American Studies
The interdisciplinary minor American Studies (30 EC) offers a survey of U.S. history from the establishment of the first colonies on the North American continent in the early seventeenth century to the present. We will also read a number of classics in American literature, including Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, Moby-Dick, Frederick Douglass' narrative and the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The courses in the second semester aim to deepen and broaden the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in the first semester: you can choose to specialize in American history (track 1) or American literature and culture (track 2). Upon completion of this minor, you will have acquired basic knowledge of and research skills in U.S. history, culture and literature. Students who have successfully completed the minor in American Studies (30 EC) are admissible to the MA programme in North American Studies in Leiden, provided that they meet all other conditions for admission.
You can register for this minor in uSis between 3 May and 15 July 2021
Maximum number of students: 24
Prospectus number: 5000MAMN
Class number: 1009
Language: English