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New York University Bulletin 2010-2011

4CalendarAcademic Year and Summer 2010-2012(All dates are inclusive)2010Fall term begins Tuesday September 7Last day for withdrawing from acourse without a “W” Monday September 27Last day for filing or revokingPass/Fail option Monday October 11No classes scheduled Monday October 11Last day for withdrawing froma course Monday November 8Thanksgiving recess Thursday–Saturday November 25–27Legislative Days Tuesday December 14 (classesmeet on a Thursday schedule)WednesdayDecember 15 (classesmeet on a Monday schedule)Last day of classes Wednesday December 15Reading day Thursday December 16Fall term final examinations Friday–Thursday December 17–23Winter recess Friday–Saturday December 24–January 222011Winter Session classes begin Tuesday January 4Martin Luther King Jr. Day(holiday) Monday January 17Winter Session classes end Saturday January 22Spring term begins Monday January 24Last day for withdrawingfrom a course without a “W” Friday February 11Presidents’ Day (holiday) Monday February 21Last day for filing or revokingPass/Fail option Friday February 25Spring recess Monday–Saturday March 14–19Last day for withdrawingfrom a course Friday April 1Last day of classes Monday May 9Reading day Tuesday May 10Spring term final examinations Wednesday–Tuesday May 11–17Commencement:conferring of degrees Thursday May 192011 Summer Session I Monday–Friday May 23–July 1

C A L E N D A R 5Memorial Day (holiday) Monday May 30Independence Day (holiday) Monday July 42011 Summer Session II Tuesday–Friday July 5–August 12Labor Day (holiday) Monday September 5Fall term begins Tuesday September 6Last day for withdrawing from acourse without a “W” Monday September 26No classes scheduled Monday–Tuesday October 10–11Last day for filing or revokingPass/Fail option Monday October 10Last day for withdrawingfrom a course Monday November 7Thanksgiving recess Thursday–Saturday November 24–26Legislative Day Wednesday December 14 (classesmeet on a Monday schedule)Last day of classes Friday December 16Fall term final examinations Monday–Friday December 19–23Winter recess Saturday–Saturday December 24–January 212012Winter Session classes begin Monday January 2Martin Luther King Jr. Day(holiday) Monday January 16Winter Session classes end Saturday January 21Spring term begins Monday January 23Last day for withdrawing from acourse without a “W” Friday February 10Presidents’ Day (holiday) Monday February 20Last day for filing or revokingPass/Fail option Friday February 24Spring recess Monday–Saturday March 12–17Last day for withdrawingfrom a course Friday March 30Last day of classes Monday May 7Reading day Tuesday May 8Spring term finalexaminations Wednesday–Tuesday May 9–15Commencement:conferring of degrees Thursday May 172012 Summer Session I Monday–Friday May 21–June 29Memorial Day (holiday) Monday May 282012 Summer Session II Monday–Friday July 2–August 10Independence Day (holiday) Wednesday July 4Labor Day (holiday) Monday September 3

7New York UniversityThe founding of New York University in 1831by a group of eminent private citizens wasa historic event in American education. Inthe early 19th century, a major emphasis in highereducation was on the mastery of Greek and Latin,with little attention given to modern or contemporarysubjects. The founders of New YorkUniversity intended to enlarge the scope of highereducation to meet the needs of persons aspiring tocareers in business, industry, science and the arts,Albert Gallatinas well as in law, medicine and the ministry. Theopening of the University of London in 1828 convinced New Yorkersthat New York, too, should have a university.The first president of New York University’s governing council wasAlbert Gallatin, former adviser to Thomas Jefferson and secretary of thetreasury in Jefferson’s cabinet. Gallatin and his cofounders said that thenew university was to be a “national university” that would provide a“rational and practical education for all.”The result of the founders’ foresight is today a university that isrecognized both nationally and internationally as a leader in scholarship.Of the more than 3,000 colleges and universities in America, only 60institutions are members of the distinguished Association of AmericanUniversities. New York University is one of the 60. Students come to theUniversity from all 50 states and from over 130 foreign countries.The University includes 18 schools, colleges and institutes at majorcenters in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Abu Dhabi (UAE). In addition, theUniversity operates a branch campus program in Rockland County atSt. Thomas Aquinas College. Certain of the University’s researchfacilities, notably the Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, arelocated in Sterling Forest, near Tuxedo, New York. Although overall theUniversity is large, the divisions are small- to moderate-sized units—eachwith its own traditions, programs and faculty.Enrollment in the undergraduate divisions of the University rangesbetween 130 and 7,672. While some introductory classes in some programshave large numbers of students, many classes are small. Nearly4,600 undergraduate courses are offered.The University overall grants more than 25 different degrees.

8 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T YThe Schools,Colleges, Institutesand Programs ofthe University(in order of their founding)New YorkUniversity andNew York1832 College of Arts and Sciencecas.nyu.edu1835 School of Lawwww.law.nyu.edu1841 School of Medicineschool.med.nyu.edu1865 College of Dentistrywww.nyu.edu/dental(including the College ofNursing [1947],www.nyu.edu/nursing)1886 Graduate School of Arts andSciencewww.gsas.nyu.edu/1890 Steinhardt School of Culture,Education, and HumanDevelopmentsteinhardt.nyu.edu1900 Leonard N. Stern School ofBusinesswww.stern.nyu.edu1922 Institute of Fine Artswww.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart1934 School of Continuing andProfessional Studieswww.scps.nyu.eduNEW YORK UNIVERSITYLIBRARIESThe Elmer Holmes Bobst Library,designed by Philip Johnson and RichardFoster, is the flagship of a five-librarysystem that provides access to theworld’s scholarship and serves as a centerfor the NYU community’s intellectuallife. With four million print volumes,68,000 serial subscriptions, 50,000 electronicjournals, half a million e-books,105,000 audio and video recordings and25,000 linear feet of archival materials,the collections are uniquely strong in the1934 Courant Institute of MathematicalSciencescims.nyu.edu1938 Robert F. Wagner Graduate Schoolof Public Servicewagner.nyu.edu1960 Silver School of Social Workwww.nyu.edu/socialwork1965 Tisch School of the Artswww.tisch.nyu.edu1972 Gallatin School of IndividualizedStudywww.nyu.edu/gallatin1972 Liberal Studies Programwww.liberalstudies.nyu.edu2006 Institute for the Study of theAncient Worldwww.nyu.edu/isaw1854 Polytechnic Institute of New YorkUniversitywww.poly.edu(affiliated 2008)2010 New York University Abu Dhabinyuad.nyu.eduperforming arts, radical and labor historyand the history of New York and itsavant-garde culture. The library’s Website, library.nyu.edu, received 2.8 millionvisits in 2008-2009.Bobst Library offers 45 miles of openstacks and approximately 2,500 seats forstudent study. The Avery Fisher Centerfor Music and Media, one of the world’slargest academic media centers, has 134carrels for audio listening and videoviewing and three multimedia classrooms.Last year the center filled morethan 70,000 research requests for audio

T H E S C H O O L S A N D C O L L E G E S 9and video material. The Digital Studiooffers a constantly evolving, leadingedgeresource for faculty and studentprojects and promotes and supportsaccess to digital resources for teaching,learning, research and arts events. TheData Service Studio provides expert staffand access to software, statistical computing,geographical information systemsanalysis, data collection resources anddata management services in support ofquantitative research at NYU.The Fales Library, a special collectionwithin Bobst Library, is home to theunparalleled Fales Collection of Englishand American Literature; the FoodStudies Collection, a rich and growingtrove of cookbooks, food writing, pamphlets,paper and archives dating fromthe 1790s; and the Downtown Collection,an extraordinary multimedia archive documentingthe avant-garde New York artworld since 1975. Bobst Library alsohouses the Tamiment Library, the country’sleading repository of research materialsin the history of left politics andlabor. Two fellowship programs bringscholars from around the world toTamiment to explore the history of theCold War and its wide-ranging impact onAmerican institutions and to research academicfreedom and promote public discussionof its history and role in our society.Tamiment’s Robert F. Wagner LaborArchives contain, among other resources,the archives of the Jewish LaborCommittee and of more than 200 NewYork City labor organizations.The Barbara Goldsmith Preservationand Conservation Department in BobstLibrary comprises laboratories for book,film and audio/video conservation. Itspreservation projects often provide trainingfor students in many aspects of book,paper and media preservation. In agroundbreaking initiative funded by theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation, theDivision of Libraries in 2008 completeddevelopment of rationales and strategiesfor all aspects of moving image andaudio preservation, consulting with avariety of other institutions to identifyand test best practices and disseminatingthem throughout the archival community.Beyond Bobst, the library of therenowned Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences focuses onresearch-level material in mathematics,computer science and related fields. TheStephen Chan Library of Fine Artsat the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) housesthe rich collections that support theresearch and curricular needs of theinstitute’s graduate programs in art historyand archaeology. The Jack BrauseReal Estate Library at the Real EstateInstitute, the most comprehensive facilityof its kind, serves the information needsof every sector of the real estate community.The Library of the Institute forthe Study of the Ancient World(ISAW) is a resource for advancedresearch and graduate education inancient civilizations from the westernMediterranean to China. Complementingthe collections of the Division ofLibraries are those of the libraries ofNYU’s School of Medicine, Dental Centerand School of Law.The NYU Division of Libraries continuallyenhances its student and facultyservices and expands its research collections,responding to the extraordinarygrowth of the University’s academic programsin recent years and to the rapidexpansion of electronic informationresources. Bobst Library’s professionalstaff includes more than 30 subject specialistswho select materials and workwith faculty and graduate students inevery field of study at NYU. The staffalso includes specialists in undergraduateoutreach, instructional services, preservation,electronic information and digitallibraries.The Grey Art Gallery, theUniversity’s fine arts museum, presentsthree to four innovative exhibitions eachyear that encompass all aspects of thevisual arts: painting and sculpture, printsand drawings, photography, architectureand decorative arts, video, film and performance.The gallery also sponsors lectures,seminars, symposia and film seriesin conjunction with its exhibitions.Admission to the gallery is free for NYUstaff, faculty and students.

10 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T YThe New York University ArtCollection, founded in 1958, consists ofmore than 5,000 works in a wide rangeof media. The collection primarily compriseslate-19th-century and 20th-centuryworks; its particular strengths areAmerican painting from the 1940s to thepresent and 20th-century Europeanprints. A unique segment of the NYU ArtCollection is the Abby Weed GreyCollection of Contemporary Asian andMiddle Eastern Art, which totals some1,000 works in various media representingcountries from Turkey to Japan.THE LARGER CAMPUSNew York University is an integral partof the metropolitan community of NewYork City—the business, cultural, artisticand financial center of the nation andthe home of the United Nations. Thecity’s extraordinary resources enrich boththe academic programs and the experienceof living at New York University.Professors whose extracurricularactivities include service as editors forpublishing houses and magazines; asadvisers to city government, banks,school systems and social agencies; andas consultants for museums and industrialcorporations bring to teaching anexperience of the world and a professionalsophistication that are difficult tomatch.Students also, either through coursework or in outside activities, tend to beinvolved in the vigorous and varied lifeof the city. Research for term papers inthe humanities and social sciences maytake them to such diverse places as theAmerican Museum of Natural History,the Museum of Modern Art, a garmentfactory, a deteriorating neighborhood, ora foreign consulate.Students in science work with theirprofessors on such problems of immediateimportance for urban society as thepollution of waterways and the congestionof city streets. Business majorsattend seminars in corporation boardroomsand intern as executive assistantsin business and financial houses. Theschools, courts, hospitals, settlementhouses, theaters, playgrounds and prisonsof the greatest city in the worldform a regular part of the educationalscene for students of medicine, dentistry,education, social work, law, businessand public administration and the creativeand performing arts.The chief center for undergraduateand graduate study is at WashingtonSquare in Greenwich Village, longfamous for its contributions to the finearts, literature and drama and its personalized,smaller-scale, European style ofliving. New York University itself makesa significant contribution to the creativeactivity of the Village through the highconcentration of faculty and studentswho reside within a few blocks of theUniversity.University apartment buildings providehousing for over 2,100 members ofthe faculty and administration, andUniversity student residence halls accommodateover 11,500 men and women.Many more faculty and students residein private housing in the area.A PRIVATE UNIVERSITYSince its founding, New York Universityhas been a private university. It operatesunder a board of trustees and derives itsincome from tuition, endowment, grantsfrom private foundations and government,and gifts from friends, alumni, corporationsand other private philanthropicsources.The University is committed to a policyof equal treatment and opportunity inevery aspect of its relations with its faculty,students and staff members, withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender and/or genderidentity or expression, marital orparental status, national origin, ethnicity,citizenship status, veteran or military status,age, disability and any other legallyprotected basis.Inquiries regarding the application ofthe federal laws and regulations concerningaffirmative action and antidiscriminationpolicies and procedures atNew York University may be referred toMary Signor, Executive Director, Office

N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y A N D N E W Y O R K 11of Equal Opportunity, New YorkUniversity, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library,70 Washington Square South, 12th Floor,New York, NY 10012; 212-998-2352.Inquiries may also be referred to thedirector of the Office of Federal ContractCompliance, U.S. Department of Labor.New York University is a member ofthe Association of American Universitiesand is accredited by the Middle StatesAssociation of Colleges and Schools(Commission on Higher Education of theMiddle States Association of Colleges andSchools, 3624 Market Street,Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-662-5606).Individual undergraduate, graduate andprofessional programs and schools areaccredited by the appropriate specializedaccrediting agencies.Senior UniversityAdministrationJohn Sexton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D.,PresidentDavid W. McLaughlin, B.S., M.S.,Ph.D., ProvostMichael C. Alfano, D.M.D., Ph.D.,Executive Vice PresidentRobert Berne, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.,Executive Vice President for HealthRichard Foley, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., ViceChancellor for Strategic Planning; Chair,Faculty Advisory Committee onAcademic PrioritiesDiane C. Yu, B.A., J.D., Chief of Staffand Deputy to the PresidentBonnie S. Brier, B.A., J.D., Senior VicePresident, General Counsel, andSecretary of the UniversityLynne P. Brown, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Senior Vice President for UniversityRelations and Public AffairsMartin S. Dorph, B.S., M.B.A., J.D.,Senior Vice President for Finance andBudgetNorman Dorsen, B.A., LL.B.,Counselor to the PresidentPierre C. Hohenberg, B.A., M.A.,Ph.D., Senior Vice Provost for AcademicPoliciesPaul M. Horn, B.S., Ph.D., Senior ViceProvost for ResearchDebra A. LaMorte, B.A., J.D., SeniorVice President for Development andAlumni RelationsAlison Leary, B.S., Senior VicePresident for OperationsLinda G. Mills, B.A., J.D., M.S.W.,Ph.D., Senior Vice Provost forUndergraduate Education and UniversityLife; Associate Vice Chancellor forAdmissions and Financial Aid, New YorkUniversity Abu DhabiDianne Rekow, B.S., B.S.M.E., M.B.A.,M.S.M.E., D.D.S., Ph.D., Senior ViceProvost for Engineering and Technology;Provost, Polytechnic Institute of NYURon Robin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., SeniorVice Provost for Planning; Senior ViceProvost of New York University AbuDhabiK. R. Sreenivasan, B.E., M.E., M.A.,Ph.D.; hon.: D.Sc., Senior Vice Provost;Special Adviser for Science andTechnology to the Vice Chancellor of NewYork University Abu DhabiDEANS AND DIRECTORSRoger Bagnall, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Director, Institute for the Study of theAncient WorldGérard Ben Arous, Maitrise [Paris VII],DEA [Orsay], DEA [Paris VI], Ph.D. [ParisVII], Acting Director, Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences (academic year,2009-2010)Jess Benhabib, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.,Acting Dean, Faculty of Arts and ScienceLauren Benton, B.A., Ph.D., ActingDean for Humanities, Faculty of Artsand ScienceCharles N. Bertolami, D.D.S.,D.Med.Sc., Herman Robert Fox Dean,College of Dentistry

12 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T YAlfred H. Bloom, B.A., Ph.D.; hon.:LL.D., Vice Chancellor, New YorkUniversity Abu DhabiSally E. Blount, B.S.E., M.S., Ph.D.,Dean, Undergraduate College; ViceDean, Leonard N. Stern School ofBusiness (through June 30, 2010)Mary M. Brabeck, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.,Dean, Steinhardt School of Culture,Education, and Human DevelopmentMary Schmidt Campbell, B.A., M.A.,Ph.D.; hon.: D.F.A., D.H.L., Ph.D., Dean,Tisch School of the ArtsDennis S. Charney, B.A., M.D., Dean,Mount Sinai School of Medicine (affiliated)Frederick D. S. Choi, B.B.A., M.B.A.,Ph.D., Interim Dean, UndergraduateCollege, Leonard N. Stern School ofBusiness (as of July 1, 2010)Dalton Conley, B.A., M.P.A., Ph.D.,Dean for Social Sciences, Faculty of Artsand ScienceLeslie Greengard, B.A., M.D./Ph.D.,Director, Courant Institute ofMathematical Sciences (on sabbatical,academic year, 2009-2010)Robert I. Grossman, B.S., M.D., Saul J.Farber Dean, NYU School of Medicine;Chief Executive Officer, NYU HospitalsCenterPeter Blair Henry, B.A.; B.A. [Oxon.],Ph.D., Dean, Leonard N. Stern School ofBusinessJerry M. Hultin, B.A., J.D., President,Polytechnic Institute of NYURobert S. Lapiner, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Dean, School of Continuing andProfessional StudiesCarol A. Mandel, B.A., M.A., M.S.L.S.,Dean of LibrariesRichard L. Revesz, B.S.E., M.S., J.D.,Dean, School of LawPatricia Rubin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Judyand Michael Steinhardt Director,Institute of Fine ArtsMatthew S. Santirocco, B.A.; M.A.[Cantab.], M.Phil., Ph.D., Seryl KushnerDean, College of Arts and Science;Associate Provost for UndergraduateAcademic AffairsEllen Schall, B.A., J.D., Dean, Robert F.Wagner Graduate School of PublicServiceFred Schwarzbach, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,Dean of Liberal StudiesMalcolm N. Semple, B.Sc., Ph.D.,Acting Dean, Graduate School of Artsand Science [beginning September 1,2010]Daniel L. Stein, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Deanfor Science, Faculty of Arts and ScienceCatharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A.,M.A. [Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L.,Hum.D., Litt.D., LL.D., Dean, GraduateSchool of Arts and Science [until August31, 2010]Lynn Videka, B.S.N., M.A., Ph.D.,Dean, Silver School of Social WorkSusanne L. Wofford, B.A.; B.Phil.[Oxon.], Ph.D., Dean, Gallatin School ofIndividualized StudyBOARD OF TRUSTEESMartin Lipton, B.S. in Econ., LL.B.,ChairRonald D. Abramson, B.A., J.D.; hon.:D.F.A.Khaldoon Khalifa Al MubarakPhyllis Putter Barasch, B.S., M.A.,M.B.A.Maria Bartiromo, B.A.Marc H. Bell, B.S., M.S.William R. Berkley, B.S., M.B.A.Daniel J. Brodsky, B.A., M.U.P.Heather L. Cannady, B.A., J.D.Arthur L. Carter, B.A., M.B.A.Evan R. Chesler, B.A., J.D.William T. Comfort, B.S.B.A., J.D.,LL.M. (in Taxation)Michael R. Cunningham, B.B.A.,M.A., Ph.D.Florence A. Davis, B.A., J.D.Barry DillerGail Spergel Drukier, B.S.Joel S. Ehrenkranz, B.S., M.B.A., LL.B.,LL.M.Laurence D. Fink, B.A., M.B.A.

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S 13Jay M. Furman, B.S., J.D.H. Dale Hemmerdinger, B.A.Jonathan M. Herman, B.A., J.D.Charles J. Hinkaty, B.S., M.S.Mitchell Jacobson, B.A., J.D.Richard D. Katcher, B.A., LL.B.Richard Jay Kogan, B.A., M.B.A.Jerry H. Labowitz, B.A.Kenneth G. Langone, B.A., M.B.A.Jeffrey H. Lynford, B.A., M.P.A., J.D.Kelly Kennedy Mack, B.A., M.B.A.Donald B. MarronHoward Meyers, B.S.Constance J. Milstein, B.A., J.D.David C. Oxman, B.A., LL.B.John Paulson, B.S., M.B.A.Lester Pollack, B.S., LL.B.Catherine B. Reynolds, B.A.Courtney Sale Ross, B.A.William C. Rudin, B.S.Suresh Sani, B.A., J.D.John Sexton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D.Constance Silver, B.S., M.S.W., Ph.D.Lisa Silverstein, B.A.Jay SteinJoseph S. Steinberg, B.A., M.B.A.Judy Steinhardt, B.A., Ed.M.Michael H. Steinhardt, B.S.Chandrika Tandon, B.A., M.B.A.Daniel R. TischJohn L. VogelsteinCasey Wasserman, B.S.Anthony Welters, B.A., J.D.Shelby White, B.A., M.A.Leonard A. Wilf, B.A., J.D., LL.M. (inTaxation)William D. Zabel, B.A., LL.B.Charles M. Zegar, B.A./B.S., M.S, M.S.LIFE TRUSTEESDiane BelferMamdouha Bobst, B.A., M.A., M.P.H.;hon.: L.H.D.John Brademas (President Emeritus),B.A.; D.Phil. [Oxon.]; hon.: D.C.L.,L.H.D., Litt.D., LL.D.Geraldine H. ColesJohn J. Creedon, B.S., LL.B., LL.M.Maurice R. Greenberg, LL.B.; hon.:J.D., LL.D.Henry Kaufman, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.;hon.: L.H.D., LL.D.Helen L. Kimmel, B.A.Thomas S. Murphy, B.S.M.E., M.B.A.L. Jay Oliva (President Emeritus), B.A.,M.A., Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L., Litt.D., LL.D.,Ph.D.Herbert M. Paul, B.B.A., M.B.A., J.D.,LL.M.E. John Rosenwald, Jr., B.A., M.B.A.William R. SalomonMarie SchwartzLarry A. Silverstein, B.A., LL.B.Joel E. Smilow, B.A., M.B.A.Sheldon H. SolowHenry Taub, B.S.Lillian VernonRobert F. Wright, B.A., M.B.A.Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-MarimòTRUSTEE ASSOCIATESBruce Berger, B.S.Leonard Boxer, B.S., LL.B.Jane Eisner Bram, B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.Betty Weinberg Ellerin, B.A., J.D.Norman Goodman, B.A., J.D.Marvin Leffler, B.S., M.B.A.

16 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D YOver the next three decades, thisexperiment would be transformed intoa finely tuned educational approachthat has developed a national reputationfor its unique combination of flexibilityand high standards. The Gallatin Schoolof Individualized Study gained officialschool status at NYU in 1995 and hasgraduated more than 6,500 studentswith bachelor’s and master’s degrees.The Gallatin School boasts an excellentcore faculty of committed teacher-advisers,as well as a distinguished group offaculty advisers from all over NYU andartists and scholars from around NewYork City.An IndividualizedEducation:An OverviewThe cornerstone of the Gallatin School isits individualized approach to education:Gallatin puts the individual student first.Rather than following a predeterminedcurriculum of requirements and electives,Gallatin students enjoy an unusualdegree of freedom to design their ownindividualized programs of study, withfew requirements and a wide range ofopportunities. They pursue their academicand artistic interests by takingcourses in the various schools of NewYork University, engaging in self-directededucation through independent studiesand tutorials, and participating in experientiallearning through internships atNew York City’s countless institutions,businesses and arts organizations.This freedom to make of one’s educationwhat one will, rather than beinghanded a prepackaged program filled withrequirements and outdated assumptionsabout what one should do, presents studentswith a great challenge as well as agreat opportunity. Meeting this challengemakes higher education a relevant andmeaningful experience. It also preparesstudents well for a life in which they arelikely to have several different careers andto live on more than one continent.CREATING AN INDIVIDUALIZEDPROGRAMThe process of creating an individualizedprogram begins with the student and theadviser discussing the student’s interests,goals and past experiences. Before registeringfor courses each semester, studentsarticulate their educational goals and theirstrategies for achieving those goals in aPlan of Study, a document that identifiesboth the learning options they have chosen(courses, independent studies, etc.)and the rationale for their choices. Studentsdesign their own concentration, aprogram of inquiry organized around aparticular theme, concept, activity, period,or area of the world; undergraduate studentsproduce a plan for the concentration,called the Intellectual Autobiographyand Plan for Concentration, by the end ofthe sophomore year. The combination ofthe Plan of Study and the IntellectualAutobiography and Plan for Concentrationleads students to develop a coherent,incremental and rigorous program eachterm, building on previous work andleading toward the realization of importanteducational and professional goals.The discussions with the adviser also helpstudents to integrate the many educationalopportunities available to them and tomake sense of the shape and direction oftheir own individualized program.INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDYWhile specialization is a common characteristicof the contemporary world andthe modern university, the division ofknowledge into academic departmentsoften fragments the learning experience.Little or no attention is given to howwhat one is studying in an English courserelates to one’s studies in a science or ahistory course. Gallatin’s interdisciplinaryapproach encourages students to attendto the connections between the variousareas of academic study and to experiencethe pursuit of knowledge as a complexdialogue among scholars, artists andprofessionals in all fields.ADVISINGThe key to Gallatin’s approach to individualizededucation is a multi-tieredmethod of advising. Each Gallatin studentis assigned to work with a facultyadviser. Undergraduate students have the

A N I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D E D U C A T I O N 17GALLATIN ADMINISTRATIONAssociate Dean for Facultyand Academic Affairs LisaGoldfarb, whose teaching andresearch interests are in the fieldsof comparative literature andwriting.Susanne L. Wofford, B.A., B.Phil., Ph.D.DeanLisa Goldfarb, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Faculty and AcademicAffairsKimberly DaCosta, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Associate Dean of StudentsLinda Wheeler Reiss, B.A., M.U.P.Associate Dean for Finance andAdministrationJennifer Birge, B.S., M.F.A.Performance and Cultural FacilitiesAdministratorNicole Cohen, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Class AdviserMelissa Daniel, B.A.Assistant Director, Global Programsand Faculty AffairsNicole DeRise, B.A.Events AdministratorGail Drakes, B.A., M.A., M.A.Class AdviserJune Foley, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.Writing Program DirectorElizabeth Greene, B.A., M.S.Director, Human ResourcesRahul Hamid, B.A., M.A.Class AdviserNancy Harris, B.S.Assistant Director, Student AffairsGisela Humphreys, A.S.Budget AdministratorEli Jacobowitz, B.A.Educational Technology AdministratorKathe Ann Joseph, B.S.Student Services AdministratorLauren Kaminsky, B.A.Director, Academic and Student AffairsFrances R. Levin, B.A., M.B.A.Director, Enrollment ManagementNicholas Likos, B.A., M.A.Director, Technology and OperationsLisa Mackie, B.A., M.Phil.Web ProgrammerPatrick McCreery, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.Director of Global Programs and SeniorAdviserCeleste Orangers, B.S.Director, Student Services and InstitutionalResearchJoseph Pisano, B.A., M.A.Advising Office AdministratorRachel Plutzer, B.A.Director, Deans’ Office OperationsAmber PritchettAssistant Director, Human ResourcesSamantha Shapses, B.A., M.A.Assistant Director, Student LifeFaith Stangler, B.A., M.A.Director, External ProgramsMeredith Theeman, B.A. M.Sc.,M.Phil., Ph.D.Class AdviserJeanette Tran, B.A., M.A.Class AdviserSherese Williams, B.A., M.S.Ed.Assistant Director, Student ServicesPatrick Wiseman, B.A., M.B.A.Communications and Alumni RelationsDirectorMary Witty, B.A.Faculty Affairs Directoradditional support of a class adviser, andgraduate students have access to a programadviser.The faculty adviser ensures that everystudent’s program has depth, breadthand coherence and is consistent with thestudent’s career and educational goals.This adviser also supervises and evaluatesindependent study and internshipprojects and advises graduate studentson their thesis. With access to a large,urban university such as NYU—in whichstudents may feel overwhelmed—thefaculty adviser becomes the student’sguide, and, very importantly, intellectualmentor. For undergraduate students,class advisers work with the members ofa specific cohort (e.g., first-year stu-

18 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Ydents); in addition to being a resourcefor each individual student, theseadvisers become acquainted with a classas a whole.THE STUDENT BODYThe interests of Gallatin students coveran unusually wide range of academicsubjects, including the arts, humanities,social sciences, business, pre-law andpre-medicine. Their career goals are justas varied—lawyer, actor, professor, novelist,architect, filmmaker, financial analyst,arts administrator, social worker.Because designing one’s own academicprogram requires considerablematurity, Gallatin students tend to behighly self-motivated and independent.They usually want to build an area ofconcentration that combines work inseveral areas of academic study, ratherthan to focus on a traditional “major.” Sothey combine study in several disciplines,develop an interdisciplinary programaround a particular topic, or blenda concentration in a field such as business,the arts, or prelaw with Gallatin’sliberal arts core curriculum.Opportunitiesfor StudyGallatin undergraduate and graduate studentshave many opportunities for individualizingtheir program of study—course work in Gallatin and throughoutNYU, independent study, small grouptutorials, internships, private lessons andstudy abroad. Developing an intelligent,coherent program requires considerableeffort, however, and each student worksclosely with his or her faculty adviser todevelop a thoughtful curriculum.COURSE WORKGallatin CoursesThe Gallatin School offers coursesdesigned for undergraduate and graduatestudents engaged in interdisciplinary programs.These courses are relatively small(15-22 students) and emphasize class discussionand thoughtful writing assignments.The undergraduate curriculumincludes liberal arts seminars and workshopson art and community learning.Seminars in writing and research, the historyof ideas and the traditional greatbooks and other significant texts aredesigned to provide an integrated educationalexperience that helps students seethe relationships between the various elementsof their programs as well as theconnections between their experiences inschool and life beyond the campus. Workshopsspan the distance between theoryand practice, engaging the artist as scholarand the activist as intellectual. The graduatecore curriculum includes proseminarsthat introduce students to interdisciplinarymethods of inquiry and important themesin the history of ideas, plus severalcourses devoted to assisting students inresearching and writing their thesis.NYU CoursesGallatin students may take courses inmost of the schools, departments andprograms of NYU: the College of Artsand Science; the Graduate School of Artsand Science; the Steinhardt School ofCulture, Education, and Human Development;the Stern School of Business;the Tisch School of the Arts; the Schoolof Continuing and Professional Studies;the Silver School of Social Work; and theWagner Graduate School of Public Service.Each semester there are severalhundred courses to choose from, manytaught by some of the country’s leadingresearch scholars and teachers. WhileGallatin students must comply with eachschool’s policies about prerequisites andrequirements, including restrictions inparticular programs, the opportunity totake courses throughout the Universityenables them to develop a unique, interdisciplinaryprogram of study.Courses AbroadGallatin students may study at any ofNYU’s 10 global academic centers. Thecenters offer courses developed byNYU’s constituent schools, and so a Gallatinstudent spending a semester abroadmay, for example, find himself in two

O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R S T U D Y 19Associate Dean of StudentsKimberly DaCosta, whoseresearch explores the intersectionof cultural ideas about race,family and consumptioncourses offered by Gallatin, one by theCollege of Arts and Science and one bythe Tisch School of the Arts. QualifyingGallatin students may also participate inany of the 15 exchange programs thatNYU has established with partner universitiesaround the world or, with specialpermission, in non-NYU study abroadprograms. Gallatin also sponsors severaltravel courses each academic year. Thesetwo- to four-week study abroad coursesare small discussion-based seminars withGallatin faculty that are designed to providea unique and in-depth explorationof a particular cultural or historical topicfound within a foreign country or region.Students experience each locationhands-on through visits to museums, galleriesand historical sites and throughmeetings with local artists, intellectualsand political figures. For more informationabout NYU’s and Gallatin’s globalofferings, see pages 155-159.BEYOND THE CLASSROOMIndependent Study andTutorialsGallatin students are encouraged to designtheir own independent studies in whichthey work individually with an NYU professoron a research project. Ideas forindependent studies typically follow fromquestions raised in a particular course.Tutorials are small groups of studentsworking closely with an instructor on acommon topic, project, or skill. Studentsin the group generally follow a prearrangedsyllabus detailing discussion topics,readings, assignments and written work.InternshipsExperiential learning is a key part of theGallatin curriculum, and Gallatin providesan extensive list of available placementsin a wide variety of areas such asbusiness, education, journalism, film andthe arts. Students may also develop theirown internships, subject to the approvalof their advisers and the director ofexternal programs.Private LessonsPrivate lessons allow students to receiveacademic credit for their studies at selectedperforming or visual arts studios in theNew York area. Dancers, artists, singers,musicians and actors are thus able to studyoutside of NYU with some of the city’sgreat artists, performers and teachers.Course Equivalency CreditThrough course equivalency, studentsare given the opportunity to earn creditfor previous learning experiences, suchas professional, creative, volunteer orother work experience. To apply forthese credits, students must demonstratethey have mastered material equivalentto that covered in actual courses offeredat New York University.SAMPLE PROGRAMS OF STUDYEach student in the Gallatin Schooldesigns, with the help of an adviser, anindividualized program of study thatincludes a unique concentration. Gallatinstudents organize these concentrationsaround several kinds of concepts: combinationsof disciplines and professions;ideas, problems and themes; time periods;and areas of the world. These concentrationsoften cross the traditionalboundaries of the disciplines, drawingon everything from literature and historyto business and computer science. Thefollowing examples represent the kindsof concentrations Gallatin students cancreate.Environmental Studies, combiningbiology, earth sciences, environmentaleducation and photography with aninternship with the Central ParkConservancy.Arts Management and CulturalPolicy, using courses in the arts, policystudies, private lessons and internshipsat New York City arts organizations toprepare for a career with arts councils,museums and theaters.Science in a Social Context, combininglab courses in the sciences withthe history and philosophy of science,sociology, politics and cultural history.

