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List of Modules 2013-2014
AMS-30035Module outlines, can be obtained by following the hyper-linked module codes.
Abbreviations : C=core; E=elective; O=option
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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 |
AMS-10022 |
C |
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EP | ||
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Starting Out: An Introduction to American Literature |
Oliver Harris |
AMS-10025 | EP | C | C | ||
Level I - Semester 2 |
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New York, New York: An Introduction to American Culture |
James Peacock |
AMS-10024 | C | C | EP | ||
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The American Past: Explorations in US History |
Axel Schaefer |
AMS-10026 | EP | O/EP | EP | ||
| AMS-10027 |
Transatlantic Gothic: Studies in 19th Century English and American Literatures |
Tim Lustig |
AMS-10027 | EP | EP | C | |
Level II - Semester 1 |
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Burning Crosses: Religion and American Culture |
James Peacock |
AMS-20056 AMS-20056 | O/EP | EP | |||
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History of the United States in the Twentieth Century |
Axel Schaefer |
AMS-20063 | O/EP | O/EP | |||
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The Romance of Fiction: History and Society in Nineteenth Century American Literature |
Ian Bell |
AMS-20064 | O/EP | O/EP | C | ||
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Discovering America: From Empires to Revolutions |
Laura Sandy |
AMS-20074 | O/EP | ||||
Level II - Semester 2 |
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The Detective and the American City |
James Peacock |
ams-20058 | O/EP | |||
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Alfred Hitchcock's America |
Oliver Harris |
AMS-20061 | 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 |
moreAMS-20065 | O/EP | O/EP | C | ||
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The New World in Chains: Slavery and the Bonds of Race in America |
Laura Sandy |
AMS-20073 | 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 |
AMS-30029 | O/EP | O/EP | |||
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Words and Pictures: The Contemporary American Graphic Novel |
James Peacock |
AMS-30030 | O/EP | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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"Eyes on the Prize": The Struggle for Civil Rights in America |
Laura Sandy | AMS-30035 | O/EP | O/EP | ||
| AMS-30036 |
Dissertation Module for Dual and Single Honours |
Laura Sandy | AMS-30036 |
O/EP | C | ||
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of America |
Oliver Harris |
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Dissertation Module for English and American Literatures |
Laura Sandy |
AMS-30039 |
O/EP | O/EA | O/EP | ||
Level III - Semester 2 |
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| AMS-30002 | Contemporary American Fiction |
Tim Lustig |
AMS-30002 | O/EP | O/EP | O/EP | |
| AMS-30032 | Under God: Religion and Society in the U.S. Since World War II |
Axel Schaefer |
AMS-30032 | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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High Culture: Drink, Drugs, and the American Dream |
Oliver Harris |
AMS-30038 | O/EP | O/EP | O/EP | ||
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List of Approved Electives Level I - Semester 1 |
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| FIL-10001 | Reading Film | EA | EA | ||||
| HIS-10030 |
Historical Research and Writing |
EA | EA | ||||
| PIR-10048 |
Mass Media in America: If it Bleeds, It Leads |
EA | EA | ||||
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List of Approved Electives Level 1 - Semester II |
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| FIL-10002 |
Approaches to Film |
EA | EA | ||||
| PIR-10039 |
Debates in American Politics |
EA | EA | ||||
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List of Approved Electives Level II - Semester I |
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| 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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| ENG-20036 |
Twenteth Century Novels into Films |
EA | EA | ||||
| HIS-20067 |
Sources and Debates |
EA | EA | ||||
| FIL-20004 |
Poltics and Cinema |
EA | EA | ||||
| HIS-20078 | Power in the Modern World | 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 | ||||
| CIE-20001 | Comparing the U.S. and Great Britain | 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 | ||||
| ENG-20063 |
The Canadian Metropolis |
EA | EA | ||||
| PIR-30117 |
The U.S. Presidency |
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 | ||||
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| 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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