History and American Studies BA (Hons)

Northumbria University

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne

higher than £ 9000

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newcastle upon tyne

The two components of this Joint Honours programme complement and reinforce one another. The History side of the programme offers significant breadth, with content ranging from late-medieval Spain, Tudor England and eighteenth-century Asia to Europe in the ‘age of extremes’ and the contemporary USA. Meanwhile, the American Studies part of the course means that your grasp of US history will be complemented by insights from other disciplines. By engaging with film, literature, music and politics, you will approach the American experience from different perspectives.

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

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On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2020/21
Standard Entry

120 UCAS Tariff points
From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas or the International Baccalaureate

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Subject Requirements:
There are no specific subject requirements for this course

GCSE Requirements:
Students will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4 or C, or the equivalent.

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Subjects

  • Humanities
  • Music
  • Joint
  • Film and Television
  • Politics

Course programme

Introduction to American Studies (Core,20 Credits) Contemporary America (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Cultures, Structures and Ideas: Making Sense of Historical Concepts (Core,20 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit) (Optional,40 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Core,20 Credits) American Studies Extended Essay (Core,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (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 (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,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) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) Hollywood Cinema (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 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) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) The Golden State: California (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Joint Honours Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Popular Music on Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Cult Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) The Modern American Horror Film (Optional,20 Credits) Introduction to American Studies (Core,20 Credits) Contemporary America (Core,20 Credits) From Sea to Shining Sea: US History from 1776 to 2008 (Core,20 Credits) Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe 1200-1720 (Core,20 Credits) Making History (Core,20 Credits) Cultures, Structures and Ideas: Making Sense of Historical Concepts (Core,20 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit) (Optional,40 Credits) The San Francisco Bay Area (Explorations in American Studies II) (Core,20 Credits) American Studies Extended Essay (Core,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (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 (Optional,20 Credits) From Reconstruction to Reunification: Europe, 1945-1991 (Optional,20 Credits) Inquisition and Discovery: Myths and Realities of Late Medieval Spain (Optional,20 Credits) The Holocaust (Optional,20 Credits) Imperial Britain: The Empire in British Politics, Society and Culture, 1783-1982 (Optional,20 Credits) Enlightenment to Empire: France in an Age of Revolution, 1715-1815 (Optional,20 Credits) Land of Rivers, Land of Coal: Making and Breaking Industrial North-East England, 1770-1990 (Optional,20 Credits) Civilians and the Second World War (Optional,20 Credits) Divisive Pasts: Legacies of Conflict and Oppression in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Optional,20 Credits) On Her Own Account: Being an Independent Woman in Britain, 1800-1920 (Optional,20 Credits) Globalising Worlds: Objects, People and Ideas 1600 - 1800 (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Monarchies: Power and Representation, 1500–1750 (Optional,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) Taking the King’s Shilling: Ireland and the British Army, 1815–1945 (Optional,20 Credits) Foreign Policy Analysis (Optional,20 Credits) Hollywood Cinema (Optional,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 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) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) The Golden State: California (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Panther Party (Optional,20 Credits) Civil War and Reconstruction (Optional,20 Credits) Women, Crime and Subversion in Early Modern Europe (Optional,20 Credits) Revolution and the Russian Empire 1860-1924 (Optional,20 Credits) Where Have All the Good Times Gone? Crisis and Change in Western Europe, 1965-1987 (Optional,20 Credits) British India, 1757-1857 (Optional,20 Credits) 'Europe's Greatest Killer: The Black Death, Ethnic Cleansing and Biological Warfare in the Late Medieval World' (Optional,20 Credits) Joint Honours Dissertation (Core,40 Credits) Northern Ireland: The 'Troubles' and the Search for Peace (Optional,20 Credits) Barricades and Boulevards: Revolution, Culture, and Urban Life in Nineteenth-century Paris (Optional,20 Credits) Law and Order USA: Police, Prisons, and Protest in Modern America (Optional,20 Credits) Recording the Past: Making Your Own History Documentary (Optional,20 Credits) The Art of Power: Tudor Court Culture (Optional,20 Credits) Big Business in Asia? The European East India Companies, 1600–1800 (Optional,20 Credits) The Politics of the Environment in Modern Britain (Optional,20 Credits) Holocaust Testimony and Cultural Memory (Optional,20 Credits) Terrorism (Optional,20 Credits) Popular Music on Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) Cult Film and Television (Optional,20 Credits) The Modern American Horror Film (Optional,20 Credits)

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