BA American Studies (United States) with Film
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It is cheaper than private accomodation. It is close to the University and you live together with other students.I always had severe problems when I had to deal with the accomodation office. It seemed to me, that the accomodation office.
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Bachelor's degree
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
3 Years
About the course
Our multidisciplinary course enables you to assess American contributions to our understanding of political, historical, social and cultural perspectives of the world
You combine studies of the US with a number of options in film studies offered by our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, Department of History, and School of Philosophy and Art History
Crucially, you also spend either a term or a full academic year studying in the United States, so you can explore and become immersed in American culture
The degree is built to be extremely flexible and student-led, and as you progress through the course you can choose from an enormous range of options from across the humanities and social sciences including:
Contemporary social issues, such as the struggles for racial justice
The legacies of slavery and the civil rights movement
Environmental protection of the ‘wilderness’ of the Far West
Native American histories and rights
Based within our Interdisciplinary Studies Centre (ISC), American studies offers a truly multidisciplinary approach, giving you knowledge of the many ways to understand key areas of the American experience
You draw on multiple perspectives in order to reach a deeper understanding of the world we inhabit, opening up exciting possibilities to discover the American continent
The cities, vast open plains, mountains and deserts shape diverse and intriguing ways of life
By encouraging you to think and operate across traditional boundaries, our course has produced confident, assertive and intelligent graduates who have become successful in many professional fields
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It is cheaper than private accomodation. It is close to the University and you live together with other students.I always had severe problems when I had to deal with the accomodation office. It seemed to me, that the accomodation office.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
idorsman
Subjects
- Options
Course programme
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
The Enlightenment
Approaches to Film and Media
Introduction to United States Literature
Introduction to US History
Introduction to United States
Introduction to United States Sociology
Skills for University Studies
Year 2
America: Centres and Margins, Borders and Boundaries
Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action (optional)
Doing Interdisciplinary Research for a BA Dissertation: Approaches, Methods, Practice (optional)
'The Special Relationship'? Anglo-American Relations 1850-2005 (optional)
Narrative and Film (optional)
Final year
Term Abroad Module 1 (optional)
Term Abroad Module 2 (optional)
Women, Gender and Sexuality in US History (optional)
Hollywood Directors (optional)
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Taught through lectures plus classes of about twenty students
You take a one-hour lecture and a one-hour class for each of your modules every week
Spend either a term or a full year experiencing the American education system
Hands-on experience of camerawork and film production
Explore film theory through use of film and literature
Assessment
Assessed through a combination of written coursework and end-of-year examinations
Film coursework includes essays, exhibition reviews and virtual portfolios, coursework reports, individual and group presentations, book reviews, viva voce examinations, and an independent research project (a dissertation)
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BA American Studies (United States) with Film