BA American Studies (United States) with Film

5.0
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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

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • 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

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Reviews

5.0
  • 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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4.6
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Course rating

Recommended

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idorsman

5.0
27/08/2018
What I would highlight: 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.
What could be improved: I can't say nothing.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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Subjects

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Course programme

Example structure
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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We also nurture the creative talent for tomorrow, developing filmmakers, scholars, and thinkers with a dynamic worldview: Gain hands-on experience of camera work, sound recording, editing, lighting, and scriptwriting Explore the formal aesthetics of film composition and structure in relation to different contexts of production and reception Discover the history and social significance of film as a global medium Understand the links between critical analysis and creative practice Produce both group films and personal projects “We have a broad range of lecturers who each add a different perspective We're lucky to have such great minds at our disposal ” Talia Burr, first-year BA American Studies (United States) student Study abroad Your education extends beyond our University campus In your third year, you spend either one term or one year at one of the American universities with whom we have an exchange agreement, depending on whether you take the three- or four-year variant of this course The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend your third year studying abroad at no extra cost, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course We have exchange partners with fifteen excellent academic institutions across the United States, from New Mexico to Massachusetts, including upstate New York, the Deep South, Miami and California Studying abroad allows you to explore and become immersed in American culture, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised Our expert staff We are a team of internationally recognised writers and lecturers with expertise across the arts, humanities and social sciences As well as being one of the UK’s leading universities for social science and the highest ranking institution for political science, Essex academics are world leaders in human rights and pioneers in the literature and arts of the Americas Our...

BA American Studies (United States) with Film

£ 9,250 + VAT