Keele has exchange arrangements with a number of overseas universities where you can study for one semester in your second year. The list includes universities in Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Korea, Turkey and the USA. The majority of American Studies students go to universities in North America, but American Studies is also taught in some of our European and Asian partner universities. The Centre for International Exchange and Development (CIED) website has an up-to-date list of which universities are suitable for students studying American Studies overseas, with particular reference to those partner universities willing to accept Keele students for a whole year (two semesters).

Before you can apply to study abroad you must (a) attend an information session; (b) research the universities that are most appropriate for your subject combination; and (c) complete a budgeting sheet. Anyone planning on studying abroad must take the Intercultural Communications Elective module which runs in the second semester of the first year. When you have completed these requirements you should sign up for an appointment with the Study Abroad Manager in CIED, Dr Erica Arthur. Appointment slots will be posted in the Walter Moberly building in mid-November. The deadline for applications will be Friday 14th January 2011 and selection will take place in February-March. You will need to be in good academic standing, and have finished all your modules at the end of the first year.

For further details see the CIED website, http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/aa/cied or talk to the Study Abroad Coordinator. Information files, including student questionnaires, are available for you to consult in the Resource Room in CIED (Room WM1.18, First Floor, Walter Moberly Building). The Resource Room is open from 9.00am - 5.00pm on weekdays. Peer advisers (students who have been abroad and now volunteer for CIED) will be available in the Resource Room to provide assistance from week 3.