20 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D YThe Medieval World, linkingcourse work in poetry and drama, culturalstudies and science from severalregions with work as a research assistantfor a medievalist.Grassroots Political Movementsin Theory and Practice, combiningcourse work in Gallatin communitylearning seminars, language study, politicaltheory, labor history, sociology andethnic studies with internships at community-basedorganizations.Globalization, combining coursework in economics, finance, politicaltheory, media studies, marketing andsociology with study abroad throughNYU in London, Ghana and Prague.The Art and Business of Storytelling,combining course work in communicationstudies, creative writing, artsworkshops, anthropology and marketingwith independent studies in the historyof the book and internships at NewYork-based magazines and newspapers.Performing the Political, combiningcourse work in political theory, psychology,theater studies, acting, mediastudies and advertising with an internshipat a theatrical company in New York.Crossing CurricularBoundariesINTERDISCIPLINARY ARTSPROGRAMThe Gallatin Interdisciplinary Arts Program,modeled on the artist-scholar/scholar-artist philosophy of education,enables students to design programscombining academic and creative workin the arts. The interdisciplinary arts curriculumincludes workshops and writingseminars in the performing, literary andvisual arts. Students may intern in artsagencies and performance companiesand study at various private studios inNew York City. Annually, the programsponsors the Gallatin Arts Festival, aweeklong series of performances and artevents open to the entire Gallatin studentbody, as well as the Master’s ThesisShowcase, which features performancesand presentations by graduate studentswho are completing their thesis.WRITING PROGRAMGallatin’s Writing Program is designed toexpand opportunities for studying writing,engage students in a variety ofexperiential and individualized modes oflearning, and focus writing across, aswell as at the center of, Gallatin’s curriculum.The Writing Program includesmore than 30 courses, from requiredfirst-year seminars and research seminarswith themes such as “Writers on Writing”“Writing 20th-Century Music and Culture”and “The Idea of America: What Does itMean?” to advanced writing courses ingenres including poetry, fiction, creativenonfiction, advocacy writing, comedywriting and documentary writing.The Writing Program sponsors readingsby faculty and guest lecturers;supervises a Writing Center that employsstudents as peer writing assistants; andpublishes a biweekly electronic newsletter,Writing Program News and anannual journal of student writing andvisual art, The Gallatin Review.The Writing Program has two communityoutreach projects. The LiteracyProject consists of a Literacy in Actioncourse (cosponsored by Gallatin’s CommunityLearning Initiative), which educatesstudents who tutor adults at fourpartner sites; a weekly writing class atone of the sites; publications, includingThe Literacy Review, an annual journal ofwriting from adult literacy/ESOL programsthroughout NYC; and the annualall-day Literacy Review Workshops inTeaching Writing to Adults. In the GreatWorld Texts Project, Gallatin faculty andstudents collaborate with faculty and studentsat New York City public highschools to study a canonical or “contemporaryclassic” text. Gallatin undergraduatementors work with the high schoolteachers and help students create textrelatedprojects that are presented at acelebration for all.

R E S E A R C H A N D S C H O L A R L Y A C T I V I T I E S 21COMMUNITY LEARNINGINITIATIVEThe Community Learning Initiative (CLI)bridges the gap between the classroomand the outside world by creating partnershipswith community-based organizations,groups and individuals—as wellas other NYU programs—in addressingreal-world problems and devising andimplementing practical solutions. CLIgives students a chance to combinecommunity-based action with intensivereflection, to explore the relationbetween theory and practice and todevelop skills and knowledge that willcontribute to social change as well as tointellectual and personal growth.Through its courses, CLI brings togetherthe best of what community mapping,experiential learning, participatory actionresearch and grassroots organizing haveto offer, in an effort to increase thecapacity and participation of local communitiestoward a more equitable anddemocratic society. In addition, CLIoffers co-curricular programs, filmscreenings, workshops and projectgrants to provide numerous opportunitiesfor engagement, reciprocity andreflection.Research andScholarly ActivitiesSCHOLARS AND HONORSGROUPSThe Albert Gallatin Scholars Program(AGS), the Dean’s Honor Society(DHS) and Americas Scholarsoffer exceptional undergraduate studentsan enriched educational and culturalexperience, including special seminars,scholarships, cultural events, mentoringand domestic travel and travel abroad.All three groups require students tomaintain at least a 3.5 GPA, and studentsare expected to participate in groupactivities and also engage in regularcommunity service or civic engagementactivities.Offers of membership to the AGS areextended as part of the admissions process,and students are eligible for membershipthrough all four years of theirtime at Gallatin, provided they adhere tothe program guidelines. For more informationon the Albert Gallatin ScholarsProgram, see the Gallatin Web site.Applications for membership in theDean’s Honor Society and AmericasScholars are solicited from qualifyingGallatin sophomores and juniors for participationin the program during theirjunior and senior years of study. Studentsare not eligible for the DHS and AmericasScholars if they intend to take part instudy abroad during the year for whichthey are applying. For more informationon the Dean’s Honor Society and AmericasScholars, see the Gallatin Web site.GALLATIN RESEARCH ANDCONFERENCE FUNDThe Gallatin Research and ConferenceFund was established to helpundergraduate and graduate studentspursue special academic and intellectualinterests outside of the classroom. Thesefunds have been used to support groupand individual projects such as presentingpapers at academic conferences,conducting field research, participatingin archaeological digs and doing ethnographicstudies. Students are expected toprovide a written report on their activitieswithin one month of the completionof the proposed activity. Applications areavailable on the Gallatin Web site andmay be submitted at any time during theyear. Past awards have ranged from $250for domestic projects and $450 for internationaltravel. Please submit completedapplications to the Gallatin Deans’Office.DEAN’S AWARD FORGRADUATING SENIORSThe Dean’s Award for GraduatingSeniors is designed to fund researchprojects pursued immediately after graduationand related to a student’s concentrationor colloquium. Students are

22 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Yexpected to provide a written report ontheir activities by the end of the year followingtheir graduation. Applications areavailable on the Gallatin Web site andare due in December (for January graduates)and April (for May graduates).Award amounts are contingent on theproject’s scope and time frame and willgenerally only provide partial supportfor the proposed project. Please submitcompleted applications to the GallatinDeans’ Office.INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY:AN UNDERGRADUATERESEARCH CONFERENCEThe Gallatin student community is thehome of a vibrant collective of interdisciplinaryinquiry, and the UndergraduateResearch Conference provides anexcellent opportunity for students tolearn from each other’s work and to getfeedback on their own work. Thisundergraduate interdisciplinary conferenceis a forum for Gallatin students tocome together in a conference-style settingto share the methods and results oftheir recent interdisciplinary scholarship.Students interested in submitting a proposalshould discuss it with their adviseror with a sponsoring faculty member.For more information, contact the Officeof the Associate Dean for Faculty andAcademic Affairs, 212-998-7342.FacultyPeder AnkerAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1990, M.A. 1993, Oslo; M.A. 1998,Ph.D. 1999, HarvardPeder Anker’s teaching and researchinterests lie in the history of science,ecology, environmentalism and design,as well as environmental philosophy. Hehas received research fellowships fromthe Fulbright Program and the DibnerInstitute and been a visiting scholar atboth the Max Planck Institute for theHistory of Science and ColumbiaUniversity. He is the author of FromBauhaus to Ecohouse: A History ofEcological Design (Louisiana StateUniversity Press, 2010), which exploresthe intersection of architecture and ecologicalscience, and Imperial Ecology:Environmental Order of the BritishEmpire, 1895-1945 (Harvard UniversityPress, 2001), which investigates how thepromising new science of ecology flourishedin the British Empire. ProfessorAnker’s current book project exploresthe history of ecological debates in hiscountry of birth, Norway. Links to hisarticles and up-to-date information abouthis work are available atwww.pederanker.net.Sinan AntoonAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1990, Baghdad; M.A.A.S. 1995,Georgetown; Ph.D. 2006, HarvardSinan Antoon’s teaching and researchinterests lie in premodern Arabo-Islamicculture and contemporary Arab cultureand politics. His dissertation, “The Poeticsof the Obscene,” is the first study of the10th-century Arab poet Ibn al-Hajjaj. Hispoems and essays (in Arabic) haveappeared in As-Safir, Al-Adab andMasharef and in the Nation, Middle EastReport, Al-Ahram Weekly, Banipal,Journal of Palestine Studies, WorldLiterature Today and Ploughshares,among others. He has published a collectionof poems, The Baghdad Blues(Harbor Mountain Press, 2007) and anovel, I`jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody (CityLights, 2007), which has been translatedinto German, Norwegian, Portuguese andItalian. His poetry was anthologized inIraqi Poetry Today and in Inclined toSpeak: An Anthology of ContemporaryArab American Poetry. His cotranslationof Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry was nominatedfor the PEN Prize for translation in2004, and his translation of Darwish’s lastprose book, In the Presence of Absence, isforthcoming from Archipelago Books in2010. He returned to his native Baghdad

F A C U L T Y 23in 2003 as a member of InCounterProductions to codirect a documentary,About Baghdad, about the lives of Iraqisin a post-Saddam-occupied Iraq. He is onthe advisory board of Arab StudiesJournal, a contributing editor to Banipaland a member of the editorial committeeof Middle East Report. In 2008 and 2009,he was a postdoctoral fellow at the EUME(Europe in the Middle East-The MiddleEast in Europe) Program at theWissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. ProfessorAntoon has appeared on NPR, Al JazeeraEnglish and The Charlie Rose Show.Gene CittadinoClinical Assistant ProfessorB.A. 1968, Knox College; M.S. 1974,Michigan State; M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1981,WisconsinGene Cittadino’s main teaching andresearch interests lie in understandingand interpreting the historical and presentrole of scientific knowledge in ourculture. He was trained broadly in thehistory of science, philosophy, historyand the natural sciences, especially ecologyand evolutionary biology. His coursesexplore the intellectual, social and culturalcontexts of the generation and usesof scientific knowledge. Before coming toNYU, he taught or held research positionsat Harvard University, BrandeisUniversity, University of California atBerkeley, University of Wisconsin, MITand SUNY Potsdam. He is the author ofNature as the Laboratory, a study of theinfluence of Darwinism and colonialismon early ecological research in Germany,and he is currently completing a book onthe history of ecology. ProfessorCittadino has received fellowships andgrants from the National Endowment forthe Humanities, the American Council ofLearned Societies, MIT and the NationalScience Foundation. His current researchproject involves a study of resource policy,Native American rights and the use ofenvironmental scientists as experts in anearly 20th-century legal dispute overvaluable oil land. Over the past severalyears, he has been involved in workshops,symposia and conferences aimedat understanding the interaction of scienceand cultural values in the shapingof environmental policy.Nina CornyetzAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1980, CUNY (Graduate Center);M.A. 1987, Ph.D. 1991, ColumbiaNina Cornyetz’s teaching and researchinterests include critical, literary andfilmic theory; intellectual history; studiesof gender and sexuality; and culturalstudies, with a specialization in Japan.She has been the recipient of researchfellowships from the Center for theCritical Analysis of ContemporaryCulture, Rutgers University (1997-1998);the Japan Foundation (1995-1996); andthe Now Foundation, Tokyo, Japan(1990). Among her publications are TheEthics of Aesthetics in Japanese Cinemaand Literature: Polygraphic Desire;Dangerous Women, Deadly Words:Phallic Fantasy and Modernity in ThreeJapanese Writers; “Fetishized Blackness:Hip Hop and Racial Desire inContemporary Japan” in Social Text; and“Gazing Disinterestedly: PoliticizedPoetics in Double Suicide” inDifferences. Her Gallatin courses includea study of ancient and premodernJapanese poetics and other art forms inBehind the Mask I: Exteriority, a closereading of several of Sigmund Freud’scase studies in On Freud’s Couch, and astudy of ethics and cinematography inHong Kong gangster films and theirJapanese and American counterparts inBeyond Good and Evil: Gangsters,Violence, and the Urban Landscape.Kimberly McClain DaCostaAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1989, Harvard; M.A. 1996, Ph.D.2000, California (Berkeley)Kimberly McClain DaCosta, a sociologist,is especially interested in the contemporaryproduction of racial boundaries. Herbook, Making Multiracials: State, Family,and Market in the Redrawing of the ColorLine (Stanford University Press, 2007),explores the cultural and social underpinningsof the movement to create multiracialcollective identity in the United States.She is currently working on an ethno-

24 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Ygraphic study of the advertising industryand the structural, economic and culturaldimensions of ethnic marketing calledBlack Magic: African AmericanAdvertising, Symbolic Boundaries, and theMaking of Inequality. Professor DaCosta’swork has been supported by the NationalScience Foundation, the Robert WoodJohnson Foundation, the AdvertisingEducational Foundation and the RadcliffeInstitute for Advanced Study. She teachescourses on race in different societies,families and consumerism in internationalperspective. Professor DaCosta alsoserves as Associate Dean of Students atthe Gallatin School.Michael D. DinwiddieAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1980, M.F.A. 1983, New YorkMichael D. Dinwiddie’s teaching interestsinclude cultural studies, African Americantheater history, dramatic writing, filmmakingand ragtime music. A dramatistwhose works have been produced inNew York, regional and educational theater,he has been playwright-in-residenceat Michigan State University and St. LouisUniversity and taught writing courses atthe College of New Rochelle, FloridaA&M University, SUNY Stony Brook,California State University at SanBernardino and Universidad de Palermoin Buenos Aires, Argentina. He spent ayear at Touchstone Pictures as a WaltDisney Fellow and worked as a staffwriter on ABC-TV’s Hangin’ with Mr.Cooper. In 1994 he was a Sundance finalist,and in 1995, he was awarded aNational Endowment for the ArtsFellowship in Playwriting. A Gallatingraduate, Professor Dinwiddie earned hisM.F.A. in dramatic writing from the TischSchool of the Arts at NYU. His courseofferings include Migration and AmericanCulture; Dramatizing History I and II;Poets in Protest: Footsteps to Hip-Hop;James Reese Europe and AmericanMusic; Sissle, Blake and the MinstrelTradition; Guerrilla Screenwriting;Motown Matrix: Race, Gender and ClassIdentity in “The Sound of YoungAmerica”; and the study-abroad courseCulture, Art and Politics in 21st-CenturyBuenos Aires. Professor Dinwiddiereceived NYU’s Distinguished TeachingAward in 2005.Stephen DuncombeAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1988, SUNY (Purchase); M.Phil.1993, Ph.D. 1996, CUNY (GraduateCenter)Stephen Duncombe’s interests lie inmedia and cultural studies. He teachesand writes on the history of mass andalternative media and the intersection ofculture and politics. He is the author ofDream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politicsin an Age of Fantasy and Notes fromUnderground: Zines and the Politics ofAlternative Culture; the editor of theCultural Resistance Reader; and thecoauthor of The Bobbed Haired Bandit:A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in1920s New York. He also writes widelyon culture and politics for scholarly journalsand collections, as well as popularpublications like the New York Times, theNation and Playboy. In 1998, he wasawarded the Chancellor’s Award forExcellence in Teaching by the StateUniversity of New York, where he taughtbefore coming to New York University.Professor Duncombe has been a lifelongpolitical activist and is currently workingon a book about propaganda during theNew Deal.Gregory EricksonClinical Assistant ProfessorB.M. 1994, Minnesota; M.A. 1996, CUNY(Hunter); Ph.D. 2004, CUNY (GraduateCenter)Gregory Erickson has taught at theGallatin School since 2004, specializing incourses on music, literature, popular cultureand religion including WritingTwentieth-Century Music and Culture;Beyond Language: The Surreal, theMystical, and the Monstrous; andContexts of Musical Meaning. He is theauthor of The Absence of God inModernist Literature, published in 2007,

F A C U L T Y 25and the coauthor of Religion and PopularCulture: Rescripting the Sacred, publishedin 2008. He has also published in scholarlycollections and in journals such asthe Henry James Review and the Journalof Popular Music Studies. From 2002 to2009 he taught writing and world literatureat Mannes College, the New Schoolfor Music, and directed their WritingCenter. For five years, he was the directorof the Classical Music Division at theBrooklyn Conservatory of Music.Erickson is a classically trained trombonistwho performs with professionalorchestras and chamber ensemblesaround New York. His training as a literaryscholar and classical musician enableshim to enrich the curriculum of Gallatinin multiple formats. He is currently workingon a book on heresy and the modernimagination.Valerie FormanAssociate ProfessorB.S. 1986, Pennsylvania; M.A. 1989,California (Berkeley); Ph.D. 2000,California (Santa Cruz)Valerie Forman’s research and teachinginterests lie in the literature and cultureof 16th- and 17th-century England andEurope, early modern drama, early modernwomen writers, early modern economichistory, early modern political theoryand Marxist theory. She received aPh.D. in literature from U.C. Santa Cruz,specializing in Renaissance and 17th-centuryEnglish literature and culture and16th-century French literature. Beforecoming to Gallatin, Forman taught in theDepartment of English at the Universityof Colorado, Boulder. Her first bookTragicomic Redemptions: GlobalEconomics and the Early Modern EnglishStage (University of Pennsylvania Press,2008) shows that tragicomic theater providesa model to manage material challengespresented by the new economicpractices developed to conduct long-distancetrade, including that amongEngland, the East Indies and the OttomanEmpire. Her second book project, whichturns to trade and cultural relations in theCaribbean, is entitled “Developing NewWorlds: Property, Freedom, and theEconomics of Representation in EarlyModern England and the Caribbean.”Hallie FranksAssistant ProfessorB.A. 2001, Boston; Ph.D. 2008, HarvardHallie Franks’s teaching and researchinterests are in the art and archaeologyof Greece, Rome and the ancient NearEast, and she is particularly interested inthe points of cultural overlap andexchange between the Mediterraneanand the East. Her research has taken herto Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt andBulgaria, and she has taught on-site inTurkey and Greece. After receiving herPh.D., Professor Franks taught in theDepartment of the Classics at HarvardUniversity. At Gallatin, her teachinginterests focus on the intersection ofancient texts and material culture, andinclude classes on ancient portraiture,concepts of the outsider and culturalmemory. Currently, she is working on abook, titled “Hunters, Heroes, Kings,”which investigates the ways that theancient kingdom of Macedonia drewfrom various cultural traditions in thevisual expression of its self-identity.Rosalind FredericksAssistant ProfessorB.S. 1999, Brown; M.S. 2003, LondonSchool of Economics; Ph.D. 2009,California (Berkeley)Rosalind Fredericks’s research and teachinginterests are centered on the politicaleconomy of development, global urbanismand postcolonial identities in Africa.With a background in cultural geography,her work is particularly focused onthe changing relevance of gender, youthand Islam in urban politics and labormovements in Dakar during Senegal’sneoliberal era. Fredericks’s research haswon major funding support from theSocial Science Research Council,Fulbright-Hays and the National ScienceFoundation. After completing her Ph.D.in geography at U.C. Berkeley, she wasa Postdoctoral Research Scholar with theCommittee on Global Thought atColumbia University. At Columbia, shetaught with the Institute for African

28 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Yinterdisciplinary seminar on performingobjects. Professor Horton has recentlydirected new work at the Lark PlayDevelopment Center, William IngeFestival, Lied Center for the PerformingArts, New Dramatists, the Playwrights’Center in Minneapolis, CommonwealTheatre and Riverside Theatre. Her newplay collaborations have also appearedin festivals including the NYC Park’sSummerstage, Edinburgh Festival Fringeand National Black Theatre Festival. Shehas been awarded fellowships from theNational Endowment for the Arts/TheaterCommunications Group CareerDevelopment Program, OregonShakespeare Festival and SundanceTheater Lab. She is presently artisticassociate at the Lark, where she hasdirected as part of the U.S./MexicoExchange, Playwright’s Week andBarebones Series, as well as several programsfor Lark alumni writers. ProfessorHorton began her career as a member ofthe Living Stage Theatre Company, thegroundbreaking social change theater ofArena Stage, where she created performancesfor a diverse audience includingincarcerated men and women. While inWashington, D.C., she also producededucation programs for the KennedyCenter and served as artistic director ofFull Contact, whose company-createdpiece based on the narratives of Kosovarand Serbian refugees premiered at theStudio Theater.A. B. HuberAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1989, Bates College; M.A. 2002,Ph.D. 2009, California (Berkeley)A. B. Huber’s teaching and research interestsinclude critical theory, aesthetics andpolitics and the literature and visual cultureof modernity. Much of her work currentwork is focused on the force andform of critique in times of war. She hasan essay entitled “The Claims of the Dead:Human Rights and Civilian Casualties inPakistan” forthcoming in the volumeHuman Rights: New Possibilities/NewProblems, and at present she is revising amanuscript that focuses on archival materialsfrom the Strategic Bombing Survey of1945. This project considers how theAmerican tactical and political use of terroragainst civilians in Japan andGermany—where Shock & Awe was firstnamed and tested—raises a number oftimely questions about fear and therhetorical deployment of “security” in U.S.politics and policies. She is also at workon a commissioned piece on violence andthe visual with the artist Mary WallingBlackburn: “Thinking Through Images”that will appear in triplecanopy. Huber isteaching and taking part in the RadicalCitizenship Tutorials on Angel Island inSan Francisco and Governors Island inNew York in the Summer of 2010. In theFall of 2010 she will be at the Universityof California Berkeley on a MellonFellowship in Critical Theory.Steven HutkinsAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1975, Wisconsin; M.A. 1977, Ph.D.1986, New YorkSteven Hutkins received his Ph.D. inEnglish Renaissance literature. His currentteaching and research interestsfocus on place studies and travel literature.His courses include A Sense ofPlace (a study of how we experienceplaces and how they shape us); LiteraryGeography (representations of pastoral,the region and the city in literature);Travel Narratives (nonfiction travel literature);Travel Fictions (novels and shortstories about journeys); The Travel Habit(about travel during the GreatDepression); Travel Classics (a greatbooks course); and The Art of Travel (anonline course for students studyingabroad). He has also taught courses onGreek and Renaissance literature, postmodernfiction, utopian literature andprose style. In 1998, he received NYU’sDistinguished Teaching Award. Website:www.placestudies.com

F A C U L T Y 29Mitchell JoachimClinical Associate ProfessorB.P.S. 1994, SUNY (Buffalo); M.Arch.1997, Columbia; M.A.U.D. 2002, Harvard;Ph.D. 2006, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnologyMitchell Joachim’s teaching and researchinterests lie in architecture, urban planningand sustainable design. An architectand urban designer in New York Cityspecializing in the theory and science ofecological design, he is the co-founderof Terraform ONE and Terrafuge, a nonprofitorganization and philanthropicdesign collaborative that integrates ecologicalprinciples in the urban environment.He was selected to be the FrankGehry International Visiting Chair ofArchitectural Design at the University ofToronto in the spring of 2010, and hehas taught at Syracuse University,Parsons, the New School of Design andColumbia University, among otherplaces. Joachim has been an architectwith Gehry Partners and Pei Cobb Freedand Partners, and he had a research fellowshipappointment with Moshe Safdieand Associates in Somerville, MA. Hewas awarded a TED Fellowship at theTED 2010 Conference in Burbank, CA,and in 2009, Rolling Stone magazinenamed him one of its 100 People WhoAre Changing America.Bradley LewisAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1978, M.D. 1982, Tennessee; Ph.D.1986, George WashingtonBradley Lewis has dual training in interdisciplinaryhumanities and medicine (specializingin psychiatry). He writes andteaches at the interface of medicine/psychiatry, humanities, cultural studies ofscience and disability studies. He is thecultural studies editor for the Journal ofMedical Humanities and is the author ofMoving Beyond Prozac, DSM, and the NewPsychiatry: Birth of Postpsychiatry. His currentbook project is a narrative study ofclinical encounters. He is part of a growingnumber of academics who bring theoreticalhumanities to the biosciences.Professor Lewis’s work teases out questionsof difference and inclusion (ability,class, race, sexual preference, gender,nation status) in the creation and applicationof scientific knowledge.Ritty LukoseAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1989, Chicago; M.A. 1992,Pennsylvania; Ph.D. 2001, ChicagoRitty Lukose’s teaching and researchinterests explore politics, culture, gender,globalization and nation within the contextof colonial, postcolonial and diasporicmodernities as they impact SouthAsia. With a background in anthropology,she is particularly interested in therelationship between politics and culturewithin the context of global and non-Western feminist texts. ProfessorLukose’s research has been funded bythe American Institute of Indian Studies,the Fulbright Program, the SpencerFoundation and the National Academy ofEducation, and she has published articleson this research in CulturalAnthropology, Social History, SocialAnalysis and Anthropology andEducation Quarterly. Her book,Liberalization’s Children: Gender, Youthand Consumer Citizenship in India, waspublished by Duke University Press(2009). She teaches courses on globalization,India/South Asia, nationalism andcolonialism, diasporic studies, genderand feminism, and ethnography.Julie MalnigAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1977, Douglass College; M.A. 1980,Ph.D. 1987, New YorkJulie Malnig is a cultural historian of theaterand dance performance. Her areasof interest include social and populardance; the history of popular entertainments;performance art; feminist performanceand criticism; and performancewriting. Among her courses at Gallatinare Writing About Performance; Genderand Performance; Proseminar: Text andPerformance; and Master’s ThesisSeminar: Visual and Performing Arts. Sheis the author of Dancing Till Dawn: ACentury of Exhibition Ballroom Dance(NYU, 1995) and the editor of Ballroom,Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social

30 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Yand Popular Dance Reader (Universityof Illinois Press, 2009). Several of herpublications, which examine dance inthe early 20th century, have focused onsocial dance and class; media, advertisingand early dance publications; andthe intersections of early feminism, thefemale body and dance. She is currentlypreparing a manuscript on dance andyouth culture of the 1950s. One of herrecent essays is “All Is Not Right in theHouse of Atreus: Feminist TheatricalRenderings of the Oresteia” in the collectionFeminist Theatrical Revisions ofClassic Works (McFarland, 2009). From1999 to 2003, Professor Malnig served aseditor of Dance Research Journal, aninternational scholarly publication indance studies published by the Congresson Research in Dance (CORD), and shealso served as the editorial board chairof CORD from 2003 to 2006. She is currentlychair of the GallatinInterdisciplinary Arts Program. In 2010she was awarded the Gallatin SchoolExcellence in Teaching Award.Eve MeltzerAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1993, Brown; M.A. 1998, Ph.D.2003, California (Berkeley)Eve Meltzer is assistant professor of visualstudies with research and teaching interestsin the areas of contemporary art historyand criticism, photography, material cultureand a range of philosophical and theoreticaldiscourses including psychoanalysis,structuralism and phenomenology. Shereceived both her M.A. and Ph.D. inrhetoric from the University of California atBerkeley. From 2003 to 2006, she was aStanford Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow inStanford University’s Department of Artand Art History, where she taught andbegan revising her dissertation for publicationas a book. The book—which willappear in 2012—situates the conceptualart movement of the late 1960s and early1970s in relation to the field of structuralistand post-structuralist thought and, ineffect, offers a new framing for and insightinto two of the most transformative movementsof the 20th century and their commondream of the world as a total signsystem. Professor Meltzer has publishedarticles, exhibition essays and reviews onthe work of Vito Acconci, JeanneDunning, Roberto Jacoby, Robert Morris,Robert Smithson, Larry Sultan and PeterWegner, among others, and her writinghas appeared in Oxford Art Journal, Friezemagazine, Cabinet and fort da. Her courseofferings include The PhotographicImaginary; The Thingliness of Things;Psychoanalysis and the Visual; and WhatWas Conceptualism, and Why Won’t ItGo Away?M. Bella MirabellaAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1970, CUNY (Lehman College);Ph.D. 1979, RutgersBella Mirabella, associate professor of literatureand humanities, specializes inRenaissance studies, with a focus ondrama, theater, performance and gender.She is the editor of the forthcomingbook, Ornamentalism: The Art ofRenaissance Accessories; coeditor of LeftPolitics and the Literary Profession andhas written articles on women, performanceand sexual politics in the MiddleAges and the Renaissance, including“Mute Rhetorics: Women, Dance, and theGaze in Renaissance England” and“‘Quacking Delilahs’: FemaleMountebanks in Early Modern Englandand Italy.” Her current work includes ananalysis of place, object and performancein the Renaissance. Since 1987,Professor Mirabella has directed andtaught Gallatin’s Renaissance HumanitiesSeminar in Florence, Italy. She hasreceived Gallatin’s Adviser of DistinctionAward as well as NYU’s Great TeacherAward.Ali MirsepassiProfessorB.A. 1974, Tehran; M.A. 1980, Ph.D.1985, AmericanAli Mirsepassi is professor of MiddleEastern studies and sociology and directorof the Iranian Studies Initiative at NewYork University. From 2002 to 2007, heheld several administrative posts in theGallatin School Deans’ Office, mostnotably serving as the School’s interim

