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An introductory course on American Studies America: major issues in history, society and culture for sophomore English other majors Fall, 2009 An introductory course on American Studies Instructor: Zhang Chong czhang8@fudan.edu.cn An introductory course on American Studies 1-0 Course introduction 1. Contents summary: lectures, QAs, movie presentations, written final 2. Requirements: regular attendance, involvement in QA sessions, fulfillment of assignments, exam 3. Reference: 英语国家社会与文化入门（下册），朱永涛主编，高等教育出版社，1998年出版，2001年第9次印刷 An introductory course on American Studies 1-0 Course introduction lectures: titled talks on specific issues in American history, society and/or culture QA sessions: discussions over pre-asked questions movie presentations: movie clips to be shown for discussion written final: 90 minutes written test reading assignments: see course reader An introductory course on American Studies America Miscellaneous An introductory course on American Studies An introductory course on American Studies 1-2 America notes East (Atlantic), Middle West (west of Appalachia, Ohio-Mississippi), West (Pacific) New England (6 states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut) Landscape (Niagara, Yellow Stone, Grand Canyon, the 5 great lakes) An introductory course on American Studies 1-1 America in numbers ? area: 9.3 million s. km. ? states: 50 ? time zones: 4 (Pacific, Mountain, Middle, East) ? population: 273.5 million (2000) ? immigrant population: 7.9% (2000) ? millionaire population: 3.5 million ? life expectancy: 73.6 (m), 79.7 (f) ? child mortality: 1/10000 An introductory course on American Studies Ethnic distribution: African-American 12.6 Asian-American 10.2 Hispanic 3.7 Native 0.8 European 72.7 Regional distribution: West 21%