Welcome to American Studies!

Flinders University offers the only specialist American Studies program in South Australia and offers a comprehensive examination of the United States -- through multiple topics in American history, politics, economics, foreign policy, and culture -- that equal or exceed that offered anywhere in the Asia Pacific region. Students can complete a major or minor in American Studies through the Bachelor of International Studies or the Bachelor of Arts.

American Studies is offered as a major sequence within a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of International Studies and Bachelor of International Business.

And then there is the American Studies Library Collection - the product of over thirty years of collection building and perhaps the most impressive reading collection on the United States available in this country.

American Studies at Flinders offers a full range of undergraduate topics focused on the study of the United States in addition to a complete honours year and higher degree supervision at the MA and PhD levels.

Since 2000, the Department of American Studies has offered an Internship program which allows selected students to spend six weeks attached to a governmental or public policy office in Washington, D.C. The Internship is a six unit University topic and is integrated into the American Studies offerings. The Australian National University joined the Flinders University Washington Internship Program in 2005.

It is also important to recognise the quality of the Flinders American Studies teaching program. American Studies offers small classes, helpful supervision and a set of identified skills which is exceptional.

If you want to study the United States in Australasia, Flinders American Studies is the obvious choice.