television programmes, news, soap operas, UK game shows, advertising; English food, health and obesity, Jamie Oliver; American beauty: fashion since the 50s, Barbie, Miss America, influence of celebrities, obesity, typical American, fitness craze, eating disorders, plastic surgery; country music and Johnny Cash, graffiti in New York, Pollock and Abstract Expressionism, Serrano and Abject Art, four eras of Hollywood; visual arts: Turner, YBAs, Sensation; composers: Purcell, Elgar, Britten; British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Sommersemester 2007 |
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Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction) US three branches, state and federal, Democrats and Republicans, Vote or Die, celebrities in politics, presidential elections and current candidates, JFK as examples; UK Constitution, voting system, political parties, Parliament, Government, Monarchy; UK dual school system, National Curriculum, graduation, US elementary and secondary, private schools, US school life; university and college, types, Oxford, studying in Britain, partner universities, sport and leisure time; US American attitudes, college and university, public and private, Ivy League, admission, costs, scholarships, campus life, graduation, Loyola in Baltimore; UK political parties and election posters, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, US-UK relationship: Suez Canal and Falklands War, political criticism. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar) US minorities and immigration: definitions, waves, stations, laws, Native Americans, African Americans, Chinese, Irish immigration, Hispanics, melting pot or salad bowl; UK minorities and immigration: history and reasons, term "Asians," Pakistanis, Indians, African Asians, Chinese, Black Caribbeans, Britishness and Gordon Brown, racism; US separation of church and state, school prayers, Pledge of Allegiance, Puritan heritage, homegrown religions, televangelism; Story of the Church of England, Church of England, Free Churches, King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, religion today, ethnic minorities, Muslims in Britain; US environmental awareness, EPA, National Parks, An Inconvenient Truth, environmental policies; UK climate change, national parks and National Trust, wildlife, environments: pollution, catastrophe. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American
Studies III (Hauptseminar) Media UK: history and overview of the Print
Media with tabloid-compact-broadsheet distinction, selected television
programs, commercials and print advertisement, censorship, complaints,
behavior of the press, violence online; |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2007/08 |
| Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction) : US political life branches, checks and balances, presidential election and candidates, Democratic and Republican parties, Watergate and Lewensky scandal.; UK political life Constitution, Monarchy, government, parties, electoral system, democracy in UK political life?; UK/US pre-university education school types, UK school uniforms, primary and secondary education; US decentralized school boards, financing, secondary education, violence, home schooling, parochial schools; US university undergraduate and graduate, public and private, tuition and fees, applications, credit system, campus life, fraternities and sororities, interview with Caitlin; UK university types of universities and colleges, comparison with Germany, applications, undergraduate and postgraduate, finances, NUS, exchange students; primaries in the US with special issues: Iraq war, terrorism, environmental protection, immigration; and additional written information on Gordon Brown and the British Constitution. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar) US minorities and immigration, Ellis Island, waves and restrictions, American Dream, African Americans, Hispanics, metaphors, women as a minority, a Mexican family; UK minorities and immigration definitions, history, reasons, identity, Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, African Asians, Chinese, Black Caribbeans; UK religion Church of England, Free Churches, Roman Catholics, Northern Ireland Conflict, British religious minorities, education, politics, current issues; US religion early settlers, church and state, intelligent design, religious diversity, Judaism, Catholics, Baptists, Mormons, Scientology, televangelism; UK environmental issues disasters, climate change, Kyoto Protocol, alternative energy, Sellafield, RSPB, National Trust, national parks, fox hunting, Highland; US environmental issues: natural disasters, Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, America as top emitter, California as an environmentally friendly state, politics and the environment, environmental organizations. