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List of Modules 2012-2013
Module outlines, can be obtained by following the hyper-linked module codes.
Abbreviations : C=core; E=elective; O=option
| Module Description |
Module Title | Tutor(s) | more | DH | SH | EAL |
Level I - Semester 1 |
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A Beginner's Guide to Contemporary America |
Jon Parker |
more |
C |
C |
EP | |
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Starting Out: An Introduction to American Literature |
Tim Lustig |
more | EP | C | C | |
Level I - Semester 2 |
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The Unreliable Truth: Studies in 20th Century English and American Literatues |
Oliver Harris |
more | EP | EP | EP | |
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New York, New York: An Introduction to American Culture |
James Peacock |
more | C | C | EP | |
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The American Past: Explorations in US History |
Axel Schaefer |
more | EP | O/EP | EP | |
| AMS-10027 |
Transatlantic Gothic: Studies in 19th Century English and American Literatures |
Tim Lustig |
more | EP | EP | C |
Level II - Semester 1 |
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The Detective and the American City |
Katie McGettigan |
more | O/EP | EP | ||
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History of the United States in the Twentieth Century |
Axel Schaefer |
more | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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The Romance of Fiction: History and Society in Nineteenth Century American Literature |
Ian Bell |
more | O/EP | O/EP | C | |
Level II - Semester 2 |
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| AMS-20056 |
Burning Crosses: Religion and American Culture |
James Peacock |
more | O/EP | EP | |
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Alfred Hitchcock's America |
Oliver Harris |
more | O/EP | O/EP | EP | |
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From Modernity to Counter Culture: American Literature and Social Criticism in the Twentieth Century |
Ian Bell |
more | O/EP | O/EP | C | |
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Discovering America: From Empires to Revolutions |
Laura Sandy |
more | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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Level III - Semester 1 |
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Social Thought and Social Movements in the US |
Axel Schaefer |
more | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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Silence, Strength and Sentiment: Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century American Writing |
Ian Bell |
more | O/EP | O/EP | O/EP | |
| AMS-30036 |
Dissertation Module for Dual and Single Honours |
Laura Sandy | more |
O/EP | C | |
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Dissertation Module for English and American Literatures |
Laura Sandy |
more |
O/EP | |||
Level III - Semester 2 |
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| AMS-30033 | Writing Slavery |
Tim Lustig |
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'Eyes on the Prize': The Struggle for Civil Rights in America |
Laura Sandy |
more | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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High Culture: Drink, Drugs, and the American Dream |
Oliver Harris |
more | O/EP | O/EP | O/EP | |
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List of Approved Electives Level I - Semester 1 |
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| FIL-10027 | Reading Film | EA | EA | |||
| HIS-10030 |
Historical Research and Writing |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-10039 |
Debates in American Politics |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-10048 |
Mass Media in America: It it Bleeds, Its Leads |
EA | EA | |||
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List of Approved Electives Level 1 - Semester II |
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| ENG-10025 |
Approaches to American Film |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-10039 |
Debates in American Politics |
EA | EA | |||
| FIl-10002 | Approaches to Film | EA | EA | |||
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List of Approved Electives Level II - Semester I |
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| ENG-20036 |
Twentieth Century Novels into Films |
EA | EA | |||
| ENG-20041 |
Aspects of the Novel 1740-1930 |
EA | EA | |||
| HIS-20066 |
Imperialism and Empire |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-20070 |
The UN in World Politics |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-20071 |
U.S. Government and Politics |
EA | EA | |||
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List of Approved Electives Level II - Semester II |
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| HIS-20067 |
Sources and Debates |
EA | EA | |||
| HIS-20078 | Power in the Modern World | EA | EA | |||
| MDS-20017 | Politics and Cinema | EA | EA | |||
| MDS-20019 | Analysing Culture | EA | EA | |||
| PIR-20061 | Peace, Conflict and Security: Theories and Practice | EA | EA | |||
| PIR-20068 | Why Policy Changes | EA | EA | |||
| ENG-20036 | Twentieth Century Novels into Films | EA | EA | |||
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List of Approved Electives Level III - Semester I |
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| PIR-301117 |
The U.S. Presidency |
EP | EP | |||
| ENG-30067 |
The Writer as Pychologist - the Great Russian Realists |
EA | EA | |||
| SOC-30025 |
Streets. Skyscrapers, and Slums: The City in Social, Cultural, and Historical Cont |
EA | EA | |||
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List of Approved Electives Level III - Semester II |
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| CRI-30041 |
The Politics and Cultures of the Death Penalty in the 21st Century |
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| ENG-30053 |
Postmodernism: Fiction, Film and Theory |
EA | EA | |||
| ENG-30063 |
The Canadian Metropolis |
EA | EA | |||
| ENG-30056 |
Postcolonial and World Literature in English |
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| PIR-30128 |
Protest and social movements |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-30129 |
Environmental Politics in the USA |
EA | EA | |||
| PIR-30131 |
Education Politics and Policy |
EA | EA | |||
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