The Academy also has approximately 25 local students enrolled through the Academy’s non-residential program and approximately 15 international students. The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities is a residential school for three hundred of Indiana’s most academically gifted high school juniors and seniors. So, The American Studies Center provides the students, which are eager to make deeper their knowledge about the USA and to improve their English skills with its rich and unique library and lectures that are conducted bye the officials of the Embassy of the USA in the Azerbaijan Republic.Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities The Lectures, spoken about the different spheres and fields of the USA are conducted by the officials of the embassy. So, there are very interesting and unique books, magazines and materials in the library of the ASC.Įxcept of these, every week there organized different lectures by the Embassy of the USA in the Azerbaijan Republic, in which all students of the American Studies and members of the Center can participate as well. There are a number of materials that are useful for the Commercial Law students of the Law faculty. "General" books part provides the students with the books, which related with the history of the USA-from its establishment to today, the foreign policy spheres of the USA, and the history of the European, Middle and Far East countries. In "Fiction" books part there a plenty of unique materials that refers to American literature and books of American fiction. In "Reference" books part you can find the books and materials, related with international law, international relations, history and foreign policy. There are "Reference", "Fiction", and "General" books parts in the library. The books that exist in this library occupy various spheres and fields. There is a very unique and rich library for utilization of students in the ASC. But since the creation of American Studies major in History department in 2004, the main members of the ASC become the American studies students. Since the establishment of the ASC, it has served for all students from BSU, as well as, from other universities that are the members of this center. Simultaneously, a student should notice the aim of his/ her desire of being the member of the ASC as well. In order to become a member of the ASC a person should fill in the paper, where he/ she should notice his/ her major and faculty, his/ her research spheres and the fields, he/ she interested in.
First of all, in order to use these opportunities the student should be the member of the Center. The ASC presents a number of services to the students. The aim of its establishment was to create deep relations between two Universities, the exchange of scientific knowledge and scientific practices, the exchange among the students of two Universities, and to achieve comprehensive and wide information about Indiana University in BSU, and about BSU in Indiana University. American Studies Center was established in April, 2000 at the result of the "Linking Program" between The Indiana University, which is situated in the state of Indiana of the USA and Baku State University, and by the support of the State Department.