Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of American Studies
- Code
- BBI-AME-222E
- Title
- History of the United States 2.
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- en
- Description
- Code for non-international students start with BBN
- Learning outcomes
- The course aims at getting students acquainted with the history of the formulation and workings of the American Constitution and system of government. Current issues and dilemmas will also be paid attention to.
- Course content
- This history course offers insight into the workings of American government. By examining the history of the Constitution in detail, the course explores the federal system, the three branches of power, the issues arising from the cooperation and conflict among the branches, the dilemmas of civil rights and liberties, and the political culture that has evolved in the United States.
- Assessment method
- Final grades will be based on the combined results of the mid-term and the end-term written exams (50-50%). Both the mid-term and the final exam are going to be composed of identification questions and an essay based on the material of the seminars and the assigned readings.
- Bibliography
- Fisher, Louis. American Constitutional Law. New York, NY: McGraw and Hill, 1990. Frank, Tibor and Tamás Magyarics. Handouts for U.S. History. A Study Guide and Workbook. Budapest: Panem, 1999. Janda, Kenneth, Jeffrey M. Berry, and Jerry Goldman. The Challenge of Democracy: American Government in Global Politics. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2011.