F A C U L T Y 31dean for two years. He was a CarnegieScholar (2007-2009). Professor Mirsepassitaught at Hampshire College, AmherstCollege, Mount Holyoke College, SmithCollege and the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst. His teachinginterests include social theories ofmodernity, comparative and historicalsociology, sociology of religion, MiddleEastern societies and cultures and Islamand social change. He is the author ofPolitical Islam, Iran and Enlightenment(Cambridge University Press, 2011),Democracy in Modern Iran (New YorkUniversity Press, 2010), IntellectualDiscourses and Politics of Modernization:Negotiating Modernity in Iran(Cambridge University Press, 2000) andTruth or Democracy (published in Iran);coeditor of Localizing Knowledge in aGlobalizing World (Syracuse UniversityPress, 2002); and guest editor of“Beyond the Boundaries of the OldGeographies: Natives, Citizens, Exiles,and Cosmopolitans” in ComparativeStudies of South Asia, Africa and theMiddle East (CSSAAME, spring 2005). Heis currently completing a book entitledTradition, Cosmopolitanism, andDemocracy. Professor Mirsepassi hasreceived several awards and grants,including the Iranian “Best Researcher ofthe Year” (2001), a teaching award fromTehran University and grants from theFord Foundation and the NationalEndowment for the Humanities.David Thornton MooreAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1969, Amherst College; M.S.W. 1971,Pennsylvania; Ed.D. 1977, HarvardDavid Thornton Moore, an anthropologistof education and work, studies theprocess by which people learn outsideof classrooms, especially in workplaces;the broader question underlying hiswork focuses on the situated nature ofknowledge and learning. He has doneextensive research and writing on experientiallearning, internships and servicelearning at the high school and collegelevels. His work has been published insuch journals as Harvard EducationalReview, Anthropology and EducationQuarterly, and Learning Inquiry. Hecoauthored Working Knowledge: Work-Based Learning and Education Reform(RoutledgeFalmer, 2004) and was namedResearcher of the Year by the NationalSociety for Experiential Education in2004. He has given invited talks onexperiential learning at such schools asWilliams College, Princeton Universityand Queens College and has twice beenthe keynote speaker at the Martha’sVineyard Institute on ExperientialEducation. His current research exploresthe status and use of experience as asource of knowledge and learning inhigher education. His Gallatin courseshave focused on the concepts of community,learning, experience and everydaylife, as well as on research methodsand the history of social thought. He isone of the organizers of Gallatin’sCommunity Learning Initiative, and heserved for more than five years as theassociate dean of the Gallatin School.Sara MurphyClinical Assistant ProfessorB.A. 1984, Sarah Lawrence College; M.A.1988, Ph.D. 1997, New YorkSara Murphy’s research and teachinginterests include literature and philosophy,critical theory, feminist and genderstudies and 19th-century literary cultures.Her Gallatin courses have includedLiterary and Cultural Theory; Sex,Gender, Nature, Culture; and Gender,Sexuality, and Self-Representation, aswell as courses in romanticism and the19th-century and 20th-century novel. Shehas also taught at Rutgers, SUNY Albany,York College at the City University ofNew York, and NYU’s General StudiesProgram. Professor Murphy’s current projectsinclude an exploration of the conceptof consent in literature and politicaltheory and a collection of essays on therepresentation of sexual violence in lawand culture. Her work appears in suchpublications as Hypatia; Signs: Journal ofWomen in Culture and Society;Philosophy & Social Criticism; Studies inLaw, Politics and Society; The Oxford

32 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D YEncyclopedia of Women in WorldHistory; Feminists Contest Politics andPhilosophy; and a/b: Auto/BiographyStudies, as well as several forthcomingessay collections. Her research has beensupported by the National Endowmentfor the Humanities and the NYU Dean’sDissertation Fellowship, among others.In 2003, she received the GallatinAdviser of Distinction Award.Vasuki NesiahAssociate Professor of PracticeB.A. 1990, Cornell; J.D. 1993, S.J.D. 2000,Harvard Law SchoolVasuki Nesiah was the head and founderof the gender program at theInternational Center for TransitionalJustice, designing and managing globalprograms to provide legal and policyassistance in the field of post-conflicthuman rights to civil society advocacygroups and governmental agencies inSouth Africa, Ghana, the Philippines,Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. At BrownUniversity, where she was a visitingassistant professor, Nesiah taught classeson international criminal justice, feministdebates in international law, and identity,rights and conflict. She has alsotaught at Harvard University, SyracuseUniversity and the University of PuertoRico Law School. Nesiah has written andpresented papers on such topics as internationalhuman rights, humanitarianism,feminist theory, comparative law andpostcolonial studies.Kimberly Phillips-FeinAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1997, Chicago; Ph.D. 2005,ColumbiaKimberly Phillips-Fein is a historian oftwentieth-century American politics. Sheteaches courses in American political,business and labor history. Her firstbook, Invisible Hands: The Making of theConservative Movement from the NewDeal to Reagan, was published in 2009by W. W. Norton. She has contributed toessay collections published by HarvardUniversity Press, University ofPennsylvania Press and Routledge and tojournals such as Reviews in AmericanHistory and International Labor andWorking-Class History. She is a contributingeditor to Labor: Studies in Working-Class History in the Americas, where shehas also published her own work.Professor Phillips-Fein has written widelyfor publications including the Nation,London Review of Books, New LaborForum, to which she has contributedarticles and reviews. She is currentlyworking on a new project about NewYork City in the 1970s.Stacy PiesClinical Associate ProfessorB.A. 1979, Yale; M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1993,CUNY (Graduate Center)Stacy Pies teaches courses that explorethe role of narrative and culture in textsand human relationships, as well ascourses exploring poetry and poetics.Her teaching and research interestsinclude poetry, world literature, narrativeacross the disciplines and narrative theory,literary criticism, literature and philosophyand writing on cities and urbanism.Her courses include the writingseminars Life, Stories, Culture andImagining Cities and the interdisciplinaryseminars Narrative Investigations I andII, Metaphor and Meaning, Caliban andThe Philosophic Dialogue. She hashelped develop and teach Gallatin travelcourses in France and Cuba. Shereceived her doctorate in comparative literatureand was a National GraduateFellow. Her dissertation, “The Poet orthe Journalist: Stéphane Mallarmé, JohnAshbery and the poëme critique,” wonthe Margaret C. Bryant DissertationAward. She has presented papers andchaired panels at the MLA, ACLA,Nineteenth-Century French StudiesColloquium, and Twentieth-CenturyLiterature conferences, among others.Her essays and reviews have appearedin French Forum, Nineteenth-CenturyFrench Studies and Poetry’s Poet: Essayson the Poetry, Pedagogy, and Poetics ofAllen Grossman. Her poetry hasappeared in Fulcrum: an annual ofpoetry and aesthetics and Conditions.

F A C U L T Y 33Professor Pies received NYU’sDistinguished Teaching Award in 2007.She is currently faculty chair of theGallatin Writing Program.René Francisco PoitevinAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1997, California (Berkeley); M.A.1998, Ph.D. 2005, California (Davis)A sociologist by training, René FranciscoPoitevin holds intellectual interests in theareas of local labor markets, gentrification,race and ethnicity in the UnitedStates and Geographic InformationSystems. His courses include UrbanSpace and Resistance, Mapping for SocialChange, Latinos and the Politics of Racein the United States and Gentrificationand Its Discontents. He is currentlydoing research on undocumented Latinoworkers and the social regulation oflocal labor markets.Millery PolynéAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1996, Morehouse College; M.A.1997, Ph.D. 2003, Michigan (Ann Arbor)Millery Polyné’s teaching and researchinterests highlight the history of U.S.African American and Afro-Caribbean/Afro-Latino cultural, politicaland economic initiatives in the 19th and20th centuries; coloniality in theAmericas; Caribbean dance; and theintersections of race, sports and urbanmemory. He has published articles injournals such as Small Axe, CaribbeanStudies, Journal of Haitian Studies,Wadabagei and The Black Scholar. Hisfirst book, From Douglass to Duvalier:U.S. African Americans in HaitianAffairs, 1870-1964 (University Press ofFlorida, 2010), examines cross-culturalinitiatives for Haitian developmentthrough the lens of Pan Americanism. Ahistorian by training, Professor Polyné’sinterests also lie in poetry and film. He isa 2003 recipient of the New YorkFoundation for the Arts (NYFA) PoetryFellowship. The NYFA grant fundedblacks cropped*crop blacks, a shortexperimental film that highlights thestruggles and resilience of U.S. AfricanAmerican tobacco farmers in NorthCarolina. The film premiered at theRoxbury Film Festival and has also beenscreened at Anthology Film Archives, theBoston Public Library and the Universityof Rochester, where he was awarded theFrederick Douglass PostdoctoralFellowship (2005). Professor Polyné’sGallatin courses include Consuming theCaribbean; Black Intellectual Thought inthe Atlantic World; HemisphericImaginings: Race, Ideology, and ForeignPolicy in the Americas; Africa and thePolitics of Aid; and Sports, Race, andPolitics.Myisha PriestAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1993, California (Berkeley); M.A.1995, Cornell; Ph.D. 2005, California(Berkeley)Myisha Priest’s teaching and researchfocus on African American literature andmaterial culture. She has published articlesmining this fruitful intersection inThe Crisis, Meridians and Emmett Till inLiterary Memory and Imagination. She iscurrently completing a book manuscript,“The Children’s Miracle”: The Impact ofChildren’s Literature on African-American Writing, an interdisciplinaryproject that considers how figures ofchildren and children’s literature impactAfrican American writing. Her mostrecent publication, “The Nightmare isNot Cured,” appeared in the spring volume(March 2010) of AmericanQuarterly. Professor Priest was a recipientof the Schomburg Center forResearch in Black Culture Fellowship(2009-2010) and most recently, the PaulCuffe Memorial Fellowship.Laurin RaikenAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1965, Brandeis; M.A. 1972, AdelphiA cultural historian and sociologist of art,Laurin Raiken is a founding faculty memberof the Gallatin School and founderof the Gallatin Arts and Society Programand the Gallatin Arts Programs. Histeaching and research interests include:the anthropology, sociology and political

34 G A L L A T I N S C H O O L O F I N D I V I D U A L I Z E D S T U D Yeconomy of the arts, cultural policy, artsand social change, the Jewish mysticaltradition and art, Native American lifeand American society and economy intransition. An activist and communityorganizer in the art world, ProfessorRaiken was a founder of the anti-racist,anti-violence New York Free Theater andboard chairman of the Foundation forthe Community of Artists, an artists’ serviceorganization. As executive of theFoundation for the Community of Artists,(FCA), Professor Raiken helped to createthe largest national visual artists healthinsurance plan in the United States. Hehas worked in various public and privatepositions in arts and cultural policy andas a co-chair of Citizens for ArtistHousing under the direction of Doris C.Freedman, helped to draft the legislationthat legalized loft living for artists inSoHo and NoHo. Professor Raiken hasserved as a consultant to the New YorkState Council on the Arts and theNational Endowment for the Arts, as aneducation/cultural advisor to theInterfaith Center of New York and as asenior editor for the newspaper, Art andArtists. Professor Raiken serves as aGallatin liaison for the GallatinNewington-Cropsey FoundationFellowship Program and is Senior Fellowat the foundation’s Academy of Art. Heis President of the Leo Bronstein Trustand literary executor of the late LeoBronstein’s books on “metaphysics, lifeand art.” A founder of the ongoing NYUCommunity Service Program he hasrecently become a faculty consultant toNYU’s Faculty Resource Network forNative American Higher Education. Hehas been a faculty convener for FRN’sseminar, “Art, Public Policy and Politics.”With Debra Szybinski, the Director ofFRN, Laurin helped to bring about thefirst institutional connection in the historyof NYU with a Native AmericanCollege, United Tribes Technical Collegein North Dakota. Professor Raiken is theGallatin School’s Faculty UniversitySenator. He has recently started the newArts and Society Program to use the artsand artistic achievements of Gallatinalumni to bring our alumni into closerrelation with the growing achievementsof our school. Professor Raiken was theyoungest member of the faculty to havereceived the NYU Great Teacher Awardup until 1983 and in 1992 was named byVanderbilt University a UniversityEducator of the Year.Andrew RomigAssistant ProfessorB.A. 1996, M.A. 1997, Iowa; Ph.D. 2008,BrownAndrew Romig is a historian of medievalculture with teaching and research interestsfrom the early medieval period to theRenaissance. He has served as lecturer inthe history and literature program atHarvard University, where he also servedas assistant director of studies and as cochairof the committee on instruction. Heteaches courses ranging from introductoryseminars on the history and literature ofthe medieval and early modern worlds toa course on the history of Charlemagnein memory and myth. He has also taughtand written on subjects ranging frommasculinity, the history of kindness andphilanthropy, saints and saintly lives andliterary and historical theory. He receiveda Gordon Gray Grant for WritingPedagogy from Harvard and a FulbrightResearch Fellowship while at Brown.Romig is currently working on a translationof Opus Caroli regis contra synodum(“King Charles’s Book Against theSynod”), an important early medievaltreatise on image worship, along with acompanion volume for the teaching andresearch of this text. He is also workingon a book called “The Emperor is Dead:Trauma and Cultural Change during theCarolingian Time of Troubles,” whichcenters around a collection of Latin textsfrom the mid-ninth century.George ShulmanProfessorB.A. 1973, Amherst College; Ph.D. 1982,California (Berkeley)George Shulman’s interests lie in thefields of political thought and Americanstudies. He teaches and writes on politicalthought in Europe and the United States,as well as on Greek and Hebrew—ortragic and biblical—traditions. His teach-

F A C U L T Y 35ing and writing emphasize the role ofnarrative in culture and politics. He is theauthor of Radicalism and Reverence:Gerrard Winstanley and the EnglishRevolution (University of California Press,1989) and American Prophecy: Race andRedemption in American Political Culture(University of Minnesota Press, 2008).His most recent book, AmericanProphecy, was awarded the David EastonPrize in political theory. Focusing on thelanguage that great American critics haveused to engage the racial domination atthe center of American history, AmericanProphecy explores the relationship ofprophecy and race to American nationalismand democratic politics. ProfessorShulman is a recipient of the 2003 NYUDistinguished Teaching Award.Laura M. SlatkinProfessorB.A. 1968, Harvard; M.A. 1970,Cambridge; Ph.D. 1979, HarvardBefore joining the faculty of Gallatin,Laura M. Slatkin taught at the Universityof California at Santa Cruz, YaleUniversity, Columbia University and theUniversity of Chicago, where shereceived the Quantrell Award forExcellence in Undergraduate Teaching.Her research and teaching interestsinclude ancient Greek and Roman poetry,especially epic, lyric and drama; wisdomtraditions in classical and NearEastern antiquity; gender studies; anthropologicalapproaches to the literature ofthe ancient Mediterranean world; andcultural poetics. Her recent course offeringshave included Gender in Antiquity;Ancient Greek and Near Eastern WisdomTraditions; Ancient Reflections in a Timeof Modern War; Medea and Beloved; andClassical Drama and Its Influences.Professor Slatkin has published articleson Greek epic and drama; a second editionof her book The Power of Thetis isforthcoming from Harvard UniversityPress. She has served as the editor inchief of Classical Philology, an internationaljournal in the field of classics, andhas coedited Histories of Post-War FrenchThought, Volume 2: Antiquities (with G.Nagy and N. Loraux, New Press, 2001).In 2007, she held a fellowship fromColumbia University Institute for Scholarsin Paris, and in 2009 at the Liguria StudyCenter for the Arts and Humanities inBogliasco, Italy. She is currently collaboratingon a study of the reception ofHomer in British romantic poetry.Professor Slatkin has been invited to presenther work at the Ecole des HautesEtudes in Paris, the Max-Planck-Institutfür Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Berlin andthe Craven Seminar at CambridgeUniversity. She is also currently visitingprofessor in the Committee on SocialThought at the University of Chicago.Matthew StanleyAssociate ProfessorB.Sc., B.A. 1998, Rochester; M.A., Ph.D.2004, HarvardMatthew Stanley teaches and researchesthe history and philosophy of science.He holds degrees in astronomy, religion,physics and the history of science and isinterested in the connections betweenscience and the wider culture. He is theauthor of Practical Mystic: Religion,Science, and A. S. Eddington, whichexamines how scientists reconcile theirreligious beliefs and professional lives.Currently, he is writing a book thatexplores how science changed from itshistorical theistic foundations to its modernnaturalistic ones. Professor Stanley isalso part of a nationwide NSF-fundedeffort to use the humanities to improvescience education in the college classroom.He has held fellowships at theInstitute for Advanced Study, the BritishAcademy and the Max Planck Institute.He currently runs the New York CityHistory of Science Working Group.Clyde R. TaylorProfessor EmeritusB.A. 1953, M.A. 1959, Howard; Ph.D.1968, Wayne StateClyde R. Taylor is a cultural historianwhose training and experience lie mainlyin literary and film studies. His teachingexplores narratives of cultural self-imaginingas they have been fashioned byAfrican and African diaspora societies, aswell as the way these narratives intersect

36 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Ywith counternarratives of Western civilization.He has curated and programmedfilm and art exhibitions at several institutions,including the Whitney Museum ofAmerican Art and the Brooklyn Museum.His writings include Vietnam and BlackAmerica as editor, Black Genius as coeditorand The Mask of Art, for which hereceived the Josephine Miles-OaklandPEN Award. He also wrote the script forthe PBS documentary Midnight Ramble,the Life and Legacy of Oscar Micheaux.He has received several grants and fellowships,including a FulbrightFellowship, Ford, Rockefeller and residenciesat the Whitney, Bellagio ResearchCenter and Museum of African Art (D.C.).He has been elected to the National Hallof Fame of Writers of African Descent,and he has received an “Indie” for criticalwriting on films of minorities, as well as aCallaloo Prize for nonfiction prose. Hiscurrent writing project involves alternativemodernisms in non-European contexts.Jack (John Kuo Wei) TchenAssociate ProfessorB.A. 1973, Wisconsin (Madison); M.A.1987, Ph.D. 1992, New YorkJack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen is a facilitator,teacher, historian, curator, re-organizerand dumpster diver. He works onunderstanding the multiple presents,pasts, the futures of New York City,identity formations, trans-local cross-culturalcommunications, archives and epistemologiesand progressive pedagogy.He also works on decolonizingEurocentric ideas, theories and practicesand making our cultural organizationsand institutions more representative anddemocratic. Professor Tchen is thefounding director of the A/P/A(Asian/Pacific/American) StudiesProgram and Institute at New YorkUniversity and a co-founder of theDepartment of Social and CulturalAnalysis, NYU. He co-founded theMuseum of Chinese in America in 1979-80 where he continues to serve as seniorhistorian. Jack was awarded the CharlesS. Frankel Prize from the NationalEndowment for the Humanities(renamed The National Medal ofHumanities). He is author of the awardwinningbooks New York beforeChinatown: Orientalism and the Shapingof American Culture, 1776-1882 andGenthe’s Photographs of San Francisco’sOld Chinatown, 1895-1905. And he isco-principle investigator of “AsianAmericas and Pacific Islanders Facts, NotFiction: Setting the Record Straight” producedwith The College Board.Professor Tchen has been buildingresearch collections of Asians in theAmericas. In doing so, he has criticallyexamined practices of collections andarchives to make sense of how we cometo know what we know, and don’tknow. He is currently co-chairing theeffort at the Smithsonian Institution toform an Asian Pacific American Center.Professor Tchen is now working on abook about New York City, focusing onthe unrecognized tradition of the interminglingof people, creativity and improvisationof everyday residents. He is alsoediting The ‘Yellow Peril’ Reader:Understanding Xenophobia to be publishedby The New Press spring 2011.He regularly collaborates with filmmakersand media producers, artists and collectorsand through the A/P/A Institutesponsors and produces hundreds of programsand performances. Most recently,he co-curated MoCA’s core exhibition:“With a single step: stories in the makingof America” in a new space designed byMaya Lin.Alejandro VelascoAssistant ProfessorB.A. 2000, Boston College; M.A. 2002,Ph.D. 2009, DukeAlejandro Velasco is a historian of modernLatin America whose research andteaching interests are in the areas ofsocial movements, urban culture anddemocratization. His manuscript, “‘AWeapon as Powerful as the Vote’: UrbanProtest and Electoral Politics in ModernVenezuela,” couples archival and ethnographicresearch to examine how residentsof Venezuela’s largest public housingcommunity pursued full citizenshipduring the heyday of Latin America’sonce-model democracy. Before joiningthe Gallatin faculty, Professor Velascotaught at Hampshire College, where he

F A C U L T Y 37was a Five College Fellow, and at DukeUniversity. His teaching record includesinterdisciplinary courses on contemporaryLatin America (including seminarson human rights, cultural studies andurban social movements), historicalmethods courses on 20th-century revolutions,graduate history courses on urbanpolitical history and workshops with primaryand secondary school educators. AtGallatin, his courses include(Re)Imagining Latin America,¡Revolución! and Incivility in the Age ofCivil Society. Professor Velasco’s researchhas won major funding support from theSocial Science Research Council, theAmerican Historical Association, the FordFoundation and the Mellon Foundation,among others, and he has presentedwidely at both national and internationalconferences and symposia. His mostrecent publications are “’A Weapon asPowerful as the Vote’: Urban Protest andElectoral Politics in Venezuela, 1978-8193” (Hispanic American HistoricalReview, November 2010) and “’We AreStill Rebels’: The Challenge of PopularHistory in Bolivarian Venezuela” (DanHellinger and David Smilde, eds.,Participation, Politics, and Culture inVenezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy,forthcoming 2011).e. Frances WhiteProfessorB.A. 1971, Wheaton College; M.A. 1973,Ph.D. 1978, Bostone. Frances White is NYU’s vice provostfor faculty development, having servedas dean of the Gallatin School from 1998to 2005. She has been awarded fellowshipsfrom the Danforth Foundation, theMellon Foundation and the NationalEndowment for the Humanities, amongothers. She has also been a FulbrightSenior Research Scholar in Sierra Leoneand the Gambia. Before coming to NYU,she taught at Fourah Bay College of theUniversity of Sierra Leone and atHampshire College. Her awards includethe Catherine T. and John D. MacArthurChair in History (1985-1988) and theLetitia Brown Memorial Publication Prizefor the best book on black women(1987). Her teaching and research interestsinclude the history of Africa and itsdiaspora, history of gender and sexualityand critical race theory. Her booksinclude Sierra Leone’s Settler WomenTraders, Women in Sub-Saharan Africaand Dark Continent of Our Bodies.Concerned about the impact of civilunrest in Sierra Leone, she is working ona follow-up to her dissertation researchproject.Susanne L. WoffordProfessorB.A. 1973, Yale College; B.Phil. 1977,Oxford; Ph.D. 1982, YaleSusanne L. Wofford is the dean of theGallatin School. Before coming toGallatin, Professor Wofford taught at YaleUniversity and the University ofWisconsin (Madison), where she servedas director of the Center for theHumanities and as the Mark EcclesProfessor of English, having formerlybeen chair of the Divisional Committeefor Arts and Humanities and director ofgraduate studies in English. She hasbeen a member of the faculty of theBread Loaf School of English since 1987and was a visiting professor at bothHarvard University and PrincetonUniversity. A distinguished scholar ofepic poetry and of Renaissance and earlymodern literature, Professor Wofford isthe recipient of many prizes and honors,including the University of WisconsinChancellor’s Award for DistinguishedTeaching; the University of WisconsinRomnes Fellowship; the Hilldale Awardfor Collaborative Research, UW-Madison;the Robert Frost Chair at the Bread LoafSchool of English; the Isabel MacCaffreyPrize (awarded by the Spenser Society);the William Cline Devane Medal forDistinguished Teaching at YaleUniversity; the Sarai Ribicoff Award forthe Encouragement of Teaching in YaleCollege; and the Yale College-SidonieMiskimin Clauss Prize for TeachingExcellence in the Humanities. She wasalso appointed to the Charles B. G.Murphy Chair while at Yale and, as agraduate student, won a MellonFellowship, a Whiting Fellowship, aDanforth Fellowship and a Marshallscholarship. Currently chair of the

38 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T YModern Language Association’sExecutive Committee for the Division onthe Literature of the English Renaissance,excluding Shakespeare, she has servedas the president of the ShakespeareAssociation of America and serves or hasserved on the boards of the InternationalSpenser Society, American ComparativeLiterature Association and theConsortium of Humanities Centers andInstitutes. She is a cofounder and memberof the steering committee of theTheater Without Borders InternationalCollaborative. Her research interestsinclude Shakespeare, Spenser,Renaissance and classical epic, comparativeEuropean drama and narrative andliterary theory. Her publications includeThe Choice of Achilles: The Ideology ofFigure in the Epic (Stanford UniversityPress, 1992); Epic Traditions in theContemporary World: The Politics ofCommunity (coeditor) (University ofCalifornia Press, 1999); Shakespeare: TheLate Tragedies (Prentice-Hall, 1995); andHamlet: Case Studies in ContemporaryCriticism (St. Martin’s Press, 1994). Hercurrent projects include The ApparentCorpse: Popular and TransnationalBodies on the Shakespearean Stage andForeign Nationals: Intercultural Literacyand Literary Diaspora in Early ModernEurope.ASSOCIATED FACULTYMyles W. JacksonB.A. 1986, Cornell; M. Phil. 1988, Ph.D.1991, CambridgeProfessor of the history of science atGallatin, Myles W. Jackson is also thePolytechnic Institute of NYU’s DibnerFamily Professor of the History andPhilosophy of Science and Technologyand director of science and technologystudies at NYU-Poly. After starting hisPh.D. in molecular biology, he switchedto the history and philosophy of science.His research interests include molecularbiology and intellectual property inEurope and the U.S., genetic privacyissues and the history of 18th- and 19thcenturyGerman physics. ProfessorJackson received his Ph.D. in the historyand philosophy of science from theUniversity of Cambridge. He was aWalther-Rathenau Fellow at theTechnische Universität Berlin in 1991-2and a National Science Foundation andMellow Fellow at Harvard Universityfrom 1992-4. Before coming to NYU, hetaught at Harvard University, theUniversity of Pennsylvania and theUniversity of Chicago. He has been asenior fellow of the Dibner Institute forthe History of Science and Technology atMIT and the Max-Planck-Institute for theHistory of Science in Berlin. He has publishedover 40 articles, book chaptersand encyclopedia entries on the historyof science and technology from theScientific Revolution to the present. Hismost recent work, Harmonious Triads:Physicists, Musicians and InstrumentMarkers in Nineteenth-Century Germany(MIT Press), was released in 2006 withthe paperback edition appearing in 2008.His first book, Spectrum of Belief: Josephvon Fraunhofer and the Craft ofPrecision Optics (MIT Press, 2000)received the Paul Bunge Prize from theGerman Chemical Society for the BestWork on Instrument Makers and theHans Sauer Prize for the Best Work onthe History of Invention. It was translatedinto German as Fraunhofers Spektren:Die Präzisionsoptik als Handwerkskunst(Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2009).Professor Jackson has won teachingawards from Harvard and the Universityof Pennsylvania. He is a member of theAcademy of Sciences in Erfurt, Germany.He is currently working on a new projectdealing with issues of intellectualproperty germane to the CCR5 gene andhas served as an expert for the ACLU onthe BRCA 1 and 2 gene patent case. Heis also co-editing a volume on science,technology and music in the twentiethcentury for the History of ScienceSociety’s annual journal, Osiris, forthcomingwith the University of ChicagoPress in 2013. In 2010 Jackson receivedthe Francis Bacon Prize from Caltech forhis contributions to the history and philosophyof science and technology.

F A C U L T Y 39ASSOCIATE FACULTYNicole CohenB.A. 1996, Dartmouth; M.A. 1999, Ph.D.2006, Columbia—history of East Asia, especially modernJapan and Korea; colonialism and imperialism;gender; space; social history;everyday lifeGail DrakesB.A. 1994, Oberlin College; M.A. 1999,Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A. 2003, M.Phil.2009, New York—contemporary U.S. cultural and socialhistory; African American history; intellectualproperty law and culture; collectivememory; social movements; documentaryfilm studiesJune FoleyB.A. 1974, Montclair State; M.A. 1990,Ph.D. 1995, New York—19th- and 20th-century literature; thenovel; fiction writing, memoir writing;writing for young readersRahul HamidB.A. 1999, Columbia; M.A. 2001 NewYork—Iranian cinema; modernism in cinema;early film; narrative theory; politics andaesthetics; adaptation; film criticismLauren KaminskyB.A. 2000, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)—modern world history; Western andEastern European studies; comparativehistory of gender and sexuality; state theoryand socialism; cinema studiesPatrick McCreeryB.S. 1989, Miami (Fla.); M.A. 1997, Ph.D.2009, New York—American studies; queer theory; culturalstudies; urban studies; family lifeNicole ParisierA.B. 1989, Harvard; M.A. 1990, Ph.D.2000, Yale—19th- and 20th-century American literature;art and cultural history; contemporaryfiction; autobiographyMeredith TheemanB.A. 2001, Vassar; M.Sc. 2003, Universityof Surrey (UK); M.Phil. 2006, HunterCollege; Ph.D. 2010, Graduate Center(CUNY)—environmental psychology; psychologyof adulthood and aging; psychology ofperception; psychology of adjustment;self and technology; writing across thecurriculumJeannette TranB.A. 2004, California (Los Angeles); M.A.2005, Wisconsin (Madison)—16th and 17th century English literature(dramatic and poetic figures); crossculturaladaptation; critical race theory;comparative race studies; performancetheory; gender studies; social justiceVasu VaradhanB.A. 1968, M.A. 1972, M.A. 1980, Ph.D.1985, New York—media studies; media, globalizationand cultural identity; international communications;women in developingcountries; expository writing; ancientIndian literaturePART-TIME FACULTY(SELECTED LIST)Maria-Luisa Achino-Loeb: the studyof silence; language and culture; migrations,ethnicity and identity; rhetoric andreligious movementsCynthia Allen: digital new media; electronicarts; interactive multimedia; virtualmuseum of digital archives on theInternetVictoria Blythe: English literature; lawand literature; critical theory; genre studies;the journalEric Brettschneider: communitybuilding, advocacy, child welfare, thelaw and social welfare, parent involvementand service integrationChristopher Cartmill: Asian theaterand theatrical literature; performancetheory and practice; Native-American cultureand ritual; 18th and 19th century literature,culture and politics; art history;world folklore and mythology; religionin public discourse

40 N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T YBill Caspary: modern social and politicalthought; democratic theory; politicalpsychology; philosophy of science;peace studiesJohn Castellano: music performance,business and technologyLenora Champagne: performance art;directing; playwriting; creative writing;theater history; women and performanceLaura Ciolkowski: 19th- and 20th-centuryliterature and culture; critical theory;gender studies; travel literature; culturalstudies; gender and technology; literatureand the bodyTerence Culver: public art; art history;community and international development;the role of technology and mediain education and artDan Dawson: African and AfricanAmerican art, history and culture; spiritualityand art; oral traditions; photographyand social changeMaura Donnelly: adult literacy andEnglish for speakers of other languages;writingImani Douglas: theater; aesthetic education;women/African American womenin drama; television and film writingEmily Fragos: poetry; fiction writing;rhetoricLise Friedman: performing and visualarts; translating performance experienceinto words and images; photography;graphic design; writingDonna Goodman: art; architecture;philosophy; film; visionary theories;technology; urban and environmentalstudiesJudith Greenberg: 20th-century Frenchand British literature; trauma studies;psychoanalysis; women’s studies;Holocaust studiesLanny Harrison: character acting andperformance; storytelling; dance;Buddhist and Taoist studiesScott Hightower: aesthetics and thearts; prosody; comparative literary studies;poetry; writingMaria Hodermarska: creative artstherapies; community-based mentalhealth services; arts in education; groupdynamics; improvisation and autobiographicalperformanceJustin Holt: ethics; social and politicalphilosophy; political economy; Germanidealism; history of metaphysics andepistemology; philosophy of science;theories and history of the welfare state;philosophy of lawBert Katz: studio art; photography; contemporaryart thought; histories of visualart and artist’s trainingRosanne Kennedy: political theory;feminist theory; continental philosophy;psychoanalysis; Rousseau studies;Enlightenment thought; theories of subjectivityAntonio Lauria-Perricelli: power,class, culture, state; everyday life;Caribbean/Latin AmericaPatricia Lennox: Shakespeare studiesand performance; Elizabethan/Jacobeanliterature and culture; early modernwomen; theater and film history; fashion;ancient and modern mythologyClair McPherson: early middle ages;late antiquity; old English and Icelandicliteratures; ancient and medieval philosophy;art; Greek philosophy; comparativereligion; Judeo-Christian and classical traditionsKeith Miller: modern and contemporaryart; realism; figurative painting; narrativecinema; video art; filmmakingMeera Nair: fiction and nonfiction writing;Asian-American and postcolonial literature;South Asian history and politicsRobin Powell: dance; performance;mind/body integration/body therapies;health and fitness; psychology; clinicalsocial workWilliam Rayner: music composition,improvisation and performance; guitarstudies; recording technology

F A C U L T Y 41Mark Read: documentary film; anti-capitaliststruggles; media activism; sciencefiction film and literature; history of religionsand religious philosophy;American literatureSteven Rinehart: fiction, nonfictionand memoir writing; web developmentLee Robbins: history, mythology andphilosophy of depth psychology; Freud,Jung and postmodern psychoanalyticthought; Buddhist psychology; literatureand psychoanalysisPat Rock: Shakespeare; medieval andRenaissance studies; Greek philosophyand literatureBarnaby Ruhe: visual art; art criticism;art history; art and anthropology; art andpsychology; shamanism; history of warfareand revolutionAntonio Rutigliano: Greek, Romanand medieval literature; semiotics;romance languages; French and Italiancinema; medieval and Renaissance art,philosophy and historyPhilip Sanders: electronic arts; interactivemultimedia; computer animation;interactive storytelling; visual languageLeslie Satin: dance and performance;performing and visual arts; choreography;gender and performance;assemblage art; scores and structures forperformance; contemporary avant-garde;arts criticism; autobiography and creativenonfictionJudith Sloan: theater; solo performance;oral history, humor and socialsatire; conflict resolution; immigrationand the changing face of America; documentaryarts; audio art, radio and multimediaexpressive arts; community projectsand dialogue across race, religion,ethnicity and classChris Spain: creative writing; filmPaul Thaler: media technology and culture;First Amendment and media law;propaganda; history of mass media;media ethicsSelma Thompson: screenwriting; playwriting;adaptation; script analysis anddevelopment; business issues for writers;cinema studies; New York City cultureChristopher Trogan: aesthetics; 20thcenturyGerman and American literature/culture;history of philosophy; philosophyof music; philosophy of law;writing philosophySusan Weisser: 19th-century Britishnovel; autobiography; women andromantic love in literature; women andsexuality; feminismCarol Zoref: fiction and essay writing;19th-, 20th- and 21st-century literature;photography and other visual narratives

43Undergraduate ProgramThe Gallatin undergraduate program in individualized study(HEGIS code number 4901*) leads to the Bachelor of Artsdegree. Each student’s curriculum combines a general liberalarts education with a concentration in a specific area of study. Gallatinstudents can take regular classroom courses in most of the undergraduateschools of New York University; they do independent study projects,internships and private lessons in the arts; they study abroad, often inGallatin’s own travel courses; and they study modes of interdisciplinarythought and the history of ideas through traditional great books andother significant texts in Gallatin’s own liberal arts courses.ADVISINGTo ensure the success of this individualized approach to education,Gallatin places primary emphasis on advising. Each student is teamedwith a faculty member who shares the student’s interests and serves asan academic adviser. The adviser helps the student plan the course ofstudy each semester and often supervises independent study and internships.Student and adviser thus get to know each other very well, andthey often develop relationships that last long beyond graduation.* HEGIS: Higher Education GeneralInformation SurveyNew York State Department ofEducationOffice of Higher EducationState Education Building89 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor,West MezzanineAlbany, NY 12234Telephone: 518-474-5851www.highered.nysed.govTHE CONCENTRATIONGallatin students develop a unique concentration based on their ownacademic and professional goals. A concentration is a program of studyorganized around a theme, problem, activity, period of history, area ofthe world or some central idea; it takes the place of a major. To constructa concentration, students draw on a variety of perspectives andtheories and build on a range of skills in order to explore the organizingtheme. They may take related courses in a number of departments inother schools, as well as in Gallatin; they may engage in independentstudy or internships as part of the work. The concentration typicallyconstitutes from one-fourth to one-third of students’ undergraduate studies.It may lead toward graduate study or toward a career, or it may simplyexpress students’ curiosity about a particular problem. Gallatin studentscreate concentrations around a diverse and expanding array ofideas: from African American History and Public Policy Studies toCommunity Building Through the Arts; from Literature and DisabilityStudies to The Politics of Communications; and from Neuroscience andPhilosophy to Latin America and Asia in the 17th century.

