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There are also options available from other departments including all the Global Institutes (Brazil, India, China, Russia and International Development), English, History, CMCI (Culture, Media and Creative Industries), Film Studies, War Studies, Institute of Contemporary British History and The Dickson Poon School of Law.
Optional modules offered by other departments:
American Studies
|MA
|Part Time, Full Time
| Admissions status: OpenSTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
Core programme content
- Introduction to American Studies
- US Political Culture in the 20th Century
- Dissertation.
Indicative non-core content
The Institute of North American Studies offers the following optional modules: - Mediating America
- Religion and Politics in the 20th Century
- US Sports Cultures
- American Empire
- Cultures of Secrecy - America and Beyond
- Passing in American Culture
- US Political System
- American Popular Culture
- American Gothic
- American Studies Internship
There are also options available from other departments including all the Global Institutes (Brazil, India, China, Russia and International Development), English, History, CMCI (Culture, Media and Creative Industries), Film Studies, War Studies, Institute of Contemporary British History and The Dickson Poon School of Law.
Optional modules offered by other departments:
Film & American Culture
Music & American Culture
Cinema & the City
Liberty and Inequality in the Early American Republic
Civil War in the US
History of Sexuality in America
The Transatlantic in Literature
The Graphic Novel: Origins & Aesthetics
American Folks
FORMAT AND ASSESSMENT
Taught core and optional modules assessed mostly by coursework, with a few optional modules having an unseen examination, plus a dissertation.KEY FACTS
Programme leader/s
Dr Uta Balbier, Institute of North American Studies
Awarding institution
King's College London
Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)
UK 180/ECTS 90
Duration
One year FT, two years PT, September to September.
Location
Strand Campus.
Student destinations
Many MA students go on to pursue research, others develop their skills in North American institutions, or else in teaching, journalism, new media and at other universities.
Year of entry 2013
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