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Humanities disciplines and options Core disciplines


Art History and Theory Film and Art Art in the USA


Latin American Art and Architecture


Italian Renaissance Art Art Nouveau to Abstraction


Film Studies


Alternative America: Independent Cinema in the USA


Hollywood Directors Narrative and Film World Cinema Film and Propaganda


History


In Slavery and Freedom: The African American Experience


The Big Brother State?: Surveillance of the Citizen in England, 1500-2000


Literature


Shakespeare and The History Play


Transformations of the Fairy Tale


Post War(s) United States Fiction


Literature and Technology Postcolonial Literature Creative Writing


Modern Languages Modules at up to eight proficiency levels (beginners to native) in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish


Philosophy


Death, God and the Meaning of Life


Optional disciplines Government


International Relations Conflict Resolution and Peace


Political Economy The New British Politics The American Political System


Linguistics


Language, Mind and Communication Children’s English Neurolinguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics


Society and Culture in the British Isles, 1500-1750


Witch Trials in Early Modern Europe and New England


Philosophy and Medical Ethics


Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy Philosophy and Rights Philosophy and Religion


Out of Africa: Black Englishes and Creoles


Sociology Sociology of Sexualities The Body and Modern Society


Social Psychology Anthropology of Latin America Crime, Policy and Social Justice


Punishment, Justice and Modernity


Ethnic Encounters in the Making of American Society


Japanese Society


Psychoanalytic Studies Sex, Politics and Religion Popular Film, Literature and Television


A Psychoanalytic Approach


Please note that not all modules may be available in any one year.


States, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, giving Essex a uniquely international and cosmopolitan character, and creating a very lively and stimulating intellectual and social environment.


We pride ourselves on the breadth and diversity of the modules we offer, and have a strong tradition of comparative and interdisciplinary work which makes Essex the natural choice for a humanities course. We offer you a choice of modules in history, history of art, linguistics, film studies, literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis and sociology, plus more than 40 different modern language modules. Our humanities staff have a deserved reputation for being friendly and approachable, and for caring about their students. Comments from recent Essex graduates about our staff include: “very friendly and well organised”, “very welcoming and interested in you”, and “excellent in terms of standard of teaching and advice provided to students”.


How is the course


structured? BA Humanities has a flexible, integrated, modular structure which is designed to let you choose the range of modules you want to take, and thereby devise a personalised humanities course tailor-made to suit your own interests and requirements. As your interests change from one year to the next, the academic focus of your course (and the range of options you take) can change, so that you are not limited to a fixed-choice course, but rather have the freedom to develop an academic persona of your own.


The first-year foundation module, The Enlightenment, is designed to provide an intellectual framework for your studies, and acts as a bridge between the various humanities disciplines: it offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on our artistic, historical, literary, philosophical, political and social heritage. In the second year, all humanities students are brought


together for a module called Dangerous Ideas, which will expose you to classics of subversive, ironic, witty and ‘dangerous’ writings. Among the writers typically covered are Jonathan Swift, William Hazlitt, George Orwell and Susan Sontag.


When choosing and following your second- and third-year options, you are encouraged to build on the interdisciplinary perspective offered by your foundation module. The stimulating intellectual challenge of thinking both within and between disciplines can prove invaluable both to the development of a critical, reflective approach to your studies, and more broadly as a key to open up your creative potential.


What range of options are available?


In addition to the three interdisciplinary modules already mentioned, a wide range of options are offered by each of the


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