44 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MAN INTEGRATED VISIONWhile students pursue their concentration mainly through course workin the other schools of the University as well as through internships andindependent study projects outside of NYU, they all take a number ofcourses in Gallatin’s core curriculum. This core curriculum focuses onthe liberal arts and includes a wide variety of courses in writing, literature,the arts, the social and natural sciences, the history of ideas andthe great books. One of the main purposes of the core curriculum is tohelp students make connections—both between the various areas ofacademic study that comprise their individualized programs and thenbetween their experiences in school and the world beyond the campus.Most Gallatin courses adopt an interdisciplinary approach that providesstudents with a model for developing their own multidisciplinary programof study. Ultimately, the Gallatin curriculum aims to provide studentswith an integrated educational experience that encourages them tothink historically, logically and independently.SIGNIFICANT TEXTSA central component of the Gallatin curriculum is a commitment to thestudy of the history of ideas through traditional great books and othersignificant texts. Almost every Gallatin course—from first-year seminarsto writing courses to the various interdisciplinary seminars—focuses tosome degree on important and influential texts and ideas from acrosshistory and around the world. This emphasis on an expansive notion ofthe great books has always distinguished Gallatin from other nontraditionalprograms as well as from most traditional programs. It also pointsto one of the underlying assumptions of the Gallatin philosophy of education:a college education should prepare a student not only for acareer but also for life in a broader sense. The Gallatin experience cultivatesa sense of history, a taste for art, ease with scientific thought andan ability to think and learn independently and critically.

B A C H E L O R O F A R T S D E G R E E R E Q U I R E M E N T S 45Bachelor of ArtsDegreeRequirementsBACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE REQUIREMENTSTotal Credits.................128 credits(a minimum of 64 creditsmust be completed aftermatriculation at Gallatin)Academic Good .........................Standing....................................A finalminimum cumulativegrade point average of 2.0Gallatin K-Credit...........................Requirement..................32 creditsin Gallatin courses(see below for ruleson the distributionof this credit)Liberal Arts Core...........................Requirement*.................32 creditsin the liberal artsdistributed as follows:Intellectual Autobiography.........and Plan for....................................Concentration......Approved by thestudent’s adviser,by the completion of thesophomore year (64 credits)Classroom Credit...........................Requirement..........A minimum of64 classroom creditsResidency........................................Requirement.................The last 32credits must beearned at NYUSenior...............................................Colloquium.....................Two-hourpresentation anddiscussion with facultyFirst-Year Interdisciplinary.............Seminar.............................4 creditsExpository Writing..........................(K10 first-year writing.....................seminar and first-year.....................research seminar)..............8 creditsHumanities........................8 creditsSocial Sciences..................8 creditsMathematics or................................Science..............................4 credits* The Gallatin faculty recommends thatstudents also take at least one course ineach of the following areas: pre-modernstudies; early to mid-modern studies; andglobal cultures. This recommendationwill become a requirement for studentswho enter Gallatin in Summer 2011 orafterward.UNDERSTANDING YOURDEGREE REQUIREMENTSThe Office of the University Registrar calculateseach student’s progress towardthe Bachelor of Arts degree and generatesa degree progress report. Gallatinstudents can review their degree progressreport by using Albert, NYU’s online registrationsystem. Students should alsobear in mind that they are bound by thedegree requirements in effect during thefirst semester in which they matriculate atGallatin, according to the following pattern.Fall matriculants will be bound bythe degree requirements in effect for thefall term in which they entered Gallatin.Spring matriculants will be bound by thedegree requirements in effect during thefall term immediately preceding theirenrollment. Summer matriculants will bebound by the degree requirements ineffect for the fall term immediately followingtheir enrollment.Total CreditsTo be eligible for the Bachelor of Artsdegree, students must complete 128credits within 10 years of matriculating atGallatin. A minimum of 64 credits mustbe completed after matriculation atGallatin.Academic Good StandingStudents must maintain a minimumcumulative grade point average of 2.0 toremain in academic good standing. Afinal minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 isrequired for graduation. For more informationabout academic good standing,see page 83.Please note: Academic good standingis not the same as satisfactory academicprogress. Satisfactory academic progress

46 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MIn addition to Gallatin Schoolcourses, students may fulfill theliberal arts requirement throughcourses offered in the followingCollege of Arts and Science programsand departments:HumanitiesAfricana StudiesAmerican StudiesArt HistoryAsian/Pacific/American StudiesClassicsComparative LiteratureDramatic LiteratureEast Asian StudiesEnglishEuropean and MediterraneanStudiesFrenchGermanHebrew Language and LiteratureHellenic StudiesHistoryIrish StudiesItalianMedieval and Renaissance StudiesMiddle Eastern and Islamic StudiesMusicPhilosophyReligious StudiesRussian and Slavic StudiesSpanish and Portuguese Languagesand LiteraturesMorse Academic Plan(V55.0400–0599 and V55.0700–0799)Social ScienceAnthropologyEconomicsGender and Sexuality StudiesInternational RelationsJournalismLinguisticsMetropolitan StudiesPoliticsPsychologySociologyMorse Academic Plan(V55.0600–0699)ScienceBiologyChemistryComputer ScienceEnvironmental StudiesMathematicsNeural SciencePhysicsMorse Academic Plan (V55.0100-0199, V55.0200-0299 and V55.0300-0399)refers to the number of credits a studentmust complete in a given year to maintaineligibility for financial aid. For moreinformation on satisfactory academicprogress, see page 100.Gallatin K-Credit RequirementStudents must complete 32 credits inGallatin School courses, all of which areprefixed with the letter “K” and referredto as “K-credits.” In fulfilling this requirement,students must earn 16 K-credits ininterdisciplinary seminars, identified bythe registration code K20. First-yearinterdisciplinary seminars count towardboth the interdisciplinary seminarrequirement and the liberal arts corerequirement (see below). Students whohave successfully completed one ormore Gallatin interdisciplinary seminarsbefore entering Gallatin must earn 12additional credits in interdisciplinaryseminars after matriculating.In addition to earning 16 credits ininterdisciplinary seminars, Gallatin studentsmust earn 16 credits in other Gallatincurricular offerings. To fulfill thisrequirement, students may take the firstyearinterdisciplinary seminar (K10); firstyearwriting and first-year researchseminars (K10); additional interdisciplinaryseminars (K20); advanced writingcourses (K30); arts workshops (K40);community learning courses (K45);course offerings abroad (K55 and K95);and individualized projects (K50), includingindependent studies, tutorials, internshipsand private lessons.Entering students who have earnedthe associate’s degree or 64 credits fromthe Liberal Studies Program of the Facultyof Arts and Science are required tocomplete a minimum of 24 K-credits, 16of which must be earned in interdisciplinaryseminars. As stated above, studentswho have successfully completedone or more Gallatin interdisciplinaryseminars before entering Gallatin mustearn 12 additional credits in interdisciplinaryseminars after matriculating.Liberal Arts Core RequirementAll students must complete a minimumof 32 credits in liberal arts courses, ordinarilyearned through course work inGallatin or the College of Arts and Science.Courses taken to fulfill the liberalarts requirement may not be taken on apass/fail basis. For entering first-year studentsand transfer students with fewerthan 32 credits, the liberal arts core mustbe distributed as follows: 4 credits in afirst-year interdisciplinary seminar; 8credits in expository writing (first-yearwriting seminar and first-year researchseminar); 8 credits in the humanities; 8credits in the social sciences; and 4 creditsin either mathematics or science.NOTE: The Gallatin faculty recommendsthat students also take at least onecourse in each of the following areas:pre-modern studies; early to mid-modernstudies; and global cultures. This recommendationwill become a requirementfor students who enter Gallatin in Summer2011 or afterward.Entering first-year students arerequired to take one of the first-yearinterdisciplinary seminars and the firstyearwriting and research seminars duringtheir first year; the remaining liberalarts requirements should be fulfilled bythe end of the sophomore year. Transferstudents will have their transcriptsreviewed on admission to determinewhich, if any, of the liberal arts corerequirements they have fulfilled. Transferstudents entering with 32 credits or moremay take a liberal arts elective in lieu ofthe first-year interdisciplinary seminar.Credit for Advanced Placement, InternationalBaccalaureate and Maturity Certificateexams may not be used to fulfill theliberal arts requirement.Intellectual Autobiography andPlan for ConcentrationStudents are required to write a two- tothree-page essay called the IntellectualAutobiography and Plan for Concentrationby the end of the semester in whichthey complete the 64th credit toward theB.A. degree. Students who enter with 64transfer credits are required to completethe Intellectual Autobiography and Planfor Concentration by the end of theirfirst semester at Gallatin. Students writethe essay in consultation with theiradviser, and the essay must be approvedby the adviser.

B A C H E L O R O F A R T S D E G R E E R E Q U I R E M E N T S 47This essay has several purposes. First,students are expected to compose anintellectual history that describes the trajectoryof their interests and educationthus far. Second, students are asked toframe a plan for future study, includingclassroom course work and individualizedprojects. In constructing this essay,students should describe their educationalexperiences, the central idea orideas informing their concentration andthe course work relevant to their concentration.Finally, this essay should beunderstood as an opportunity for studentsto reflect on how they learn asindividuals and to consider what theyfind academically interesting and worthwhile.For more information about theIntellectual Autobiography and Plan forConcentration, see pages 55-57.Classroom Credit RequirementStudents must complete at least 64 creditsin classroom courses. Transfer creditsand course equivalency generally counttoward this 64-credit requirement, butindependent study, tutorial, internshipand private lesson credits do not.Residency RequirementStudents must complete their last 32credits at NYU, by taking courses eitherat NYU in New York City or in an NYUstudy abroad program. Students whowish to study abroad through a schoolother than NYU or who wish to takecourses outside of NYU should thereforedo so before they complete 96 credits.Such arrangements require prior permission,which may be requested by submittingan External Study application tothe Gallatin Office of Global Programs.Senior ColloquiumStudents must successfully complete atwo-hour presentation and discussionwith the student’s adviser and two otherfaculty members on a theme and list of20 to 25 books chosen by the student.For information about the senior colloquium,see pages 58-60.Changes in Degree RequirementsDegree requirements in the GallatinSchool are subject to change. Generally,students must fulfill the degree requirementsthat are in effect when they enrollin Gallatin. Degree requirements for studentstransferring from a school or collegewithin the University are those thatare in effect when they first matriculateat Gallatin. Students who are readmittedmust fulfill the degree requirements thatare in effect when they are readmitted,unless their offer of readmission statesotherwise. Students who entered Gallatinbefore the current term should consultthe relevant bulletin for their degreerequirements.OTHER DEGREE COMPONENTSTransfer CreditsIn general, students may apply a maximumof 64 transfer credits toward theirGallatin degree. Included in this maximumare all credits earned prior toadmission, any non-NYU credits a studentmay be approved to take aftermatriculation at Gallatin, as well ascredit granted for course equivalency.Please note: all Gallatin degree candidatesmust complete a minimum of64 credits after matriculation at Gallatinand must satisfy all other degreerequirements.Course Equivalency CreditsUndergraduate students may earn amaximum of 32 course equivalencycredits for professional experiences theyhave had before matriculating at Gallatin.Please note: Course equivalencycredits will be applied toward the transfercredit limit. The number of courseequivalency and transfer credits may notexceed 64 credits.The process of receiving credit beginswith the compilation of an extensiveportfolio documenting the student’slearning experiences prior to matriculationat Gallatin and ends with a rigorousevaluation process by NYU faculty. Studentsmust demonstrate through theportfolio that they have mastered thematerial they would have learned incomparable NYU courses.Course equivalency credit does notcount toward the undergraduate residencyrequirement and should thereforebe submitted in time to be evaluated

48 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mbefore the senior year. Credits will notbe evaluated for undergraduate studentswho intend to graduate with more than128 credits.To begin the process of applying forcourse equivalency credit, studentsshould consult the director of externalprograms about the rules and regulationsgoverning the process. For moreinformation regarding policies, proceduresand guidelines for course equivalencycredits, please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.The CurriculumEach Gallatin student creates a programof study that consists of various kinds ofcourses taken in several different schoolswithin (and sometimes outside of) theUniversity. Students who enter as freshmenusually graduate having takenbetween one-fourth to one-third of theircredits within Gallatin and the rest oftheir credits in courses in the otherschools of NYU (College of Arts and Science;Steinhardt School of Culture, Education,and Human Development; SternSchool of Business; Tisch School of theArts; School of Continuing and ProfessionalStudies; Silver School of SocialWork; and Wagner Graduate School ofPublic Service). Transfer students generallycomplete a larger proportion of theircredits in Gallatin.Within Gallatin, there is a unique curriculumthat includes first-year programcourses (designed for incoming freshmen),interdisciplinary seminars, artsworkshops, advanced writing courses andcommunity learning courses. Studentsmay also study outside the classroom byenrolling in individualized projects suchas independent studies, tutorials, internshipsand private lessons. There are alsoopportunities for taking courses at othercolleges and for substantial study abroad.GALLATIN COURSESAll students who enter Gallatin withfewer than 32 college classroom creditsare required to take three courses thatconstitute the first-year program: thefirst-year interdisciplinary seminar, firstyearwriting seminar and first-yearresearch seminar.First-year interdisciplinary seminarsare intended to introduce studentsto the goals, methods and philosophy ofuniversity education and to the interdisciplinary,individualized approach of theGallatin School. These small classes ofabout 18 students encourage discussionrather than lecturing and use interestingwriting exercises rather than conventionalexaminations. Each of the seminarsfocuses on a theme—War andPeace; Travel Fictions; Capitalism andDemocracy—and incorporates greatbooks and significant texts representingseveral disciplines. Through theirencounters with these books, studentshave the opportunity to examine the culturallegacy that has shaped us as individualsand as a society; to explore themany connections between the ideasembodied in the books and the experiencesof our daily lives; and to discoverthe pleasures and challenges of the pursuitof knowledge.The first-year writing seminarand first-year research seminar constitutea two-semester sequence intendedto help students develop their writingskills and to prepare them for the kindsof writing they will be doing in theirother courses. Rather than attribute thesuccess of excellent writing to a writer’sinnate gifts or to some mysteriousmoment of inspiration, these seminarsapproach writing as a craft that can belearned by acquiring the skills appropriatefor each stage in the writing process(free writing, drafting, revising, polishing).Each seminar is organized around aparticular theme—Aesthetics on Trial;Wilderness and Civilization; Art and theDream Life; Ideology in Everyday Life—with related readings that serve both asspringboards for discussion and modelsfor students’ own essays. Usually, thewriting seminar begins with personaland descriptive essays and proceeds tofocus on the critical essay. A significantportion of the research seminar isdevoted to working on a long researchpaper, with attention to formulating keyquestions, choosing and evaluating

T H E C U R R I C U L U M 49sources, developing a thesis, structuringthe argument as a whole and revisingand polishing the final paper.In addition to the first-year program,Gallatin offers a variety of courses specificallydesigned to meet the needs ofundergraduate students engaged in nontraditionalprograms. Every year, Gallatinoffers more than 100 different interdisciplinaryseminars on significant booksand various themes in the history of ideas.These courses constitute the core of theGallatin curriculum, and their uniquethemes reflect the intellectual interests ofthe Gallatin faculty and students. Recentofferings include Psychoanalysis and theVisual; Nature, Resources and the HumanCondition; Narrative Investigations; Poetsin Protest; The History of EconomicThought; and Culture as Communication.Although each student chooses the specificcourses that seem most interestingand most relevant to his or her own concentration,all students graduate with asolid grounding in the liberal arts and anexperience of significant thinking andwriting in the humanities, social sciencesand natural sciences.Gallatin also offers an array of artsworkshops in music, dance, theater, thevisual arts, architecture and design. Theseworkshops are taught by successful NewYork City artists, performers and writers;they are designed for both beginning andadvanced students. The arts workshopsall employ an “artist/scholar” model thatinvolves giving students experientialtraining in the practice of particular artforms as well as providing opportunitiesfor critical reflection about the artisticprocess, aesthetic theory and the sociologyof art.The Gallatin curriculum also includesa variety of advanced writingcourses. In a workshop format with nomore than 15 students, these coursesengage students in thoughtful writingexercises and offer an opportunity toshare work with fellow students and apracticing professional writer/teacher.Some of the courses focus on particularforms of writing—fiction, poetry, comedy,the journal, the personal narrative,the critical essay—while others encompassseveral forms and focus instead ona particular theme, such as writing aboutpolitics, writing about the arts or writingabout one’s ancestry.Another area of the curriculum consistsof community learning courses,which bridge the gap between the classroomand the surrounding New Yorkcommunity. Students engage in variouskinds of activities in the city: arts projects,oral histories, documentary video-making,action research and community organizing.They also read and discuss theoriesrelevant to their work and consider thesocial, political and ethical implications ofthe activities. These projects grow out ofpartnerships with a variety of communitybasedorganizations.Finally, Gallatin offers several travelcourses each academic year, generallyin the winter and summer sessions.These two- to four-week study abroadcourses are small discussion-based seminarswith Gallatin faculty that aredesigned to provide a unique and indepthexploration of a particular culturalor historical topic found within a foreigncountry or region. Students experienceeach location hands-on through visits tomuseums, galleries and historical sitesand through meetings with local artists,intellectuals and political figures. Formore information about Gallatin’s travelcourses and NYU’s general global offerings,see pages 155-159.INDIVIDUALIZED PROJECTSIn addition to these curricular areas, Gallatinoffers students an opportunity topursue their interests through a varietyof alternatives outside the traditionalclassroom: independent study, tutorials,internships and private lessons. The facultyencourages students to use all fourof these learning formats when appropriate.For more information regarding policies,procedures and guidelines forindividualized projects, please visitwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.In an independent study, a studentworks one-on-one with a faculty memberon a particular topic or creative project.Typically the idea for an independentstudy arises in a course; for example, ina seminar on early 20th-century Americanhistory, a student may develop an inter-

50 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MNYU Areas of StudyGallatin students may takecourses in many programsaround NYU. It should benoted that some courses haveprerequisites, and others maybe limited to students in theirrespective departments. Forupdated information aboutcross-registration in schoolsacross the University, visit theGallatin Cross-RegistrationGuide at http://blogs.nyu.edu/gallatin/crg/.College of Arts andScienceAfricana StudiesAmerican StudiesAncient Near Eastern andEgyptian StudiesAnthropologyArt HistoryAsian/Pacific/American StudiesBioethicsBiologyChemistryClassicsComparative LiteratureComputational BiologyComputer ScienceCreative WritingCulture and MediaDramatic LiteratureEast Asian StudiesEconomicsEngineeringEnglishEnvironmental StudiesEuropean and MediterraneanStudiesFrench and French StudiesGender and Sexuality StudiesGermanHebrew Language andLiteratureHellenic StudiesHistoryInternational RelationsIrish StudiesItalian StudiesJournalismLatin American and CaribbeanStudiesLatino StudiesLaw and SocietyLinguisticsMathematicsMedieval and RenaissanceStudiesMetropolitan StudiesMiddle Eastern and IslamicStudiesMuseum StudiesMusicNear Eastern StudiesNeural SciencePhilosophyPhysicsPoliticsPsychologyReligious StudiesRussian and Slavic StudiesSocial and Cultural AnalysisSociologySpanish and PortugueseLanguages and LiteratureSteinhardt School ofCulture, Education,and HumanDevelopmentApplied PsychologyArts ProfessionsArt, StudioEducational TheatreMusicInstrumentalMusic BusinessMusic EducationMusic TechnologyMusic Theory andCompositionPianoVoiceHealth ProfessionsNutrition and Food StudiesSpeech-Language PathologyMedia, Culture, andCommunicationNutrition, Food Studies, andPublic HealthCommunity Public HealthFood StudiesNutrition and DieteticsLeonard N. SternSchool of Business,UndergraduateCollege(Gallatin students may take amaximum of 32 credits in theStern School of Business)AccountingActuarial ScienceEconomicsFinanceInformation SystemsInternational BusinessManagement andOrganizational BehaviorMarketingStatisticsTisch School ofthe ArtsArt and Public PolicyCinema Studies*Dance*Drama*Dramatic Writing*Film and Television*Photography and Imaging*Recorded Music*Tisch Open Arts CurriculumSchool of Continuingand ProfessionalStudies(Selected programs/divisionswhere Gallatin students arepermitted to receive credit)Art HistoryBachelor of Arts—HumanitiesBachelor of Arts—SocialScienceBusinessCreative WritingDigital Communications andMediaEconomicsHistoryHospitality ManagementHotel and TourismManagementInterdivisional ProgramsInternational StudiesLiteratureMedia StudiesOrganizational Behavior andCommunicationPsychologyReal EstateSociologyTourism and TravelManagement(Programs/divisions whereGallatin students are not permittedto receive credit)McGhee Core—Y20Adult Transition—Y41Any “X” courseAny “Z” courseSilver School ofSocial WorkRobert F. WagnerGraduate School ofPublic ServicePublic Administration* Courses in these departmentsare frequently not available toGallatin students. However, it isoften possible for students todesign a program in theseareas utilizing courses in otherdepartments, internships, tutorials,independent studies, andGallatin arts workshops.

T H E C U R R I C U L U M 51est in the Harlem Renaissance and askthe professor to supervise an independentstudy focused exclusively on thistopic during the next semester. Studentsmay also develop creative projects inareas such as, but not limited to, musiccomposition, filmmaking or fiction writing.Independent studies are gradedcourses, the details of which are formulatedby the student and the instructor;these specifics are described in the independentstudy proposal and submitted tothe Deans’ Office for approval. The studentand instructor meet regularlythroughout the semester to discuss thereadings, the research and the student’swork. Credit is determined by theamount of work entailed in the study andshould be comparable to that of a Gallatinclassroom course. Generally, independentstudies, like other courses, are 2to 4 credits. Meeting hours correspond tocourse credits; a 4-credit independentstudy requires at least seven contacthours per term between the instructorand the student. While students areencouraged to engage in independentwork with University faculty, the Gallatinprogram is designed for a careful balancebetween independent and classroomexperience. Students therefore may registerfor no more than 8 credits persemester in any combination of independentstudy and/or tutorial. For moreinformation regarding policies, proceduresand guidelines for independentstudy, please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.Tutorials are small groups of two tofive students working closely with a facultymember on a common topic, projector skill. Tutorials are usually student-generatedprojects, and like independentstudies, ideas for tutorials typically followfrom questions raised in a particularcourse. Students may collaborate on creativeprojects as well. Recent tutorialshave included Creating a Magazine,Dante’s Literary and Historical Backgroundand Environmental Design. Tutorialsare graded courses, and studentswork together with the instructor to formulatethe structure of the tutorial, thedetails of which are described in thetutorial proposal and submitted to theGallatin School for approval. The tutorialgroup meets regularly throughout thesemester, and students follow a commonsyllabus: all participants complete thesame readings, write papers on similartopics, etc. Students in the same tutorialmust register for the same number ofcredits. Credit is determined by theamount of work (readings and othertypes of assignments) entailed in thetutorial and should be comparable tothat of a Gallatin classroom course. Tutorialsrange from 2 to 4 credits. Meetinghours correspond to course credits; a 4-credit tutorial requires at least 14 contacthours per term between the instructorand students. While students are encouragedto engage in independent workwith University faculty, the Gallatin programis designed for a careful balancebetween independent and classroomexperience. Students therefore may registerfor no more than 8 credits persemester in any combination of independentstudy and/or tutorial. For moreinformation regarding policies, proceduresand guidelines for tutorials, pleasevisit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.Internships offer Gallatin studentsan opportunity to learn experientially atone of New York City’s many socialinstitutions, arts and cultural organizations,community-based organizations orcorporations. Internships are a key elementof the Gallatin program, and theyare often among the most memorableand useful student experiences. Studentsgain firsthand work experience anddevelop skills and knowledge that willhelp them in pursuing employment aftergraduation. They also explore the relationshipbetween practical experienceand academic theory. Gallatin providesan extensive list of available internships;students may pursue their own as well.Placements include a wide variety ofareas, such as business, education, legalservices, social services, journalism, filmand television, the arts, management,theater, music and dance. Some examplesof recent internship sites includeMTV, the United Nations, Bellevue HospitalCenter, Circle in the Square Theatre,Legal Aid Society, Metropolitan Museumof Art, Capitol Records and UBS.

52 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MInternships are typically unpaid positions,although students in paid internshippositions are permitted to receivecredit. For each credit, students areexpected to devote at least three hoursper week for the entire term; for example,a 4-credit internship would requireat least 12-15 hours per week for 15weeks. Internships are pass/fail and studentswill meet periodically during thesemester with their faculty adviser, submita journal about the work experienceand write a final analytic paper. Formore information regarding policies,procedures and guidelines for internships,please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.Private lessons give students theopportunity to earn academic credit fortheir studies at performing or visual artsstudios in the New York area. Thesestudies are meant to supplement workbegun in regularly scheduled classes atNYU or to provide students with theopportunity to study areas for whichcomparable courses at the University areunavailable to Gallatin students. Privatelessons may be taken in voice, music,dance, acting and the visual arts, withteachers or studios of the student’schoosing—as long as they have met withthe approval of the Gallatin faculty. Bystudying with professional New YorkCity-based artist/teachers, students areoffered the opportunity to learn and perfecttheir craft. The student also keeps ajournal about the learning experienceand produces a final analytical paper,and the private lesson teacher submits awritten evaluation.Private lesson credits will not begiven for studies in Eastern movementforms, the martial arts, yoga or massagetechniques.Credit for private lessons is determinedby the number of instructionhours per semester. Gallatin providesguidelines on how many credits a studentmay earn for a given number ofhours of lessons. Private lessons may betaken on a pass/fail basis only. Undergraduatestudents may not take more

A D V I S I N G 53than 24 credits in private lessons duringtheir studies at Gallatin, including lessonstaken through the Steinhardt School ofCulture, Education, and Human Development.Please note: Unlike private lessonsoffered elsewhere in the University, Gallatinprivate lessons are arranged andpaid for by the student. The student isresponsible for full payment to the studioor instructor for the cost of the privatelessons, as well as to New York Universityfor the tuition expenses incurred by thenumber of private lessons course credits.In addition, any payment arrangementswith the studio or instructor must bemade by the student. For more informationregarding policies, procedures andguidelines for private lessons, please visitwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.COURSES IN OTHER NYUSCHOOLSGallatin students may take courses inmany of the schools, departments andprograms of NYU, which are listed onpage 50. Please note this is a completelist of NYU schools and departmentsopen to undergraduate students, and itdoes not exclude those departments orprograms in which students have limitedor no access. Students should note thatcertain departments and programs mayrestrict courses to majors only. Mostnotably, these restrictions are found inthose programs or departments that haveunique and specific admissions criteria.Permission to take courses in other NYUschools is subject to the approval of theindividual program or department. Studentsare expected to meet the prerequisitesof any courses they take in otherNYU schools. Gallatin students shouldalso note they may register for no morethan 32 credits that would count towardthe core business and major requirementsin the Stern School of Business orthe McGhee Division in the School ofContinuing and Professional Studies.EXTERNAL STUDYIn addition to the many opportunities forstudy within NYU, Gallatin students areoccasionally permitted to pursue coursesoutside of the University. Through concurrentregistration, students may applyfor permission to register at an accreditedinstitution in the United States forcourses that are not available at NYU. Inaddition, students may earn credits in anon-NYU study abroad program withprior approval from the Gallatin. Forpolicies regarding external study, seepages 75-76.AdvisingThe Gallatin School places a great dealof importance on providing superior personalizedadvising to students. Gallatinpresents its students with two significantand related academic opportunities: thechance to discover their own interestsand passions, and the chance to developplans of study to realize those interestsand passions. However, these opportunitiesalso represent challenges. The processof identifying and pursuingidiosyncratic interests can be daunting:the student must imagine unconventionalways of learning, cross boundariesbetween disciplines and professions andmake his or her own decisions ratherthan simply satisfy a school’s expectations.This degree of self-direction andautonomy can often be challenging aswell as liberating, confusing as well asempowering. For this reason, Gallatinemphasizes the role of academic advisingin the student’s experience.Students need several kinds of supportand guidance as they pursue a Gallatineducation. First, they need helpdiscovering and articulating their owninterests and connecting those intereststo an academic process. Second,because Gallatin students generally utilizefar more elements of New York Universitythan do their counterpartspursuing traditional majors, they needguidance in understanding the abundanceof resources that the Universityoffers. Finally, students require help inunderstanding and meeting Gallatin’sown academic requirements and poli-

54 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mcies. Despite—or perhaps because of—its unconventional character, Gallatin hasa unique institutional structure that studentsmust know and navigate. TheGallatin advising system addresses thesediverse and complex needs.THE ADVISING SYSTEMGallatin has a comprehensive approachto advising that relies on the knowledgeand expertise of scholars and professionals.The advising system is multifacetedand layered to ensure that studentsmake meaningful connections and utilizethe various elements of the Gallatin programto effectively make their educationtheir own.The Primary Academic AdviserAt the core of the advising system is theprimary academic adviser. Each studentis assigned to work with a specificadviser on developing interests, constructinga program and growing in personal,intellectual and professional ways.Students are encouraged to developclose mentoring relationships with theirprimary academic adviser, as the advisershares many of their intellectual, professionaland artistic interests. At a minimum,the student meets with theprimary adviser each semester to discussthe courses, individualized projects andother experiences he or she intends toengage in during the next term. Theadviser approves the student’s Plan ofStudy, but far more commonly, the studentand adviser meet more frequentlyduring the year to consider more widerangingissues: how the student is formulatingthe core interests that leadtoward a self-designed concentration;what sorts of ideas, theories and methodsappeal to the student as ways toorganize the pursuit of the concentration;how disparate concepts and concernsmight (or might not) be integratedinto a coherent approach to an education;and what other sorts of studiesmight be worth pursuing even thoughthey don’t fit into the concentration butmight satisfy intellectual curiosity, provideoutlets for creative expression ormanifest a commitment to social values.In other words, the primary academicadviser functions as an intellectual andacademic mentor for the student.Office of Academic AdvisingThe Gallatin Office of AcademicAdvising provides many of the resourcesnecessary to meet students’ needs notdirectly addressed by the primaryadviser.Class Advisers. The Office ofAcademic Advising has a staff of classadvisers, each of whom works with themembers of a specific cohort of students(first-year, sophomore, junior, senior,transfer). The class adviser system managesboth to give individual students theservices they need and to offer groupprograms on shared issues.Class advisers focus on an enteringclass, though advisers are available tomeet with other students as well duringwalk-in hours. Class advisers design programmingappropriate to the particulardevelopmental needs of their cohorts: forexample, class advisers organize workshopsthat help students formally articulatetheir concentration as well assessions on writing the rationale andpreparing for the colloquium. The classadviser tries to promote a sense of communityand class spirit among the membersof the cohort and gets to knowmany of them personally. Class advisersare also available to meet with individualstudents when the student’s primary academicadviser cannot provide certainkinds of support. Class advisers overseedegree audits to help students understandwhere they stand in relation to graduationrequirements, and these advisers canexplain policies and procedures andpoint students toward appropriateresources and offices. Because classadvisers are faculty-qualified scholars whoteach at Gallatin, each brings special academicexpertise to the Office of Advising,including knowledge of other schoolsand colleges of the University, advice ongraduate and professional schools andadvice on scholarship applications.Peer Mentoring. The final componentof the advising system involves theGallatin students themselves. Each year,undergraduate students are offered anopportunity to serve as peer mentors.