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar) Media UK Caxton, free press, Internet past and present, paper and online versions of Guardian and Sun, influence of Web 2.0; Media US investigative journalism, American television networks, American media habits, citizen journalism, selected examples of American print media; Women in the US: First, Second, and Third Wave Feminism; Betty Friedan, NOW, ERA, education, work, housewives, African American women, typical American woman, dream woman; abortion, capital punishment, child abuse US and UK; UK arts: film: documentary movement, spy movies, optimism and recession until today; music: Handel, Britten, Beatles, Sex Pistols, Smiths, Spice Girls; fashion: London, British dream woman, Vivienne Westwood; US arts: American identity in music: classical and patriotic, jazz, country, and folk; American identity in the visual arts: five examples of paintings, Pop Art; folk art and the quilt. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Sommersemester 2008 |
| Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction) US Political Life Constitution, Branches, checks and balances, Bush’s Cabinet, presidential elections, parties, interesting politicians, Election 2000, US and Germany, “Vote or Die”, JFK; Political Life UK British Constitution, Monarchy, British government, electoral system, parties, British Parliament, devolution; Pre-University Education in the UK and US: US school system, quality, racial segregation, parochial and private, home schooling, magnet schools, bilingual education, No Child Left Behind; kinds of British schools, reforms and class division, religion; US undergraduate and graduate, degrees, purpose of education, eqaul opportunites?, four American universities, college admission, extracurricular activities; UK college and university, degrees, private?, UK - German comparison, kinds of British universities, application process, partner universities, degrees; UK 2005 election, security in the UK, USA Patriot Act, expected effects of the US Presidential election, Iraq and the special relationship between the US and UK. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar) Ethnic diversity in the UK, immigration, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, African Asians, Black Caribbeans, women, race relations, immigration to Britain today; Minorities and Immigration US with focus on Mexican Americans; American attitudes towards religion, Puritan heritage, church and state, politicians and presidents, evangelical culture including megachurches, Protestant denominations, fundamentalism; St. Boniface and All Saints Church in Cologne, Christianity in Britain, Church of England, Roman Catholics and Protestants, religious minorities, Faith Schools; Earth Day US, EPA, An Inconvenient Truth, FEMA, Katrina, Bureaucracy meets catastrophe and UK Environment: pollution and disasters UK, energy sources, the English and their countryside, environmental protection. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar) Media UK tabloids and broadsheets, politics and newspapers, BBC, radio and TV, freedom of expression and protection of privacy; Media, politics, and popular culture in the US: press, radio, TV, SNS, internet and politics; Obesity in America, Monsantoand GM food, and Percy Schmeiser, AD(H)D and the (ab)use of Ritalin, criminal justice: Joe Arpaio, the Death Penalty; Fashion UK: Vivienne Westwood; In-yer-face theatre; the roots of Pop to Britpop and Plastic Pop, The Turner Prize and modern British art; British architecture: Stonehenge, Royal Pavilion, Millennium Dome; Visual arts: modern American art and Pop Art, motion pictures: Disney Art, Hollywood. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2008/09 |
| Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction) : US branches, Patriot Act, Democrats and Republicans: abortion, gun control, environment, national security; UK Government, Constitutional Monarchy, electoral system, parties, Parliament, devolution; British and American primary and secondary education, teaching religion in US schools, violence in US and UK schools, fees in UK schools; US colleges and universities, undergraduate and graduate, admission, tuition, extracurricular activities, Wellesley, Harvard, HBCU, Islamic University of Minnesota; kinds of UK universities, Oxbridge: classes and immigration, Open University, degrees, financing, partner universities; US/UK two-party system, financing; American and British education: time for a change; economic policies; American environmental policies. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar): US immigration past and present, Ellis Island, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans; “Colonizing the Colonizers: Ethnic Minorities in the UK”: immigration, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, African Asians, Black Caribbeans, discrimination; “Religion UK between atheism and radicalism, between pride and prejudice”: female and gay priests and bishops in the Church of England; Atheism in Britain and the Atheist Bus Campaign; Islam and Islamaphobia; “US Religion: Fact and Fiction”: one nation, many religions; home-grown religions: Mormons, Scientology; Evangelism and Televangelism; religious politics, Civil Religion; public schools: of book burnings, intelligent design, and a spaghetti monster; US pollution, climate change, environmental awareness, environmental policies, natural disasters; UK pollution, British attitudes, energy use, Sellafield, renewable sources, environmental groups, fox hunting. