BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year)
About this course
BA (Hons) in English and English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing, combining English literature with American literature. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete a four-year full-time programme that integrates historical, theoretical, and cultural modules.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 35 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 94%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 93%
- Learning resources: 91%
- Student voice: 76%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 17 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 2%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 6%
- London: 57%
- South East: 27%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Access course: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Burning to Read
- Early American History, Literature and Culture
- Modern American History, Literature and Culture
- World Making
- Theoretical Concepts in American Studies
- American City
- In the Embers of Empire: Reading Postcolonial Texts Today
- Language for Life
- Liberty and Horror
- Literature and Philosophy
- Novels (how to read them and why)
- The Art of Short Fiction
- Word & Image
- (Re)thinking Civilization
- 1661: Slavery in English America
- 1959 Havana: Revolution in Latin America
- Global Modernisms
- Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Movements
- Life Story
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Pop Life: After Modern Art
- Queer Brighton and Sussex: Histories, Heritage, and Aesthetics
- Right Here! Right Now! Twenty-First Century Literature and Culture
- Romance
- Sexuality and the Rise of Fiction
- Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare
- States of Disunion: Power, Polarisation and Protest in US Politics
- Writing Poetry
- American Studies Dissertation and Research Communication
- English Literature Dissertation
- City on a Hill: Faith and the American Project
- Freedom Now! The African-American Freedom Struggle After 1945
- Posthuman/Premodern
- Psychoanalysis and Literature
- Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema
- Serial Fictions
- Topics in African American Literature
- Virginia Woolf
- Visualising War: Image, Media, and Culture
- Wollstonecraft and After: Gender, Writing and the Public Sphere
- Writing Race, Gender, and the Social: Experiments Beyond Representation
- America in the 21st Century
- American Empire
- American Studies in Practice
- American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- Championing Literacy Placement
- Decolonial Literature, Politics, Writing
- Gender, Race and Society in Early Modern Drama
- Hollywood Industry and Imaginary
- Modern Nature
- Queer Fictions
- Race, Photography, Archives
- Sussex Modernism
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £26,500 after 3 years, £33,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £28,000 and £41,000. The £33,000 median after five years is £4,000 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex?
94% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 119 UCAS points.
Does BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.