BA American Studies (with a study abroad year)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing, spanning historical, political and cultural dimensions. Core topics include Research Methods. The course spans four years of full-time study and culminates in an American Studies Dissertation and Research Communication.
Modules
- Early American History, Literature and Culture
- Introduction to American Studies
- Modern American History, Literature and Culture
- Sussex and America
- Genres in American Literature
- Theoretical Concepts in American Studies
- American City
- 1661: Slavery in English America
- 1959 Havana: Revolution in Latin America
- 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
- American Studies Dissertation and Research Communication
- City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
- Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
- Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema
- 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
- Queer Fictions
- Race, Photography, Archives