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar): British newspapers, privacy and PCC, BBC, ITV, radio and internet, BBC German exports; Media US: militainment and embedded journalism, Rupert Murdoch, video games, Army Wife Talk Radio; “Watching British Social Class: From Teenage Babies to Fat Drunken Hooligans?!” teenage pregnancy, Jamie Oliver, social class, hooliganism, alcoholism; “Teenagers scare the living shit out of me!” US youth violence, prescription drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, obesity, plastic surgery; Gardening as an art in Britain, Wren and Foster, Handel and the Sex Pistols, Turner Prize and Street Art, Royal Academy and Pre-Raphaelites, Turner and Churchill; A 20th century Arts US road trip: soup cans, art and celebrities, Black Music, Rock ‘n Roll, Movies/Hollywood. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Sommersemester 2009 |
| Anglo-American Studies I and II (Modul 4.1/Modul 5.1): kinds of American food, food industry, fast food, obesity, American and British food: British state and public schools, partner universities, grammar schools, 11+ exam, challenges for universities, raising of school-leaving age; A look at some social issues in the US: gay/lesbian rights, Hispanics, minimum wage, health insurance, housing social issues; Environment current problems and political issues US: national parks, Bush and Obama environmental policy, nuclear power, environment and pop culture. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies Seminar: UK newspapers and televison, privacy and CCTV; UK financial crisis, teenage pregnancy, racism, alcohol abuse, obesity; problems of US health system; death penalty: license to kill?; immigration: curse or blessing?; Obama-mania; What is fat? What is beautiful; arts: neoclassical architecture, romantic landscape painting Turner, Hudson River School, Pre-Raphaelites, Arts and Crafts, Pop Art; media all around US: newspapers past, present, and future; television; televangelism, the Internet, media's influence. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2009/10 |
| Anglo-American Studies I and II (Modul 4.1/Modul 5.1): US environment; social issues identity, lifestyles, subcultures; US current political issues in regard to environment, economy, faming; Motown: The influence of black music on American culture; English food; Special Issues - US Health Care; religious identification in the US; The British Royal Family. Façade and Reality. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American
Studies Seminar: Social issues in the US: health insurance,
death penalty, religion; Ethnic
minorities in the UK: Life in the UK test, impact in media and
culture,Islamophobia, faith schools, multiculturalism; The influence of
media on the US: 1stAmendment, Reporters without Borders, overview of
US media, TV news, embedded journalism, FOX; Environment US/UK: London
smog to Thames Barrier, RSPB and the Blue Cross, the Eden and Venus Projects, Sea Shepherd, IFAW, Rachel Carsons, EPA, Venus Project, woofing, WWF; current social Issues UK: family, National Health Service, teenage pregnancy, social class, hooligans, food and drugs and alcohol; print, broadcasting, and new media: American and British newspapers, The Simpsons, multiculturalism and minority groups in the British daily soap EastEnders, Facebook, Green Day. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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Sommersemester 2010 |
| Anglo-American Studies I and II (Modul 4.1/Modul 5.1): elections in Britain; patriotism and its consequences in the US; American Music: Genres, Artists and The Industry; food and drink US/UK; cultural influences on Britain and America through minorities and and immigration; education in the UK with an Australian comparison. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American Studies Seminar (auch Modul 7.1): US sports: football, baseball, basketball; super skinny vs. supersize; Arts in the US: some selected examples from jazz, hip hop, musicals, and architecture; British youth and media, music, alcohol and drug consumption, teenage pregnancies, ethnic minorities; US media: American newspapers, children's TV, music TV, movie genres; family life in the UK: changing role of women, family extensions, teenage pregnancy, alternative family structures, future of the family; Social Issues US: Hispanics and African Americans, poverty and homelessness, the death penalty. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing (two parallel courses), Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2010/11 |
| Anglo-American
Studies I (Modul 4.1) as lecture: online syllabus |
| Anglo-American
Studies II (Modul 5.1): Approaching
British identity through heroes: Winston Churchill, Lady Diana, Bono,
and Spiderman; Education in Great Britain: comparisons with Germany,
