American Studies
In this stream students examine the dominant political and cultural power of the later twentieth and early twenty first centuries. Subjects cover both the internal cultural and political dynamics of the USA, and American relations with and influence on a developing global environment.
First Year [25 points]
131-118 The Making of the Global World (semester 2),
and one of either
131-101 War, State and Society (semester 2)
or
131-113 Revolutions through History (semester 1)
Second Year [25 points]
131-018 Searching for the American Dream
131-080 American Modern: USA 1890-1990
Third Year [25 points]
102-003 Australia and America
131-236 The USA & the World: Democracy and Empire