American Studies BA (Hons)

Northumbria University

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newcastle upon tyne

If you want to gain an in-depth understanding of US society and how it has come to exert such a powerful influence on the modern world, Northumbria is the university for you. We have one of the largest concentrations of US specialists working outside North America. We also offer opportunities to spend a semester or a whole year at at one of our partner institutions located throughout the US, from New York to California.

The cornerstones of American Studies are History and English, meaning our graduates have excellent employment prospects similar to students from those disciplines. Possible careers after successful completion of the course include journalism, publishing, teaching and government service.

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Location

Start date

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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Ellison Place, NE1 8ST

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2019/20
Standard Entry.
GCSE Requirements: A good GCSE profile is expected including Maths and English Language at minimum grade C or equivalent.  If you have studied for a new GCSE for which you will be awarded a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a minimum grade 4 or more of the following: GCE and VCE Advanced Level: From at least 2 GCE/VCE A Levels Edexcel/BTEC National Extended Diploma: Distinction, Distinction, Merit Scottish Highers: BBBBC - BBBCC at Higher level, CCC - BBB at Advanced Higher Irish Highers: ABBBB  - BBBBB ...

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Subjects

  • Humanities
  • Writing
  • International
  • Film and Television
  • English
  • Politics

Course programme

Introduction to American Studies (Core,20 Credits) Contemporary America (Core,20 Credits) Representing the US: From Slavery to Terrorism (Core,20 Credits) Concepts in Criticism and Culture (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Core,20 Credits) American Studies Extended Essay (Core,20 Credits) Geneses of English Literature (Optional,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (Optional,20 Credits) Literature and Adaptation (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Core,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) Hollywood Cinema (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Core,20 Credits) Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional,20 Credits) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Politics of Oil and Global Warming (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Popular Music on Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Cult Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Adaptations on Film and TV (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Introduction to American Studies (Core,20 Credits) Contemporary America (Core,20 Credits) Representing the US: From Slavery to Terrorism (Core,20 Credits) Concepts in Criticism and Culture (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (60 credit) (Optional,60 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Core,20 Credits) American Studies Extended Essay (Core,20 Credits) Geneses of English Literature (Optional,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (Optional,20 Credits) Literature and Adaptation (Optional,20 Credits) Affluence and Anxiety: The US from 1920 to 1960 (Optional,20 Credits) America in the 1960s (Optional,20 Credits) Your Graduate Future (Core,20 Credits) At Home in America: Society, Politics and Environment in the Home, 1860 to the present (Optional,20 Credits) Dictatorship and Development: Central America, 1912–1996 (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) Hollywood Cinema (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) States of Nature: An Environmental History of the Americas (Explorations in American Studies III) (Core,20 Credits) Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional,20 Credits) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Politics of Oil and Global Warming (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Popular Music on Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Cult Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Adaptations on Film and TV (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

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