Greenford High School, special needs, teacher education, tuition fees
controversy; Monarchy in Great Britain including the political
system, history, and attitudes of the British people; British
lifestyle and leisure time activities: media, sport, shopping and
fashion, nightlife and music culture, pubs; Culture of minorities and
immigrants in Britain:
British Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, British Chinese, Black
British and Afro-Caribbean; Food culture in Britain and the USA:
influence of
immigration on food, healthy living and Jamie Oliver, slow food,
historical influence on food in Britain, traditional food and eating
behavior, drinks and pubs. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Anglo-American
Cultural Studies (Modul 7.1): Leisure time activities and sports in
US/UK: national
identity, television and pubs in Britain, American football and
baseball; Family life in the UK: changing family structure,
gender, taking care of children, teenage pregnancy; British identities:
Scotland, Wales/Cymru, England,
Britishness; Multicultural identities US/UK: multiculturalism in
British schools, UK immigration law, German American immigration and
identities, gangs in the US, hiphop with US and Jamaican connections. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Examenskolloquium |
| Sommersemester 2011 |
| Introduction to Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.1) as
lecture: online syllabus |
| Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.2):
African Americans - terms, famous people, Civil
Rights, politicians, cultural things: holidays, food, language, music;
slavery, racism and segregation,
America as melting pot, men and women in the US; British monarchy:
Princesses Diana and Kate,
constitutional monarchy, historical overview dynasties, Elizabeths;
power of the monarchy, Henry VIII and his wives, Elizabeth
II, Lady Di, black sheep and scandals; gender, feminism, role models,
history of women's rights,
scenes from Mona Lisa Smile, issues in the US, gender and feminism in
the US and UK, historical
development, "well-known" feminists. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Cultural Studies (Modul 6.1): Some important American
amendments with influence on
contemporary life: 1st Amendment and freedom of speech and free speech
zones, gun control, NRA, Brady Bill, history of slave trade with
reasons for the 13th Amendment, Prohibition, the 18th and 21st
Amendments; Streetart and graffiti:
definitions and history; artists: Slinkachu, Filthy Luker, Mark
Jenkins, Joshua Allan Harris, Cornbread, Keith Haring, Banksy, Swoon;
places: New York, London, Koblenz; financing; National
parks, Attitudes
towards the environment, Terrible
diasters, Uluru
and Kata Tjuta National Park, Remote
World Heritage Sites, Environmental
Movement; Wanted: national identity of the US and England; Reward:
detailed knowledge you did not expect. English vs. British, unity in
diversity with examples; being American, national motto, American
Dream, freedom and self-reliance, equality, patriotism; Bradley
project, real American Dream; national identity in Germany. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Essay Writing (very last course), Examenskolloquium |
| Wintersemester 2011/12 |
| Introduction to Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.1) as lecture: online syllabus |
| Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.2 Thursday seminar): American holidays political and religious, commercialization; British schools and American schools and colleges; gun control in the US, Brady Bill, Bowling for Columbine, "I Don't Like Mondays"; religion in the UK from Henry VIII to today; US: Puritan heritage, Amish, Mormons; famous British faces: music, sports, film, fashion, monarchy; Ellis Island, history and waves, American Dream, relatives and personal experience; Hollywood: geography, sights, film industry and film genres; British food and drink: eating habits, eating out, pub culture, multicultural food; history, National Anthem, Constitutional Monarchy, duties, the Royals in public and in the old and new media; American food: fast food, franchising, McDonaldization, role of children, obesity, nutrition and health; importance of leisure time for Americans; the Declaration of Independence and its meaning for today. |
| Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.2 Friday seminar): tea - how colonization brought about the drink of a nation; death penalty in the US; US immigration waves, melting pot, e pluribus unum/plures; American and British football; American food: immigrant influence, fast food; American schools: history and structure, Brown decision, equality/inequality in education, foregn students in the US; American music: blues, jazz, country, rock 'n roll, Woodstock; slavery and music, blues, jazz, soul, rthym 'n blues, rock 'n roll, rap; Royal Family tree, finances, symbols, Diana, William and Kate, line of succession; Hispanics in the US: influence past and present, population, personal experience, famous Mexican Americans, Tex-Mex; National Parks in the US vs. Las Vegas; American and British food. |
