Hispanic Studies

Advantages: Interesting subjects, great tutors
Disadvantages: Limited choice in first year

...American Studies BA can be combined with: Biology, Business, Cities, Drama, Early Years, Education, English, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Family Studies, Geography, Health, Health & Safety, History, Identity Studies, Mathematics, Music, Psychology, Religion and Sociology. I studied it combined with English but in the final year I decided to major in American Studies. American Studies can also be studied for 4 years as a single honours subject. Things you may study: 1. Culture: - The transcendentalists. You are likely to touch upon Walt Whitman at least once, in particular by dipping into the Norton Anthology of American Literature. - The beat movement, including Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Jazz. - The development & politicisation of rock music (Bob Dylan) - Underground comix - LSD... Read review

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Advantages: Great tutors, department is in the top 5 of the UK
Disadvantages: They assume you know lots about the subject

...I'm currently coming to the end of my second year at Keele university in the Midlands studying American Studies and History, and seeing as I've just done a review on the History side of things I thought I would do the same for American Studies. Opting to take history as a degree subject was fairly easy for me because I've always had a love for it, but my choice of American Studies was a little random, and even now I try to work out just why I did pick it... I guess I enjoy learning about American history more than anything else, but ho hum. Keele offers American Studies as a single degree and as part of the dual honours programme (which I do). So those on the single degree study more modules than those doing the dual. When you tell some people what your course is they think that American Studies is a bit like media studies - a bit... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly staff, keep job options open, Sheffield, Work Experience
Disadvantages: Work Placements aren't always as hoped for

...Education Studies - UCAS course code X300 -------------------------------------------------------------- Fir stly let me introduce myself properly, I am a third year student on the Education Studies Course at Sheffield Hallam University. I originally came from a small village on the north east coast and so coming to a big city like Sheffield was a bit of a shock to the system. If you are interested in reading about the University itself then I have written a detailed review, that you can read here: http://www.ciao.co.uk/SheffieldHallamUniversityReview5689286 Of course some of the details in this review will cross into the realm of the university in general, but I'll try to ensure that this covers the course in detail. I'd also like to mention at this point that the course has recently undergone a number of changes, I... Read review

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