Principal Subject/s: American Studies
Academic Year: 2020/21
Level of Study: Level 6

Please note that the module information provided here is correct at the time of writing

You will take a total of 120 credits this year
Module No of credits
Compulsory modules 30
Option Choices Min 60 Max 90
Elective Choices Min 0 Max 30

A module summary is available for each module just click on the module code.
You will only be able to access summaries for those modules that have been confirmed as accurate by schools.
If a link is not yet active, please check back at another time.

Compulsory modules are listed below:

30 credits

You must pass each Compulsory module within a maximum of 2 attempts and they cannot be replaced with an alternative module.
Autumn Semester (SEM1)
Module Code Module Title
No modules currently available.
Spring Semester (SEM2)
Module Code Module Title
No modules currently available.
Year Long (SEM1-2)
Module Code Module Title
AMS-30036 Dissertation in American Studies - ISP

A module summary is available for each module just click on the module code.
You will only be able to access summaries for those modules that have been confirmed as accurate by schools.
If a link is not yet active, please check back at another time.

You are required to choose Option modules

You will see from the option choices below that you can choose between a minimum and maximum number of option credits. We are giving you the opportunity to shape your degree and either choose to stay within your degree subject by only selecting option modules from this page or you can choose up to a maximum of 30 elective credits. Take a look at the electives that are also available to you.

Remember you only take a total of 120 credits per year and you need to make sure that by the end of your studies you have reached the minimum subject related credit requirement.

Each module is 15 credits unless stated and the option modules available for selection are listed below

You must pass each Option module that you choose to take within a maximum of 2 attempts and they cannot be replaced with an alternative module.

Independent Study Project

As a 3rd year student, as part of your 120 credits, you will also be expected to take at least ONE Independent Study Project (ISP). Depending upon your degree this is usually be offered to you as either a compulsory or option module. You should discuss your ISP choices with your School(s).

Choose a minimum of 60 credits and a maximum of 90 credits for American Studies
Modules that are now full and no longer available for selection have a red background and have (Full) after the module code

Autumn Semester (SEM1)
Module Code Module Title
AMS-30031 Silence, Strength and Sentiment: Gender and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century American Writing (Full)
AMS-30035 'Eyes on the Prize': The Struggle for Civil Rights in America (Full)
AMS-30038 High Culture: Drink, Drugs, and the American Dream (Full)
AMS-30043 Violence and Power in Antebellum America (Full)
PIR-30117 The U.S. Presidency
Spring Semester (SEM2)
Module Code Module Title
AMS-30042 Violence and Power in Civil War America (Full)
AMS-30045 Eyes on the Prize: The Struggle for Civil Rights in America (Part II) (Full)

A module summary is available for each module just click on the module code.
You will only be able to access summaries for those modules that have been confirmed as accurate by schools.
If a link is not yet active, please check back at another time.

You may wish to choose elective modules

Keele has always been committed to giving students the opportunity to gain a broad-based education which prepares them for the challenges of life after University. Electives are the part of the Keele degree which YOU design to fit with your own ambitions, interests and intellectual curiosity.

Remember you only take a total of 120 credits per year and you need to make sure that by the end of your studies you have reached the minimum Subject related credit requirement.

Each module is 15 credits unless stated and each module description gives a contact in the school teaching that module. If you wish to ask any questions about the topics covered in that module prior to selecting it, please feel free to contact them by e-mail.

You must pass each Elective module that you choose to take within a maximum of 2 attempts.

