BA American Studies / Overview

Year of entry: 2024

Degree awarded
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration
4 years
Typical A-level offer

AAB including an essay-based subject such as English, History, or Politics.

Typical contextual A-level offer

ABB including an essay-based subject such as English, History, or Politics.

Find out more about contextual admissions.
Refugee/care-experienced offer
Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.
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Typical International Baccalaureate offer

35 points overall, with 6,6,5 in Higher Level subjects

Full entry requirements

How to apply
Apply through UCAS .

Course overview

  • Benefit from the expertise and resources we have developed as the UK's longest-standing American Studies programme.
  • Explore US history, politics, literature, and popular culture from European colonization through to contemporary hegemony.
  • Spend the entirety of your third year at one of more than twenty US or Canada partner institutions, including those in California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Ontario.
  • Ranked 3rd in the UK for American Studies (Complete University Guide 2022).
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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2024 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £25,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

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Contact details

School/Faculty
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Telephone
+44 (0)161 509 2871
Email
Website
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/american-studies/
School/Faculty overview

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