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BA American (United States) Studies (four-year course)
First year The Enlightenment Introduction to the United States (literature, history, politics and sociology)
One humanities option Second year
Multidisciplinary Seminar Two United States options from film, art history, history, literature, politics or sociology
One non-United States option
Third year Year abroad at a university in the United States
Fourth year Dissertation* Two United States options (from the same list as in second year)
One outside option or one United States option
BA American (United States) Studies (three-year course)
First and second year As for four-year BA American (United States) Studies
Third year
(Autumn term spent at a university in the United States, spring and summer terms at Essex)
Three United States options (from the same list as in second year)
One outside option or one United States option
Second year
As four-year BA American (United States) Studies with Film course
BA American (United States) Studies with Film (four-year course)
First year The Enlightenment Introduction to the United States (literature and history)
Introduction to the United States (politics and sociology)
Introduction to Film Studies
Second year American (US) Seminar One United States option One United States option (in a different discipline) One film option
Third year Year abroad Fourth year
American (US) Seminar One United States option One film option American (US) Studies Dissertation* (normally on a topic related to American film)
BA American (United States) Studies with Film (three-year course)
First year
As for four-year BA American (United States) Studies with Film
Third year Autumn term: students will take the equivalent of four modules at a university in the United States
Spring and summer terms: American (US) Seminar One United States option One film option American (US) Studies Dissertation* (normally on a topic related to American film)
BA Criminology and American Studies (four-year course)
First year Researching Social Life 1 Introduction to Crime, Law and Society
Introduction to the United States (history and sociology
Either The Enlightenment or one option
Second year
United States Studies Joint Seminar
Sociology of Crime and Control Researching Social Life 2 One United States option
Third year Year abroad
Fourth year Sociology of the USA Criminological Imagination One sociology or one United States option Criminology-based dissertation*
* Dissertation or additional final-year option
This information is a guide to course content and is subject to review on an annual basis.
BA Criminology and American Studies (three-year course)
First year
As for four-year BA Criminology and American Studies
Second year
As for four-year BA Criminology and American Studies
Third year Autumn term: students will take the equivalent of four modules at a university in the United States
Spring and summer terms: Sociology of the USA Criminological Imagination One sociology or United States option
Either one sociology or United States option or Dissertation*
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