Overview
The Graduate Program in American Studies at Rutgers University educates students to become knowledgeable and productive scholars who will contribute significantly to a wide range of academic, cultural, and public institutions because we believe that interdisciplinary training in American Studies provides a critical foundation to understanding our world and changing it.
How You Will Learn
- By studying the past with an eye to the present, our students develop the knowledge and skills to analyze the politics, history and culture of the Americas and engage with diverse audiences.
- Our students produce work that reaches beyond academic audiences and contributes to the pressing conversations of how to achieve justice in our time.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- In recent years, students have co-created an exhibit on the local history of police accountability campaigns and conducted oral history interviews for the Queer Newark Oral History Project among others.
- Our alumni are leaders in academia, politics, cultural institutions, and nonprofits across the country.
- Our award-winning faculty, from departments across the humanities and social sciences, are actively engaged in research, writing, and community-based public projects.
- All of our students, whether they are preparing for careers in the academy or the public sector, are asked to consider the diverse publics that their scholarship can serve and the many forms in which the fruits of their research can be shared.
- To that end, all students are required to earn 3 credits in public humanities.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
American and Australasian studies View 19 other PhDs in American and Australasian studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A sample of academic or professional writing up to 6,000 words long and personal statement of up to 1,500 words describing how you would advance by pursuing a degree in American Studies.
- Applicants must submit official transcripts, personal statement, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. Rutgers University-Newark accepts the Duolingo English Test.
- The Duolingo English Test is an online English language proficiency test that can be taken via a camera-enabled computer. When you receive your results, you can share your scores with Rutgers-Newark. The minimum Duolingo score is 115.
Tuition Fee
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International
33722 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33722 USD per year during 36 months. -
National
33722 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 33722 USD per year during 36 months. -
In-State
19824 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 19824 USD per year during 36 months.
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