美国研究是一个独特的领域，它研究美国的历史，文化，社会，法律，外交政策和政治。单位考察了美国的演变以及为什么它成为21世纪的主要文化和政治力量。从研究美国政府到大众文化，您将面临挑战，要创造性地思考美国身份和权力的结构和含义，同时发展涵盖人文和社会科学的分析和研究技能。美国研究专业将为您提供这个复杂，多样和充满活力的国家及其与更广阔世界的关系的广泛，多面的知识。您将使用多种不同的方法来分析美国。除了核心的美国研究单元，您还可以从英语，电影研究，历史，性别和文化研究，政府和音乐系以及美国研究中心获得交叉列出
This five-year degree offers a comprehensive and flexible combined degree program that qualifies you as an accredited social worker, while also allowing you to enhance your qualification with majors and minors that complement the Bachelor of Social Work. While this combined degree requires a major or minor in Sociology, or a minor in Social Policy, you can choose another major or minor in various interest areas such as diversity studies, gender studies, Aboriginal Studies, or philosophy. You'll undertake integrated studies in social sciences, social policy and social work theory and practice, with a strong emphasis on Australian and comparative social welfare studies. In the last two years of the degree all students undertake the professional social work program, which includes two fieldwork placements supervised by highly skilled and experienced practitioners in a variety of settings. We develop field education learning expectations across the program and aim to develop values, skills and knowledge for levels from beginner to a practitioner capable of meeting the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Practice Standards.<br><br>American Studies is a unique field that examines the history, culture, society, laws, foreign policy and politics of the US. Units examine the US's evolution and why it is a dominant cultural and political force in the 21st century. From the study of America's government to its popular culture, you will be challenged to think creatively about the construction and meaning of American identity and power, while developing analytic and research skills that span the humanities and social sciences. An American Studies major will give you broad, multi-faceted knowledge of this complex, diverse and dynamic nation and its relationship with the broader world. You will analyse the US using a variety of different approaches. In addition to core American Studies units, you can take cross-listed units of study from the departments of English, Film Studies, History, Gender and Cultural Studies, Government, and Music, and from the United States Studies Centre. With such diversity of perspectives, an American Studies major is a unique opportunity to learn a variety of disciplinary approaches and methodologies. Undertaking a major in American Studies will give you access to the widest range of US-focused units of study and to the largest concentration of academics working on the US, of any university in Australia.