American Studies (United States) (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad)

Our five-year BA American Studies (United States) (including foundation year and year abroad), will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the four-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your academic skills in order to support your academic performance. This five-year course includes a foundation year (Year Zero), followed by a further three years of study, plus a study abroad year or term. During your Year Zero, you study three academic subjects relevant to your chosen course as well as a compulsory academic skills module. At Essex, we offer you an opportunity to understand some of the diverse and paradoxical aspects of the US through interdisciplinary studies. The US â?? perhaps more than any other society â?? lends itself to interdisciplinary study; its literature and film are connected to its politics, its cultures are linked to its histories. Crucially, you also spend either a term or a full academic year studying in the United States, so you can explore and become immersed in American culture.