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The choices you make along the way define your future opportunities

The master’s degree programme in American Studies will offer you a lot of freedom of choice and the opportunity to shape the programme according to your interests: 

  • Do you want to study abroad?
  • How about a project-oriented course?
  • What do you want to learn in your assignments, projects and elective courses?
  • Do you want to work alone or with others?
  • What type of problem do you want to work on in your master’s thesis?

On mysdu you can find more about the elements and choices included in the master’s degree programme in American Studies. When graduating in two years, not two graduates from American Studies will have the same competences. This means that our graduates can handle many different tasks upon completing their master’s degree. Tasks that match the competences they have developed along the way. You have many options – and to a large extent the choices you make along the way will define your options.

Examples of what graduates in American Studies have learned and what they do

Below you can read more about what our graduates often gain from their years at SDU and how they contribute in the world. The lists are not exhaustive – you will find lots of graduates who have used their master’s degree programme to learn other things and created a future that you could not possibly have imagined. 

This is one of the strengths of a degree in the humanities.


You learn

Studying American studies  is a learning process, where you learn to:

  • compare political standings and market conditions in the US, Denmark and other relevant countries.
  • convey knowledge about political standings and discussions in the American debate.
  • analyse literature and American culture, history and politics.
  • work determinedly and analytically with specific issues, that have an influence on society and business conditions in the US.

Perhaps you are now thinking that you are developing more skills and other exciting competences, which is very good because you’re the expert who can continue the "list" during your studies.


You contribute

You can take up a position where you:

  • negotiate with American negotiating partners on a basis of knowledge about American culture.
  • enter multidisciplinary projects that require knowledge about American culture, politics and economics.
  • contribute to local adaptation of corporate business strategies in the US.
  • function as a cultural adviser for companies wishing to establish themselves in the US.
  • handle internal and external information in companies dealing with political, cultural and economic conditions in the US.
  • convey knowledge about cultural and social relations of the US to a Danish or international audience.
  • handle cultural interpretation, for example in relation to the marketing of Danish products in the US.