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MA Literary Studies (American Studies)

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    MA 1 year full-time

Course Description

Our MA in Literary Studies via the American Studies pathway gives students the opportunity to interrogate the major preoccupations and cultural range of American writing. It also offers a firm grounding in the latest developments in literary criticism and analysis, and provides you with the key skills to undertake your own detailed research project successfully. Thus a special feature of this course is the combination of the study of imaginative writing alongside the development of key transferable skills. As a student on this course, you will have free access to both the university’s superb library and information technology resources and to the unrivalled collections of the National Library of Wales.

 

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a 2.2 (UK) (or above) equating to a mark of 56.5 or above in a relevant subject area, plus the relevant application documentation and a sample of work. European and International applicants can find their grade equivalence on our website.

In addition to completing the standard university application package, candidates are asked by the Department to supply the following supplementary documents:

  1.  A letter of application (1 side of A4) explaining why you want to enrol on the course.
  2. A representative sample of work, written during the past three years, of no more than 3000 words. You are allowed to send work submitted as part of a previous degree.

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