Brown University courses

...Modern Culture and Media (MCM) is an interdisciplinary concentration that explores the ties between media and broader cultural and social formations...

...a state-of-the-art facility with holdings of over 40,000 books and scores and an equal number of sound and video recordings. Concentrators are encouraged...

...Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to understand the functions and diseases of the nervous system. It draws on knowledge from neurobiology...

...but separate concentration in physics and philosophy...

...may choose to pursue either the A.B. or the more intensive Sc.B. degree. Course work on either path covers a broad base of topics (for example... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...By the end of the program, concentrators possess an excellent conceptual understanding of the most philosophically interesting physics, relativity and quantum mechanics... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...without a complete national health insurance? What is the legacy of slavery in the U.S.? Why are there so few women in Congress? How is radicalism in the Middle East changing?... Learn about: Political Science...

...Portuguese and Brazilian Studies examines the Portuguese-speaking world, a large and diverse geographical and cultural area spread over five continents...

...in basic research methods and statistics necessary for problem solving and critical thinking in the emerging emphasis on evidence-based health care and public health... Learn about: Public Health...

...including perception, cognition, developmental, behavioral neuroscience, and social psychology. Students also take a course in quantitative methods...

...of pressing social problems and the design, implementation, and evaluation of better policies and practices. This commitment to using knowledge to improve...

...societies and cultures throughout the world. It fosters scholarly skills such as close reading (of texts, images, artifacts, and other social data)... Learn about: Religious Studies...

...and the establishment of scientific policies and systems of belief from historical, philosophical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives. Concentrators...

...authors and composers: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Gogol and Bulgakov, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky. Focusing on Czech allows students to explore...

...during the senior seminar and through their completion of a senior thesis or capstone project. The concentration also allows students to pursue the Engaged...

...(1) that develop an understanding of the principles underlying the processes of data collection and analysis; and (2) that train students in the application... Learn about: Data Collection...

...in a geographical area (e.g. Bangladesh, Bengal, Maharashtra, North India, Pakistan, South India), or in a particular discipline (e.g. anthropology...

...Everyone graduates having studied craft, gained familiarity with history, and investigated the role of performance arts in culture... Learn about: Theatre Arts...

...Fieldwork training includes working with local agencies and nonprofit organizations on practical urban problems. Capstone projects entail original research...

...and to expose students to the role of statistical thinking and analysis in interdisciplinary research and in the public sphere. To ensure deep rigorous...