Modules that are now full and no longer available for selection have a red background and have (Full) after the module code

Autumn Semester (SEM1)
Module Code Module Title
ENL-90011 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language 3 (Full)
FIL-30008 Crime in Neoconservative America (Full)
FIL-30010 Race and Sexuality on Screen (Full)
HIS-30086 The English Civil War, c.1640-46 (Full)
HIS-30094 Religion, Rebellion and the Raj : The Partition of India I (Full)
HIS-30096 Spirituality and Social Change in the Eleventh Century, I (Full)
HIS-30123 Crisis, Conflict and Commerce I: From Union to Westphalia, 1603-1648 (Full)
HIS-30128 Crisis, Rupture, and Opportunity: German 'Modernity', 1900-1933 I (Full)
HIS-30134 The Making of Middle Britain: A Northumbrian Nativity (Full)
HIS-30140 Metropolis: re-imagining and (re-)building the modern city, c.1880-2000 (Full)
ENG-30072 Writingscapes
ENG-30077 Gender and Power in Restoration Literature
FIL-30013 Approaches to Screenwriting
HRM-30029 Employee Development
MAN-30053 Contemporary Retail Environments
MUS-30038 Contextual Studies 1
MUS-30040 Composition 1 (Single Module)
MUT-30014 Dialogues in Art, Technology and Society
Spring Semester (SEM2)
Module Code Module Title
ENL-90012 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language 4 (Full)
FIL-30009 World Cinemas in the 21st Century (Full)
HIS-30087 The World Turned Upside Down: the English Revolution, c.1646-53 (Full)
HIS-30101 From Sawbones to Social Hero? Doctors and medicine 1808-1886 (Full)
HIS-30113 The Making of Contemporary Africa II (Full)
HIS-30127 Gender and Sexuality in Georgian Britain (Full)
HIS-30135 The Making of Middle Britain: The Mercian Moment (Full)
ENG-30053 Postmodernism: Fiction, Film and Theory
ENG-30056 Postcolonial and World Literature in English
FIL-30011 The Road Movie: Cinema as Movement and Journey
HIS-30119 Urban Lives in Modern Europe, 1914-1939
MAN-30047 Contemporary Issues in Management
MAN-30060 Marketing and Globalisation
MUS-30049 Music, Conflict and Social Change
PHI-30027 GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Year Long (SEM1-2)
Module Code Module Title
ENL-90001 English for Academic Purposes 3 (EAP 3)
ENL-90003 Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
ENL-90004 Academic English for Business Students ( 2)
ENL-90006 English for Academic Purposes 2 (EAP 2)
MUS-30042 Recital - ISP
MUT-30011 Digital Arts Creative Portfolio 1

Modern Language elective modules are:

If you choose to take a Modern Langauge module as an additional module you will need to be assessed to ensure that you have registered on the correct module level. To download and complete the self assessment form click here
Modules that are now full and no longer available for selection have a red background and have (Full) after the module code

Autumn Semester (SEM1)
Module Code Module Title
FRE-90007 French 7 (Full)
FRE-90009 French 9 (Full)
SPN-90003 Spanish 3 (Full)
SPN-90007 Spanish 7 (Full)
SPN-90009 Spanish 9 (Full)
CHI-90003 Chinese 3
CHI-90005 Chinese 5
FRE-90003 French 3
FRE-90005 French 5
GER-90003 German 3
GER-90005 German 5
GER-90007 German 7
GER-90009 German 9
JAP-90003 Japanese 3
JAP-90005 Japanese 5
RUS-90003 Russian 3
RUS-90005 Russian 5
SPN-90005 Spanish 5
Spring Semester (SEM2)
Module Code Module Title
FRE-90004 French 4 (Full)
SPN-90008 Spanish 8 (Full)
CHI-90004 Chinese 4
CHI-90006 Chinese 6
FRE-90006 French 6
FRE-90008 French 8
FRE-90010 French 10
GER-90004 German 4
GER-90006 German 6
GER-90008 German 8
GER-90010 German 10
JAP-90004 Japanese 4
JAP-90006 Japanese 6
RUS-90004 Russian 4
RUS-90006 Russian 6
SPN-90004 Spanish 4
SPN-90006 Spanish 6
SPN-90010 Spanish 10
Version: (1.23) Created: 01/Mar/2021