| Anglo-American Cultural Studies
(Modul 6.1): women's
rights important documents, Roe v. Wade, Joan Baez and Civil Rights,
women in popular culture and TV shows; origins and Darwin, Evolution
and Intelligent Design, Butler Act,
Scopes Monkey Trial, Hardy-Weinberg Theorem, phylogenetics, debates in The Simpsons and in American
schools; Obesity vs. skinny crisis in the US, eating healthy, obesity,
McDonalds
and fast food, pefect body image, BMI, eating disorders, media and
popular culture; media influence on American culture. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Examenskolloquium |
| Sommersemester 2012 (geplant) |
| Introduction to Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.1) as lecture |
| Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.2 Friday morning): |
| Anglo-American Studies (Modul 3.2 Friday afternoon): |
| Anglo-American Cultural Studies
(Modul 6.1): Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Examenskolloquium |
| Wintersemester 2012/13 |
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Wintersemester 1998/99 |
Sommersemester 1999 |
| Introduction to Cultural Studies UK/USA | Cultural Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) |
| Cultural Studies UK/USA: Proseminar | Cultural Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) |
| Cultural Studies UK/USA: Hauptseminar | Cultural Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) |
| Cultural Studies Australia | Exercises in Pronunciation |
| Writing II | Writing I |
| General Language Course A | General Language Course B |
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| Wintersemester 1999/00 |
Sommersemester 2000 |
| Cultural Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) | Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) |
| Cultural Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) |
| Cultural Studies UK/USA III ( Hauptseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) |
| Writing I | Area Studies Australia and Web Skills |
| Writing II | Writing I |
| General Language Course A | Writing II |
| Examenskolloquium | Examenskolloquium |
| Wintersemester 2000/01 |
Sommersemester 2001 |
| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) | Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) |
| Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) |
| Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) |
| Writing I | Area Studies Canada and Web Skills |
| Writing II | Writing I |
| Examenskolloquium | Writing II |
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| Wintersemester 2001/02 |
Sommersemester 2002 |
| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) | Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) |
| Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) |
| Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) |
| Cultural Studies and Intercultural Education | Writing I |
| Writing I | Writing II |
| Writing II | Examenskolloquium |
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| Wintersemester 2002/03 |
Sommersemester 2003 |
| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) | Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) |
| Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) |
| Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) | Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) |
| Writing I | Writing I |
| Writing II | Writing II |
| Examenskolloquium | Examenskolloquium |
| Wintersemester 2003/04 |
Sommersemester 2004 |
| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction) | Area
Studies UK/USA I (Introduction): American universities:
definitions, degrees, extracurricular activities, partner universities
UCF and Loyola; British universities: applications, financial aid,
degrees, types of universities, partner universities Keele, UCL,
Sunderland, St. Martin's Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar) | Area
Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar): British identity,
immigrant
groups; Metaphors for American society, Native Americans, Hispanics,
19th century immigration, individual immigrants past and present Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar) | Area
Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar): US Influence of Media; US
Radio and TV; UK Print Media and the BBC; The Welfare State in Britain;
Death Penalty and Abortion in the US; US Movies Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
| Writing I | Writing I |
| Writing II | Writing II |
| Examenskolloquium | Examenskolloquium |
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Wintersemester 2004/05 |
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| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction): parliament, constitution, electoral system, political parties, monarch, prime minister; three branches, checks and balances, bills and laws, road to the White House, election procedure; typical school day, school types, testing, grading and stages, school life; application procedure, degrees, partner universities; costs, extra-curricular activities; international role, foreign policy, military power, trade, international organizations. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. | |
