Overview

The American Studies program at Pennsylvania State University offers a number of concentrations including folklore, cultural history (politics, popular culture, media studies), international American Studies, material and visual culture (art, architecture, craft, landscape, food, clothing, medicine), public heritage (museums, historic preservation, archiving, cultural resource management), race and ethnicity, and regional studies.

Learning outcomes

Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the history, society, culture, and arts of the United States by conducting research in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards and, with a variety of evidence, including objects, still and moving images, practices and performances, and oral and written texts.
Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of American Studies historiography by identifying major movements and approaches in the study of the American experience and providing major scholarly bibliographic and cultural sources for those movements and approaches.
Graduates will apply presentational and communicative skills used in American Studies scholarship, including oral presentation, writing, and exhibition, to produce material that can be used in educational institutions, heritage and museum organizations, and governmental and cultural agencies.
Graduates will demonstrate analytical skills such as symbolic analysis, cross-cultural comparison, and ethnographic fieldwork, to interpret meaning in historical, social, cultural, and artistic trends and movements in the United States.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Problems in American Studies
U.S. Literature and Culture
Topics in Popular Culture
Topics in American Folklore
Material Culture and Folklife
American Civilization in the Twentieth Century
American Civilization in the Twenty-First Century
Ethnography of Technology and Media in the United States
Seminar in Local and Regional Studies
Seminar in Race and Ethnicity
Seminar in Gender and Culture
Topics in Religion and American Culture

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-25 00:00:00 , International

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International applicants are encouraged to submit materials at least four months before the beginning of the semester for which they are applying.

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

30-33

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Middletown, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

a completed Graduate School online application form with the application fee
official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
two letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to the student's ability to handle graduate study
a statement of intent (approximately 500 to 1,000 words outlining their preparation for study, proposed fields of study, and career goals)
and a sample of written work (seminar paper or equivalent research paper) as evidence of their American research and writing skills.

Tuition Fees

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46796 USD / year

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46796 USD / year

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In-State

25966 USD / year

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Living costs

Middletown

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

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