Junior Year

Students must take two upper-level seminars (400-490, excluding 471a and 472b) during their junior year. At least one of the seminars must fall within the student's area of concentration. Students are expected to produce a significant paper of twenty to twenty-five pages in each of the seminars. Students may also elect to take AMST 390b, an interdisciplinary methods course, in place of one of the required upper-level seminars. Sophomores contemplating a junior term abroad are urged to take an upper-level seminar in the spring of their sophomore year.

Majors are encouraged to pursue a junior term abroad. Typically, students are able to fulfill their non-U.S. requirement in the area of concentration through a course taken abroad. Students interested in venturing abroad should consult the director of undergraduate studies about eligible courses for American studies credit during the application process.

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