Educational guide 2013_14 Faculty of Arts

INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. UK Culture	1.1 The country (geography, climate, demography, etc.)
2. UK Culture	2.1 The people history, immigration, England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland)
3. UK Culture	3.1 Politics and government (political institutions, elections, trade unions, etc.)
4. UK Culture	4.1 International relations (Wars, NATO, European Union, etc.)
5. UK Culture	5.1 Cultural icons in/of the United Kingdom
6. USA Culture	6.1 The country (geography, climate, demography, etc.)
7. USA Culture	7.1 The people (settlement, immigration, women and minorities)
8. USA Culture	8.1 Political institutions (federal, state, local)
9. USA Culture	9.1 Foreign policy (isolationism, imperialism, internationalism, etc.)
10. USA Culture	10.1 Cultural icons in/of the United States
11.The British Empire and the Commonwealth	11.1 The British Empire: expansion and decline 11.2 Origin, justification, extension, and purpose of the Commonwealth
11. The British Empire and the Commonwealth	11.1 The British Empire: expansion and decline 11.2 Origin, hustification, extension, and purpose of the Commonwealth
12. African Cultures	12.1 The Ibo culture of Nigeria 12.2 The history of South Africa: the Dutch settlers, the arrival of the British, the Boer War, the Great Trek, and the system of Apartheid
13. Indian culture	13.1 The complexity of Indian history, the struggle for independence, the partition 13.2 States, religions, and languages of the Indian subcontinent
14. The Caribbean Cultures	14.1 The arrival of the Europeans 14.2 The sugar plantations and the slave trade
15. Canadian and Australian Cultures	15.1 Contrast between Canada's and Australia's origins as settle colonies 15.2 The formation of multicultural societies

Competences	Learning outcomes	Contents
Planning	Methodologies	Personalized attention
Assessment	Sources of information	Recommendations