美国研究是一个跨学科的研究领域，植根于对国家政治和大众文化的全面，多维分析。我们的部门在美国文化以及塑造这些文化的跨国联系和全球背景下具有强大的实力。我们的美国研究文学硕士课程建立在这些优势的基础上，使人们能够接触到过去和现在的美国广泛的社会，文化和政治现象。该计划培养批判性思维，对社会正义与奖学金之间关系的认识以及公众参与。我们的学生继续攻读竞争性博士课程，法学院，非营利性工作，研究职位，中学教学，新闻，行动主义和公司职位，他们为在有意义的本地和全球环境下实现自己的工作做好了更好的准备。
The American Studies master's degree program provides exposure to a wide range of social, cultural and political phenomena in the U.S., past and present. The program fosters critical thinking, an awareness of the connection between social justice and scholarship, and public engagement.<br>The American Studies master's degree program is an eightcourse sequence of study. A standard program encompasses two semesters of four courses each. Our students come from across the country and generally complete the degree in one year while in residence here in Providence. They seek to explore a particular specialization in scholarship, add intellectual depth to their existing professional or academic life, determine if they want to continue on to a Ph.D. program, or to prepare for doctoral work. Notably, recent course offerings have included transnational classroom experiences, joining students based in Providence via the Internet to students outside the US, an experience in keeping with the transnational framework of the program. A required seminar Introduction to Interdisciplinary American Studies also adopts a transnational frame. The program encourages participation from international students but also accepts U.S. applicants.<br><br>Master's recipients in American Studies have gone on to doctoral studies in American Studies, English and History, professional programs in journalism and public affairs, and employment and internships in advertising, publishing, government service and teaching.<br><br>he Department of American Studies at Brown was founded in 1945 as a collaborative as well as interdisciplinary enterprise. The first catalog statement explained that its purpose was to provide the student with a more comprehensive and better unified knowledge of American Civilization... than would be possible within the limits of a single department.