T H E C O N C E N T R A T I O N 55These mentors provide support and peeradvising to incoming first-year and transferstudents. Peer mentors meet directlywith students in casual settings, such asthe student lounge space at Gallatin orother venues around campus, to answerquestions about Gallatin courses, basicrules and requirements, where to locateresources, etc. Peer mentors share informationfrom a peer perspective on topicssuch as study abroad, internships andcocurricular events and opportunities.Their input and advice can be invaluableto a new student trying to acclimate toGallatin.The ConcentrationIn Gallatin, every student develops hisor her own program of study, and thecentral focus of this program is the concentration.For Gallatin undergraduatestudents, a concentration is a set oflearning experiences—courses, independentstudies, tutorials, internships andprivate lessons—connected by a commonorganizing idea. Designed by thestudent in consultation with the adviser,the concentration may take a variety offorms. It may focus on traditional disciplines,historical periods, areas of theworld, specific concepts or problems,methods of inquiry, professional interests,personal experiences or a combinationthereof.The Gallatin concentration is not simplya substitute for a traditional undergraduatemajor as defined by a faculty.Rather, each Gallatin student, with theapproval of the student’s academicadviser, constructs an individualized concentration.Students have a great deal offreedom in constructing their concentrationand can combine disciplines andclasses in the way they think best suitstheir interests and their educationalgoals. There is no minimum creditrequirement for the concentration, but itusually constitutes anywhere from aquarter to a third or more of the student’sundergraduate program (about 32to 48 credits). Therefore, there is plentyof room for experimentation.THE INTELLECTUALAUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PLANFOR CONCENTRATION ESSAYTo facilitate each student’s ability to conceptualize,plan and articulate his or herconcentration, all students are requiredto write a brief, reflective essay of twoto three pages about their intellectualdevelopment and their plans for designingthe concentration. This essay, theIntellectual Autobiography and Plan forConcentration, must be approved by theadviser and submitted by the time thestudent has completed the 64th credit,usually in the sophomore year. Seepages 46-47 for more details on thisdegree requirement.In writing the essay, students beginby reflecting on their educationaljourney and exploring the followingquestions:• Why did you choose Gallatin? Whatwere your educational goals? Have thosegoals changed? Why and how?• What educational experiences andcourses (internships, seminars, independentstudies, tutorials, workshops, privatelessons) have been influential toyou? What was particularly interestingand why? What ideas have evolved fromyour educational experience so far?Using these questions as a startingpoint, students can then turn their attentionto the plan for their concentration:• What idea, period, subject, theme,concept or discipline is of particularinterest to you? Is there a central idea ortheme around which your concentrationmay be organized?• What type of course work (internships,seminars, independent studies,tutorials, workshops, private lessons)will you take to construct the concentrationand in what sequence?• What is the meaning of such acourse of study? What connections doesthis course of study have to other workand educational experiences, and whatis its relevance to your future plans forgraduate study or your career?For most students, these are familiarquestions that are similar to those they

56 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MPotential Organizing Devices for the ConcentrationThese examples are intendedto give students an idea of themany possible ways they candefine and create their concentration.This list, however,is not exhaustive.Theme: One device forbuilding a concentration is toexplore an interesting concept,phenomenon or problem,such as Order andChaos, Passion and Reason orDemocracy. The theme canbe broadly construed, as, forexample, Race in theAmericas, Gender as a SocialConstruction, Sexual Identityand Civil Law or Class andPolitical Organizing, and canbe applied to a number ofdifferent historical periods orareas of the world. It can alsobe investigated comparativelyand studied from a variety ofdisciplinary perspectives suchas politics, philosophy, literatureor religion. Examples oftheme-based concentrationsinclude Gandhi, Nonviolence,and Social Change; Discoveryand Representations of the“New World.”Area: This concentrationfocuses on a part of theworld, such as Southeast Asiaor Latin America. The concentrationmay be concernedwith a particular time periodin that area or a comparativeview of the area across historicalepochs. As in concentrationsbased on a time period,students need to considerhow the area is defined historically,geopolitically andculturally, as well as examineprocesses and developmentsin this part of the world.Examples include UrbanSocieties in Latin America;News Media in the MiddleEast.Period: A concentrationmight explore a period of historysuch as the ancientworld, the Middle Ages or theMing Dynasty. The focusmight be on one nation orcontinent, such as pre-Columbian South America, oron events and processesacross those boundaries as in,for example, a considerationof the 15th century in Europe,Asia and Africa. Both theperiod and area concentrationscan be combined withthe concept (theme) device,as in Modernization in Africaand Latin America. Otherexamples include Traditionand Revolution in the MiddleAges and the Renaissance;The Industrial Revolution inEngland and America.Method: A major analyticmethod, a theoretical framework,may be used as a wayof organizing a concentration.A concentration using thisdevice might study Marxist theory,feminist theory, disabilitytheory, structuralism or poststructuralismand apply such asystem of analysis to art, culture,social change, etc.Examples include Foucault andthe Structuralist Movement;Gender and Race in FeministTheory; Praxis: The Challengeof Making Political Practicefrom Social History.Arts andPerformance: A concentrationin performance mayinvolve pursuing a combinationof critical and historicalstudies about an art form andpractice in that form. Thesemight include dance, dancehistory and criticism; dramaticliterature and acting; writing;the visual arts; and music.Examples include Mime andthe Aesthetics of Silence; Artas Culture and PoliticalChange; Minstrelsy and thePerformance of Racial Identity.Profession: Organizinga concentration in this mannerallows students, through arange of cross-disciplinarystudies and experiences, toprepare for a profession notrepresented by one of thedepartments of NYU, such ascultural policy, environmentalactivism or political consulting.Students may also usethis concentration to preparefor such areas as prelaw andpremedicine, writing andcommunications. Examplesinclude Labor Organizer; ArtsMagazine Publisher.MultidisciplinaryInquiry: This kind of concentrationis not simply adouble major, which can oftenbe an arbitrary and disconnectedpair of disciplines.Rather, a concentration of thisnature requires that studentsconsider the common, integratedthreads that may runthrough two perhaps seeminglyunrelated disciplines,such as math and dance (inthis scenario, the connectingthread may be the idea of patternsor structures). In a multidisciplinaryconcentration, studentspursue a theme, conceptor problem that unitesthe two disciplines. Examplesinclude History and Literature;Politics and the Arts.InterdisciplinaryStudy of aDiscipline: Students maychoose to study a single discipline,such as studio arts,comparative literature, writingor philosophy. Students canturn this into an interdisciplinarystudy by looking at asubject from, for example, ahistorical perspective. In thistype of concentration, studentsmay interrogate a disciplineby asking questions thatundermine disciplinaryboundaries or that demonstratethe relevance of otherdiscourses and disciplines.For example, students whoare interested in studyingLatin American literature caninform that study by takingcourses in Latin Americangender and culture, politicsand history. For studio arts,for example, students maywant to study art history, culturalhistory and genderissues as a way of informinga focus in painting. Otherexamples include History;Literature.Event or Person: Aconcentration may focus onan event like the Vietnam Waror a person like Plato orCharles Darwin. In this case,it is important to approachthe study from a historicalperspective and from morethan one discipline to gain agreater understanding of theperson or event. A study ofDarwin, for example, couldlead to a larger conceptualissue of social Darwinism andits contemporary effects.Other examples include TheFrench Revolution;Michelangelo.

T H E C O N C E N T R A T I O N 57answer when they complete the GallatinPlan of Study form. The IntellectualAutobiography and Plan for Concentrationbecomes the opportunity to integratethese ideas and to help students understandhow their learning experiencesconverge and coalesce into a unique,individualized course of study.Timetable for Writing the EssayThe Intellectual Autobiography and Planfor Concentration should be submittedby the time the student has completedthe 64th credit, usually at the end of thesophomore year. Students who havetransferred into Gallatin with 64 creditshave until the end of their first semesterat Gallatin to complete the requirement.The pacing for writing the essay, however,will vary as students move towardthat goal at different rates and throughdifferent strategies.First-Year Students. Most first-yearstudents are exploring different subjectsand naturally may not have a clear ideaof their concentration. Students choosecourses and learning opportunities withthe guidance of their adviser, exploringinterests and goals, identifying theirlearning styles and strengths and takingcourses in a variety of departments andschools.Sophomores. During their secondyear, students begin pursuing their concentration.They meet regularly withtheir adviser to discuss options, formulatequestions, choose appropriate methodsand discover resources. Theseconversations should aid in course planningfor the junior year. Part of this processincludes drafting and completingthe Intellectual Autobiography and Planfor Concentration.The Approval ProcessThe student’s adviser is responsible forapproving the Intellectual Autobiographyand Plan for Concentration essay; thus, itis particularly important that students andadvisers work closely together on thisdocument. When students enroll atGallatin, they will be automatically registeredin a 0-credit Intellectual Autobiographyand Plan for Concentration course(IAPC0000001), which is graded on apass/fail basis. Continuing students whodo not fulfill this requirement by thecompletion of their 64th credit will havea restriction (called a Dean’s Hold)placed on their registration. Transfer studentswho arrived at Gallatin with 64credits will also have the restriction(Dean’s Hold) placed on their registrationif they do not complete the requirementby the end of their first semester atGallatin. This restriction will prohibit studentsfrom registering or making schedulechanges (such as dropping oradding courses) until the IntellectualAutobiography and Plan for Concentrationis approved by the adviser andsubmitted.Changes in the Plan forConcentrationThe Intellectual Autobiography and Planfor Concentration is an evolving workingdocument. Consequently, the essay isnot expected to be exhaustive or binding;rather, it is a way for students tomake sense of and guide their collegestudies. After the essay is approved, studentsmay make changes as theyprogress toward the degree and theyshould discuss these changes with theiradviser. The substance of the plan mayshift somewhat as the student’s focusbecomes clearer or as the student’s interestsevolve.If a student’s interests change significantly(from costume history to artificialintelligence, for example), the advisercan ask for a revision of the essay. If thisoccurs, the student needs to considerwhether there is sufficient time left inthe program to be able to complete thenew plan.

58 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MThe ColloquiumTo qualify for graduation, all students inthe Gallatin undergraduate program mustsuccessfully complete a final oral examinationcalled the colloquium.The colloquium is an intellectual conversationamong four people—the student,the student’s adviser and two othermembers of the faculty—about a selectionof books representing several academicdisciplines and historical periods.The colloquium provides an opportunityfor students to reflect on their Gallatinconcentration and to synthesize variouslearning experiences—studying texts,taking courses, engaging in independentstudy and internships—into an integrateddiscussion about several booksand themes. In preparing for the colloquium,each student creates a booklistof 20 to 25 works and writes a briefpaper called the rationale, whichdescribes the themes the student plansto discuss in the colloquium.PREPARING FOR THECOLLOQUIUMAs the student works through the processof defining the concentration, thecolloquium topic should start to becomeclearer. When choosing courses, the studentshould keep in mind the generalrequirements of the booklist; studentswill need to select texts representing avariety of disciplines and historical periods.It is also a good idea to keep a separatenotebook with comments onimportant texts and ideas. If the studenthas an idea of what his or her colloquiumtopic will be, he or she mightthink of ways to develop that topic inpapers for courses.During the second semester of thejunior year, students work closely withtheir adviser to complete the rationale,the basis for the colloquium, and tocompose a preliminary booklist. Duringthe first semester of their senior year,students finalize the booklist. Seniors areexpected to complete their colloquiumduring the fall (or penultimate) semesterof their senior year.The Role of the AdviserConversations that the student has withhis or her adviser are an important partof the Gallatin education and an importantpart of preparing for the colloquiumitself. The adviser must approve the student’sbooklist and rationale, so he orshe will play an important role in helpingthe student prepare the list and writethe rationale. The adviser can explainthe procedures for the colloquium, helpthe student focus on unifying themes,make suggestions for the booklist andoffer helpful advice on writing the rationale.The adviser will also play a significantpart in the colloquium itself as oneof the committee members.Ways to PrepareConsulting with Instructors. Studentsshould feel free to consult withany member of the Gallatin faculty orany of their NYU professors. These individualscan help by suggesting books,commenting on the rationale and discussingthe ideas the student wants toexplore in the colloquium.Independent Study. Some studentschoose to design an independent studyaround their colloquium topic(s); usuallysuch projects are for 2 to 4 credits,depending on the number of books andwriting assignments. Students may workon such independent studies with theiradviser or other NYU faculty members,so long as the instructor has sufficientexpertise on the themes and the booksthe student wants to include in the independentstudy.Study Group. Some students havefound that one of the most effectiveways to prepare for the colloquium is byforming a study group with their peers.Students can form such a group on theirown, or Gallatin will help students findother students interested in joining astudy group.Workshops. In addition to theseevents, the Office of Academic Advisingoffers students rationale and colloquiumsupport through cohort-based workshopsas well as one-on-one meetings

T H E C O L L O Q U I U M 59THE BOOKLISTThe Colloquium Rationale andBooklist form is available at theGallatin Office of AcademicAdvising and on the GallatinWeb site. Students should usethis form to identify their booklist,which should consist of 20to 25 books arranged accordingto the following four sections:1. Ancient, Medieval andRenaissance ClassicsIdentify at least seven workswritten before the mid-1600s.2. Modernity—TheHumanitiesIdentify at least four works,written after the mid-1600s, inhumanities disciplines such asliterature, philosophy, history,the arts, critical theory andreligion.3. Modernity—The Socialand Natural SciencesIdentify at least four nonfictionworks, written after the mid-1600s, in the natural, quantitative,applied and/or socialsciences.4. Area of ConcentrationIdentify at least five works representingthe student’s area ofconcentration.with their class adviser. These workshopsinclude faculty-led events on thepurpose and nature of the colloquium,on how to begin writing the rationaleand on the colloquium experience fromthe perspective of recent graduates andGallatin faculty members.THE BOOKLIST ANDRATIONALEThe main focus of the colloquium is adiscussion of the works on the student’sbooklist. This list consists of 20 to 25books representing several academic disciplinesand historical periods, related tothe theme or themes described in therationale—a three- to five-page paperthat describes the main theme or themesthe student plans to talk about in thecolloquium. The rationale also refers toseveral of the books on the booklist.Usually these are books the student hasread in his or her courses, but they mayalso include books the student has readon his or her own.The BooklistIn putting together the booklist, studentsshould think about the books that havehad a significant impact on their thinkingand the books that were importantto their classroom work. Most important,students should talk to their adviser andother members of the faculty aboutbooks that may be relevant to the topicsthey plan to discuss in the colloquium.The books should be of high quality—thekind of books students read intheir courses. They should be significanttexts that represent a range of disciplinesand historical periods; they do not haveto be part of a recognized canon of“great books.” Students should avoidpop fiction, how-to manuals, self-helpbooks and textbooks unless they plan toengage critically with these genres.The RationaleStudents are required to submit a threetofive-page rationale about the topic ortopics they plan to discuss in the colloquium.The rationale may focus on acentral theme that unifies the entirebooklist, or it can discuss several differentthemes. In describing the maintheme or themes the student plans totalk about in the colloquium, the rationaleshould refer to several of the bookson the booklist, particularly those thatmay not be very well known. It can alsoinclude a discussion of the student’sintellectual development, area of concentration,internships, independent studies,courses and extracurricular projects, butthe rationale should place primary focuson explaining the topics the studentwants to discuss in the colloquium.FORMAT OF THE COLLOQUIUMThe colloquium provides an opportunityfor students to explore ways of integratingtheir academic, professional and personalodysseys with the ideas and themesin the books that have been significant intheir education. The colloquium shouldtherefore be viewed as a valuable experience,and students who are well preparedneed not be apprehensive.The Conversation Between theStudent and the CommitteeAlthough each colloquium is in somerespects unique, all tend to follow thesame general format. The colloquium isscheduled for two hours—90 minutes forthe colloquium itself and up to 30 minutesfor the committee members to discussthe student’s performance amongthemselves and with the student. The colloquiumusually begins with a brief discussionof the student’s earlier schooling,intellectual interests, professional experiences,academic program as a Gallatinstudent, plans for further education, careergoals and the themes on which the colloquiumwill focus. The main goal of thispart of the colloquium is to create an individualizedcontext for the discussion ofthe books and to establish a frameworkfor integrating the readings with the student’sinterests and life experiences.After this introductory presentation,the student and the faculty committeeproceed to discuss the works on the student’sbooklist. Students should bring acopy of their rationale and booklist tothe colloquium. The general tone of thecolloquium is that of an intellectual con-

60 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mversation. Its purpose is not to test thestudent’s rote memory of the details inthe texts, but rather to evaluate the student’scapacity to think, to inquire, tomake connections and to suggest interpretations.Students may be asked toexplore the similarities and differencesbetween two or more books, to commentabout the historical context of awork, or to discuss the work withrespect to the themes described in therationale. Questions are asked onlyabout the works on the booklist,although students may feel free to makereferences to other books. Students mayalso discuss creative projects or criticalwriting as part of the colloquium by presentinga research paper or a portfolio ofphotographs, showing a brief film orvideo, playing a piece of music, etc. Theconversation follows no specific mode,questions are invented on the spot, andstudents may guide the discussion indirections they feel appropriate.Evaluating the ColloquiumAt the conclusion of the colloquium, thefaculty committee discusses the student’sperformance. The main criterion for thecommittee’s evaluation is simply this:Was the student able to discuss thebooks in a thoughtful, insightful way andto respond intelligently to the questionsput forward by the faculty committee? Apass or fail requires a simple majorityvote of the committee. If the committeeconcludes that the student’s performancehas been unsatisfactory, the committeewill provide suggestions about what thestudent needs to do to prepare for a secondcolloquium. A student may not takethe exam more than twice. If a studentfails a second time, he or she will be dismissedfrom the School.Colloquium TitleStudents may have their colloquium topicprinted on their official NYU transcript.The title should accurately reflect thetheme of the colloquium and should beno more than 40 characters. The advisermust approve the student’s choice oftitle. Students may also choose not tohave the title printed on the transcript.Matriculation PolicyStudents must be registered for coursesor must register to maintain matriculationduring the semester in which they takethe colloquium. Please note the followingexceptions: Students who have completedall of their degree requirements inthe spring or summer may take the colloquiumbefore the September graduationdeadline without registering for thefall semester. Similarly, students whohave completed all of their degreerequirements in the fall semester maytake the colloquium before the Januarygraduation deadline without registeringfor the spring semester.The Senior ProjectThe senior project is an optional 4-creditindependent research or artistic projectthat a student pursues under the guidanceof a faculty mentor. It generallyoccurs in the final semester before graduation.With the adviser’s approval, astudent may choose to do a senior projectin the penultimate semester anddraw that project into the senior colloquiumdiscussion. Senior projects mayinclude, but are not limited to, a paperbased on original research, a writtenassessment of a community-learning initiative,an artistic project such as a filmor novel, etc. Successful completion ofthe senior project will be noted in twoways: a letter grade for the course titled,“Senior Project” will be issued, and upongraduation a notation will appear on thetranscript listing the title of the seniorproject. Senior projects deemed exceptionalby the Gallatin Senior Project Committeewill be awarded honors. For moreinformation regarding policies, proceduresand guidelines for senior projects,please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin.

M I N O R S , P A R T N E R S H I P S A N D D U A L D E G R E E S 61Minors,Partnerships andDual DegreesMINORSGallatin students may complement theirundergraduate degree in individualizedstudy with an academic minor. Althoughthe Gallatin School is not developing itsown minors, Gallatin students may electto take a minor offered by any of thefollowing six NYU schools: College ofArts and Science; Steinhardt School ofCulture, Education, and Human Development;Silver School of Social Work;Stern School of Business; Tisch Schoolof the Arts; and Wagner Graduate Schoolof Public Service.Students should be aware that theaddition of a minor in no way changesany of their obligations as a Gallatin student.They are still expected to write anIntellectual Autobiography and Plan forConcentration, design an individualizedconcentration, complete a rationale andundertake a colloquium in their senioryear. However, a minor might relate toand enrich a student’s program in anumber of ways: it may relate directly tothe student’s concentration, or it mayreflect interest in an area of studyentirely different and separate from theconcentration.A list of possible minors may be foundat http://www.nyu.edu/advisement/majors.minors/crossminors.html. The typicalminor consists of a minimum of 16to 20 credits, with the actual number ofcredits and grades required determinedby the faculty in the program in whichthe minor is offered. Please note that notall minors are open to Gallatin students.Gallatin students are only eligible todeclare one minor. Students may declarea minor at any time before the completionof 110 credits; declarations madeafter the completion of the 110th creditcannot be ensured. A declaration of aminor becomes part of a student’srecord, and the expectation is that thestudent will complete the minor to beeligible to graduate. Once a student hascompleted all requirements for a minor,the minor will appear on the transcript.If a student wishes to pursue a minor,he or she should first meet with his orher primary adviser to discuss the impactof the courses required to complete theminor in relation to the student’s GallatinB.A. requirements. Moreover, studentsare required to receive adviser approvalin order to declare a minor.Students should contact the GallatinOffice of Academic Advising for moreinformation about minors.GALLATIN-ENVIRONMENTALSTUDIES PARTNERSHIPGallatin students interested in environmentalstudies have the option of participatingin the Gallatin-EnvironmentalStudies Partnership, an agreementbetween the Gallatin School and theEnvironmental Studies (ES) Program inNYU’s College of Arts and Science.Aside from completing their individualizedconcentration at Gallatin in theusual manner, students may select aseries of environmental studies coursesand also become a part of the EnvironmentalStudies Program community. Studentswho participate in the partnershipbecome eligible to take the capstoneseminar offered by the program. Whenthey graduate they will receive a noteon their transcript indicating that theyhave completed the Gallatin-EnvironmentalStudies Partnership. Students inacademic good standing may formallysign up to join in this partnership, withtheir adviser’s approval, beginning in thesecond semester of their sophomoreyear, and no later than the completionof their 80th credit.For more information on thisstudy option, visit Gallatin’s website,www.nyu.edu/gallatinB.A./M.P.A. DUAL DEGREEBeginning in summer 2010, the GallatinSchool is offering two dual-degree programsin collaboration with NYU’sRobert F. Wagner Graduate School ofPublic Service: (1) the B.A.-M.P.A. Programin Public and Nonprofit Manage-

62 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mment and Policy (HEGIS code number4901/2102†) and (2) the B.A.-M.P.A. Programin Health Policy and Management(HEGIS code number 4901/1202†). Thedual-degree programs are designed forstudents with a strong commitment topublic leadership. Students enrolled inthese accelerated programs will have anopportunity to enhance their learningand gain experience in the public servicefield while earning both theBachelor of Arts and the Master ofPublic Administration degrees. (SeeTimeline below.)While enrolled as undergraduates inthe Gallatin School, students eligible toenroll in the dual-degree program maycomplete up to 28 of the 60 credits ingraduate work required for the WagnerM.P.A. degree. These 28 credits typicallycomprise five Wagner core courses, andup to two courses chosen from the student’santicipated area of concentration.Gallatin students participating in theB.A.-M.P.A. dual degree program aregranted the opportunity to participate ingraduate coursework before completingthe undergraduate degree, but this doesnot guarantee outright acceptance intothe Wagner M.P.A. program. Studentswho wish to pursue the M.P.A. degreemust also complete a regular WagnerM.P.A. Application for Admission duringthe senior year at Gallatin. All interesteddual-degree Gallatin students will beexpected to meet the same admissionsstandards as other Wagner applicants,which include strong academic qualificationsand the equivalent of at least oneyear of relevant professional experience(i.e., internships, volunteer work, parttimejobs). Further, before matriculatingin the Wagner School and after completingthe B.A. degree in Gallatin, studentsadmitted to the M.P.A. program will beexpected to acquire at least one additionalyear of full-time professionalexperience relevant to their anticipatedfield of study for the Master of PublicAdministration degree.For more information on the dualdegreeprograms, please visit theGallatin website at www.nyu.edu/gallatin.POSSIBLE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING B.A./M.P.A DUALDEGREE (FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT):† HEGIS: Higher Education GeneralInformation SurveyNew York State Department of EducationOffice of Higher EducationState Education Building89 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor,West MezzanineAlbany, NY 12234Telephone: 518-474-5851www.highered.nysed.govYears 1-2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 5(Summer)Year 6Consultation with the student’s academic adviser aboutparticipation in the B.A.-M.P.A. dual degreeCompletion of the dual degree pre-application.Enrollment in Wagner core courses.Participation in internships, volunteer work and part-time jobs inthe public service sector.Completion of the Wagner M.P.A. application.Completion of all degree requirements for the Gallatin B.A.Participation in internships, volunteer work and part-time jobs inthe public service sector.Full-time work for Professional Experience RequirementCompletion of Wagner prerequisites for Capstone (if necessary)Completion of Wagner M.P.A.

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 63CourseOfferingsSteven Hutkins, AssociateProfessor, teaches courses on placeand literature.The following is a list of courses offeredin the 2010-2011 Academic Year. Pleasenote this list is subject to change.SUMMER 2010Interdisciplinary SeminarsK20.1072 Poets in Protest: Footsteps toHip-HopK20.1222 Art Now: Tradition andChangeK20.1239 Classic Texts andContemporary LifeK20.1268 Cultural Politics of ChildhoodK20.1322 The Ancient Greeks andTheir InfluenceK20.1403 The Global Neighborhoods ofLower ManhattanK20.1425 The Philosophic DialogueK20.1494 Monsters in Popular Culture:Invented, Awakened,InvadingK20.1550 Explorations of ArchitecturalSpace in ContemporaryAmerican LiteratureAdvanced Writing CoursesK30.1324 The Journal in the CityK30.1331 The Voyage: Writing AboutTravelK30.1550 Fiction WritingArts WorkshopsNote: students may take any Arts Workshoptwo times.K40.1410 Outdoor Drawing andPainting: Discovering SubjectMatterK40.1620 Urban Design and PlanningK40.1625 Digital Art and New MediaK40.1660 Magazine Dreams:Conceiving, Designing, andProducing a 21st-CenturyPublicationIndividualized ProjectsK50.1701 Private LessonK50.1801 InternshipK50.1901 Independent StudyK50.1925 TutorialTravel CoursesK55.9500 Berlin: Capital of ModernityK55.9800 Africa and the Politics of AidK95.2060 Italian Renaissance, Art andLiterature: The CultureExplosionFALL 2010First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminarsK10.0035 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: FamilyK10.0042 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Capitalism andDemocracyK10.0043 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Travel FictionsK10.0049 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: The Self and theCall of the OtherK10.0053 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Novel FreedomsK10.0058 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: “Character”K10.0065 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Beyond Language:The Surreal, the Monstrousand the MysticalK10.0066 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: War and PeaceK10.0068 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: The Ancient Heroand the HeroicK10.0069 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Boundaries andTransgressionsK10.0070 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Holy GrailsK10.0071 First-Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Political Theatre

64 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MEve Meltzer, Assistant Professor,whose teaching interests includecontemporary art history andcriticism, material culture,psychoanalysis and structuralism.K10.0072 First Year InterdisciplinarySeminar: Why Monsters areNecessaryK10.0073 First-year InterdisciplinarySeminar: The Self and thePolitical: Plato to the PresentFirst-Year Writing SeminarsK10.0319 First-Year Writing Seminar:Aesthetics on TrialK10.0323 First-Year Writing Seminar:Artists’ Lives, Artists’ WorkK10.0333 First-Year Writing Seminar:Writing Twentieth-CenturyMusic and CultureK10.0343 First-Year Writing Seminar:Writers on WritingK10.0345 First-Year Writing Seminar:Love and TroubleK10.0353 First-Year Writing Seminar:The Faith Between UsK10.0355 First-Year Writing Seminar:Writing the CityK10.0357 First-Year Writing Seminar:Wilderness and CivilizationK10.0361 First-Year Writing Seminar:Collage: From Art to Life andBackK10.0365 First-Year Writing Seminar:The Idea of America: WhatDoes it Mean?K10.0373 First-Year Writing Seminar:Fantastic Voyage: The Art andScience of Science FictionK10.0374 First-Year Writing Seminar:The Harlem Renaissance,Then and NowK10.0375 First-Year Writing Seminar:Writing the SelfK10.0376 First-Year Writing Seminar:The Politics of VoiceK10.0377 First-Year Writing Seminar:WorkingK10.0378 First-Year Writing Seminar:Narrative and DiasporaK10.0379 First-Year Writing Seminar:Utopia: The Logic and Ethicsof Imagining New WorldsFirst-Year Research SeminarK10.0704 First-Year Research Seminar:Myths and Fables in PopularCultureInterdisciplinary SeminarsK20.1061 Literary Forms: The Craft ofCriticismK20.1122 Discourses of Love: Antiquityto the RenaissanceK20.1128 Bodily FictionsK20.1156 The Darwinian RevolutionK20.1188 The Emergence of theUnconscious: From AncientHealing to PsychoanalysisK20.1193 Culture as CommunicationK20.1197 Narratives of AfricanCivilizationsK20.1202 Tragic VisionsK20.1229 “Chinatown” and theAmerican ImaginationK20.1249 Colonies, Nations, Empires,GlobalizationK20.1253 Shakespeare On the Uses ofThis WorldK20.1272 Theorizing Politics:Machiavelli, Marx andFoucaultK20.1289 Narrative Investigations II:Realism to PostmodernismK20.1299 Objectivity and the Politics ofthe Journalism RevolutionK20.1357 The Qur’anK20.1359 American Capitalism in theTwentieth CenturyK20.1360 Intellectuals and Power:Reading Through Foucault,Lenin and GramsciK20.1366 Inventing Modernity II:Realists and RadicalsK20.1381 Creative Democracy: ThePragmatist TraditionK20.1388 Thinking About SeeingK20.1389 Sappho and David: The Greekand Hebrew Poetic TraditionsK20.1433 The Simple Life

