Choice

The School of American Studies at UEA offers modules ranging across American culture, literature, history and politics. This means that you can choose from over fifty lecture or seminar modules on topics as diverse as the cultural history of American music, US foreign policy, African American and Native American history and culture, drama, poetry, the classic novels of the nineteenth century, and much more besides.

Unrivalled Year Abroad Programme

We offer every one of our undergraduate students enrolled on a four year degree programme the opportunity to study abroad at one of thirty American universities located across the country, from New England to California, Alaska to Louisiana. We also have placements in Canada, and some of our students may elect to spend the first half of their year abroad in the USA or Canada and the second half in Australia. See student comments about their year abroad experiences. 

Half Year's Fees

Our students pay only half a year’s UK fees for their entire academic year spent overseas. This means that you pay the equivalent of only 3 ½ years’ worth of fees for your four years of study.

Great Sources of Financial Support

American Studies students will be eligible for University bursaries (as outlined in the University's general information).

Lively Academic Community

Here at UEA we are engaged in cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that seeks to break new ground in the field of American Studies. As committed university teachers, we translate that work into an exciting and constantly evolving range of modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

Internationally Renowned Literary Festival

Each year, UEA brings major writers from the USA and around the world to its International Literary Festival, open to the public and – of course – our students, too. Visitors have included Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Elmore Leonard, Gore Vidal, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen and Margaret Atwood. We have a video archive of the literary festival going back to 1991.

Teaching

The School prides itself on achieving the highest standards in its provision of course information, grading and feedback to students on their work, and in generally creating an environment where all teaching is to the very best effect. Our teaching is monitored internally by a comprehensive programme of reporting by the students themselves, and by annual review of these reports. All external audits of teaching quality in the last ten years have rated us as "Excellent".