STUDENT SATISFACTION (Guardian University Guide 2020) IN THE UK 2 ND
AMERICAN STUDIES SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
The USA has an immediate and continuing impact on all our lives. It influences our culture, our economy, and our political outlook, and its foreign policy affects our future. To know and understand the nature of America, its historical, cultural and political traditions, is to appreciate more fully the real forces driving this century.
Foundation Year available Global Opportunities available Full details available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
American Studies covers the culture, history and politics of the most influential country in the world, from colonization to the present day. You can shape your degree to your own interests, whether in American film, music, race, gender, migration and urbanization, social, economic and military history, terrorism, or civil rights and political protest. You will develop a range of transferable skills, which are highly valued by employers, and you have the chance to study for a year or a semester in the USA, with over 40 US campus options.
AREAS STUDIED TYPICALLY INCLUDE: Year 1 • American Politics and Society • Introduction to American Literature and Culture • The American Experience Year 2 • America in Crisis • American Word/American Image • Ghettos, Streets and Suburbs: Cultural Representations of the American City • New York City: History and Culture Since 1945 • R ethinking the South • Race and Ethnicity • The Making of Transatlantic America Year 3 • African American Literature and Culture • America and the Bomb • America and Terrorism • Gunfighter Nation: The West in History, Mythology and Fiction • Popular Music and the City • Contemporary American Fiction • The American Civil War in History and Memory
TYPICAL OFFER: BBB
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 134)
BA Single Honours ▲ 5 American Studies ♦ 5 American Studies (with Year Abroad) ♦ 5 American Studies
(with Foundation Year) BA Joint Honours American Studies and ▲ ♦ English Literature ▲ ♦ History ▲ ♦ International Relations ▲ ♦ Politics All 3 year Joint Honours can be extended to 4 years to include a year abroad in your third year. ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page
FUTURE CAREERS: • Civil Service • Education • Management and Business • Politics and Government • Public Relations and Media
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses
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