Bachelor's in American Studies

American Studies is a Bachelor program taught at Occidental College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

The American Studies program at Occidental College helps students explore the cultures, histories, and ideas that shape the United States. Students examine American identity through intersecting themes such as race, gender, class, immigration, religion, politics, and culture. The program combines history, literature, critical legal studies, media studies, and political analysis, with an emphasis on reading cultural texts closely and analyzing social structures.

Learning is organized around interdisciplinary foundations drawn from critical theory, cultural studies, history, literature, media studies, politics, and ethnic studies. Courses often include community partnerships, archival research, cultural analysis, and opportunities to study in Los Angeles or abroad. Many courses are cross-listed with Black Studies, Asian Studies, Media Arts and Culture, and Latino/a & Latin American Studies.

Modules

• Race, Gender, and Sexuality in American Film and Media
• Feminist Rhetorics & Social Change
• Origins of the New Right
• Discipline & Desire: The History of Sexuality in the U.S.
• Psychic Life of Violence in the U.S.
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The minimum requirements for admission in American Studies at Occidental College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Occidental College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Occidental College as pre-requiste for admission in American Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.oxy.edu/academics/areas-study/american-studies

• PhD student, history (UC-Berkeley)
• Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (Segovia, Spain)
• Teacher Assistant (Arroyo Vista Elementary School)
• Senior Publicist (Girlie Action Media)
• Institutional Giving Manager (Social Justice Learning Institute)
• Account Executive (Data Goldberg: PR & Communications)
• Assistant Professor of History (Wesleyan University)
• Law
• Education
• Media
• Public policy
• Advocacy
• Nonprofits
• The arts

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.