By combining American Studies and Film Studies, you link together a wide range of interesting topics – from the birth of celebrity culture to Hollywood as an industry. You’ll benefit from specialised resources including our expansive film library and the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. And you learn from leading experts about challenging works ranging from DW Griffiths's Birth of a Nation to Andy Warhol's Blow Job.

American Studies at Sussex is ranked 1st in the UK for career prospects (The Guardian University Guide 2017). Recent American Studies and Film Studies (with a study abroad year) graduates have taken up a wide range of posts, including: media assistant, Filmworks Consultancy video production assistant, MBM Productions programming intern, NBC Universal. (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2015)