莱顿大学 · 北美研究文学硕士 硕士

📖 项目简介

The master’s programme in North American Studies prepares you for a wide range of careers in which well-developed analytical and other academic skills or specialised knowledge of U.S. history, literature, politics, and culture are valued. Our graduates pursue careers in the international job market in fields including teaching, journalism, IT, business, politics, government policy, publishing and research. Find out more about your career prospects Critical reflection on U.S. exceptionalism is a recurrent topic throughout the programme . Do you want to learn how to conduct independent multidisciplinary research, comprehend and apply theoretical insights, learn about and engage with scholarly debates, and take a critical approach to all materials ? Do you want to find out if you are eligible for this Master's programme?

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✨ 项目特色

The Leiden programme offers a diverse and international learning environment. While the programme focuses on the U.S., you will also explore the role the U.S. plays in the region and in the world, as well as the impact of the region and the world on developments in the U.S. Some of the key areas and major issues in the history, politics, literature and culture of the U.S. that the programme explores in depth and from a multidisciplinary and historical perspective include:

• Slavery, migration, and emancipation movements;
• The history and politics of international relations and human rights;
• Immigration and ethnicity;
• Identity constructions and memory politics;
• Environmental justice.

Critical reflection on U.S. exceptionalism is a recurrent topic throughout the programme . Do you want to learn how to conduct independent multidisciplinary research, comprehend and apply theoretical insights, learn about and engage with scholarly debates, and take a critical approach to all materials ? Do you want to find out if you are eligible for this Master's programme?

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🎯 入学要求

To be eligible for North American Studies at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

Diploma requirements

General diploma requirements

You are eligible to apply for the MA North American Studies if you have:

• a bachelor’s degree from a research university, equivalent to the level of a Dutch academic Bachelor’s degree, including general Academic Skills; and
• knowledge and understanding of the defining events and developments in the history and culture of the United States and/or knowledge and understanding of the canonical works of American literature; you should, for example, have a Bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university in the field of American Studies or another Bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university in Humanities or Social Sciences that includes components in the field of American Studies worth at least 30 credits;

The following applicants are considered to have fulfilled the requirements mentioned above:

• Applicants who have a Bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university in Humanities or Social Sciences and who have completed the minor in American Studies at Leiden University are considered to have fulfilled this requirement.
• Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree from a Dutch research university in International Studies who have completed all area courses for North America worth 20 credits, and wrote their BA Thesis on North America and/or completed at least one 10-EC course which is included in the minor or pre-master programme in American Studies.

If you have a bachelor’s degree from a research university in the Humanities or Social Sciences that does not meet the requirements specified above, you may be eligible for a pre-master programme of 30 EC. If you have completed the imposed pre-master programme within the prescribed period, you will be admitted to the master’s programme. Read more about the pre-master’s programme.

Bachelor’s degree of a university of applied sciences (hbo)

Students holding a Bachelor’s degree from a university of applied sciences (hbo) in History, English, European Studies or Journalism will be admitted after completing the pre-master programme of 60 EC within the prescribed period. Read more about the pre-master’s programme.

Language requirements

English language proficiency

The following requirements apply:

• IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 for each separate component score.

For other accepted exams, including score equivalency tables and criteria for the accepted exams, refer to our English language proficiency requirements.

Note that English test results may not be more than two years old.

You do not have to submit an English proficiency test if you have completed your education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-taught programmes in Canada) Singapore, South-Africa or Malta, if you have obtained an English-taught International Baccalaureate™; if you have completed a Dutch VWO diploma or an English-taught degree at a Dutch research university or an English-taught bachelor’s degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences.

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