Language RequirementĪll students pursuing a PhD in American & New England Studies are required to demonstrate graduate-level reading proficiency in a modern foreign language prior to completion of the degree. Students taking more than two Directed Studies in any academic year must have approval from the Program Director. Courses should be selected in consultation with the students’ advisor. GRS AM 736 The Literature of American StudiesĪside from the above, students devise their own programs of study, choosing courses from a wide variety of other disciplines.Course requirements are as follows:Įight courses must be taken at the 700 level or higher (all other courses at the 500 level or above), including: For details, see the GRS Transfer of Credits policy. Students with prior graduate work may be able to transfer course credits. Students must complete 64 credits before proceeding to their PhD Qualifying Examinations. Be able to mentor students and to teach the discipline at the undergraduate level.
Show a commitment to professional development at the highest levels of academia through engagement in professional societies, publication, and other scholarly activities.Make an original and significant contribution that advances knowledge in the field while also offering a synthesis of existing scholarship and to do so in a timely fashion.Demonstrate the ability to develop and coherently define one’s own interdisciplinary field of inquiry within American Studies and attain mastery of this subject matter as well as command of the broader theoretical and methodological approaches in the discipline overall.It accepts applicants with degrees in related disciplines where the focus has been on aspects of American culture. The program is known for collaboration across departmental boundaries and for the promotion of research and scholarship within and across traditional disciplinary borders, preparing students for positions as university faculty, public historians, museum curators, and administrators of cultural institutions. It is attuned to the global and national dimensions of the US experience, as well as to the particularities of the New England region. The PhD in American & New England Studies program is dedicated to rigorous interdisciplinary investigation of American culture and society-its arts, literature, history, institutions, and its diverse intellectual traditions.
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