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LIB-30004 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 26 April 2024

LIB-30004 - The American South: US Summer School (Level 6)
Coordinator: Nicholas Seager Tel: +44 1782 7 33142
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

LIB-20010 The American South: US Summer School (Level 5)

Description for 2024/25


Aims
To give students an interdisciplinary introduction to the American South.
To approach the American South through its history, literature, film, and culture.
To give students an international opportunity, a chance to study Southern culture at a Southern US university.

Intended Learning Outcomes

critically engage with understandings of the American South, produced in historical documents, film, or literature: 1
analyse the role of identity politics and the interplay between social, political, racial, and cultural contexts in understandings of the American South: 1
undertake original research based on a comparison of primary sources and critical use of secondary sources: 1
communicate ideas and arguments cogently and effectively in written work: 1

Study hours

24 hours of lectures, workshops, and seminars [weeks 1-2]
5 hours of online seminars [weeks 3-4]
1 hour of individual consultation [weeks 3-4]
60 hours of essay research and writing
60 hours of seminar preparation (film viewing, reading)

School Rules

A selection process will be applied if demand exceeds the number of places available.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 100%
Research essay
3,000 word research essay from a list of 10 supplied by the tutor

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 26 April 2024