Bachelor of Arts in American Studies (Honors)

We encourage students who find topics that they wish to pursue independently to consider doing an honors project in the senior year. This topic may develop out of work done in the Junior Seminar or another course. The projects themselves might take range of formats, from a traditional written thesis, to a film, a website or an exhibit. Each project will have a written analytical component in addition to any other product. Honors projects begin in the Honors Seminar, AMST 1800, taken in the second semester of the junior year during which students prepare a project proposal and find an advisor. Offered in the Spring semester, the Honors Seminar will focus on methodology and the research process and introduce students to a range of possibilities for forms of presentation. The Honors Seminar fulfills one of the four seminar requirements for the concentration. Students deciding not to do an honors concentration after completing the Honors Seminar will receive credit for the course and still be able to count it as a seminar in the concentration.

International applicants, like all applicants to Brown, are expected to complete secondary school. Brown's first-year students will have completed 12 to 13 years of primary and secondary schooling. Similar to applications from students within the United States, we evaluate applications from students outside the United States with their context and opportunities in mind. English language proficiency must be achieved before you are admitted. Brown does not offer courses in English as a Second Language for its undergraduates and does not offer provisional acceptances to students who are deficient in English. A minimum score of 105 on the TOEFL internet-based exam, a minimum score of 8.0 on the IELTS minimum score of 130 on the Duolingo