BA (Hons) History with American Studies at University of Portsmouth

Study history with a focus on US history, culture and politics in this History with American Studies degree course. Combine a wide-ranging history degree with an interdisciplinary focus on American studies. If you want to explore history, while specialising in the politics and culture of the USA, there’s no better place to study it than Portsmouth, a city with a rich heritage of its own.

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years sandwich with work placement  |  Study mode: full-time (sandwich/placement option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. Modules include Beliefs, Communities, and Conflicts: Europe 1450-1750; Discovering World Histories: Peoples and Places; Exploring The Past: Migration and Community in Historical Perspective; Societies, Nations and Empires: Europe 1750 to the Present; Debating the Past: Historical Case Studies; Working with the Past; Introduction to Teaching; TESOL (Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages); The Hidden Lives of Things: Material Culture in the Early Modern World; Underworlds: Crime, Deviance and Punishment in Britain, 1500-1900.

Career pathways

Employers from every area of industry value today’s history and American studies graduates. When you complete the course, you'll have the ability to analyse and manage large amounts of information, communicate effectively, research in groups or independently, and write in a concise and informative way.

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