American Studies and Film and Television Studies BA

Typical Year One Modules Producing Film and Television Consuming Film and Television Reading Film and Television Studying Film and Television Canadian Literature, Film and Culture Either American History 1: 1607 – 1900 and American History 2: 1900-Present Day or American Literature 1: American Literature to 1900 American Literature 2: American Literature 1900-Present Day Typical Year Two Modules North American Regions America in the 1960s The CIA and US Foreign Policy, 1945 - 2008 Beyond Chaps and Maps: Themes in American Foreign Policy African American Protest Literature North American Film Adaptations The American Pop Century The Contemporary American Novel Civil Rights Media Cultures American Utopianism from the Settlement Narrative to Science Fiction Twentieth Century Neo-Slave Narratives Transnational Media Understanding Cultural Industries Film and Television in Social and Cultural Context Researching Culture, Film and Media Typical Year Three Modules Dissertation Prohibition America Latino Expressive Cultures Representing the South: Literature, Film and History Abraham Lincoln: Then and Now Popular Music Cultures and Countercultures African American Photographic Culture Recent Queer Writing History of the Civil Rights Movement In the Midst of Wars: The United States and South-East Asia, 1940 - 1975 US Foreign Policy, 1989 - 2009 Fictions of America The Civil War and Its Origins Film and Television Studies Dissertation Film and Television Genres 1 The Blockbuster Screen Encounters: Audiences and Engagement Video Production Project The New Hollywood The modules we offer are inspired by the research interests of our staff and as a result may change for reasons of, for example, research developments or legislation changes. The above list is a sample of typical modules we offer, not a definitive list.