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Master in American Studies (MA) - University of Pecs
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Master in American Studies (MA) - University of Pecs

University of Pecs
PecsHungary
On campus
Full-time
€3,800.00/year
 760 Points
Duration
2 Years
Language
English

Program Description

The master in American Studies (MA) offers a comprehensive overview of the field at the graduate level. Students are required to take core courses in the different subfields of American Studies and in related areas such as cultural studies and cultural history, the social sciences and research methodologies, historical linguistics, popular and visual culture, etc.

All these pave the way for the individual research students are required to undertake for their thesis in North American literature and literary studies in an interdisciplinary manner. The thesis supervised by our colleagues at the Institute of English Studies is to be handed in in the fourth semester and defended in order to earn a master in American Studies (MA).

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Curriculum

Year 1

Semester 1

Advanced Studies in American Literature

Advanced Studies in American History

Major Issues in American Studies

Cultural Studies in the US

Semester 2

Theory and Practice of American Studies

Aspects of US Culture and Society

US Politics & Culture

Literature & Identity Politics

Historical Fiction in North American Literary Contexts

Year 2

Semester 3

American Literary History & Literary Theory

Research Methodology

American Political Institutions

American Literary Institutions

American Literature & Popular Culture

Semester 4

The History of American English

Media & New American Literatures

The Social Sciences in North American Studies

American Literatures in International Context

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