Overview

American Studies asks what it means to be “American.” It interrogates the forces that hold Americans together, while also recognizing that “America” has always been a contested category whose meaning has changed over time. American Studies at Stockton is also decidedly transnational--emphasizing hemispheric, diasporic, and transatlantic approaches to American history and culture.

The American Studies program builds on Stockton University’s long-standing commitment to the interdisciplinary education of scholars. The program’s faculty members are respected scholars in traditional disciplines, such as literature, history, art history, and communications, as well as interdisciplinary fields, including Latin American and Caribbean studies, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Native American studies, Africana studies, Jewish studies, postcolonial studies, and studies of American culture and the environment.

Careers

Degree and certificate candidates could seek careers -- or enrich their careers -- in public relations, education, law, market research, journalism, government, museums, auction houses, libraries, and nonprofit work. The program’s international approach to American studies will, furthermore, prepare graduates with skills to understand globalization and the relationship of the United States with different parts of the world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Critical Theory and American Studies
Research Methods in American Studies
Contemporary America
Museum Studies
Documenting America
The U.S. and the World
Literature of the Americas
Africans in the Americas

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

More details

Priority deadlines: July 1 for a Fall semester start, December 1 for a Spring semester start.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
Discover Stockton Online Application
Application fee: $50 (non-refundable), submitted with your online application
Graduate application essay
Three current letters of recommendation written specifically for admission to the MAAS Program sent electronically via the Discover Stockton Application (2 recommended from faculty)
Testing requirements (waived for students with U.S. or Canadian undergraduate degrees with a 3.0 or higher): Graduate Record Examination (GRE). School Code: 2889; Miller Analogies Test (MAT). School Code: 1391
Resume
Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended (including Stockton) mailed or dropped off directly to the Office of Graduate Admissions

Tuition Fee

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International

35550 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1185 USD per credit during 12 months.
National

35550 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1185 USD per credit during 12 months.
In-State

24390 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 813 USD per credit during 12 months.

Funding

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