Accentuating the interplay between different aspects of American culture, the programme moves through survey courses to independent research-level work. Major areas of study include the American city, photography in America, women in modern America, and African Americans. This four-year programme enables you to combine the study of American literature with English literature. AEL can easily be combined with units in film, creative writing, American history or a variety of humanities units. Following an interdisciplinary introductory course, areas of study include the American 1960s, the frontier, modernism, and the American dream.
All students write a dissertation on American history, literature or culture.
The third year will be spent at an American university.