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American and Canadian Studies
American Studies MA
American Studies MA

American Studies MA

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  • Level:Master's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate degree: 2:1 (or international equivalent).For information on entry requirements from your country, choose it below.

English Requirements

  • IELTS 7.0 (no less than 6.0 in any element) or
  • PTE 76 (minimum 65) or
  • TOEFL 100 (minimum 20 in Speaking and 19 in all other elements)

Course Information

Our MA in American Studies is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary course, which enables you to focus on the study of:

  • history, literature, politics, film and culture of the United States
  • literature, culture and society of Canada

Some of the core issues you will look at include:

  • to what extent will the US be forced to renegotiate political, financial and cultural relationships long characterised by dominance?
  • how do we make sense of the Trump era?
  • how should the Obama Presidency be understood within the history of race relations and the struggle for civil rights?
  • how will cultural responses to changing political, media, and built environments work within and against established forms and traditions?

You will be involved in intellectual exchange among a group with shared interests, but with a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.

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Core modules

  • Approaches to American Studies
  • Researching Contemporary America
  • Dissertation in American Studies

Optional modules
You will choose one of the following:

  • Arts in Society
  • Mastering the Arts: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research
  • You will also select up to three 20-credit modules from a range of options offered by the department:
  • American Madness: Mental Illness in History and Culture
  • American Magazine Culture
  • Building the Nation: The Discursive Space of American Architecture
  • Engaging Asia: The United States, India and Pakistan, 1942-Present
  • Ethnic and New Immigrant Writing
  • Feminist Thought in the US: 1970-Present
  • From Revolution to Rapprochement: Britain and the US 1776-1877
  • History of the Civil Rights Movement
  • In the Midst of War: The United States and the Vietnam Wars, 1940-1975
  • Latino Cultures
  • North American Film Adaptations
  • Popular Music Cultures and Counter-cultures
  • Recent Queer Writing
  • Sexuality in American History
  • The Great American Short Story
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Varieties of Classic American Film, Television and Literature Since 1950
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

MA American Studies will give you the opportunity to study a subject that you are passionate about at a more detailed level than is possible during an undergraduate degree. This is an ideal step into a future research qualification, such as a PhD.

As you have this option of developing your interests at a more specialised level, you will even be able to tap into current debates surrounding America’s global position. As such, this course offers excellent preparation for a career in teaching, journalism and the media, government service, diplomacy, and NGO's.

The interdisciplinary focus of the course will also equip you with the skills and flexibility to adapt to a range of other professions, such as management, business, public services and law

You will also be ideally placed to pursue a career or further study in North America or Canada.

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Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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