The American Studies department offers a wide range of courses in American Literature, history, politics, geography, and film. In common with the tenor of Keele s structure, all students who undertake a three year degree may combine American Studies with Applied Social Studies, Astrophysics, Biochemistry, Biology, Business Administration, Criminology, English, Finance, Geography, German, History, Human Resources Management, International History, International Politics, Law, Mathematics, Music, Music Technology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Russian History and Culture, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Statistics. These are American Government and Politics and American Literature.
All students thus gain experience of three core disciplines.
Principal students will take two modules each semester and must study at least two different disciplines during the year. This aim is achieved through student's choice of Level III modules, two in the first semester and the Dissertation module during the second semester, which is taken by all students. American Studies students are also encouraged to spend part of their second year at a partner university in North America or Europe. Many of the courses are taught in English so a foreign language is not necessarily a prerequisite. English and American Literatures English and American Literatures is a single honours degree course that allows you to specialise in English language literary studies while acquiring knowledge of two distinctive, internally complex national cultures in the modern period.