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BA American Studies and Politics,

Swansea University

Institution
Swansea University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
American Studies and Politics, BA (Hons)
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
LT27

About this course

BA combining Politics and International Relations, English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing. Core topics include Research Methods and Policy Analysis. The programme offers a study abroad opportunity in the United States for a semester or full year. The Global Summit Simulation provides hands-on experience in international diplomacy.

Modules

  • Locating American Studies
  • Politics and the People
  • Interpreting Politics: The Faces and Uses of Power
  • Who Sings America? Literature and Culture of the United States
  • Forging a Nation: US History and Politics
  • Disinformation, Ideology, and Bias: Researching and examining political data
  • The Colour Line: Race and Racism in World Politics
  • Freedom Justice and Equality: Key Debates in Political Philosophy
  • The State and Political Institutions
  • The History of Political Thought
  • Disunited Kingdom? Class, Race, Gender and Social Division in Twentieth-Century Britain
  • Philosophy of the Enlightenment
  • Anarchy and Order: Theories in International Relations
  • Global Justice and Human Rights in the Age of Globalisation
  • Investigating Gender
  • Devolution, Policy Making and Social Change
  • Poverty and Social Justice
  • The Global First World War
  • A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring Existential Philosophy
  • Contemporary Moral Controversies
  • International Security
  • Global Summit Simulation
  • Contemporary Wars and Conflicts
  • British Politics and Public Policy
  • The Global South in International Relations: Diplomacy, Development, and Resistance
  • America in a Nutshell: A History of Pennsylvania from William Penn to Donald Trump, 1631-2016
  • The Making of Transatlantic America
  • Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
  • America in Crisis: From the Tet Offensive to Trump
  • Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
  • American Word / American Image
  • The Story of America on Film and Television, 1607-1867
  • Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607-1867
  • Researching Politics 1
  • American Studies Dissertation
  • Dissertation
  • Senedd Cymru/The Welsh Parliament
  • The Russian Civil War
  • Philosophy, Mental Health and Illness
  • Parliamentary Studies
  • Capitalism and Justice
  • Genocide
  • The Rise and Fall of Wales? Politics, Culture and Society, 1847-1939
  • The Philosophy and Politics of Identity
  • Digital Futures
  • Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump
  • Researching Politics 2
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
  • The Story of the USA on Film and Television, 1865-2008
  • Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865-2008
  • Clear and Present Danger: America and Terrorism
  • The American Civil War in History and Memory
  • The Cold War
  • America and the Bomb