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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title	The Emergence of Modern America
Module Code	LG114
School	School of Law & Government
Online Module Resources
Module Teacher	Gary Murphy
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

INACTIVE - To develop an understanding of the emergence of modern America from its agricultural origins to the industrial superpower it is today. To analyse the events and personalities that have fashioned contemporary America, both politically and economically.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss the evolution of America from its humble beginnings to the hegemonic position it holds in world society today
2. Analyse and evaluate the forces that have shaped Modern America
3. Critique these forces with references to academic literature

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	2	No Description
Independent learning	51	No Description
Total Workload: 53

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The American Revolution.
Thirteen Colonies, War, Peace, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The American Constitution.
Its commitment to freedom assessed against the background of slavery, sectionalism, secession and the Civil War.

Social Change and Political Order.
The exclusion of the black minority from the political process between 1877 and 1914 and the imposition of white dominance in the South..

The impact of economic growth on American Society between the Civil War and World War One. Populism, Progressivism, the rising hostility of farmers and labourers to industrialisation..
Manifest Destiny.

The role of the United States in the wider world: World War One and Two..
1920s America.

The Jazz age, the business of America is business.
Political Change and Government Intervention.

Growth of government power as a response to the great depression after 1929; Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal..
The Nature of Political Power in Post War America.

The civil rights movement, the welfare state and the disruption of political order in the early 1960s.
The Nixon Presidency.

Scandal and corruption as America enters a new era..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	n/a	60%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

1152, 0, The basic and best text for this course is Hugh Brogan's 'The Longman History of the United States of America, 2nd edition' Longman 1999,

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Programme or List of Programmes

CCS

BA in Contemporary Culture and Society

EBT

BA in Global Business (USA)

BA in International Relations

Timetable this semester: Timetable for LG114

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