EU and Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each element. For information regarding other English language qualifications we accept, please visit the English Requirements page
How You Study
The first year offers introductory modules designed to give students an understanding of American history, arts, politics, and culture. Through lectures, seminars, film screenings, and reading groups, students are introduced to the core questions and themes that drive our understanding of America.
This knowledge is built upon in the second and third years, where a range of optional modules are available based on the research specialisms of our academic team.
Students have the opportunity to enrol at a partner institution in North America during their third year. Students can then return to the University of Lincoln to complete the final year of their degree. Students are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs in addition to their normal living costs throughout the year.
Where applicable, students will also be expected to cover their visa costs. For students who opt to take Spanish as part of their first and second year studies, the year abroad aims to open up opportunities for understanding Hispanic arts, histories, and cultures. By spending a year abroad, students can develop greater cultural awareness and resourcefulness, initiative, and independence in responding to new situations.
What You Need to Know
We want you to have all the information you need to make an informed decision on where and what you want to study. To help you choose the course that’s right for you, we aim to bring to your attention all the important information you may need. Our What You Need to Know page offers detailed information on key areas including contact hours, assessment, optional modules, and additional costs.
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First Year
A History of Popular Music (Option)†
European Cinemas in Context (Option)†
Forging the Modern State (Option)†
Introduction to American Studies 1 (Core)
Introduction to American Studies 2 (Core)
Introduction to Film History (Core)
Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Option)†Introduction to Poetry (Option)†
Introduction to Popular Culture (Option)†
Making Americans (Core)
The United States from Colonies to Civil War (Core)
The United States since Reconstruction (Core)
Second Year
'Reading the Americas': The Path towards Independent Study (Core)
After The End: Reading the Apocalypse (Option)†
American Literature I (Option)†American Literature II (Option)†
Broadcasting in America (Option)†
Decolonising the Past (Option)†
Dissertations and Beyond (American Studies) (Core)
Existentialism and Phenomenology (Option)†
Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War (Option)†
Hollywood Musical (Option)†
New Directions in History (Option)†
Philosophy of Science (Option)†
Power and the Presidency in the United States (Option)†
Representative Americans? (Core)
Screening Gender: stars, genre and audiences (Option)†
The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century (Option)†
Third Year
American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day (Option)†
American Exceptionalism (Option)†
American Studies Independent Study (Core)
Curatorial Practice (Option)†
Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation (Option)†
Exploitation Cinema (Option)†
From Revolution to New Republic: The United States 1760-1841 (Option)†
Hollywood cinema in the 1980s (Option)†
Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World. (Option)†
Science Fiction in Film and Television (Option)†
Sexualities and Gender in Modern Britain and Europe: From the French Revolution to the Present (Option)†
Southern Accents (Option)†
The New Hollywood 1967 - 1983: from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond... (Option)†
Work Placement: American Studies (Option)†
This course aims to equip students with an in-depth and wide-ranging knowledge of key periods, movements, and developments within American arts, history, and cultures. Previous graduates of our College of Arts have gone into a range of careers, including roles in teaching, broadcasting, screenwriting, journalism, finance, PR, marketing, law, politics, the charity sector, and publishing.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
