MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature

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MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Germany, Erlangen

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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Germany , Erlangen

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Erlangen

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesOctober-2021

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Duration 2 year(s)

Next Intake October-2021

MA North American Studies: Culture and Literature

About

In the Master's degree programme "North American Studies: Culture and Literature" at FAU Erlangen-NÃ¼rnberg, students study the cultures and literatures of the USA, Canada, and the Caribbean in an inter-American context and from a transatlantic perspective. The programme consists of survey and focus courses in cultural and literary studies including classes on popular culture, cultural and literary history, and general literary and cultural theory. The MA "North American Studies: Culture and Literature" is a research-oriented programme in which cultural phenomena and literary texts, past and present, in the US, Canada, and the anglophone Caribbean are analysed, encompasses the fields of cultural studies and literary studies, offers cultural and literary study courses on a broad range of topics from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective, includes a language module to foster academic language skills in speaking and writing, provides the formal requirements for a doctoral degree programme in American or English Studies, and concludes with an MA thesis, written during the final semester (within six months), which focuses on an individualised research project in cultural or literary studies.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

BA or equivalent, usually in American Studies or English (transcript of records must show that a significant percentage of the undergraduate degree included content related to American studies). overall grade of the prior degree: minimum 2.5 (on a scale from 1 to 4); if between 2.51 and 3.5: individual application interview applicants must submit a 1,000-1,500 word essay as a writing sample (see programme website for essay questions)