Faculty of Arts

 American Studies

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 1. Prerequisites

The normal prerequisite for entry into the American Studies major is 50 points at first-year level. Please note that you should chose your first year subject carefully to ensure that you have the appropriate prerequisites for the departments that offer the subjects of the program. If you are not sure, contact the relevant department.

 2. Requirements for a major

A major in American Studies requires the completion of at least five subjects at second and third-year level, which must include the core subject 'Contemporary American Society and Culture', together with four subjects selected from the list of second and third year subjects below.

Second and Third Year subjects
Core subject:		Semester
	166-260 Contemporary American Society and Culture: Whose Country? Whose Culture?	2
	and four of the following:
English:
	106-221 City Cultures: New York/L.A. Stories
	106-234 Modernist Fiction	1
	106-273 American Liberals and Moderns	n/a
	106-296 Imagining Hollywood	2
Fine Arts:
	111-247 Contemporary Hollywood Cinema	n/a
	111-255 Genre Study	1
	111-420 Art and Mass Culture in the 1960s	n/a
History:
	131-256 People in North America, 1780-1890	1
	131-257 People in North America, 1890-1990	2
Political Science:
	166-211 American Politics and Society	1
	166-226 Issues in American Foreign Policy	n/a
	166-264 Constitutional Design and Change: Australia and America	1

 3. Entry to Honours

An Honours program in American Studies does not exist at present. Several departments, however, do offer fourth-year subjects with American subject content. These include: Political Science, History, English and Fine Arts. See Political Science Departmental Handbook for further details.

 4. For more information

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