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 65Millery Polyné, AssistantProfessor, whose teaching andresearch interests highlight thehistory of U.S. African American andAfro-Caribbean/Afro-Latino cultural,political, and economic initiatives inthe 19th and 20th centuries.K20.1468 Psychoanalysis and the VisualK20.1470 (Re) Imagining Latin AmericaK20.1478 The (Post)Colonial ArabicNovelK20.1504 Guilty Subjects: Guilt inLiterature, Law andPsychoanalysisK20.1515 Homer/Ellison: The Odysseyand Invisible ManK20.1518 Globalization: Promises andDiscontentsK20.1523 Feminism, Empire andPostcolonialityK20.1527 Finance for Social TheoristsK20.1530 Wall Street: An IconographicHistoryK20.1534 The Seen and Unseen inScienceK20.1536 PerversionK20.1552 Sociology of Religion: Islamand the Modern WorldK20.1558 The Travel Habit: On theRoad in the ThirtiesK20.1562 Reading the Faces of AncientCulturesK20.1564 Race and Religion in AfricanAmerican CultureK20.1565 Critically Queer: The CulturalPolitics of Deviant Sexualityand GenderK20.1586 Consumerism in ComparativePerspectiveK20.1596 Domesticating the Wild inChildren’s LiteratureK20.1602 Nature, Resources, and theHuman Condition:Perspectives on EnvironmentalHistoryK20.1603 Modern Poetry and the ActualWorldK20.1604 Close Readings in CriticalCultural Theory: WalterBenjaminK20.1605 Close Readings in CriticalCultural Theory: TheodorAdornoK20.1606 Staging Ancient Drama: Text,Culture, and PerformanceK20.1607 Philosophes and Follies:Theatre of the EnlightenmentK20.1608 Justice and the PoliticalK20.1609 Dante’s WorldK20.1610 Darwin and the LiteraryImaginationK20.1613 Secular Politics and ItsDiscontentsK20.1614 Narrating Seduction: The Taleof GenjiK20.1615 Language and Desire: MishimaYukioK20.1617 Philosophy of ReligionK20.1618 Media and FashionK20.1619 The Public SphereK20.1620 Socratic Irony and Plato’sNarrators: The Soul, Love andIdeas in Seven DialoguesK20.1621 Theorizing the Visual: Towarda Politics of RepresentationK20.1622 International Human RightsK20.1623 Labor and Its RepresentationsK20.1624 There and Back Again:Travelers and Travelingthrough the Middle Ages andBeyondK20.1627 Green History from Geddes toGoreK20.1628 Think Big: Global Issues andEcological SolutionsAdvanced Writing CoursesK30.1039 Writing About Popular MusicK30.1070 Writing About FilmK30.1105 Freelance WritingK30.1300 Creative NonfictionK30.1311 Taken from Life: TurningMemories Into FictionK30.1317 Only Connect: Strategies forWritingK30.1321 Travel WritingK30.1328 Writing the DoubleK30.1341 Oral Narratives: Stories andTheir VariationsK30.1430 Literary TranslationK30.1505 Writing Short Comedy

66 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MStacy Pies, Clinical AssociateProfessor, teaches courses thatexplore the role of narrative andculture in texts and humanrelationships.K30.1537 Crafting Short Fiction from theSentence UpK30.1540 Reading and Writing the ShortStoryK30.1550 Fiction WritingK30.1555 Advanced Fiction WritingK30.1560 The Art and Craft of PoetryArts WorkshopsNote: students may take any ArtsWorkshop two times.K40.1001 First-Year Arts Workshop:Adaptation, Performance andAnalysis: A Creative Journeyinto the Life and Work of ItaloCalvinoK40.1014 Something to Sing About:Acting in Musical TheatreK40.1045 Oral History, Cultural Identityand the ArtsK40.1080 Site-Specific Performance: Art,Activism and Public SpaceK40.1107 Body Wisdom for PerformersK40.1110 The Art of PlayK40.1209 The Art of ChoreographyK40.1211 Making Dance: Space, Placeand TechnologyK40.1305 Rudiments of ContemporaryMusicianshipK40.1325 SongwritingK40.1405 Drawing and PaintingK40.1420 Rites of Passage intoContemporary Art PracticeK40.1470 The Public Square: FromConcepts–to Models–toMonumentsK40.1490 Sound ArtK40.1565 PlaywritingK40.1570 Writing for the Screen IK40.1571 Writing for Television IK40.1603 Mapping as a Spatial, Political,and Environmental PracticeK40.1623 Green Design and PlanningK40.1626 Good Design: ScaleK40.1635 Digital Art and New MediaK40.1652 Creating a Magazine: FromInspiration to PrototypeCommunity Learning InitiativeK45.1435 Walls of Power: Public ArtK45.1444 Lyrics on LockdownK45.1445 Shifting Focus I: VideoProduction and CommunityActivismK45.1453 Gentrification and ItsDiscontentsK45.1460 Literacy in ActionIndividualized ProjectsK50.1701 Private LessonK50.1801 InternshipK50.1901 Independent StudyK50.1905 Senior ProjectK50.1925 TutorialWINTER 2011Interdisciplinary SeminarsK20.1545 On Freud’s Couch:Psychoanalysis, Narrative andMemoryK20.1567 The Arabian NightsArts WorkshopK40.1019 His Advice to the Players:Shakespeare in PerformanceTravel CourseK55.9750 Istanbul: Mapping the Past inthe Present

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 67Stephen Duncombe, AssociateProfessor, teaches and writes on thehistory of media and the intersectionof culture and politics.SPRING 2011First-Year Research SeminarsK10.0701 First-Year Research Seminar:The Lure of BeautyK10.0702 First-Year Research Seminar:Imagining CitiesK10.0703 First-Year Research Seminar:Truth or Fiction? Memory andStorytellingK10.0709 First-Year Research Seminar:Language and the PoliticalK10.0712 First-Year Research Seminar:Art and the Dream LifeK10.0715 First-Year Research Seminar:The Surreal ThingK10.0719 First-Year Research Seminar:The Writer in InternationalPoliticsK10.0720 First-Year Research Seminar:Ideology in Everyday LifeK10.0722 First-Year Research Seminar:Popular Religion and PopularCulture in North AmericaK10.0723 First-Year Research Seminar:Innovation and SustainabilityK10.0724 First-Year Research Seminar:Questions of TravelInterdisciplinary SeminarsK20.1072 Poets in Protest: Footsteps toHip-HopK20.1093 The Enlightenment and ItsLegacyK20.1116 Fate and Free Will in the EpicTraditionK20.1135 The Medieval MindK20.1144 Free Speech and DemocracyK20.1181 A Sense of PlaceK20.1207 Origins of the Atomic AgeK20.1211 Buddhism and PsychologyK20.1238 The Anatomy of LoveK20.1280 Revisioning the ClassicsK20.1294 Philosophy of MedicineK20.1298 Ecology and EnvironmentalThoughtK20.1300 Militaries and MilitarizationK20.1306 Critical Social Theory: ThePredicament of ModernityK20.1313 Ethics for DissentersK20.1314 Literary and Cultural Theory:An InterdisciplinaryIntroductionK20.1318 Shakespeare and the LondonTheatreK20.1324 Baseball as a Road to GodK20.1337 Beyond the Invisible Hand:The History of EconomicThoughtK20.1339 Foucault: Biopower andBiopoliticsK20.1342 Language, Globalization andthe SelfK20.1370 Popular Culture and theStruggle for Black Civil RightsK20.1375 Romantics andRevolutionaries: The Birth ofModern Political TheatreK20.1394 Latinos and the Politics ofRaceK20.1412 Yellow PerilK20.1432 The Meaning of HomeK20.1451 Ancient Reflections in a Timeof Modern WarK20.1468 Psychoanalysis and the VisualK20.1486 RevoluciónK20.1487 Performing ObjectsK20.1488 AntigoneK20.1493 Sports, Race and PoliticsK20.1512 Fashion’s Fictions: The Textsof ClothingK20.1513 New Deal Liberalism: Its Riseand FallK20.1516 Understanding the UniverseK20.1519 Biology and SocietyK20.1527 Finance for Social TheoristsK20.1539 Before Tourism: TravelClassicsK20.1542 Motown Matrix: Race, Genderand Class Identity in “TheSound of Young America”K20.1561 Visions of Greatness:Alexander and his LegaciesK20.1563 Women’s Text(iles)

68 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MKaren Hornick, Clinical AssociateProfessor, teaches courses thatintegrate the study of literature,media, philosophy, cultural history,and writing.K20.1568 Narrating Memory, Historyand PlaceK20.1571 Humans, Machines, andAestheticsK20.1572 America in the 1970s and1980s: From Recession Bluesto Free Market FrenzyK20.1573 The New American SocietyK20.1578 Racial, Sexual Interfaces: Film,New Media and GlobalizationK20.1583 Present Absences: LiterarySources of Modern TheoryK20.1585 Memory Wars: Artistic andLiterary Representations inJapanese WW IIHistoriographyK20.1587 Who Owns Culture?: CulturalImplications of IntellectualProperty LawK20.1588 The Rise and Fall of theHarlem RenaissanceK20.1589 The Vietnam WarK20.1590 Walter Benjamin: Theory forGleanersK20.1593 Barbarians: AncientConceptions of the OutsiderK20.1612 Contexts of Musical Meaning:What and How Does MusicMean?K20.1626 The CommunicationRevolutionsK20.1629 Kafka and His ContextK20.1630 Pictures at a Revolution: Filmas Political RhetoricK20.1631 The U.S. Empire and theAmericasK20.1632 “Woman” and the PoliticalK20.1633 Comprehensive DesignScienceK20.1634 Postcolonial African CitiesK20.1635 Playing Video Games:Theory, History and PracticeK20.1636 The Political Economy ofDevelopmentK20.1637 The Early Modern EnglishCaribbeanK20.1638 Literature of Rebellion inEarly Modern EnglandK20.1639 Witch, Heroine, Saint: Joan ofArc and Her WorldK20.1640 The History of KindnessK20.1642 Celebrity CultureK20.1643 Law and Social ThoughtK20.1800 Third Year SymposiumAdvanced Writing CoursesK30.1026 Lives in BriefK30.1034 Writing About PerformanceK30.1075 The Montage is the MessageK30.1301 Advanced Creative NonfictionK30.1304 The Art of the Personal EssayK30.1332 Writing the StrangeK30.1336 Writing Your AncestryK30.1339 Ripped from the Headlines:Current Events in FictionK30.1350 Writing for Young ReadersK30.1536 The Short Story: A Workshopon RevisingK30.1549 Writers as Shapers: Strategiesfor Sculpting the StoryK30.1550 Fiction WritingK30.1555 Advanced Fiction WritingK30.1560 The Art and Craft of PoetryK30.1564 Advanced Poetry WorkshopArts WorkshopsNote: students may take any ArtsWorkshop two times.K40.1012 Acting: Rehearsing the PlayK40.1050 Performing Stories: East MeetsWestK40.1106 The Knowing Body:Awareness Techniques forPerformersK40.1115 Creative Arts in the HelpingProfessionsK40.1208 Making Dances in theTwenty-first Century:Concepts, Strategies, ActionsK40.1212 World DanceK40.1306 Advanced ContemporaryMusicianshipK40.1316 Playing Jazz

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 69Michael D. Dinwiddie,Associate Professor, teaches coursesin cultural studies, African Americantheatre history, dramatic writing,filmmaking and ragtime music.K40.1405 Drawing and PaintingK40.1425 Discovering Manhattan:Drawing and Painting in theSpirit of the Modern ArtPioneersK40.1431 Of Fire and Blood:Art-making, Culture andMythology in MexicoK40.1440 Technology, Art, and PublicSpaceK40.1460 Visual Arts in Theory toPracticeK40.1480 Photograph New York, CreateYour VisionK40.1572 Writing for Television IIK40.1604 Native American Film andVideo: Performing Self-Representation ThroughMediaK40.1616 Green DesignK40.1621 Architectural Design andDrawingK40.1645 Activating ArtK40.1656 Ideas in Action: AdvancedProjects in Arts PublicationsCommunity Learning InitiativeK45.1422 Cultural Mapping for SocialChangeK45.1447 Urban Policy andNeighborhood ChangeK45.1460 Literacy in ActionK45.1466 Policy, Community, and SelfK45.1476 Language, Imagination,Community and ActivismK45.1479 Social Enterprising: RedefiningSocial Change in the 21stCenturyIndividualized ProjectsK50.1701 Private LessonK50.1801 InternshipK50.1901 Independent StudyK50.1905 Senior ProjectK50.1925 TutorialIn addition to the courses offered atNYU’s New York campus, the followingGallatin courses are offered at NYUSites Abroad:Buenos AiresK20.9401 Tango and Mass CultureK30.9401 Creative Writing: Argentina,Travel Writing at the End ofthe WorldFlorenceK20.9001 Postmodern Fiction: AnInternational PerspectiveK20.9002 The Idea of TravelK40.9001 Architectural Design: AnInstallation in FlorenceK50.9001 Internship: CommunityService in FlorenceGhanaK50.9701 Internship Seminar andFieldworkLondonK20.9101 ImmigrationK20.9102 Art and War, 1914-2004ParisK20.9301 The French Art World in theNineteenth CenturyK20.9302 Paris Monuments and PoliticalPower in the Nineteenth andTwentieth CenturiesK20.9304 Topics in French Literature:Paris in French and ExpatriateLiteratureK20.9305 Topics in French Literature:Multiculturalism in France andthe U.S.K20.9306 Paris Pairs in ModernLiterature & ArtPragueK20.9201 Kafka and His ContextsK20.9202 Literature and Place of CentralEurope

70 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MK20.9203 Civil Resistance in Central andEastern EuropeK20.9204 Central European FilmK40.9201 Twenty-first CenturyTheatremakers: ModernEuropean Approaches toActing and DirectingK40.9202 Theater ProductionShanghaiK30.9501 Creative WritingK50.9701 Internship Seminar andFieldworkTel AvivK20.9601 Politics and the Production ofEverydayness in IsraelK50.9618 Internship Seminar andFieldworkRegistration,Matriculation andAttendanceIN THIS SECTION:I. Registering forClasses............................70II.III.IV.Changing the CourseSchedule ........................72Maximum Creditsper Term ........................73Full-Time/Part-TimeStatus .............................74V. Time Limit to CompleteDegree............................74VI. Attendance ...................74VII. Final Examinations.....74VIII. Graduate CourseCredit..............................75IX. External Study.............75X. MaintainingMatriculation ...............76XI. Leaves of Absence......77XII. Withdrawal...................77XIII. Petitions andAppeals..........................78I. REGISTERING FOR CLASSESAcademic AdvisingEach Gallatin student works closely witha faculty adviser who is paired with thestudent based on shared intellectualinterests. Together they design an individualizedprogram intended to fulfill thestudent’s academic, professional andpersonal goals. The adviser plays a centralrole in shaping this program. Studentsmeet with their adviser throughouteach term to discuss their progress incourses and registration for the comingterm. Advisers help students form theirplan of study by advising them onselecting courses from the various programsavailable at NYU and pursuingindividualized projects through independentstudies, tutorials, internships andprivate lessons. Gallatin advisers alsosupervise independent studies andinternships, help students compose theIntellectual Autobiography and Plan forConcentration, work with them to designa colloquium rationale and assist themas they prepare for the colloquium itself.The ongoing conversation that developsbetween advisers and students givesform and heart to a Gallatin education.Students are required to secure theiradviser’s approval for the following academicactions or decisions: registrationclearance; independent study, tutorial,internship and private lesson proposals;IAPC, colloquium rationale and booklistsubmission; and all petitions. During theregistration period, students areexpected to prepare for meetings withtheir adviser by consulting the courseinformation available on Albert and theGallatin Web site. For full NYU coursedescriptions, students are expected toconsult the bulletins of the individualschools or directly consult the Web siteof the program, department, or school inwhich the course is offered.Gallatin faculty and staff are committedto finding the best possible adviserfor each student, but occasionally studentsfind it is in their best interest torequest a change of adviser because of ashift in the area of concentration, facultysabbaticals, etc. Undergraduate studentswishing to request such a change can filea Change of Adviser Request form, availableon the Gallatin Web site or at theGallatin Office of Academic Advising.Registration TimetableFall term registration for freshmen occursduring freshman orientation, held at Gallatinduring the last week of June eachyear. Registration for continuing studentsbegins in mid-April for the fall term, inearly November for the winter session,in mid-November for the spring termand in early February for the summerterm. Transfer student orientation is heldat the start of the fall and spring terms,and registration workshops are conductedperiodically during each term asstudents are admitted. Up-to-date informationabout how to register is providedby the University Registrar and the GallatinOffice of Student Services eachsemester.

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 71Gene Cittadino, ClinicalAssistant Professor, whose teachingand research interests lie inunderstanding and interpreting thehistorical and present role ofscientific knowledge in our culture.Undergraduate Plan of StudyGallatin students use a special registrationform called the Undergraduate Planof Study. The purpose of this form is toencourage focused conversation betweenthe student and the adviser about thestudent’s progress and goals. The frontof the form records student informationand course selections for the comingterm. The interior includes a worksheetto calculate degree progress and areview of registration policies and procedures.Most important, the back includesquestions that ask students to describetheir short- and long-term goals, theiracademic interests and areas of concentrationand their plan for completing thedegree.Cross-School RegistrationGallatin students may take courses inmany of the schools, departments andprograms of NYU, which are listed onpage 50. Please note this is a completelist of NYU schools and departmentsopen to undergraduate students, and itdoes not exclude those departments orprograms in which students have limitedor no access. Students should note thatcertain departments and programs mayrestrict courses to majors only. Mostnotably, these restrictions are found inthose programs or departments that haveunique and specific admissions criteria.Permission to take courses in other NYUschools is subject to the approval of theindividual program or department. Studentsare expected to meet the prerequisitesof any courses they take in otherNYU schools. Gallatin students shouldalso note they may register for no morethan 32 credits that would count towardthe core business and major requirementsin the Stern School of Business orthe McGhee Division in the School ofContinuing and Professional Studies.Clearance at the Gallatin Office ofStudent ServicesTo be cleared for registration, each studentmust submit an Undergraduate Planof Study form with all necessaryapprovals, including the adviser’s signature,at the Gallatin Office of StudentServices. The Office of Student Serviceswill clear each student electronically forregistration on Albert. Students shouldbe advised that Gallatin will not clear astudent for registration without theadviser’s approval.AlbertStudents who have been cleared to registerare expected to enroll in classesthrough NYU’s Web-based registrationand information system, Albert, viaNYUHome at http://home.nyu.edu. Studentsalso use Albert to gain access totheir academic, personal and financialrecords. For more information on thefunctions available on Albert, studentsmay visit the Web site of the Office of theUniversity Registrar at www.nyu.edu/registrar.Late RegistrationStudents who fail to meet registrationdeadlines will be charged late registrationand payment fees after the firstweek of classes, as published by theOffice of the Bursar. To register after thesecond week of classes in the fall andspring terms, students must obtain writtenpermission from each of theirinstructors and must register in person atthe Gallatin Office of Student Services.Students registering late are encouragedto seek assistance from the Office ofStudent Services as soon as possible.Paying TuitionStudents who enroll for courses willreceive an e-mail, at their official NYUe-mail address, notifying them that atuition bill (E-Bill) is available to view.The University does not send paper billsvia U.S. mail. Students can also invite parentsor other authorized users to createtheir own E-Billing user profile. Studentswho do not meet payment deadlines willbe dropped from courses. For more informationabout E-Billing, payment options,deadlines for payment and tuitionrefunds, visit the Office of the Bursar’sWeb site at www.nyu.edu/bursar.

72 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MJack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen,Associate Professor, whose teachingand research interests include crossculturaland community studies,underground New York City historiesand Pacific worlds.Registration DeadlinesSpecific registration deadlines for eachsemester are available on Gallatin’s Website at www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ba.II. CHANGING THE COURSESCHEDULEChanges to a student’s academic programshould always be discussed withthe student’s adviser. While advisers arenot required to give official approval forchanges made after the course schedulehas been approved, the discussion ofsuch changes maintains the integrity ofthe advising process. Students wishing tochange their course schedules after submittingthem may do so by accessingAlbert and following the proceduresbelow for adding and dropping courses.Students are expected to monitor paymentand refund deadlines and will beheld responsible for all charges incurred.Adding CoursesFor the fall and spring terms, studentsmay add a course using Albert until thelast day of the second week of classes.During the third full week of classes inthe fall and spring terms, a course maybe added in person at the Gallatin Officeof Student Services only if the studentobtains written permission on the appropriatedepartmental form or on Universitystationery from the instructor of thecourse. Adding courses after the thirdfull week of fall or spring classes is notpermitted.Dropping CoursesStudents who plan to remain enrolled inclasses but who wish to drop one ormore courses are able to perform thisfunction on Albert while the Registrationmenu option is active for the semester.After the Registration function is deactivated,students must come in person toGallatin’s Office of Student Services todrop a course. Students who wish todrop all of their courses must seek assistancefrom the Gallatin Office of AcademicAdvising. Students must be awarethat merely ceasing to attend a class doesnot constitute an official drop, nor doesnotification to the instructor. Studentswho wish to drop a course must takeaction by dropping the course on Albertor by coming in person to Gallatin’sOffice of Student Services or Office ofAcademic Advising for assistance.Until the last day of the third week ofclasses for the fall and spring semesters,and until the third day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, droppedcourses do not appear on the student’stranscript. Courses dropped during thefourth through the ninth week of classesfor the fall and spring semesters, andfrom the fourth day of classes throughthe last day of the fourth week of classesDEADLINES FOR DROPPING COURSES WITH A GRADE OF WLength of course Last day to withdraw (grade of W) from a course1 week Third day of the session2 weeks Sixth day of the session3 weeks Last day of the second week of the session4 weeks First day of the third week of the session5 weeks First day of the fourth week of the session6 weeks Last day of the fourth week of the session7 weeks First day of the fifth week of the session8 weeks Last day of the fifth week of the session9-10 weeks Last day of the sixth week of the session11-12 weeks Last day of the seventh week of the session13-14 weeks Last day of the ninth week of the session

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 73Sharon Friedman, AssociateProfessor, whose teaching andresearch interests include literaryinterpretation, feminist criticism,women dramatists, and criticalwriting.for the six-week summer sessions, arerecorded with a grade of “W” (Withdrawal),which cannot be removed fromthe official record. After the ninth weekof classes for the fall and springsemesters and the last day of the fourthweek of classes for the six-week summersessions, students may not withdrawfrom a course. For a complete listing ofwithdrawal deadlines for all sessions,refer to the chart above. For more informationabout the grade of “W,” seepages 77-78 and 79.Refunds for dropped courses are subjectto the University refund schedule.For more information about droppingcourses and refund of tuition, undergraduatestudents should refer to page 98.Students receiving financial aid areexpected to maintain satisfactory academicprogress toward degree requirements.See page 100 for moreinformation about satisfactory academicprogress. Because dropping coursescould negatively affect satisfactory academicprogress, students should consultwith the Office of Financial Aid beforedropping courses.International students are required tobe registered for full-time course work(see Full-Time/Part-Time Status, below).Because dropping courses could affect astudent’s full-time status, all internationalstudents should consult with the Officefor International Students and Scholars(OISS) at 561 La Guardia Place, 212-998-4720, or www.nyu.edu/oiss before droppingcourses.Drop/Adds and “Even Exchange”If a student drops a course and addsanother course of the same credit valueduring the first two weeks of the fall orspring semester, or by the end of thesecond calendar day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, this transactionis considered an even exchange anddoes not result in additional tuitioncharges (unless there are associated feesattached to the added course). However,after the second week of classes for thefall or spring semester, or after the secondday of classes for the six-week summersessions, students are charged fullper-credit tuition for adding courses inplace of withdrawn courses of equalvalue. Therefore, students should consultwith the Office of the Bursar beforeattempting to withdraw from one courseand add another course.Albert remains active for ongoing registrationactivity for the first two weeksof classes during the fall and springsemesters. Once Albert is deactivated forthe purposes of registration, studentsmust complete an NYU Change ofProgram form in person at the GallatinOffice of Student Services.III. MAXIMUM CREDITS PERTERMStudents may register for a maximum of18 credits per fall or spring semester anda maximum of 8 credits per six-weeksummer session. During a two- or threeweekintensive session (i.e., winter orsummer), students may not take morethan one course regardless of the creditvalue of the course. Students may requestpermission to exceed this load, providedthat they have at least a 3.0 GPA, noincomplete grades and adviser approval.Freshmen and students with grades ofincomplete from previous semesters willbe permitted to exceed the ordinarycredit maximum only in rare circumstances.Students enrolling for more than18 credits in fall or spring will beassessed additional tuition charges (seepages 96-97 for fee scale).Permission to take 19 or 20 credits ina fall or spring term may be granted bya student’s adviser on the UndergraduatePlan of Study form. Students requestingpermission to take more than 20 creditsin a fall or spring term, or more than 8credits during a single six-week summersession, or more than one course in atwo- or three-week intensive session(i.e., winter or summer) must submit aPetition form to the Gallatin Office ofAcademic Advising stating which coursesthey plan to take and why the exceptionis requested.

74 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MNina Cornyetz, AssociateProfessor, whose teaching interestsinclude critical, literary, and filmictheory; intellectual history; andcultural studies, with a specializationin Japan.IV. FULL-TIME/PART-TIMESTATUSThe programs and courses offered at theGallatin School are designed for studentswho attend courses during the day orthe evening, on a full-time or part-timebasis. During the fall and springsemesters, full-time status requires aminimum of 12 credits of course workper term. Students who register for 11credits or fewer during these terms areconsidered part time.Students should go to the Office ofthe Bursar’s Web site at www.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees/ to see how fulltime/part-timestatus will affect theirtuition charges. If students are receivingfinancial aid, they should go to theOffice of Financial Aid’s Web site atwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid/progress.htmlto see how full-time/part-time status canaffect their financial aid.International Students: Internationalstudents are required to be registered forfull-time course work. For more informationon this topic and the policies governinginternational students, contact theOffice for International Students andScholars (OISS) at 561 La Guardia Place,212-998-4720, or www.nyu.edu/oiss.V. TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETEDEGREEUndergraduate students must completeall degree requirements within a periodof 10 years from the first semester ofmatriculation at Gallatin.For students who are readmitted, theoriginal period of matriculation iscounted toward the 10-year limit; thehiatus is not counted, and the clockresumes upon readmission.VI. ATTENDANCEAlthough the Gallatin administrationdoes not supervise attendance of classes,it supports the standards imposed byinstructors. Students who, in the judgmentof the instructor, have not substantiallymet the requirements of the courseor who have been excessively absentmay be given a final grade of F.Religious HolidaysNew York University, as a nonsectarianinstitution, adheres to the general policyof including in its official calendar onlycertain legal holidays. However, it hasalso long been University policy thatmembers of any religious group may,without penalty, absent themselves fromclasses when compliance with their religiousobligations requires it. In 1988, theUniversity Senate affirmed this policyand passed a resolution that elaboratedon it as follows:1. Students who anticipate beingabsent because of any religious observanceshould, whenever possible, notifyfaculty in advance of such anticipatedabsence.2. Whenever feasible, examinationsand assignment deadlines should not bescheduled on religious holidays. Any studentabsent from class because of religiousbeliefs shall not be penalized forany class, examination, or assignmentdeadlines missed on that day or days.3. If examinations or assignmentdeadlines are scheduled, any studentwho is unable to attend class because ofreligious beliefs shall be permitted theopportunity to make up any examinationor to extend any assignment deadlinemissed on that day or days. No fees ofany kind shall be charged by the Universityfor making available to the studentan opportunity to make up examinationsor to extend assignment deadlines.4. No adverse or prejudicial effectsshall result to any student who availshim- or herself of the provisions of theresolution.VII. FINAL EXAMINATIONSExaminations must be taken at their regularlyscheduled times. If two examinationsare scheduled for the same time,the student should make arrangementswith one of the instructors for an alternativedate. A student who cannot take

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 75Bradley Lewis, AssociateProfessor, writes and teaches at theinterface of medicine, humanities,cultural studies of science anddisability studies.the final examination at the scheduledtime must discuss the reasons for missingthe examination with the instructor andmay be required to submit a doctor’snote or other documentation. Theinstructor may provide a makeup examinationfor the student or require otherwork as a substitute. If the makeupexamination cannot be completed by theend of the semester, the instructor maygive a grade of incomplete. Incompletesare not awarded automatically.VIII. GRADUATE COURSECREDITSome graduate courses at NYU are opento undergraduate students, and studentsmay register for these classes on Albertafter receiving adviser approval. For allother graduate courses, students mustrequest permission from both theiradviser and the department offering thecourse before being permitted to register.Graduate courses count toward the 128credits required for the B.A. degree,unless students request that their coursework be reserved for graduate credit atthe time that they register for thesecourses.For graduates of Gallatin’s B.A. program,6 credits earned in graduate-levelcourses may be applied toward theGallatin School M.A. program as transfercredit, providing that the credits earnedare in excess of those used to meet therequirements for the undergraduatedegree. Students must request that theircourse work be reserved for graduatecredit at the time that they register forthese courses. The transfer of credit isnot automatic, and all courses mustadhere to the transfer credit policies ofthe M.A. program.IX. EXTERNAL STUDYAn undergraduate student in academicgood standing may be permitted to takecredit-bearing courses at an accreditedfour-year college or university outside ofNYU if the courses fit logically into thestudent’s program. All such course workmust be approved in advance by boththe student’s primary adviser and theGallatin Office of Global Programs.Applications for external study for financialor logistical reasons are not consideredappropriate.External study takes two forms: concurrentregistration, in which the studentregisters part- or full-time at an accreditedfour-year college or university in theUnited States, and non-NYU studyabroad. Concurrent registration typicallyis limited to situations in which studentswant to take courses not offered byNYU. Students who are approved to registerconcurrently for a full fall or springterm at another institution must maintainmatriculation at NYU (see MaintainingMatriculation, below). Students who registerfor courses at NYU while also registeringconcurrently at another college oruniversity will be considered matriculatedin NYU and do not need to maintainmatriculation. Students do not needto maintain matriculation at NYU duringthe summer sessions. Students who areapproved to participate in a non-NYUstudy abroad program will have that circumstancenoted for them on their transcript;they do not need to maintainmatriculation.Credit earned from external study isconsidered transfer credit and mustadhere to the policies applicable to transfercredit, as follows. Students may notregister concurrently at another collegeor university for independent studies orinternships. Course titles will not appearon the student’s transcript, nor will thegrades be included in the grade pointaverage. Only grades of C or better willbe accepted for transfer credit, and nocredit will be given for a course gradedor taken pass/fail. Students will not necessarilyreceive course-for-course credit;for example, completion of a 3-creditcourse at another institution may not bethe equivalent of a 4-credit course atNYU. Students should be aware that theyare not permitted to transfer more than64 credits into Gallatin.Students may take no more than onefourthof their Gallatin program throughconcurrent registration. In addition, stu-

76 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MKimberly Phillips-Fein,Assistant Professor, teaches coursesin American political, business andlabor history.dents must fulfill the residency requirementby taking their last 32 credits atNYU. Therefore, they may not participatein external study during the senior year.To apply for external study, a studentmust submit the External Study Applicationto Gallatin’s Office of Global Programs.The request should state wherethe student would like to study, explainwhy and specify which course(s) he orshe plans to take. This request should beaccompanied by specific informationpublished by the school or universityabout the course(s) the student wants totake, including course number, title,description and number of credits.Upon review by the Office of GlobalPrograms, the student will be informedthat his or her request has, has not, orhas in part been approved, along withany specific conditions of approval.Once the external study is completed,the student should have the outsideinstitution’s official transcript sent to theOffice of Global Programs for evaluationas transfer credit. Upon receipt of theofficial transcript, the Gallatin School willreview courses and grades and, pendingapproval of the credits, will send noticeto the University Registrar.X. MAINTAININGMATRICULATIONAll students are required to be registeredin every fall and spring semester fromthe time of admission until the degree isfinished and the diploma is posted. If astudent does not register for classes in afall or spring term, then the student mustregister to maintain matriculation(K47.4747). This includes students whohave completed all of their degreerequirements with the exception of thecolloquium and students who are finishingincomplete work from a previousterm. This registration status allows studentsto maintain their eligibility to registerfor the following semester withoutapplying for readmission. Maintainingmatriculation carries a fee of $75 persemester, plus a nonrefundable registrationand services fee. Please see pages96-97 for the fee schedule.Undergraduate students may maintainmatriculation for a maximum of foursemesters during their academic career,but for no more than two consecutivesemesters. Continuing students areexpected to return to classes after a twosemesterbreak. Note that students whohave been readmitted may not registerto maintain matriculation during theirfirst semester back at Gallatin, unlessthey have completed all 128 requiredcredits but not the senior colloquium.Such students must register to maintainmatriculation during the semester inwhich they will complete the seniorcolloquium.While maintaining matriculation, astudent may not attend another collegeor university, except when the studenthas received approval for external study(see above). Students are not required tomaintain matriculation during the summersessions.Students who register to maintainmatriculation are not considered full-timestudents and should be aware that thisregistration status can affect their financialaid, health insurance and studenthousing. Students who maintain matriculationare not eligible for financial aidand may be required to begin studentloan repayment. Students who receivefinancial aid, including loans, grants andscholarships, are therefore advised tocontact the Office of Financial Aid, 25West Fourth Street, 212-998-4444, beforeregistering to maintain matriculation.Students enrolled in a parent’s orguardian’s health insurance plan shouldcontact the insurance carrier directly forinformation about eligibility requirements;full-time standing is sometimes acondition of eligibility.Students who register to maintainmatriculation are also not permitted tolive in University housing. Students planningto live in campus housing in thefuture should contact the Residential Lifeand Housing Services, 726 Broadway,7th floor, 212-998-4600, for the policiesand procedures for obtaining housing.

