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At a Glance<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Our graduates work in fields including teaching, publishing, curatorial work, government, library work, law, and nonprofits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You can complete the degree in <\/span><\/span>two years <\/span><\/span><\/strong>as a full-time student<\/span><\/span>; three to four years<\/span><\/span><\/strong> as a<\/span><\/span> part-time students<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total cost to you is <\/span><\/span>$2<\/span>9<\/span>,<\/span>70<\/span>0<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (excluding fees), based on 2023-24 tuition rates.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About the Program<\/h3>\n

Trinity’s master of arts in American studies fosters a broad foundation in archival, spatial, public humanities, and transnational approaches to exploring the American experience at home and abroad.\u00a0 The program trains students to become engaged scholars and public humanists who can synthesize these approaches into theoretically and empirically rigorous analyses of the often contradictory and conflicting meanings of America. To that end, the program provides exposure to America\u2019s social, political, material, and cultural histories through diverse, pluralistic, and transnational perspectives.<\/p>\n

Our graduates pursue advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences and in professional programs and law schools. They are employed in nonprofits, publishing, teaching, academic administration, government service, curatorial work, and library and archive work. In the spirit of collaborative interdisciplinarity, our faculty and students maintain ties with departments across the College, including anthropology, English, history, human rights, international studies, film studies, political science, sociology, and women, gender, and sexuality.<\/p>\n

Our location offers invaluable opportunities for research at archives and institutions such as the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History<\/a>, The Mark Twain House & Museum<\/a>, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center<\/a>, the Connecticut State Library<\/a>, The Amistad Center for Art & Culture<\/a>, Real Art Ways<\/a>, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center<\/a>, and our own Watkinson Library<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a Glance Our graduates work in fields including teaching, publishing, curatorial work, government, library work, law, and nonprofits. You can complete the degree in two years as a full-time student; three to four years as a part-time students. Total cost to you is $29,700 (excluding fees), based on 2023-24 tuition rates. 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