American Studies MRes 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Nottingham |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 151-200QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

HistoryMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MRes

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Studying American culture and history illuminates the crucial role the US has played in shaping the modern world. It also highlights the tensions around race, class, and gender that have fuelled the expression and reception of the nation's founding values.

If you already have a clear idea of the area and topic you wish to research as a PhD, then you can effectively lay the groundwork for this by doing a masters by research.

Our particular areas of research specialism include:

  • African American literature, history and culture
  • American art and visual culture
  • American intellectual history
  • American labour history
  • American music and popular culture
  • American political history
  • American print culture and book history
  • Asian American literature and culture
  • Border studies
  • Civil rights and social justice
  • Contemporary American fiction
  • Crime, prisons and criminal justice
  • Disability studies
  • Feminist theory
  • Gender and queer studies
  • History of psychiatry
  • Immigrant writing
  • Indigenous culture
  • Latinx culture
  • Memory Studies
  • Nineteenth-century American literature and culture
  • US foreign policy
Find out more about our research.

Programme overview

Main Subject

History

Degree

MRes

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Studying American culture and history illuminates the crucial role the US has played in shaping the modern world. It also highlights the tensions around race, class, and gender that have fuelled the expression and reception of the nation's founding values.

If you already have a clear idea of the area and topic you wish to research as a PhD, then you can effectively lay the groundwork for this by doing a masters by research.

Our particular areas of research specialism include:

  • African American literature, history and culture
  • American art and visual culture
  • American intellectual history
  • American labour history
  • American music and popular culture
  • American political history
  • American print culture and book history
  • Asian American literature and culture
  • Border studies
  • Civil rights and social justice
  • Contemporary American fiction
  • Crime, prisons and criminal justice
  • Disability studies
  • Feminist theory
  • Gender and queer studies
  • History of psychiatry
  • Immigrant writing
  • Indigenous culture
  • Latinx culture
  • Memory Studies
  • Nineteenth-century American literature and culture
  • US foreign policy
Find out more about our research.

Admission Requirements

76+
3+
7+
100+
2:1 (or international equivalent) in an arts, humanities or social science subject

12 Months
Oct

Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP

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