Transatlantic studies

Studia transatlantyczne to kierunek drugiego stopnia prowadzony w języku angielskim. Ich program przygląda się wiecznie zmieniającym się relacjom międzynarodowym, kulturze i polityce Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz Europy.

Kierunek prowadzi Instytut Amerykanistyki i Studiów Polonijnych.

To kierunek dla sprawnych analityków, osób zainteresowanych pogłębianiem wiadomości z pogranicza polityki, prawa, biznesu, kultury i współpracy międzynarodowej. Dla tych, którzy sprawnie władają językiem angielskim.

Przedmioty obowiązkowe na kierunku to:

• Theory and Practice in Social and Political Studies
• World Politics in the 21st Century: Toward a Post-American World?
• Research Methods in Social Studies
• Europe and the United States in the 20th Century
• Transatlantic Literature and Cultural Exchange
• Social Change in the Age of Globalization
• The Politics of Law in US and EU.

Przedmioty fakultatywne to:

• Science Fiction as Social and Political Allegory
• American Rhetoric
• Design thinking
• American Religiosity in Film
• Multicultural Writers in North America
• History of the 1980s.
• History of the 1970s.
• History of the 1960s.
• History of the 1950s.
• American Youth Culture
• Humour in Contemporary Native American Fiction and Movies.

Przed przyjęciem na kierunek odbywa się rozmowa kwalifikacyjna w języku angielskim, sprawdzająca zarówno motywację, jak i poziom angielszczyzny kandydata.

Absolwenci Transatlantic Studies mogą pracować między innymi w dyplomacji, instytucjach międzynarodowych czy organizacjach pozarządowych.

I came across the TAS Program while attending a summer language and culture program at Jagiellonian University, I instantly fell in love with Krakow and the university and wanted to find a way to extend my stay. The TAS program not only fulfielled my desire to live in Krakow but it offered an array of internationally diverse classes, faculty and students. I found the classes to be challenging and thought provoking especially with the intimate and small scale of our classes. The professors encuraged us to engage in debate with our fellow classmates but also them, this led to some very lively classes and discussion in and outside the classroom. In particular, I really enjoyed the supplementary classes, these were additional courses that complemented our core TAS curriculum- these classes incorporated a variety of topics using media, literature and temporary issues by connecting them to a transatlantic concepts. I also relly enjoyed the thesis writing process, the professors served as wonderful guides and encuraged us to really dive into the topic and material. My thesis process was very personally and professionally rewarding as I later published it with an academic publishing company. Overall the TAS Program gave me the tools and condifence to engage in transatlantic issues and I very much value the time and the relationships I made during my time in the program.

Current profession and location:

I currently work at an international think tank, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). GMF is an organization that seeks to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on regional, national, and global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the Marshall Plan. I specifically work on the Wider Atlantic and Asia program which takes a more comprehensive approach to US and EU relations beyond the traditional Transatlantic approach where I do a mix of research and analysis but also organize events for our debates and discussions on the topic.

Daniel Piątkiewicz