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 77René Francisco Poitevin,Assistant Professor, whoseintellectual interests lie ingentrification, race and ethnicity inthe United States and GeographicInformation Systems.XI. LEAVES OF ABSENCEA student may request a leave ofabsence through Gallatin’s Office of StudentAffairs, either in person or in writing.Leaves may be granted for medicalreasons, personal hardships, military serviceor other like situations and are generallyfor no longer than two semesters.When a leave is granted, the student isnot required to maintain matriculation,nor will the student be required to applyfor readmission so long as he or shereturns to the School within the specifiedtime. Students on leave are required tomeet all financial aid and housing deadlines,and they may be eligible to purchaseNYU health insurance. While onleave, a student may not attend anothercollege or university and may not accessNew York University facilities. A studenton a medical leave of absence is subjectto procedures for submitting documentationprior to return. If a student is onprobation when a leave is granted, thestudent returns to the School on probation.A student may not be granted aleave of absence during the firstsemester of enrollment in Gallatin. Studentswho have been readmitted maynot receive a leave of absence duringtheir first semester back at Gallatin.XII. WITHDRAWALStudents who wish to withdraw from allof their courses for the semester, studentswho wish to withdraw completely fromGallatin, and students who must withdrawfor medical reasons or other extenuatingcircumstances must seek assistance fromthe Gallatin Office of Academic Advising.Students who plan to remain enrolled inclasses but who wish to drop one or morecourses should refer to page 72, DroppingCourses. Students withdrawing from all oftheir courses for the semester must followa formal two-step withdrawal process,which begins with submitting theSemester Withdrawal Form on Albert andis not completed until the student receivesguidance and further instructions from theGallatin Office of Academic Advising. Studentsmust be aware that merely ceasingto attend a class does not constitute anofficial withdrawal, nor does notificationto the instructor.Until the last day of the third week ofclasses for the fall and spring semesters,and until the third day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, droppedcourses do not appear on the student’stranscript. Courses dropped during thefourth through the ninth week of classesfor the fall and spring semesters, andfrom the fourth day of classes throughthe last day of the fourth week of classesfor the six-week summer sessions, arerecorded with a grade of “W” (Withdrawal),which cannot be removed fromthe official record. After the ninth weekof classes for the fall and springsemesters and the last day of the fourthweek of classes for the six-week summersessions, students may not withdrawfrom a course. For a complete listing ofwithdrawal deadlines for all sessions,refer to the chart below. For more informationabout the grade of “W,” seepages 72 and 79.Dropping or withdrawing fromcourses will be subject to the Universityrefund schedule. For more informationabout dropping courses and refund oftuition, undergraduate students shouldrefer to page 98.Students receiving financial aid areexpected to maintain satisfactory academicprogress toward degree requirements.For more information, seeSatisfactory Academic Progress, page100. Because withdrawing from coursescould negatively affect satisfactory academicprogress, students should consultwith the Office of Financial Aid beforewithdrawing from courses.International students are required tobe registered for full-time course work(see Full-Time/Part-Time Status, page74). Because withdrawing from coursescould affect a student’s full-time status,all international students should consultwith the Office for International Studentsand Scholars (OISS) at 561 La GuardiaPlace, 212-998-4720, orwww.nyu.edu/oiss before withdrawingfrom courses.

78 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MDEADLINES FOR DROPPING COURSES WITH A GRADE OF WSinan Antoon, AssistantProfessor, whose teaching andresearch interests lie in premodernArabo-Islamic culture andcontemporary Arab culture andpolitics.Length of course Last day to withdraw (grade of W) from a course1 week Third day of the session2 weeks Sixth day of the session3 weeks Last day of the second week of the session4 weeks First day of the third week of the session5 weeks First day of the fourth week of the session6 weeks Last day of the fourth week of the session7 weeks First day of the fifth week of the session8 weeks Last day of the fifth week of the session9 -10 weeks Last day of the sixth week of the session11-12 weeks Last day of the seventh week of the session13-14 weeks Last day of the ninth week of the sessionXIII. PETITIONS AND APPEALSStudents may submit a petition to waive arule or policy by submitting a Petitionform, available at Gallatin’s Office ofAcademic Advising and Office of StudentServices, to the Gallatin Faculty Committeeon Advisement and Policies. In anycase in which a student wishes to appealthe decision of the committee, he or shemay provide further information andrequest reconsideration of the committee’sdecision in a letter of appeal to the associatedean for faculty and academic affairs.

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 79AcademicStandards andGraduationIN THIS SECTION:I. Grades .............................79II. Student Records ........81III. Honors ..........................82IV.AcademicStanding .......................83V. Academic Integrityand DisciplinaryActions ...........................84VI. Graduation ..................85VII. University Policiesand CampusSafety.............................85I. GRADESFinal grades for each semester are availablethrough Albert. The parents orguardian of a student who is a minor(under 18 years of age) may, by writtenrequest to the Office of the UniversityRegistrar, obtain the student’s grades atany time. To receive credit for a course,students must meet the requirements forattendance prescribed by the instructorand satisfactorily complete all papers,examinations and other requirementsprescribed by the instructor.The Cumulative GPAFor students admitted to Gallatin in thespring 2009 term or after, grades for allNYU courses earned while a student ismatriculated at New York University arerecorded on the transcript and most arecomputed in the cumulative grade pointaverage. Grades for courses that do notcount toward the degree are not computedin the cumulative grade pointaverage. Grades earned at other institutionsare neither recorded on the NYUtranscript nor computed in the GPA.Computing the GPAThe grade point average can be calculatedby determining the total of allgrade points earned (quality points) anddividing that figure by the total numberof credit hours completed (qualityhours). For example: a student who hascompleted 8 credits of A (4.0), 4 creditsof B (3.0), and 3 credits of C (2.0) has agrade point average of 3.33. This isobtained by first determining the total ofall grade points earned by adding 8(credits of A) x 4 (the point value of A),4 (credits of B) x 3 (the point value ofB), and 3 (credits of C) x 2 (the pointvalue of C). The total, 50, represents thetotal of all grade points earned. Thissum is then divided by 15 (the totalnumber of credit hours completed) togive the grade point average of 3.33.Minimum GPA RequirementsUndergraduate students are required tomaintain a minimum cumulative gradepoint average of 2.0 (C average). SeeAcademic Standing (pages 83-84) forinformation on official warning and probationarypolicies.Withdrawal (W)The grade of W indicates an officialwithdrawal of the student from a courseand cannot be assigned by the courseinstructor. Students should refer to theWeb site of the Office of the UniversityRegistrar, www.nyu.edu/registrar, forspecific withdrawal dates for eachsemester. W is a neutral mark, indicatingonly that a student has withdrawn froma course. The grade of W is not factoredinto a student’s GPA. See Withdrawal(page 77) for information on theregulations and procedures for officiallywithdrawing from courses.Students receiving financial aid:Grades of W can negatively affect a student’ssatisfactory academic progressrequired for aid eligibility. For moreinformation, students should refer to SatisfactoryAcademic Progress, page 100,or visit the Web site of the Office ofFinancial Aid at www.nyu.edu/financial.aid.Incomplete (I)The grade of I (Incomplete) is a temporarygrade that indicates that the studenthas, for good reason, not completed allof the course work but that there is apossibility that he or she will pass thecourse when all the requirements havebeen met. The student must request anincomplete from the instructor before thegrades are due; it is not awarded automatically.If the written request is notmade, the instructor will submit a finalgrade based on work completed to thatpoint. If the instructor grants the request,the student must complete the necessarywork by the date specified by theinstructor, which will be no later thanthe end of classes in the following fullterm (i.e., by the end of the spring termfor a fall or winter course or by the endof the fall term for a spring or summercourse). This deadline will apply even tostudents who maintain matriculation thefollowing term. Extensions of these

80 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MGRADESThe following is a list of grades asthey appear on students’ academicrecords and their value indetermining the grade pointaverage (GPA):A = 4.0A- = 3.7B+ = 3.3B = 3.0B- = 2.7C+ = 2.3C = 2.0C- = 1.7D+ = 1.3D = 1.0F = 0.0 (failing)In addition, several grades haveno value and do not affect thegrade point average:P (passing work in a pass/failcourse)I (incomplete work)W (withdrawal from course)N (not counted)*** (no grade submitted)deadlines are rarely granted and must berequested in writing before the finalwork is due; the extensions must beapproved by the Deans’ Office. If therequired work is not completed by thefinal deadline, the temporary grade ofI will become an F, which will becomputed into the student’s gradepoint average. This F will not beremoved from the transcript under anycircumstances.Undergraduate students who receive agrade of incomplete are automaticallyineligible for the Dean’s List in thatsemester. This exclusion applies only forthe semester in which the incompletewas received; students may be eligible insubsequent semesters, providing theymeet the other criteria for the Dean’s List.For courses taken outside of Gallatin,students should consult the appropriatebulletin to ascertain the policy of thatschool or department regarding the timelimit on incomplete grades.Students receiving financial aid:Grades of incomplete can negativelyaffect a student’s satisfactory academicprogress required for aid eligibility. Formore information, students should referto Satisfactory Academic Progress, page100, or visit the Web site of the Office ofFinancial Aid at www.nyu.edu/financial.aid.Pass/Fail Grades (P/F)The grade of P (Pass) indicates a passinggrade (A, B, C, D) in a course takenunder the pass/fail option. It is also usedto indicate nongraded courses. Thegrade of P is not computed in the gradepoint average; however, the grade of Funder the pass/fail option is computedin the grade point average.Undergraduate students may take onecourse per full-time academic year(32 credits) on a pass/fail basis, notcounting those courses that must betaken pass/fail: e.g., private lessons.The pass/fail option is not available forany courses used to fulfill the Gallatinliberal arts requirements, the SeniorProject, nor for any Gallatin travelcourses with the prefix K55 or K95. Inaddition, courses taken on a pass/failbasis do not count toward the Dean’sList minimum credit requirement of12 credits in graded courses.Pass/Fail Option Procedures.Students must declare their intent totake a course pass/fail (or to revoke apass/fail option) by submitting aPass/Fail Grade Option form to the GallatinOffice of Student Services. Pass/FailGrade Option forms must be filed bythe end of the ninth week of classesduring the fall and spring semesters andby the last day of the fourth week ofclasses during the six-week summer sessions.For a complete listing of pass/failPASS/FAIL FILING DEADLINESLength of course Last day to file or revoke a pass/fail option1 week Third day of the session2 weeks Sixth day of the session3 weeks Last day of the second week of the session4 weeks First day of the third week of the session5 weeks First day of the fourth week of the session6 weeks Last day of the fourth week of the session7 weeks First day of the fifth week of the session8 weeks Last day of the fifth week of the session9-10 weeks Last day of the sixth week of the session11-12 weeks Last day of the seventh week of the session13-14 weeks Last day of the ninth week of the session

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 81e. Frances White, Professor,whose teaching and researchinterests include the history of Africaand its diaspora, history of genderand sexuality, and critical race theory.filing deadlines for all sessions, refer tothe chart above. The course instructorwill not be made aware of the declarationof a pass/fail option. Should theinstructor submit a passing grade of Athrough D, the student receives thegrade of P on the permanent record. Ifthe instructor submits an F, an F isrecorded on the permanent record.Repeating a CourseStudents seeking to improve their gradepoint average may repeat a course. Bothcourses and grades will be recorded onthe transcript, but only the latter of thetwo grades will be computed in thegrade point average. A student who hasearned credit for a course may repeat itonce but will not receive additionalcredit. Students should be aware thatcertain graduate schools will count bothgrades in the average.II. STUDENT RECORDSThe Office of the University Registrarmaintains all New York University students’official educational records. TheGallatin School maintains student filesthat are used by School personnel toreview a student’s progress. GallatinSchool files are available to the student’sadviser. Both the official educationalrecord and the Gallatin files are protectedby the Family Educational Rightsand Privacy Act (FERPA).TranscriptsOfficial copies of your University transcriptcan be requested when a stampedand sealed copy of your Universityrecords is required. Requests for officialtranscripts require the signature of thestudent requesting the transcript.Currently, we are not accepting requestsfor a transcript by e-mail.A transcript may be requested byeither (1) completing the online requestform at www.nyu.edu/registrar/transcript-form.html and mailing/faxingthe signature page (recommendedmethod) or (2) writing a request letter(see below) and mailing/faxing thecompleted and signed letter. Our faxnumber is 212-995-4154; our mailingaddress is New York University, Office ofthe University Registrar, TranscriptsDepartment, P.O. Box 910, New York,NY 10276-0910.There is no charge for academictranscripts.Writing a Request Letter: A requestletter must include all of the followinginformation:• University ID Number• Current name and any other nameunder which you attend/attended NYU• Current address• Date of birth• School of the University youattend/attended and for which you arerequesting the transcript• Dates of attendance• Date of graduation• Full name and address of the personor institution to which the transcript isto be sentThere is no limit for the number ofofficial transcripts that can be issued to astudent. You can indicate in your requestif you would like us to forward the transcriptsto your home address, but we stillrequire the name and address of eachinstitution.Unofficial transcripts are available onAlbert, NYU’s Web-based registration andinformation system. Albert can be accessedvia NYUHome at http://home.nyu.edu.If you initiate your transcript requestthrough the online request form, youwill receive e-mail confirmation whenthe Office of the University Registrar hasreceived your signed request form. Ifyou have any questions or concerns,please contact the office at 212-998-4280,and a representative will assist you.Students are able to access theirgrades at the end of each semester viaAlbert.Enrollment and GraduationVerificationYou can view/print your own enrollmentcertification directly from Albert usingthe integrated National Student Clearinghousestudent portal. This feature can beaccessed from the “Enrollment Certification”link on the Albert homepage. Eligiblestudents are also able to view/print a

82 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MGeorge Shulman, Professor,teaches political thought andAmerican studies.Good Student Discount Certificate,which can be mailed to an auto insureror any other company that requestsproof of your status as a good student(based on your cumulative GPA). Thisfeature is available for students in allschools except the School of Law.Verification of enrollment or graduationmay also be requested by submittinga signed letter with the followinginformation: University ID number, currentname and any name under whichyou attended NYU, current address, dateof birth, school of the Universityattended, dates attended, date of graduationand the full name and address ofthe person or institution to which theverification is to be sent. Please addressyour request to Office of the UniversityRegistrar, Transcript and CertificationDepartment, New York University, P.O.Box 910, New York, NY 10276-0910. Oryou can fax your signed request to 212-995-4154. Please allow seven businessdays from the time the Office of theUniversity Registrar is in receipt of yourrequest. If you wish to confirm receiptof your request, please contact ouroffice at 212-998-4280, and a representativewill assist you. Currently, we arenot accepting requests for certificationby e-mail.III. HONORSDean’s ListAt the end of each semester, studentswith outstanding academic records arerecognized by being named to theDean’s List. Students are eligible for theDean’s List if, in that semester, they(1) have earned a grade point averageof 3.850 or higher; (2) have completed12 or more graded credits in NYUcourses, including all individualized projects;(3) have no grades of incomplete,N, or *** at the time the calculation ismade; and (4) are not on disciplinarynotice.Founders’ Day AwardEligibility for the Founders’ Day Award isdetermined by the Office of the UniversityRegistrar. This honor is awarded toSeptember and January baccalaureatedegree recipients and May degree candidateswho have maintained a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher based ona minimum of 30 credits in coursestaken at NYU. For May degree candidates,eligibility is based on the cumulativeGPA through the fall semester “atthe time of review.” The Founders’ DayAward and Latin honors are separate anddistinct honors with different criteria. Eligibilityfor one does not necessarily constituteeligibility for the other.Latin HonorsLatin honors are awarded to graduatingstudents who have achieved academicdistinction. The honor will appear on thestudent’s transcript and diploma. Thereare three levels of Latin honors: summacum laude, with highest honor; magnacum laude, with great honor; and cumlaude, with honor.Summa cum laude will be awardedto the top 5 percent (by GPA) of Gallatingraduates, magna cum laude to the next10 percent and cum laude to the next15 percent. The cut-off GPA for each ofthese levels will be determined by therecord of the previous year’s graduatingGallatin class (e.g., if the top 5 percentof last year’s class graduated with atleast a 3.95 GPA, then all students in thisyear’s class with a GPA at or above thatlevel will receive summa). In addition,students must have a clean record ofconduct.For students who matriculated atGallatin in the spring 2009 term or after:To be eligible for Latin honors fromGallatin, a student must have completedat least 64 credits at NYU for which theletter grades A through D were received.Courses taken at NYU prior to matriculationat Gallatin are included in the64-credit requirement for Latin honors ifthey are also included in the GallatinGPA. NYU courses that were acceptedfor transfer credit towards the Gallatindegree are included in the Gallatin GPA.NYU courses that were not accepted fortransfer credit towards the Gallatindegree are not included in the GallatinGPA. NYU courses taken for a Pass (“P”)

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 83Laura M. Slatkin, Professor,whose research and teachinginterests include ancient Greek andRoman poetry, comparativemythology, gender studies andcultural poetics.grade, noncredit NYU course grades andgrades from courses taken at other institutionsare not included in the Latinhonors computation.For students who matriculated atGallatin prior to the spring 2009 term:To be eligible for Latin honors fromGallatin, a student must have completedat least 64 credits at NYU for which theletter grades A through D were received,not including courses with the followingprefixes: Y01, Y02, Y03, Y04, Y05, Y06,Y07, Y08, Y09, Y20 and Y41; all Tcourses; all X courses; and all Z courses.Courses taken at NYU before admissioninto Gallatin are included in the GPAand in the 64-credit requirement forLatin honors, except for any courseswith the prefix T, Y, X, or Z. NYUcourses not offered for credit, as well asthose taken for a Pass (“P”) grade, arenot included in the Latin honors computation.Also, grades from courses takenat other institutions are not included inthe computation.IV. ACADEMIC STANDINGStudents are expected to maintain astatus of academic good standing. TheGallatin Faculty Committee on Advisementand Policies reviews studentrecords throughout the academic year toidentify those students who may befalling below the academic standards setby the Gallatin School. The committeemay summon students with unsatisfactoryrecords to discuss their academicprogress and to determine whether, andunder what circumstances, they maycontinue in the School.Academic Good StandingUndergraduate students are consideredto be in academic good standing whentheir current and cumulative grade pointaverages are above 2.0 (C average) andif they have not accumulated 12 or morecredits of incomplete grades. Studentsshould also maintain satisfactoryprogress toward their degree by completing,with satisfactory grades, morethan half of the courses and credits forwhich they register in any semester. Studentsnewly admitted are presumed tobe in academic good standing, unlessthey were admitted on a probationarystatus.Official WarningStudents receive an official warning letterfrom the Gallatin Faculty Committeeon Advisement and Policies under thefollowing circumstances: when the currentgrade point average falls below 2.0,when the cumulative grade point averagefalls below 2.3, or when the studentaccumulates an excessive number ofincompletes and withdrawals.When a student is placed on officialwarning, a letter is sent to the student,the student’s adviser and the Office ofthe University Registrar. This letter willspecify the period of time the student isgiven to improve his or her academicstanding. The designation “OfficialWarning” appears on the student’s transcriptuntil the student has been takenoff official warning.ProbationStudents with unsatisfactory academicrecords are placed on probation underthe following circumstances: if the currentgrade point average falls below 1.5,if the cumulative grade point averagefalls below 2.0, if the student accumulatesthree or more withdrawals in anacademic year, or if the student accumulates12 or more credits of incomplete.Students whose academic progress meritsconcern may be placed on probationat the discretion of the Associate Deanof Students.Undergraduate students who areadmitted on probation are expected tomaintain a grade point average of 2.5 orabove for the first two semesters, withno grade below a C.When a student is placed on probation,the designation “Probation” isplaced on the student’s transcript and aletter is sent to the student, the student’sadviser and the Office of the UniversityRegistrar. This letter will specify theperiod of time the student has beengiven to improve his or her academicstanding and the minimum grade pointaverage the student must earn in the

84 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MAlejandro Velasco, AssistantProfessor, is a historian of modernLatin America whose research andteaching interests are in the areas ofsocial movements, urban culture anddemocratization.subsequent semester. In most cases, theprobation letter will indicate that the student(1) achieve a grade point averageof at least 2.0 during the semester he orshe is on probation, (2) not receive anygrade below a C or any grade of I,(3) not withdraw from any course withoutsecuring the permission of the AssociateDean of Students prior to thewithdrawal and (4) finish all incompletes.The letter will also inform the studentif any special conditions and restrictionshave been placed on the student’s academicprogram. For example, the studentmay be prohibited from taking acourse on a pass/fail basis; taking acourse outside of NYU; or registering forindependent studies, tutorials, internships,or private lessons. The letter mayalso indicate the maximum number ofcredits for which the student can enroll.Students on probation cannot participatein extracurricular activities, holdoffice in any University club or organization,or represent the University in anyathletic or nonathletic event. Students onprobation should be aware that they areusually ineligible for financial aid.A Dean’s Hold is placed on all registrationactivity for students on probation.The Dean’s Hold may be removed onlyafter a probation interview. The probationletter will inform the student of howto schedule this interview.Academic DismissalIf a student fails to meet the terms andconditions of probation, he or she maybe dismissed from the University. Studentswho are dismissed from the School forpoor academic performance will beinformed in writing by registered mail.The Gallatin Faculty Committee onAdvisement and Policies will also notifythe Office of the University Registrar, theOffice of Residential Life and HousingServices, the Office of UndergraduateAdmissions and the student’s adviser. Studentswho have paid tuition for the nextterm at the time of their dismissal willreceive a full refund of tuition and fees.AppealA student may appeal the committee’sdecision of academic dismissal if the studentbelieves his or her dismissal wasthe result of an administrative error or ifthe student can offer compelling reasonsfor his or her academic standing. Thestudent must request an appeal within15 days from the date of the dismissaldecision. This request must include apersonal statement explaining the student’spoor academic performance andshowing the committee compelling reasonswhy the student should not be dismissed.The student may be asked tomeet in person with the committee. Thedecision reached by the committee isbinding.V. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY ANDDISCIPLINARY ACTIONSStudents are expected to maintain thehighest standard of academic integrity.Cheating and plagiarism are serious mattersand will result in disciplinary action.OffensesStudents are expected to familiarizethemselves and to comply with the rulesof conduct, academic regulations andestablished practices of the Universityand the School. The following offensesmay be subject to disciplinary charges bythe Gallatin Faculty Committee onAdvisement and Policies: cheating, plagiarismand the forgery of academic documents;deliberate destruction, theft orunauthorized use of laboratory data,research materials, computer resourcesor University property; disruption of anacademic event; actual or threatened violenceor sexual harassment.ProcessThe Gallatin faculty adopted a new setof discipline policies and procedures inOctober 1999, establishing the Committeeon Student Discipline, which overseesthe handling of infractions of therules. The policies encourage an informalresolution of charges whenever possiblebut describe the process by whichthe committee will investigate, hear andresolve cases when that approach isunsuccessful. Refer to Student DisciplineRules of the Gallatin School of IndividualizedStudy (available in the Deans’Office) for details.

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 85David Thornton Moore,Associate Professor, whose researchinterests include experientiallearning, teaches courses focusingon the notions of community andwork.PenaltiesThe Deans’ Office or the Gallatin FacultyCommittee on Advisement and Policiesmay impose the following penalties:1. Censure. Written reprimand forviolation of a specified regulation,including the possibility of a moresevere disciplinary action in the event ofa subsequent violation of any Universityregulation within a period of time statedin the letter of reprimand.2. Disciplinary Probation. Suspensionof privileges or exclusion from participatingin extracurricular Universityactivities as set forth in the letter of disciplinaryprobation for a specified periodof time.3. Suspension. Exclusion fromclasses as well as suspension of privilegesand exclusion from other activitiesas set forth in the letter of suspension fora specified period of time.4. Dismissal. Termination of studentstatus for an indefinite period. The conditionsof readmission, if permitted, shallbe stated in the letter of dismissal.If, as a result of any disciplinaryaction, the withdrawal of a student isrequired before the end of the term forwhich tuition has been paid, a refundwill be made according to the standardrefund schedule.Students may appeal any disciplinaryaction by submitting a written request tothe dean, who will promptly appoint anad hoc grievance committee. The committee’sdecision is final.VI. GRADUATIONConferral of DegreesAll Gallatin undergraduate studentsreceive a Bachelor of Arts degree in individualizedstudy. Degrees are awarded inMay, September and January, and boththe Gallatin Graduation and UniversityCommencement ceremonies take placein May.Graduation ApplicationStudents must apply for graduation onAlbert. A student must be enrolled foreither course work or maintenance ofmatriculation during the academic yearof graduation. In order to graduate in aspecific semester, students must applyfor graduation within the applicationdeadline period indicated on the calendar.(Students view the graduation deadlinescalendar and general informationabout graduation on the Office of theRegistrar’s Web page at www.nyu.edu/registrar.) It is recommended that thestudent apply for graduation no laterthan the beginning of the semester inwhich he or she plans to complete allprogram requirements. If the studentdoes not successfully complete all academicrequirements by the end of thesemester, he or she must reapply forgraduation for the following cycle.VII. UNIVERSITY POLICIES ANDCAMPUS SAFETYStudents are required to abide by thepolicies established by the University.For more information on these policies,please see http://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance.html.Immunization RequirementsNew York State Public Health Law (NYSPHL) 2165 requires all students registeringfor 6 or more credits in a degree-grantingprogram to provide immunization documentationfor measles (rubeola), mumpsand rubella (German measles) prior toregistration. Students born before January1, 1957, are exempt. New students shouldcomplete the MMR section of the StudentHealth History form. Continuing studentsshould complete and submit a StudentImmunization Record form (PDF),available at www.nyu.edu/shc/pdfs/student_immunization_record.pdf.New York State Public Health Law(NYS PHL) 2167 requires that all studentsregistered for 6 or more credits submit aMeningitis Vaccination Response form asformal confirmation of their decision asto whether or not to be immunized withthe meningococcal (meningitis) vaccine.New students should complete theMeningitis Vaccination Response sectionof the Student Health History form.Continuing students should completeand submit a Meningitis VaccinationResponse form (PDF), available at

86 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mwww.nyu.edu/shc/pdfs/meningitis_response.pdf.Failure to comply with state immunizationlaws will prevent NYU studentsfrom registering for classes. In additionto these requirements, the NYU StudentHealth Center recommends that studentsalso consider hepatitis B and varicellaimmunizations. Students should discussimmunization options with their primarycare provider.Campus SafetyIn accordance with federal regulations,New York University annually publishesits Campus Security Report. A copy ofthis report is available by visitingwww.nyu.edu/public.safety/policies.AdmissionOffice of Undergraduate AdmissionsNew York University212-998-4500admissions.nyu.eduADMISSION CREDENTIALSAdmission to the Gallatin School at NewYork University is highly selective. Eachapplicant is reviewed carefully to identifyacademic strengths, potential for academicgrowth and creativity and promiseof fully utilizing the special offerings ofthe Gallatin School, the University andNew York City. Gallatin places particularemphasis on reading and writing abilityand the character traits needed toengage in a program of individualizedstudy, including self-discipline, maturityand an ability to do independent work.The program prepares students well fora life in which managing knowledge is akey to success.The applicant’s capacity for successfulundergraduate work is measuredthrough careful consideration of secondaryschool and/or college records;scores on standardized college entranceexaminations; recommendations fromguidance counselors, teachers and others;the essay; and participation inextracurricular activities and communityservices.The School welcomes a diversity ofundergraduates from all economic, socialand geographic backgrounds.Applicants who are neither U.S. citizensnor U.S. permanent residentsshould see pages 91-92.LEARNING ABOUT GALLATINGallatin regularly holds information sessionsthroughout the year. It is recommendedthat prospective applicantsattend an information session hosted bythe undergraduate admissions officebefore attending a Gallatin-specific informationsession. Prospective students canregister for the admissions sessions atadmissions.nyu.edu to learn more aboutGallatin and New York University. For aschedule of Gallatin information sessions,visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/prospective/ba.Campus Visits and UniversityInformation Sessions. All prospectivestudents and their parents are invited tovisit the New York University campus.Opportunities to tour the University, tomeet students and to attend a Universitywideinformation session and classes areavailable to interested students.Both high school and college studentswishing to discuss the choice of acollege, the transfer process or academicprograms are invited to attend an informationsession conducted by the Officeof Undergraduate Admissions at the JeffreyS. Gould Welcome Center at 50West Fourth Street. The Office of UndergraduateAdmissions holds informationsessions and conducts campus tours,Monday through Friday, except duringUniversity holidays, and on selectedSaturdays each fall. Visit the undergraduateadmissions Web site atadmissions.nyu.edu or call 212-998-4524to make an appointment for an informationsession and tour.Information on visiting classes can beobtained at the Jeffrey S. GouldWelcome Center. Although interviewsare not available, a visit to the campus isstrongly recommended. It is suggestedthat reservations be made well inadvance of your visit.

