American Studies BA (Hons)
The
American Studies is available to study as
part of a Joint Honours degree.
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Link to prospectus 2014 entry
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The idea of the degree is to tap into the
pulse of America – not just to study that country’s past but its
literature, art, politics music and film. We seek to try and
explain this political superpower, its cultural dominance and its
global reach.
Never has the USA been as important as it is
today, with the many challenges facing citizens of the
21st century, and the pervasive influence of American
culture throughout the world.
York St John has a long and excellent track
record dating back 30 years, and was amongst the first American
Studies courses in the UK. We have built up a reputation with top
American colleges which allows us to offer students the chance to
spend a semester in the US as part of an exchange programme. Links
with institutions from New York to Oregon, New England to Mid West
mean that you can spend a semester (1st in year 2)
studying under an American sky.
Our wide ranging approach provides the kind of
broad-based education desired by today’s employers in both the
private and public sectors. The cultural aspects make the subject
especially valuable to those seeking careers in media, education
and the arts.
You will be taught by respected academics
whose areas of expertise and enthusiasms include international
history, World War II and the Cold War, Anglo-American relations,
film studies and popular culture, modern and contemporary American
literature, the Vietnam War, history of communism. Race relations,
the history of slavery and the American Civil War, gender &
sexuality, Ireland and America, modern and contemporary political
history.