Overview

About the program:

American Studies at The University of New Mexico offers students the combination of flexibility and focus to develop their own their own specific areas of interest.

We are interdisciplinary in that our faculty come from a variety of academic disciplines and our students receive training in a broad range of historical, literary, visual, and ethnographic approaches. Critical Indigenous studies, Critical ethnic studies, Black studies, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies, Religious studies, the study of Law and Society, Cultural studies, and the study of social and liberation movements (for prison abolition, decolonization, racial and gender justice, migrants and refugees, and queer, transgender, and gender nonconforming/nonbinary peoples, among others) are vital to the interdisciplinarity of American Studies.
The specific field of study called American Studies first emerged in response to the global crises of the 1930s with the idea that studying contemporary society requires more than one set of scholarly tools for analysis.
In a world where social, economic, political, and environmental crisis appears as a regular feature of our lives, American Studies brings a sense of the urgency and purpose with which we engage in scholarly inquiry.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Transnationalism, Globalization, and Colonialism

Critical Regionalism and Southwest Studies

Critical Race and Class Studies

Environmental and Social Justice

Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies

Comparative Cultural and Popular Culture Studies

Social Justice

American Pop Culture

Liberation Struggles of the Americas
Black Women in Cultural Production

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Albuquerque, United States

Disciplines

American and Australasian studies View 132 other Masters in American and Australasian studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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General requirements

Admission requirements

A substantive letter of intent (3-5, double-spaced pages) summarizing prior academic training, explaining current academic and professional objectives, and justifying how these goals might be met in the Department of American Studies.

Three letters of recommendation (a Departmental requirement which must be received by January 15).

A sample of recent written work, preferably academic work, not to exceed 30 pages.

One unofficial copy of transcript(s) from the university where the student received their BA and/or MA degree(s).

Online application and application fee.

One official copy of transcripts of all post-secondary academic coursework.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29146 USD / year

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Out-of-State

29146 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

10084 USD / year

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Living costs

Albuquerque

United States

870 - 1360 USD / month

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Funding

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Overview

About the program:

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Domestic

Living costs

Albuquerque

Funding

Scholarships Information

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