BA American Studies and Politics (with a study abroad year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
About this course
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations and English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing, combining political systems with literature and culture. Core topics include Research Methods. Students spend a year abroad at partner institutions in America. In the final year, students can complete an internship with a Westminster Member of Parliament or local government.
Modules
- British Political History
- Early American History, Literature and Culture
- Explaining Political Systems
- Freedom, Power, Justice: Foundations of Political Theory
- Modern American History, Literature and Culture
- Research Skills and Methods in Political Science
- European Politics
- Modern Political Thought
- Theoretical Concepts in American Studies
- American City
- 1661: Slavery in English America
- 1959 Havana: Revolution in Latin America
- Capitalism and Democracy
- Communicating Politics
- Divided Island? Irish Politics from Partition to the Present
- Feminism and the Politics of Gender
- Governing India: Institutions, Actors and Challenges Amidst Social Diversity
- Italy Between Political Crisis and Social Change
- Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Movements
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Pop Life: After Modern Art
- States of Disunion: Power, Polarisation and Protest in US Politics
- The Challenge of Being a Reluctant Hegemon; German Politics Today
- The EU Between Integration and Disintegration
- The Making of Modern Turkey: The Struggle Between Authoritarianism and Democracy
- American Studies Dissertation and Research Communication
- Authoritarianism and its Critics
- City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
- Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene
- Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
- Global Crisis and European Political Economy
- Indian Politics Since Independence: Between Dominance and Fragmentation
- Parties and Party Systems
- Political Psychology
- Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema
- The Politics of Euroscepticism
- The Rise of Anti-politics
- Topics in African American Literature
- Visualising War: Image, Media, and Culture
- America in the 21st Century
- American Empire
- American Studies in Practice
- American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- Hollywood Industry and Imaginary
- Immigration and the Liberal State
- Independent Study/Internship Option
- Political Corruption
- Populism and Politics
- Queer Fictions
- Race, Photography, Archives
- The Neoliberal Age? Understanding Modern Britain
- The Politics of (Post-)Truth
- The Politics of Feeling