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teaching and assessment


All the core teaching in American studies comes from the varying perspectives of history, literature and politics.


Our Level 2 modules are taught by a team from across the School of Humanities to discuss common topics and periods from different disciplinary perspectives. Modules in Levels 3 and 4 are taught by subject specialists within the School, all of whom are active researchers within the field. Many of our modules use different media (film, video, music, novels, etc.) to examine common themes with different approaches.


Methods of teaching vary due to the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach that we take. Initially, the teaching is mainly through lectures and small group tutorials of about 10 students and in Levels 1 and 2 you can expect to have approximately 3 hours of contact per week for each module. As you progress into Levels 3 and 4 many more courses are seminar-based, where you will take an active part in discussions and research. Dundee has excellent IT facilities and multimedia is used extensively.


Assessment also varies with module choices. Most combine essays with class presentations and end-of-year exams. Some Level 3 and 4 courses use continuous assessment for their final marks.


programme content • typical degree programme example Please refer to the MA degree structure and overview on page 135.


MA Honours degree Level 1


A total of 6 modules including:


> The Globalising World (core module)


and at least one Level 1 module from English, history or politics


Advanced entry MA Honours degree Level 2


Level 3


A total of 6 modules including:


> America: Land of the Free? (core module)


> The Rise of Atlantic Empires 1500-1750 (recommended)


> Classic Hollywood: An Excessively Obvious Cinema (recommended)


and at least one Level 2 module from English, history or politics


A total of 4 modules, two of which may be chosen from:


> American Literature > Early American History > Governing the USA


> Race and Region: The American South


> The Politics of Transatlantic Relations


> Other Americas: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Fiction


> America in the Sixties > The Cold War


plus two modules in the other joint Honours subject


Level 4


A total of 4 modules, two of which may be chosen from: > American Studies dissertation > American Modernist Poetry


> Crime and Detection in American Fiction


> Holland on the Hudson: the Dutch in the Atlantic World


> Surveillance in a Post 9/11 World


> Martin Luther King, 1945-1970


> The American Civil Rights Movement


> The Early American Frontier > US Foreign Policy since 1945


plus two modules in the other joint Honours subject


what our students say Susan Deas is in Level 4 of the MA (Hons) American Studies and International Relations. She says,


I chose Dundee because the course really appealed to me and Dundee is the only university in Scotland which offers American studies. There is a diverse range of subjects to study, including many aspects of politics, history and English.


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