| Area Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar): push and pull; Chinese, Black Caribbean, Indian, Black African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi; Britishness; waves, government policies; WASP culture; assimilation; affirmative action; African-Americans; Asian-Americans; Hispanics; Native American; Church of England: organisation, doctrine, high, low, broad, women priests and homosexual bishops; Roman Catholic church; Free Churches, Baptist, Methodist, Salvation Army; Jehovah's Witnesses; Church of Scotland, non-Christian Faiths: historical overview and denominations, televangelism, Amish, Mormons, Scientologists, religion in everyday life, Church and State; UK animals, energy and resources, waste and pollution, transport, fox hunting, RSPB; Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, Kyoto Protocol, organizations, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, waste and recycling, Grand Canyon, Sequoia. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. | |
| Area Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar): varieties of newspapers, historical background, Fleet Street to Docklands, Westferry; US: homelessness and housing, history of social welfare, health care, volunteerism, America as a classless society?; history of women's rights movement, women media stereotypes, women's magazines, role of women TV / movies; American Painting: Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Color-Field, Oldenburg, Wesselmann, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, Pollock, Rothko, Pop Art in Germany; Elgar, Britten, Purcell, Handel, British festivals and opera houses, the Beatles and the Sex Pistols, Celtic music, Britpop Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. | |
| Essay Writing, Writing Practice, Examenskolloquium | |
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Sommersemester 2005 |
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| Area Studies UK/USA I (Introduction): Houses of Parliament, electoral system, election results 2005, political and religious buildings, religion and politics, the queen and her duties, the royal family tree; US system of government, how a bill becomes a law, judicial branch, executive branch, presidential elections, electoral college, national and state governments, political parties, Bush's Cabinet; US government and education, elementary and secondary schools, grades and exams, extracurricular activities, Detroit Country Day School, historical overview of American education, financing, problems, school desegregation, language, UK school system, history of independent and state schools, Education Reform Act 1988, examinations, types of state schools, Westminster School in London, differences in Northern Ireland and Scotland; higher education in England, degrees, famous Oxonians, different types of universities with examples, financing; higher education in the US, types of institutions with examples, bachelor's degrees, GPA, advanced placement, graduate study, doctoral degree, admission, distance education, academic calendar, tuition, scholarships and loans, Ivy League, how to become a teacher, Master's vs. Magister, student life: fraternities and sororities, exchange student Dan's answers; political life special issues: Watergate scandal, presidential election 2000, constitution US and UK comparison, Tony Blair's Cabinet. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. | |
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Studies UK/USA II (Proseminar):
Japanese-Americans, Cubans in the US, immigration
past, present, future; UK ethnic minorities, immigration, Pakistanis;
UK Catholics, Church of England: Charles & Camilla,
homosexuals, women; US Baptists; US Church and State, Amish,
Evangelicals, Methodists, Mormons, Scientology; US environmental
consciousness, national parks, natural and environmental disasters,
Kyoto Protocol Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Studies UK/USA III (Hauptseminar):
US media and internet literacy, media functions and censorship, US
newspapers and television; history of and restrictions on the British
press, kinds of newspapers, British television; US abortion, health insurance, capital punishment, gun control, Army as Employer; British architecture: styles, architects, preservation, and Area Studies related buildings; US Art: Ramos, Wesselmann, Warhol, Pollock; Rizzi, The Simpsons. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Wintersemester 2005/06 |
