American Studies - BA (Hons)

The following modules are indicative of those offered on this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules. You may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Possible modules may include:

EN303 - Introduction to American Studies (30 credits)

EN331 - Readings in the Twentieth Century (30 credits)

EN332 - Writing America (30 credits)

EN333 - Romanticism and Critical Theory (30 credits)

HA355 - Introduction to the History of Art (30 credits)

FI315 - Film Theory (30 credits)

HA314 - Introduction to Contemporary Art (15 credits)

HA315 - Introduction to Contemporary Art (30 credits)

HA354 - Introduction to the History of Art (15 credits)

HA361 - Introduction to Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (15 credits)

HA362 - Introduction to Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art (30 credits)

HI390 - The Emergence of America:From European Settlement to 1880 (15 credits)

HI391 - The Rise of the United States Since 1880 (15 credits)

HI426 - Making History: Theory and Practice (30 credits)

FI313 - Film Style (30 credits)

FI314 - Hollywood Studios (30 credits)

FI316 - Film Histories (30 credits)

MU327 - Understanding Popular Styles (15 credits)

PO305 - International History and International Relations (15 credits)

PO327 - Introduction to Comparative Politics (15 credits)

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Possible modules may include:

EN665 - American Studies: Reputations (30 credits)

EN675 - Declaring Independence: 19th Century US Literature (30 credits)

CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation (30 credits)

EN677 - The Contemporary (30 credits)

EN695 - Empire, New Nations and Migration (30 credits)

EN721 - American Modernities: US Literature in the 20th Century (30 credits)

HI6056 - The British Atlantic World c.1580-1763 (30 credits)

HI795 - Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental (30 credits)

HI5023 - The American Civil War Era 1848-1877 (30 credits)

PO617 - Contemporary Politics and Government in the United States (30 credits)

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Possible modules may include:

HI560 - American Studies Extended Essay (30 credits)

PO616 - The Politics of Trust (in the USA) (15 credits)

HI5024 - The American Civil War Era 1848-1877 (30 credits)

HI5072 - The American Revolution (30 credits)

HI796 - Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental (30 credits)

EN703 - The 'Real' America: Class and Culture in the American Gilded Age (30 credits)

EN714 - Utopia: Philosophy and Literature (30 credits)

EN716 - Marxism, Literature and Culture (30 credits)

FI584 - The Gothic in Film (30 credits)

EN676 - Cross-Cultural Coming-of-Age Narratives (30 credits)

EN667 - Harlem to Hogan's Alley: Black Writing in North America (30 credits)

EN588 - Innovation and Experiment in New York, 1945-2015 (30 credits)

EN623 - Native American Literature (30 credits)

EN658 - American Crime Fiction (30 credits)

EN661 - The Stranger (30 credits)

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage.