North American Studies (PAM)

PAm900 / Postgraduate Studies (30 cr) 2003-

The Ph.D. program in North American Studies aims to produce graduates with a comprehensive understanding of American and Canadian culture(s) and of multidisciplinary research. Much of the education is achieved in close cooperation with the Finnish National Graduate School for North and Latin American Studies. 

Any student entering the program must have at least a Master's degree in American and/or Canadian Studies, or in a closely related field, and sufficient knowledge of American and Canadian culture(s). Studies include participation in the Graduate School and other seminars, preparing presentations for international conferences, and course work either in the United States or Canada. Before submitting his/her Licentiate's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation, the student must pass two oral examinations on relevant North American Studies literature. 

For additional information on doctoral studies in the North American Studies Program, please consult Professor Markku Henriksson, tel. 191 23291.
 

PAm99A POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES (10 cr) 479648

PAm901 RESEARCH SEMINAR (5 cr) 479649
Participation in the monthly meetings and other activities of the Finnish Graduate School for at least four semesters.

PAm902 ORAL EXAMINATIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES LITERATURE (5 cr) 479650 
Oral examinations of North American Studies literature pertaining to the theory and methodology of the whole discipline and to the student's own field of research. The reading lists are updated once a year in January.

PAm99B OTHER POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (20 cr) 479651

PAm903 PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES (5 cr) 479652
Participation in international North American Studies conferences as a speaker, session chair, and/or organizer. These include the Maple Leaf and Eagle and North American Studies conferences organized by the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere, and the Nordic conferences organized by the Nordic Association for American Studies and the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies. Students are furthermore expected to be active members in some relevant scholarly society or association and publish articles, essays, and book reviews in journals and magazines in the field.

PAm904 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (15 cr) 479653
Graduate (Ph.D. level) studies of the discipline at an American or Canadian university (or other relevant institution) for at least two semesters, according to the statutes of the Finnish Graduate School.

LICENTIATE'S THESIS AND/OR DOCTORAL DISSERTATION