American Studies is an interdisciplinary field that centers on historically-rich and socially-engaged scholarship and teaching. The American Studies graduate program at UMass Boston has earned a national reputation as one of the top master's programs in the field. With tools adapted from cultural and social history, film and popular music studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and queer theory, this academic MA encourages students to immerse in one year of core courses and one year of guided study and research. Our vision of American Studies is expansive. Our longstanding commitment to the study of power dynamics in the culture of the United States has been energized by emerging formations in the field - ranging from transnational and postcolonial frames to sound studies and critical tourism studies. Graduates of the program have gone on to PhD programs in American Studies, gender and women's studies, economics, and other related fields, museum and library work, municipal and state government, and more.<br><br> Students will develop an interdisciplinary approach to the historical, cultural, and political realities and artistic expressions of the United States<br>Students will apply multiple methodological approaches to produce their own research projects, Students will analyze how race, ethnicity, migration, and sexuality structure American culture, Students will locate and analyze primary sources to develop appropriate historical and analytical frames,Students will make use of relevant secondary literature to construct a convincing and compelling argument