Year 1 (Level 4)
HE Level 4 Degree / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
The American Experience 1492-2000
The Contours of American Politics
Introduction to American Literature and Culture
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Politics and the People
What is Politics and International Relations?
Year 2 (Level 5)
HE Level 5 Degree / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Anarchy and Order: Issues in World Politics
Globalisation
The Empire Strikes Back: American Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Optional Modules
Joint Honours IR
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block
Module Name
Issues in American Politics
Paradox of Power: American Foreign Policy
John F. Kennedy and America
Digital War
Contemporary Wars and Conflicts
Fundamental Issues in Moral and Political Philosophy
Founders of Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant
Theorising the Media
The State and Political Institutions
Global Political Economy: From Mercantilism to Neoliberalism
The Empire Strikes Back: American Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Elections and Voting
Latin American Politics through Film
Normative Models of Democracy: Contemporary Perspectives
Genocide
British Politics and Public Policy
AND
Joint Honours American Studies
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : It is recommended that student select 40 credits of AM modules. Students must select 60 credits from each teaching block.
Module Name
Crime Story: American Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives
Topics in American Studies II:
American Word/American Image
The Making of Transatlantic America
Re-Thinking the South: Southern Culture and History, 1865-1955
African America
Issues in American Politics
Paradox of Power: American Foreign Policy
John F. Kennedy and America
British Atlantic World c.1550-1760
The Cold War
Digital War
Contemporary Wars and Conflicts
Studying Digital Media
Global Political Economy: From Mercantilism to Neoliberalism
The Empire Strikes Back: American Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Latin American Politics through Film
Genocide
Year 4 (Level 6)
HE Level 6 Degree / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name
Researching Politics 1
Researching Politics 2 (PO-327)
Optional Modules
International Relations Dissertation
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name
The National Assembly for Wales
Dissertation (PO-325)
AND
American Studies Modules
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block.
Module Name
Power and Protest in American Political Culture
American Slavery: History and Culture, 1619-1865
America and the Bomb
The American Presidency: Leadership and Power
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
The American Civil War in History and Memory
"A Hard Rain´s a-Gonna Fall": America in the 1960s
Revolutionary America, 1760 - 1791
The Rise of Brazil
Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction
The Aftermaths of War
Real War, Imagined War: War in Literature, Art and Cinema
Media, Gender and Sexuality
Political and Cultural Studies Internship
Quantitative approaches to political and social analysis
Contemporary Political Economy: Competing Perspectives on Global Capitalism
Contemporary Security
OR
American Studies Dissertation
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name
American Studies Dissertation
AND
American Studies Optional
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block.
Module Name
Power and Protest in American Political Culture
American Slavery: History and Culture, 1619-1865
America and the Bomb
The American Presidency: Leadership and Power
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance
The American Civil War in History and Memory
"A Hard Rain´s a-Gonna Fall": America in the 1960s
The Rise of Brazil
Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction
The Aftermaths of War
Real War, Imagined War: War in Literature, Art and Cinema
Media, Gender and Sexuality
Political and Cultural Studies Internship
Quantitative approaches to political and social analysis
Contemporary Political Economy: Competing Perspectives on Global Capitalism
Contemporary Security
AND
International Relations Optional
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select 60 credits in each teaching block.
Module Name
Power and Protest in American Political Culture
America and the Bomb
The American Presidency: Leadership and Power
From Machiavelli to Mussolini: Government and society in Western political thought
The Rise of Brazil
Gunfighter Nation: the West in History, Mythology and Fiction
The Spanish Civil War - Its Origins, Course and Legacy
The Aftermaths of War
Real War, Imagined War: War in Literature, Art and Cinema
Religion, Science, and Superstition
Philosophy and the Social Sciences
Visions of Democracy
Politics and International Development
Quantitative approaches to political and social analysis
Parliamentary Studies
Contemporary Political Economy: Competing Perspectives on Global Capitalism
Contemporary Security