The concentration requires four lecture courses and two seminars in the history of architecture and urbanism that are offered by the Department of History of Art and Architecture. One of the seminars is a project seminar, taken in junior or senior year, which is designed as a capstone experience for the architectural studies concentrator. Because the architectural studies program is especially designed for students wishing to gain greater experience in the practical skills necessary for a career in architecture or a related field, concentrators are required to take a course in design from the visual art department. Students are encouraged to take pertinent courses from such departments or programs as the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art and the Departments of American Civilization, Engineering, Mathematics, History, Modern Culture and Media, Urban Studies, and Visual Art. They may receive concentration credit for one of these courses.
Study abroad can be a valuable enrichment of the academic work available on campus.
It offers opportunities for first-hand knowledge of architecture and the built environment as well as providing exposure to foreign languages and cultures. Study abroad should be planned in consultation with the concentration advisor in order to make certain that foreign course work will relate meaningfully to the concentrator's program of study. These credits will be counted as lecture courses, not seminars. The only exception to the two course limitation pertains to transfer students admitted to Brown before the junior year, who are permitted to transfer four credits toward the concentration. Priority is given to architectural studies concentrators.