BA American Studies

Our four-year single honours American Studies degree will give you a grounding in the history, culture and literature of the US, from colonisation through to contemporary times. The course includes a full year in North America as a part of your degree programme. At Manchester, we train our students to be attentive to the counter-currents of US history and literature, and our course places a particular emphasis on the themes of race, capitalism, sexuality, the cultures of labour, political protest and the environment. You will master the approaches and tools found in several academic disciplines, including cultural theory, history, visual studies, literature and politics.