Educational guide Faculty or Arts |
Graduate in English Studies |
Subjects |
INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2011_12 |
Subject | INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES | Code | 12274123 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
6 | Compulsory | Third | First |
Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
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 |