Changes to American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) BA
We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) BA.
You can review the changes below. Once you have read the information below, you need to complete the form at the bottom of this page to confirm that you are happy with the new course structure, or that you have concerns and want to discuss the changes.
Course changes for the BA in American Studies and English (with a study abroad year)
Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3 - Year abroad
Year 4
Year 1, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Introduction to American Studies (core) |
Introduction to American Studies (core) |
No change |
|
American Political Culture (option) |
American Political Culture (option) |
No change |
|
Roots of America (option) |
Roots of America (option) |
No change |
|
Writing Early America: Literature to 1800 (option) |
Writing Early America: Literature to 1800 (option) |
No change |
|
Thinking Literature 1 (core) |
Thinking Literature 1 (core) |
No change |
Year 1, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Modern America (core) |
Modern America (core) |
No change |
|
American Humour (option) |
Module suspended | |
|
The Look of America (option) |
The Look of America (option) |
No change |
|
Writing the New Nation: 1800-1900 (option) |
Writing the New Nation: 1800-1900 (option) |
No change |
|
Thinking Literature 2 (core) |
Thinking Literature 2 (core) |
No change |
|
Critical Approaches 2 (option) |
Critical Approaches 2 (option) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Theoretical Concepts for American Studies (core) |
Theoretical Concepts for American Studies (core) |
No change |
|
African American Experience (option) |
Understanding the African American Experience (option) |
Module title change |
| American Literature in the Long 20th Century (option) |
American Literature in the Long 20th Century (option) |
No change |
|
Film Musicals (option) |
Film Musicals (option) |
No change |
|
Picasso to Kahlo (option) |
|
Module suspended |
|
American Identities (option) |
American Identities (option) |
No change |
|
Inner Worlds (option) |
Inner Worlds (option) |
No change |
|
Outer Worlds (option) |
Outer Worlds (option) |
No change |
|
Humans and Animals (option) |
The Politics of Children's Literature (option) |
Optional module changed from Term 1 to Term 2 and replaced |
|
Science and Literature (option) |
Science and Literature (option) |
No change |
|
The Novel (option) |
The Novel (option) |
No change |
|
Romanticism (option) |
Optional module changed from Term 1 to Term 2 | |
|
The Art of Short Fiction (option) |
The Art of Short Fiction (option) |
No change |
|
Lyric Poetry (option) |
Word and Image (option) |
Optional module changed from Term 1 to Term 2 and replaced |
|
Reading Post-Colonial Texts (option) |
Reading Post-Colonial Texts (option) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
American Cities (option) |
American Cities (core) |
Change from option to core module |
|
1861: The Coming of the American Civil War (option) |
1861: The Coming of the American Civil War (option) |
No change |
|
American Popular Music (option) |
American Popular Music (option) |
No change |
|
Latin American Cinema (option) |
English in the United States (option) |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
The Nineteenth Century American Short Story (option) |
Module suspended | |
|
Politics of Governance (option) |
Politics of Governance (option) |
No change |
|
Queer America (option) |
Pop Life: After Modern Art |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
Contemporary Literature and Culture (option) |
Contemporary Literature and Culture (option) |
No change |
|
Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain (option) |
Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain (option) |
No change |
|
Modernisms (option) |
Modernisms (option) |
No change |
|
Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing (option) |
Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing (option) |
No change |
|
The 19th Century American Short Story (option) |
Romanticism (option) |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
Literature and Philosophy (option) |
Humans and animals |
Optional module suspended and replaced with module changed from Term 1 to Term 2 |
|
Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare (option) |
Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare (option) |
No change |
|
Word and Image (option) |
Lyric poetry |
Optional module changed from Term 2 to Term 1 and replaced |
|
Arts and Literature of Satire (option) |
Romance |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
Year 3 - Year abroad
Year 4, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
American Studies Dissertation (option) |
American Studies Dissertation (option) |
No change |
|
The Golden State: Art in California, 1945-1981 (option) |
The Golden State: Art in California, 1945-1981 (option) |
No change |
|
American Teen Cinema (option) |
American Teen Cinema (option) |
No change |
|
Hollywood Comedy Comedian (option) |
Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema |
Module suspended and replaced |
|
Wollstonecraft and After |
Wollstonecraft and After |
No change |
|
Special Author: Samuel Beckett |
Special Author: Samuel Beckett |
No change |
|
Class, Culture & Contemporary Writing |
Module suspended | |
|
Literature and the Environment |
Special Author: William Blake |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
Writing Race, Gender & the Social |
Writing Race, Gender & the Social |
No change |
|
Technologies of Capture |
Technologies of Capture |
No change |
|
Posthuman/Premodern |
Posthuman/Premodern |
No change |
|
Virginia Woolf |
Virginia Woolf |
No change |
Year 4, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
America in the 21st Century (option) |
America in the 21st Century (option) |
No change |
|
Queer Literatures (option) |
Queer Literatures (option) |
No change |
|
Dissertation |
Dissertation |
No change |
|
Spectacular Imaginings |
Class, Culture and Contemporary Writing |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
School Placement Project*** |
School Placement Project*** |
No change |
|
Decolonising the Curriculum |
Decolonising the Curriculum |
No change |
|
Championing Literacy Placement |
Championing Literacy Placement |
No change |
|
Novel Theory |
Gender, Race and Society in Drama (option) |
Optional module suspended and replaced |
|
Crisis, Revolution, Modernity |
Crisis, Revolution, Modernity |
No change |
|
|
What is War? |
New optional module |
Year 4, Semester 1 & 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Special Subject: Civil Rights Movement A (option) |
Special Subject: Civil Rights Movement A (option) |
No change |
|
Special Subject Dissertation: Thinking about War in America 1809-1990 (option) |
Special Subject Dissertation: Israel - US Relations (option) |
Module suspended and replaced |
|
Special Subject Dissertation: The United States in the Middle East (option) |
|
Module suspended |
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