Transcript English and American Literatures at Keele

AMERICAN STUDIES AT KEELE
• Single Honours
• Dual Honours
• Single Honours English &
American Literatures
2012 entry
2014/15 entry
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Overview
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American Studies: our history and philosophy
EALs degree programmes and degree structure
Year 1 and Year 2
Opportunities to study abroad
Year 3
Staff
Learning, teaching and assessment
Sources of support
Distinctive features
Other facilities
Careers
Further information
American Studies – our history &
philosophy
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Keele pioneered American Studies
Multi- and inter-disciplinary study
Literature & Culture specialists
Key global role of U.S.
Internationalism
Generic and transferable skills
Our degree programmes
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Single Honours English & American Literatures
Single Honours American Studies
Dual Honours American Studies with another
principal subject (History, English …)
Major in American Studies (minor in the other
principal subject)
Minor in American Studies (major in the other
principal subject eg. LLB Law with American
Studies)
EALs Degree structure
Three years – 120 credits a year
Two semesters per year – 60 credits a semester
Four 15 credit modules a semester
Elective modules approved as part of the
programme
• Elective modules in foreign languages, topics of
general interest, studying abroad, volunteering,
employability skills
• Single Honours – 255 credits (17 modules)
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Year 1 English & American
Literatures
Core modules
Semester 1: Reading Literature
Starting Out: An Introduction to American Literature
Semester 2: Becoming a Critic
Transatlantic Gothic: C19 English & American Literatures
Elective modules
A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary America / Poetry through Practice
/ Reading Film / Telling Tales
New York, New York: An Introduction to American Culture / The
American Past: Explorations in US History / Fiction through Practice
/ Approaches to Film / Playing Parts
Year 2, Semester 1 EALs
Choose at least two from:
Burning Crosses: Religion and
American Culture / History of the US
in the Twentieth Century / The
Romance of Fiction: History and
Society in C19 American Literature /
Romanticisms / Twentieth Century
Novels into Films / The Age of
Shakespeare and Donne / Aspects of
the Novel 1740-1930 / Lyrics and the
Popular Song
Year 2, Semester 2 EALs
Choose at least two from:
The Detective and the American City /
Alfred Hitchcock’s America / From
Modernity to Counter-Culture: American
Literature and Social Criticism in the C20 /
Creative Writing: Poetry and Prose / French
Cinema / The Drawn Sword: Literature and
the English Civil War / Victorian
Performances / Postwar British Fiction and
Poetry, Satire
Opportunities to study abroad
• Go to the USA, Canada, or Europe
• Fine to stay at Keele
• One semester (dual honours) or two semester option for single
honours (pay one semester fees only)
• Selection by competition and interview
• Compulsory Year 1 module in Intercultural Communication
• Tuition, accommodation and books at Keele rates
• Special insurance rates
• High season travel expenses
• Return with transcript and portfolio
• Grades count towards Keele degree
• More specialized regional modules
Opportunities to study abroad
Campus and urban university settings:
Appalachian State, Ball State, Bowling Green
State, Colorado State, Loyola, Minnesota
State, Oklahoma State, Old Dominion,
Maryland, North Carolina (Greensboro or
Wilmington), North Texas, San Diego State,
Southern Mississippi, Southern Maine, San
Antonio, Knoxville, Salt Lake City, Willamette
Alberta, British Columbia, Brock, Montreal,
Dalhousie, Guelph, Memorial, Ottawa,
Toronto, Windsor, York
Year 3
• 60 credits a semester
• Must do one year-long 30 credit
Independent Study Project (e.g. a
dissertation) plus 3 modules each
semester)
• Can do two ISPs (plus 2 modules each
semester) – or even 3 (plus 1 + 1)!
• ISPs available in American Literature,
English Literature, Creative Writing and
all other principals
Year 3 EALs
Choose from:
Silence, Strength, and Sentiment: Gender and Sexuality in C19
American Literature / Film Noir: the Dark Side of America /
Postcolonial and World Literature in English / Sex, Scandal and
Society: Eighteenth-Century Writing The Writer as Psychologist: The
Great Russian Realists / Shakespeare on Film: Adaptation and
Appropriation / Dickens, Collins and Detection
Words and Pictures: The Contemporary American Graphic Novel /
High Culture: Drink, Drugs and the American Dream /
Postmodernism: Fiction / Film and Theory / The Two Cultures of the
Arts and Sciences / Romantic Voices / The Canadian Metropolis /
Milton / Shakespearean Stages
Year 3 Independent Study Projects
• 30-credit English or American
literature dissertation – or Creative
Writing (c. 10,000 words)
• Work spread over 2 semesters
• Structured programme of lectures,
group meetings, individual
supervision
• Choose your topic and work
autonomously with expert guidance
• Culminating piece of work;
preparation for postgraduate studies
Staff
Professor David Amigoni – Victorian literature and science
Professor Ian Bell – American modernism
Dr Nick Bentley – Contemporary literature, cultural theory
Professor Susan Bruce – Renaissance literature, Shakespeare
Dr Anthony Carrigan – Eco-criticism, postcolonial literature
Professor Oliver Harris – Twentieth-century American literature and film
Dr Beth Johnson – Film Studies
Dr Tim Lustig – Nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature
Professor Scott McCracken – Modernism, Popular fiction
Dr Ceri Morgan – Contemporary Canadian literature
Dr James Peacock – Contemporary American literature
Dr Roger Pooley – Seventeenth-century literature, religion, modern poetry
Dr Nicholas Seager – Eighteenth-century literature
James Sheard – Poetry
Dr Jonathon Shears – Romanticism and Victorian literature
Joe Stretch – Fiction, Lyrics
Learning and teaching
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Lectures
Seminars
Workshops
Individual consultation
Individual supervision
Extracurricular events
and activities
Assessment
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Essays
Examinations
Tutorial performance
Formative exercises
Portfolios
Oral presentations
Dissertations
Sources of support
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Programme Director
Personal Tutor
Module Tutors
KLE via Hallsnet or Wifi (eVision, Blackboard, online texts and
documents, quizzes, Chat facilities, assignments,
announcements and much more)
Staff-Student Liaison Committee
Life and Learning team in Student Support and Development
Services
Resident tutors in each hall
Student Union Independent Advice Unit
Distinctive Features
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Flexible and varied programmes
Interesting and challenging modules
Range widely, then specialize
Study abroad opportunities
Research-active staff
Development of subject-specific, generic and
transferable skills
A supportive team of tutors who will get to
know you as an individual
Other facilities
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Library
IT provision
Undergraduate Resource Centre
Drama society
Keele Writing
Visiting speakers and writers
Film and theatre trips
Extensive and attractive campus environment
Modern and well-equipped teaching rooms
Careers
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Tracking graduate destinations
High proportion of graduates in employment
Teaching, management, postgraduate
studies, media and journalism, law and
government, financial and business…
Close relationship with Careers Service,
including dedicated seminars for English
students
Further information
http://www.keele.ac.uk/americanstudies
for news and events, full programme specifications,
module outlines and more…
Programme Director: Dr James Peacock
[email protected]