MNM Master of American Studies MSAMER000103 2010-2011  Title Semester Theory (hours) Practice/Exercises (hours) Credits Professor(s) . American Law and the Legal System 1st semester 30,00 5 Maud Piers New York City in Fiction, 1975-2000 2nd semester 30,00 5 Bart Eeckhout American History through European National Stereotypes, 1770-1970 1st semester 30,00 5 William Chew American Political Institutions 1st semester 30,00 5 Paul Cook The Contemporary American Economy 1st semester 30,00 5 B. Van Damme Representations of JFK 1st semester 30,00 5 Luc Herman Film Noir: A Hollywood Genre in Its Social Context 2nd semester 30,00 5 C. Den Tandt The American Way of Religion 2nd semester 30,00 5 John Dick Thesis 2nd semester 120,00 20 N.