Transfer Guide To Applying To Brown: Applying Options


Semester of Desired Entrance

Brown offers transfer applicants the opportunity to express preference for admission for either the fall or spring terms. Please indicate your preference clearly on both the Common Application and the Brown Transfer Supplement to the Common Application. There is a limited number of spaces available each semester, so it is not always possible to accommodate applicants’ preferences. You may indicate your willingness to be considered for the alternate semester if we are not able to admit you for your semester of choice.

You are also asked to indicate your desired level of academic standing at entrance, either sophomore or junior. Official standing will be determined based on an evaluation of transferable credit by the Office of the Dean of the College at Brown. You can find more details about our credit policies in the Transfer Credit section of this Guide.

Program in Liberal Medical Education and Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program

Because of the limited number of spaces available for undergraduates, transfer students are not eligible to be considered for enrollment in the Program in Liberal Medical Education or the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program.

Degree Programs and Academic Fields

It is helpful to us to know about your current thoughts regarding your academic plans. On the Brown Supplement we ask you to indicate whether you expect to pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree (A.B.) or the Bachelor of Science degree (Sc.B.). We also request that you tell us your top choices of academic fields—as far as you know at the time you apply. This information is used to give us a sense of your academic inclinations only. We do not attempt to regulate the number of admission offers according to “quotas” for degree programs or academic fields of concentration.

Please refer to the tables below which contain a listing of the fields of concentration within the two degree programs. If you are submitting a paper version of the application, please use the codes indicated for the degree programs and concentrations to complete the appropriate section in the Brown Supplement.

Concentration Concentration Code Degree
Africana Studies AFRI Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
American Civilization AMCV Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Ancient Studies ANCT Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Anthropology ANTH Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Applied Mathematics APMA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Applied Mathematics APMA Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Archeology & Ancient World ARAN Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Architectural Studies ARCH Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Biochemstry BCHM Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Biology BIOL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Biology BIOL Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Biophysics BIOP Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Chemical Physics CHPH Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Chemistry CHEM Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Chemistry CHEM Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Classics CLAS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Cognitive Neuroscience COGN Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Cognitive Science COGS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Cognitive Science COGS Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Commerce Organizations and Entrepeneurship COE Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Community Health COMH Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Comparative Literature COLT Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Computational Biology CSBI Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Computer Science COMP Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Computer Science COMP Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Development Studies DEVL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
East Asian Studies EAST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Economics ECON Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Education EDUC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Egyptology EGYT Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Engineering ENGN Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Engineering (with concentration in Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Materials, Mechanical) ENGN Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
English ENGL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Environmental Sciences EVSC Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Environmental Studies EVST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Ethnic Studies ETHS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
French Studies FRCL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Gender & Sexuality Studies GNSS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Geological Sciences GEOL Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Geology GEOL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
German Studies GMST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Hispanic Studies HSLC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
History HIST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
History of Art and Architecture HIAA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Human Biology BIOA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Human Biology BIOA Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
International Relations INTL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Italian Studies ITAL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Judaic Studies JUDS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Late Antique Cultures ANTQ Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Latin American Studies LAST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Linguistics LING Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Literary Arts LITA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Marine Biology MBIO Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Mathematics MATH Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Mathematics MATH Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Medieval Cultures MDVC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Middle Eastern Studies MIDE Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Modern Culture and Media MCMD Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Music MUSC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Neuroscience NEUR Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Philosophy PHIL Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Physics PHYS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Physics PHYS Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Political Science POLS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies POBR Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Psychology PSYC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Psychology PSYC Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Public Policy PPAI Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Religious Studies RELS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies REMS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Russian Studies RUSS Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Science and Society SCSO Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Sociology SOC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Sociology SOC Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
South Asian Studies SAST Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Statistics STAT Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Theatre Arts THTA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Undecided UNDC Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Undecided UNDC Bachelor of Science (Sc.B.)
Urban Studies URBN Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Visual Art VISA Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)