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Anglo-American Studies I (Introduction): Political Life UK: electoral system, political parties, monarchy, prime minister, constitution, Parliament; Political Life US: branches, checks and balances, political parties, election system, presidential election; US/UK Pre-University Education: organization, management, grading and exams, financing, Fair Tax, vouchers, comprehensives, grammar, technical, LEAs, National Curriculum, current issues; history of higher education UK, types of British universities, UCL, Sunderland, St. Martin's, Keele, political and economic aspects; types of US universities and degrees, GPA and course system, UCF and Loyola; US and UK cabinet departments, devolution, national and state government. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Anglo-American Studies II (Proseminar): Minorities and Immigration US: Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, restrictions and relaxations, assimilation; immigration waves, Chinese immigrant, illegal immigrants, African Americans; Minorities and Immigration UK: different groups, identities, current Muslim integration and change of stereotypes, impact of immigrants: food, music, economy, cultural diversity; UK Religion: from paganism to Christianity, CoE: politics and Archbishops, Anglican Communion, Free Churches, Non-Christians: Sikh, Buddhist, Hindus, Jewish, Muslims, Northern Ireland Conflict; US American religious groups, separation of Church and State, First Amendment, tests, civil religion, religion in public schools; US hazards, global warming, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes; British attitudes towards the environment and animals, pollution and nuclear waste, organizations, agriculture. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Anglo-American Studies III (Hauptseminar): US media: newspapers, New York Times, USA Today, Herald Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, from Muckraker to Pulitzer, television major events, networks, Nielsen ratings, FCC, censorship, 1st Amendment; UK charities and the Welfare State: NHS, origin of charities, charities and the government, charities and the British, charities and the media, Cancer Research UK, NSPCC and Children in Need, British Heart Foundation, RSPCA; US social issues: welfare system, Red Cross, capital punishment, spring break and The Ring Thing, DHS, life after 9/11, terrorism, food and sports; UK newspapers, radio, BBC history, structure, and future; US Painting: Peale, Hudson River School, Impressionist Cassatt, Hassam, Amory Show, Abstract Expressionists Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, Pop Art Warhol; Typically British Arts and Music...?: Hogarth, Constable, Turner, Moore, BritArt, Emin, Harvey, Ofili, Lucas; Purcell, Handel, Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Holst, Britten. Selected topics in geography and history from the online Survey. |
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Essay Writing, Examenskolloquium |
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| Wintersemester 1988/89 | Sommersemester 1989 |
| Landeskunde US I, II | Landeskunde US I, II |
| Grammatik I | Grammatik I |
| Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B | Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B |
| Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs I B, C; III A, B | Phonetics and Phonology |
| Dictation Practice | Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs I; II B; III |
| Sprachpraktischer Oberkurs I | |
| Essay Writing | |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | |
| Wintersemester 1989/90 | Sommersemester 1990 |
| Conversation in English II | Englisch für Hörer aller Fakultäten |
| Englisch für Hörer aller Fakultäten | Essay Writing |
| Grammatik I | Landeskunde US II |
| Landeskunde US I, II | Phonetics and Phonology |
| Phonetik und Phonologie | Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B |
| Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B | Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs I; III |
| Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs III A, B | Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | |
| Wintersemester 1990/91 | Sommersemester 1991 |
| Englisch für Hörer aller Fakultäten | Grammatik I |
| Grammatik I | Landeskunde US |
| Landeskunde US II | Phonetics and Phonology |
| Phonetics and Phonology | Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B |
| Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B | Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs II D; III A, B |
| Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs III A, B | Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | |
| Wintersemester 1991/92 | Sommersemester 1992 |
| Landeskunde US | Landeskunde US |
| Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs III A, B, C, D | Phonetics and Phonology |
| Phonetics and Phonology | Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs II B, C; III A, B |
| Pronunciation and Phonetic Transcription A, B | Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | |
| Wintersemester 1992/93 | Sommersemester 1993 |
| Grammatik I | Dictation Practice |
| Landeskunde US | Grammatik I, II |
| Phonetics and Phonology | Landeskunde US |
| Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs I A, B; III A, C | Phonetics and Phonology |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | Sprachpraktischer Grundkurs II C; III A, C |
| Übersetzungsübung Deutsch – Englisch I A, B | |
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