A D M I S S I O N 87Sara Murphy, Clinical AssistantProfessor, whose research andteaching interests include literatureand philosophy, critical theory,feminist and gender studies and19th-century literary cultures.NYU Guest Accommodations.Prospective students and their familiesvisiting New York are invited to stay atthe Club Quarters, a private hotel convenientto the University. Club QuartersDowntown, a 280-room, private, firstclassbusiness hotel, is located in theWall Street area of Manhattan. By specialarrangement with NYU, it offers moderatelypriced, quality accommodations forUniversity-affiliated guests. Featuresinclude a customized NYU floor andlounge decorated to highlight the University’spresence in New York. Ratesare well below those for comparableaccommodations in Manhattan. Onweekends, visitors are welcome to useClub Quarters Midtown. Near FifthAvenue, it is close to shopping, Broadwaytheaters and Rockefeller Center. Forinformation and reservations, call 212-575-0006 or visit www.nyu.edu/about/visitor-information/hotels.html to learn ofother nearby hotels.THE ADMISSION PROCESSAll candidates for admission to theUniversity should send the following tothe Undergraduate Admissions ProcessingCenter, New York University, 665Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY10012-2339:1. The Undergraduate Application forAdmission (online application only) orthe Common Application (online orpaper version) at admissions.nyu.edu.2. Supplement is required for applicantsusing the Common Application. TheCommon Application will not be processedwithout the supplement.3. Nonrefundable $65 application fee($75 for international students and U.S.citizens living abroad)4. Official high school and/or collegerecords for courses for which academiccredit has been earned (and GeneralEducational Development test scores ifapplicable)5. All required testing should be completedand results forwarded electronicallyby one testing agency to the UndergraduateAdmissions Processing Center.6. Recommendations7. Personal Statement/EssayCandidates are urged to completeand file their applications by the stateddeadline (see below). No admissiondecision will be made without completeinformation. The Office of UndergraduateAdmissions reserves the right to substituteor waive particular admissionsrequirements at the discretion of theAdmissions Committee.Admission Application FilingDeadlinesFor entrance in September, applicationsfor admission—including allrequired supporting credentials—mustbe received by January 1 for freshmancandidates, by April 1 for transfer applicants,and by November 1 for early decisionapplicants (freshmen only).For entrance in January (transferapplicants only), applications for admission—includingall required supportingcredentials—must be received byNovember 1.For entrance in the summer sessions(transfer applicants only), applicationsshould be received by April 1.Applications for admission receivedafter these dates will be considered onlyif space remains in the program.Notification DatesFreshman candidates for Septemberadmission and transfer candidates forsummer and September admission arenotified beginning April 1. Early decisioncandidates are notified beginning in themiddle of December. Transfer candidatesfor January admission are notified beginningNovember 15.OrientationGallatin’s New Student Orientation.All entering Gallatin students arerequired to attend a Gallatin orientation.Invitations to orientation, with details oftimes and locations, are sent by the GallatinOffice of Student Affairs. New Gallatinstudents should plan their vacationsand arrivals in New York City with thesedates in mind.

88 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MClyde R. Taylor, ProfessorEmeritus, whose work examines theinterface between African andWestern worlds.For first-year students, a mandatorythree-day orientation is held in the lastweek of June, during which studentsregister for fall semester classes. Fortransfer students, mandatory orientationsessions are scheduled at the start of thefall and spring semesters.For further details, consultwww.nyu.edu/gallatin.NYU Welcome Week. Orientationto New York University and to NewYork City takes place during the morethan 250 events that occur throughoutall-University Welcome Week, the weekprior to the start of the fall semester.Residence halls generally open on thelast Sunday in August, and students typicallystay through the Labor Day weekenduntil the start of classes. A similarweek of new student activities is organizedin January for students admitted inthe spring.For further details, consulthttp://www.nyu.edu/life/events-traditions/welcome-week.html.Financial Aid ApplicationAfter the admission decision is made andthe appropriate financial aid applicationsare submitted, a request for financial aidis considered.All students applying for any federalfinancial aid must file the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).The FAFSA is the only application studentsmust complete to be consideredfor most student aid programs. We recommendthat students apply electronicallyvia the NYU Web site atwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid. There is nofee charged to file the FAFSA. Studentsmust include the NYU federal schoolcode number 002785 in the school sectionof the FAFSA to ensure that theirsubmitted information is transmitted bythe processor to New York University.New York State residents should alsocomplete the separate application for theTuition Assistance Program (TAP); forinformation, visit www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/tap.html. Students fromother states may be required to completeseparate applications for their state programsif their state grants can be used atNew York University.Please refer to the Tuition, Fees andExpenses and Financial Aid sections forfurther information.Application for HousingThere are several housing options availablefor students, and upon acceptance,all eligible students may file a housingapplication.APPLICANTS TO THE GALLATINSCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZEDSTUDYFreshman ApplicantsEngaging in a program of individualizedstudy requires considerable maturity andself-discipline. While applicants to theGallatin School need not have a fixedidea about which academic area theyplan to study or which profession theyplan to enter, they should be preparedto assume responsibility for planningtheir own programs of study. Applicantsunsure about whether Gallatin is thebest choice may seek further informationand guidance through the informationsessions conducted by the Office ofUndergraduate Admissions at the JeffreyS. Gould Welcome Center at 50 WestFourth Street. Freshman students areadmitted to begin studies in the fallsemester only.Recommended High SchoolPreparation. The quality of an applicant’ssecondary school record is consideredto be more important than aprescribed pattern of courses. Soundpreparation, however, should includeEnglish, with heavy emphasis on writing;social studies; foreign language; mathematics;and laboratory sciences. TheAdmission Committee pays particularattention to the number of honors,AP and/or IB courses completed in highschool.Students most competitive for admissionwill take mathematics and foreignlanguages in their senior year andexceed the following requirements:

A D M I S S I O N 89Matthew Stanley, AssociateProfessor, teaches and researches thehistory and philosophy of science.4 years of English with heavy emphasison writing3-4 years of mathematics3-4 years of laboratory sciences3-4 years of social studies2-3 years of foreign languageFor required testing, see pages 93-95.Early Decision Plan for HighSchool Seniors. Entering freshmenwith clearly acceptable high schoolrecords and SAT Reasoning Test or ACT(with Writing Test) scores may be consideredunder the Early Decision Plan.Every applicant whose native language isnot English must take the Test of Englishas a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or theInternational English Language TestingSystem (IELTS) exam. Under the EarlyDecision Plan, students should submittheir application, all supporting credentialsand all standardized test scores nolater than November 1.In addition, each applicant must completeon the application a signed statementagreeing that he or she willwithdraw any applications submitted toother colleges if accepted by New YorkUniversity. Another form must be signedby the student, parent and counseloragreeing to the early decision commitmentto enroll if admitted to NYU.Action on these applications will betaken by the Office of UndergraduateAdmissions beginning in mid-December.Early decision candidates who arealso applicants for financial aid mustsubmit the NYU Early Decision FinancialAid Application by November 1, so thatthe University will be able to provide afinancial aid estimate for need- andmerit-based assistance by the early decisionnotification date. This application isincluded with the Application for UndergraduateAdmission, which can be foundonline at admissions.nyu.edu/applying.for.admissions. Early decisionapplicants must also file the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)by February 15.Transfer Applicants from OtherSchoolsGallatin welcomes applications from studentstransferring from other colleges anduniversities for admission in September,January or the summer sessions. Exceptwhere specifically noted, the general proceduresdescribed for entering freshmenalso apply to all applicants seeking totransfer from other regionally accreditedtwo-year and four-year institutions. Transferapplicants must request that officialcredentials be sent to the UndergraduateAdmissions Processing Center from allinstitutions attended, including secondaryschool records and transcripts from allcolleges attended, whether or not the studentcompleted any courses there. Creditsmore than 15 years old may not betransferable. Transfer applicants whotook the SAT or ACT examinations whilein high school should submit their testresults as part of their application. Transferapplicants who did not take theseexaminations while in high school andhave been in college less than one yearmust follow the testing requirementslisted on the admissions Web site atadmissions.nyu.edu.Advanced Standing. Credit may beawarded for satisfactory work completedat another accredited college or university.When a transfer applicant is admittedto the School, the applicant’s recordsare examined carefully to determine howmuch, if any, advanced standing will begranted. Each individual course completedelsewhere is evaluated. In grantingadvanced standing, the following areconsidered: the content, complexity andgrading standards of courses taken elsewhere;individual grades and grade averagesattained by the applicant; thesuitability of courses taken elsewhere forthe program of study chosen here; andthe degree of preparation that completedcourses provide for more advancedstudy here. Point credit toward thedegree is given only for a grade of C orbetter, provided that courses were completedwithin the past 15 years.In general, students may apply amaximum of 64 transfer credits toward

90 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MAli Mirsepassi, Professor, is aprofessor of Middle Eastern studiesand sociology, with teaching andresearch interests including socialtheories of modernity, Middle Easternsocieties and cultures, and Islam andsocial change.their Gallatin degree. Included in thismaximum are all credits earned prior toadmission, as well as any non-NYU creditsa student may be approved to takeafter matriculation at Gallatin. Pleasenote: All Gallatin degree candidates mustcomplete a minimum of 64 credits aftermatriculation at Gallatin and must satisfyall other degree requirements. In addition,transfer students from two-year collegeswill be eligible to receive creditonly for course work credited towardthe associate’s degree. Postgraduationcourses taken at a two-year institutionwill not be acceptable for transfer.Transfer students must fulfill residencyrequirements for the degree. Atentative statement of advanced standingis provided to each student upon notificationof admission to the School. Afinal statement of advanced standing isprovided during the student’s firstsemester of matriculation. Requests forreevaluation of transfer credit must bemade within the semester during whichthe final statement of advanced standingis received. Thereafter, a student’sadvanced standing credits may bechanged only with written permission ofthe Gallatin School.Transfer Applicants Within theUniversityStudents who wish to transfer from oneschool to another within the Universitymust file an Internal Transfer Applicationonline (admissions.nyu.edu) prior to theapplication deadline (November 1 for thespring term and March 1 for the summeror fall term). In general, students mayapply a maximum of 64 transfer creditstoward their Gallatin degree. Included inthis maximum are all credits earned priorto admission, as well as any non-NYUcredits a student may be approved totake after matriculation at Gallatin. Pleasenote: all Gallatin degree candidates mustcomplete a minimum of 64 credits aftermatriculation at Gallatin and must satisfyall other degree requirements.Returning AdultsSince its inception nearly 40 years ago,Gallatin has welcomed adults who havebeen away from school for some yearsand have decided to return and completea degree. Gallatin makes everyeffort to accommodate these students byproviding evening classes, offeringexpanded educational opportunities andallowing students to apply for credit fortheir life experiences. It should be notedthat credits that are more than 15 yearsold may not be transferable.Readmission of Former GallatinStudentsAny former student who has been out ofattendance for more than two consecutiveterms and who wishes to return tothe School must apply for readmission.Applications for readmission are availableonline (admissions.nyu.edu).Requests for readmission should bereceived by the following dates: August 1for the fall term; December 1 for thespring term; and April 1 for the summerterm. Students who have attendedanother college or university since theirlast attendance at New York Universityshould not apply for readmission; rather,they must complete the regular applicationfor undergraduate admission online,submit an official transcript and pay therequired application fee.Students who have been readmittedmay neither register to maintain matriculationnor request a leave of absence duringtheir first semester back at Gallatin.The only exception is the readmitted studentwho has completed all 128 requiredcredits but who must still complete thesenior colloquium; this student must registerto maintain matriculation during thesemester in which he or she will completethe senior colloquium.Special (Postgraduate) StudentsGraduates of accredited four-year colleges,including the Gallatin School andother schools of New York University,may register as special students inundergraduate courses for which theymeet the prerequisites and that are stillopen after matriculated students haveregistered. Such a student should submitproof of his or her degree and anapplication for admission as a specialpostgraduate student. The applicationform can be obtained online

A D M I S S I O N 91Ritty Lukose, Associate Professor,whose teaching and researchinterests lie in the areas of gender,globalization, and colonial,postcolonial and diasporicmodernities as they impact SouthAsia.(admissions.nyu.edu) or from the UndergraduateAdmissions Processing Center,New York University, 665 Broadway,11th Floor, New York, NY 10012-2339.A $55 application fee is required.Deadlines for applications are asfollows:Fall: August 1Spring: December 1Summer: April 1Applicants with InternationalCredentialsApplicants to New York University whoare neither U.S. citizens nor permanentresidents of the United States must completethe application for admission forundergraduate study, available online atadmissions.nyu.edu. Please indicate onthe application for admission your countryof citizenship and, if currently residingin the United States, your currentvisa status.Freshman applicants (those who arecurrently attending or who previouslycompleted secondary school only)seeking to begin studies in the fall(September) semester must submit applicationsand all required credentials on orbefore January 1. Transfer applicants(those currently or previously attending auniversity or tertiary school) must submitapplications and all required credentialson or before April 1. Transfer candidatesseeking admission for the spring (January)semester must submit applicationsand credentials on or before November1. Applications will not be processeduntil all supporting documents arereceived by the Undergraduate AdmissionsProcessing Center.All freshman applicants are requiredto submit official test results. Pleasevisit the admissions Web site atadmissions.nyu.edu to learn about theadmissions requirements.If the applicant’s secondary educationculminates in a maturity certificate examination,he or she is required to submitan official copy of the grades received ineach subject. All documents submittedfor review must be official; that is, theymust be either originals or copies certifiedby authorized persons. A “certified”photocopy or other copy is one thatbears either an original signature of theregistrar or other designated school officialsor an original impression of theinstitution’s seal. Uncertified photocopiesare not acceptable. If these official documentsare in a foreign language, theymust be accompanied by an officialEnglish translation.In addition, every applicant whosenative language is not English must takethe Test of English as a Foreign Language(TOEFL). Information concerningthis examination may be obtained bywriting directly to TOEFL/ETS, P.O. Box6151, Princeton, NJ 08541, U.S.A., or byvisiting the Web site at www.toefl.org.Each student must request that his or herscore on this examination be sent to theUndergraduate Admissions ProcessingCenter, code 2562.In lieu of the TOEFL, acceptableresults on the International English LanguageTesting System (IELTS) examinationadministered by the British Councilwill be considered. For information onthis test, visit the Web site atwww.ielts.org.Applicants residing in the New Yorkarea may elect to take, in lieu of theTOEFL or IELTS, the English proficiencytest of the University’s AmericanLanguage Institute, located at 48 CooperSquare, Room 200, New York, NY10003-7154, U.S.A. An appointment totake the test may be made by telephoning212-998-7040.Financial documentation is notrequired when filing an application. Ifthe student is accepted, instructions forcompleting the Application for Certificateof Eligibility (AFCOE) online will beincluded in the acceptance packet.Appropriate evidence of financial abilitymust be submitted with the AFCOE tothe Office for International Students andScholars in order for the appropriate visadocument to be issued. If the applicant’sstudies are being financed by means ofhis or her own savings, parental support,outside private or government scholarships,or any combination of these, he orshe must arrange to send official lettersor similar certification as proof of suchsupport. New students may wish to viewthe multimedia tutorial for new interna-

92 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MJulie Malnig, Associate Professor,is a cultural historian of theatre anddance performance whose areas ofinterest include social and populardance, performance writing,performance art and feministperformance and criticism.tional students at www.nyu.edu/oiss/documents/tutorialHome/index.htm.See also Office for International Studentsand Scholars, page 169.The American Language InstituteThe American Language Institute of theSchool of Continuing and ProfessionalStudies of New York University offersintensive courses in English for studentswith little or no proficiency in the language.It also offers the Advanced WorkshopProgram in English for studentswith substantial English proficiency butinsufficient proficiency for undertaking afull-time academic program. The institutealso offers specialized professionalcourses in accent reduction, grammarand American business English.Individuals who wish to obtain additionalinformation about the AmericanLanguage Institute are invited to visit theoffice of the American Language Instituteweekdays throughout the year betweenthe hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. (Fridaysuntil 5 p.m.). They may also visit theWeb site: www.scps.nyu.edu/ali; write toThe American Language Institute, Schoolof Continuing and Professional Studies,New York University, 48 Cooper Square,Room 200, New York, NY 10003-7154;telephone: 212-998-7040; fax: 212-995-4135; or e-mail: ali@nyu.edu.Student Visas and OrientationMatters pertaining to student visas andinternational student orientation are handledby the Office for International Studentsand Scholars, 561 La GuardiaPlace, 1st Floor; 212-998-4720. In addition,the staff of this office endeavors toaid international students in taking fulladvantage of various social, cultural andrecreational opportunities offered by theUniversity and the city.Special Undergraduate Students(Visiting)Undergraduate matriculated studentswho are currently attending otheraccredited four-year colleges and maintaininggood standing, both academicand disciplinary, may be admitted oncertification from their own school. Suchstudents must be eligible to receivedegree credit at their own school for thecourses taken at the Gallatin School. Theapproval as a special undergraduate studentis for two terms only and cannot beextended. All visiting students must meetthe academic standards of the GallatinSchool. The application form for specialundergraduate students may be obtainedonline (admissions.nyu.edu).Deadlines for applications are asfollows:Fall: August 1Spring: December 1Summer: April 1Special students are not permitted toenroll for graduate-level courses and arenot eligible for financial aid or Universityhousing.Spring in New YorkNYU Spring in New York offers collegestudents from other institutions anopportunity to earn college credit and toexperience academic life at New YorkUniversity. Spring in New York participantsenroll in one of eight areas ofstudy, in courses with NYU students andtaught by NYU faculty.In addition to classroom learning,NYU Spring in New York students haveaccess to the same opportunities andbenefits as NYU students—library access,sports center access and program officeevents, including ticket discounts forBroadway shows, concerts and sportingevents. They are also encouraged to participatein planned excursions aroundthe city.The program is offered to studentscurrently matriculated and in goodstanding at an accredited college or university(within the United States) with acompetitive grade point average. Studentsmust have at least sophomorestanding in the academic year of participation.Further information and an onlineapplication are available at the followingWeb site: www.nyu.edu/spring.in.ny.

A D M I S S I O N 93ADVANCED PLACEMENTEQUIVALENCIESAdvanced PlacementExaminationGrade CreditsArt History 4, 5 4Biology 4, 5 8Calculus AB 4, 5 4Calculus BC 4 4Calculus BC 5 8Chemistry 4, 5 8Chinese Languageand Culture 4, 5 4Computer Science A 4, 5 4Computer ScienceAB 4, 5 8English Language - -English Literature 4, 5 4EnvironmentalScience 4, 5 4European History 4, 5 4French Language 4, 5 4French Literature 4, 5 4German Language 4, 5 4Human Geography - -Italian Languageand Culture 4, 5 4Japanese Languageand Culture 4, 5 4Latin Literature 4, 5 4Latin: Vergil 4, 5 4Macroeconomics 5 4Microeconomics 5 4Music Theory - -Physics B 4 5Physics B 5 10Physics C-E&M 4, 5 5 or 3Physics C-Mech. 4, 5 5 or 3Politics (U.S.Government andPolitics) 4, 5 4Politics (ComparativeGovernment andPolitics) 4, 5 4Psychology 4, 5 4Spanish Language 4, 5 4Spanish Literature 4, 5 4Statistics 4, 5 4Studio Art - -U.S. History 4, 5 4World History 4, 5 4EXAMINATIONS FORADMISSION AND ADVANCEDSTANDINGRequired TestingAll freshman applicants must submitstandardized test scores. Beginning withstudents entering in September 2010,applicants for admission to NYU will beable to submit:• The SAT Reasoning Test and two SATSubject Tests or• The ACT (with Writing Test) or• Three SAT Subject Test scores (one inliterature or the humanities, one inmath or science and one non-languageof the student’s choice) or• The SAT Reasoning Test and twoAdvanced Placement (AP) Exam scores• Three AP exam scores (one in literatureor the humanities, one in math orscience and one nonlanguage of thestudent’s choice)Students who can demonstrate evidenceof an extraordinary accomplishmentoutside of normal classroom orscholastic activity, such as a major publicationin a national or international journal,a published book, a film or otheroutstanding visual or performing artisticaccomplishment, a scientific or otherremarkable discovery, winning a nationalcompetition or the equivalent, will berequired to provide only an SAT score,or two SAT Subject Test scores, or twoAP exam scores.Freshman candidates entering in thefall of 2011 should submit official scorereports for standardized tests. Visitadmissions.nyu.edu for the latestrequired testing information.Note: The AP exams must be takenprior to the senior year to be applicableduring the admissions cycle. Internationalstudents who are in an area wherethe ACT Writing Test is not offered mustchoose one of the other test scoreoptions.If you have taken the SAT or ACTmore than once, or if you have SAT SubjectTest or Advanced Placement (AP)Test scores that you wish to submit insupport of your application, we recommendthat you send us all of yourscores. Using our requirement optionsabove, we will use the combination ofscores that best presents your candidacy.(Our policy has always been to consideran applicant’s best scores, using thehigher of the SAT or the ACT if we hadboth, and using the higher score fromdifferent test dates, so we are used todoing this!)If you are applying as a regular decisionfreshman, we recommend that youcomplete your testing by the Novembertest date, and you must finish by theDecember test date. We strongly recommendthat early decision applicants completeall testing by the October test date,although November scores usually arrivein time to be considered.If English is not your native languageand if your primary language of instructionhas not been English, you shouldalso take the Test of English as a ForeignLanguage (TOEFL) or the InternationalEnglish Language Testing System (IELTS).(Please see the Applicants with InternationalCredentials section, page 91, foradditional information.)Official test scores should be sentdirectly to NYU from the testing agencies.The NYU code for the CollegeBoard (SAT Reasoning Test, SAT I, SATSubject Tests, SAT II Examinations andTOEFL) is 2562; the ACT code for NYUis 2838.Detailed information on the SATs andAdvanced Placement examination maybe obtained from the College Board, 45Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10023-6917; telephone: 212-713-8000;www.collegeboard.com. Detailed informationon the ACT may be obtainedfrom ACT. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168,Iowa City, IA 52243-0168; telephone:319-337-1270; www.act.org.Advanced Standing for FreshmenStudents admitted as freshmen who havetaken college courses while enrolled inhigh school must submit an official transcriptfrom a regionally accredited collegeor university. Courses will be consideredfor credit only if the student has achieveda B or better and only if the course workis in addition to the requirements for highschool graduation. For students whoentered Gallatin in the summer of 2009 or

94 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MKristin Horton, Clinical AssistantProfessor, teaches courses indirecting and Shakespeare andserves as artistic director of theGallatin Arts Festival.later, college courses taken while the studentwas enrolled in high school will beevaluated and posted to the student’srecord no sooner than the end of thesophomore year, after consultation withthe student’s adviser. However, suchcourses can be used to serve as a prerequisitefor more advanced courses directlyupon matriculation.Credit by ExaminationThe Advanced Placement Program (AP)(College Entrance Examination Board),the International Baccalaureate Program(IB) and the results of some foreignmaturity certificate examinations enableundergraduate students to receive credittoward the bachelor’s degree on thebasis of performance in college-levelexaminations or proficiency examinationsrelated to the School’s degreerequirements, subject to the approval ofthe School. For students who enteredGallatin in the summer of 2009 or later,AP credit, IB credit and maturity certificateexaminations will be evaluated andposted to the student’s record no soonerthan the end of the sophomore year,after consultation with the student’sadviser. However, a student’s AP, IB andmaturity certificate examinations scorescan be used to serve as a prerequisitefor more advanced courses directly uponmatriculation.Please note: The maximum numberof credits allowed toward the degreerequirements of the School that are aresult of any possible combination ofnonresident special examination programsand courses taken at a college ora university while the applicant is inhigh school shall not exceed 32.International Baccalaureate (IB)Higher-level examinations passed withgrades of 6 or 7 will be considered foradvanced standing credit. No credit isgranted for standard-level examinations.Official reports must be submitted to theUndergraduate Admissions ProcessingCenter for review. IB credits do not satisfyany liberal arts requirements. Forstudents who entered Gallatin in thesummer of 2009 or later, IB credit willbe evaluated and posted to the student’srecord no sooner than the end of thesophomore year, after consultation withthe student’s adviser. However, suchcourses can be used to serve as a prerequisitefor more advanced coursesdirectly upon matriculation.Maturity Certificate ExaminationsThe results of certain foreign maturitycertificate examinations, i.e., British “A”levels, French Baccalauréat, GermanAbitur, Italian Maturità or the FederalSwiss Maturity Certificate, will be consideredfor advanced standing credit. Officialreports must be submitted to theUndergraduate Admissions ProcessingCenter.For information regarding the possibilityof advanced standing credit forother maturity certificates, please contactthe Office of Undergraduate Admissions.Credits for maturity certificate examinationsdo not satisfy any liberal artsrequirements. For students who enteredGallatin in the summer of 2009 or later,credit for maturity certificate examinationswill be evaluated and posted to thestudent’s record no sooner than the endof the sophomore year, after consultationwith the student’s adviser. However, astudent’s maturity certificate examinationscores can be used to serve as a prerequisitefor more advanced courses directlyupon matriculation.Advanced Placement Program(AP)New York University participates in theAdvanced Placement Program of theCollege Entrance Examination Board. Inaccordance with New York Universitypolicy, if test results are a 5 or 4,depending on the subject examination(see chart), the student may receive collegecredit toward the degree and maynot take the corresponding college-levelcourse for credit. (The maximum numberof credits allowed toward the creditrequirements of the School shall notexceed 32 credits based on examinationincluding the AP, IB and courses takenat a college or university while the applicantis in high school.) AP credits do notsatisfy any liberal arts requirements.

A D M I S S I O N S 95Peder Anker, Associate Professor,whose teaching and researchinterests lie in the history of science,ecology, environmentalism anddesign, as well as environmentalphilosophy.For students who entered Gallatin inthe summer of 2009 or later, AP creditwill be evaluated and posted to the student’srecord no sooner than the end ofthe sophomore year, after consultationwith the student’s adviser. However, astudent’s AP scores can be used to serveas a prerequisite for more advancedcourses directly upon matriculation.For additional information, studentsshould consult the Office of UndergraduateAdmissions at admissions.nyu.edu orby telephone at 212-998-4500.Placement ExaminationsPlacement examination results are usedin the Gallatin School under the followingconditions:1. English: entering freshmen andtransfer students will be assigned to oneof two levels of expository writing basedon their verbal SAT Reasoning Testscores or writing proficiency.2. Foreign Languages: a student whowishes to continue in a language previouslystudied in high school or in collegemust take a language placement testor submit scores from the CollegeEntrance Examination Board or receive arecommendation for placement from theappropriate language department.THE ENROLLMENT PROCESSTo be enrolled, an admitted candidatemust do the following:1. Accept the University’s offer of admissionand pay the required nonrefundabletuition deposit.2. If applicable, pay the required nonrefundablehousing deposit.3. Have his or her high school and collegeforward a final transcript(s) to theUndergraduate Admissions ProcessingCenter.4. File a medical report.5. Make an appointment with the GallatinSchool for academic advisement.6. Pay balance of tuition and/or housingfees by the stipulated deadlines.7. Register for classes when notified.

96 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MTuition, Fees andExpensesOffice of the BursarNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-2806www.nyu.edu/bursarOffice of Financial AidNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-4444www.nyu.edu/financial.aidFollowing is the schedule of fees establishedby the Board of Trustees of NewYork University for the year 2010-2011.The Board of Trustees reserves the rightto alter this schedule without notice.Note that the registration and servicesfee covers memberships, dues, etc., tothe student’s class organization and entitlesthe student to membership in suchUniversity activities as are supported bythis allocation and to receive regularlythose University and college publicationsthat are supported in whole or in partby the student activities fund. It alsoincludes the University’s health services,emergency and accident coverage andtechnology fee.All fees are payable at the time ofregistration. The Office of the Bursar islocated at 25 West Fourth Street. Checksand drafts are to be drawn to the orderof New York University for the exactamount of the tuition and fees required.In the case of overpayment, the balanceis refunded on request by filing a refundapplication in the Office of the Bursar.A fee will be charged if payment isnot made by the due date indicated onthe student’s statement.The unpaid balance of a student’saccount is also subject to an interestcharge of 12 percent per annum fromthe first day of class until payment isreceived.Holders of New York State TuitionAssistance Program Awards will beallowed credit toward their tuition feesin the amount of their entitlement, providedthey are New York State residents,are enrolled on a full-time basis and presentwith their schedule/bill the AwardCertificate for the applicable term.Students who receive awards afterregistration will receive a check from theUniversity after the New York State paymenthas been received by the Office ofthe Bursar and the Office of the UniversityRegistrar has confirmed eligibility.Arrears PolicyThe University reserves the right to denyregistration and withhold all informationregarding the record of any studentwho is in arrears in the payment oftuition, fees, loans, or other charges(including charges for housing, dining,or other activities or services) for as longas any arrears remain.Diploma Arrears PolicyDiplomas of students in arrears will beheld until their financial obligations tothe University are fulfilled and they havebeen cleared by the Bursar. Graduateswith a diploma hold may contact theOffice of the Bursar at 212-998-2806 toclear arrears or to discuss their financialstatus at the University.TUITION AND EXPENSESFull-Time UndergraduateStudentsTuition, 12 to 18 points,per term .................................$18,933.00Nonreturnable registrationand services fee, per term ........$1,108.00For each point taken in excessof 18, per point, per term(includes a nonreturnableregistration and servicesfee of $60.00 per point) ..........$1,176.00Other StudentsTuition, per point ....................$1,116.00Fall term 2010:nonreturnable registrationand services fee,first point .....................................$409.00Fall term 2010:nonreturnable registrationand services fee, per point,for registration afterfirst point .......................................$60.00Spring term 2011:nonreturnable registrationand services fee,first point .....................................$422.00

T U I T I O N , F E E S A N D E X P E N S E S 97Myisha Priest, AssistantProfessor, whose teaching andresearch focus on African Americanliterature and material culture.1Waiver option available.2Students automatically enrolled in theBasic Plan or the Comprehensive Plan canchange between plans or waive the planentirely (and show proof of other acceptablehealth insurance).Spring term 2011:nonreturnable registrationand services fee, per point,for registration afterfirst point .......................................$60.00Students entering in the fall of 2011should visit the NYU Bursar’s Web site atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees/ for anup to date listing of the University’stuition and fees charges.Basic Health Insurance Benefit Plan[2010-2011]Full-time students automaticallyenrolled 1,2 ; all others can select:Annual........................................$1,360.00Fall term........................................$525.00Spring term ...................................$835.00(coverage for the spring and summerterms)Summer term ................................$368.00(only for students who did not registerin the preceding term)Comprehensive Health InsuranceBenefit Plan International students automaticallyenrolled 1,2 ; all others can select:Annual........................................$2,132.00Fall term........................................$823.00Spring term ................................$1,309.00(coverage for the spring and summerterms)Summer term ................................$576.00(only for students who did not registerin the preceding term)Stu-Dent Plan Dental service throughNYU’s College of Dentistry [2010-2011]Primary member ...........................$225.00Partner...........................................$225.00Dependent (under age 16) ...........$80.00Renewal membership...................$185.00Special FeesLate payment of tuition fee ...........$25.00Late registration feecommencing with thesecond week of classes..................$50.00Late registration feecommencing with thefifth week of classes.....................$100.00Penalty fee .....................................$20.00Deposit upon acceptance(nonreturnable).............................$500.00Housing deposit (if applicable) uponacceptance(nonreturnable).............................$300.00Undergraduate application fee(nonreturnable)...............................$65.00Application fee for admissions forinternational students and U.S. citizensliving abroad (nonreturnable) .......$75.00Maintenance of matriculation,per term ..........................................$75.00plusNonreturnable registration andservices fee:Fall term........................................$349.00Spring term....................................$362.00Special Programs and SessionsFor information on additional expensesfor Gallatin course offerings abroad, consultthe Gallatin Office of Global Programs.For information on additionalexpenses for the University’s Winter Sessionand May Intensive Session, consultthe Web site of the Office of the Bursarat www.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees.Laboratory FeesCertain courses may require a laboratoryfee to pay for special activities andevents or for additional expenses inherentin the course, such as a recording ordance studio.DEFERRED PAYMENT PLANThe Deferred Payment Plan allows youto pay 50 percent of your net balancedue for the current term on the paymentdue date and defer the remaining 50percent until later in the semester. Thisplan is available to students who meetthe following eligibility requirements:•Matriculated and registered for 6 ormore points

98 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MREFUND PERIODSCHEDULEFall and Spring Terms OnlyCourses dropped during thefirst two weeks ofthe term.............................100%(100% of tuition and fees)Courses dropped after the firsttwo weeks of the term ....NONERefund Period Schedule forComplete Withdrawal (Fall andSpring Terms Only)This schedule is based on thetotal applicable charge fortuition excluding nonreturnablefees and deposits.Withdrawal on or before theofficial opening dateof the term .......................100%(100% of tuition and fees)*Withdrawal on the second dayafter the officialopening date of the termthrough the end ofthe first calendar week .....100%(100% of tuition only)The first calendar weekconsists of the first seven(7) calendar days beginningwith the official openingdate of the term.(Note: not the first day of theclass meeting.)Withdrawal within the secondcalendar weekof the term ..........................70%(tuition only)Withdrawal within the thirdcalendar weekof the term ..........................55%(tuition only)Withdrawal within the fourthcalendar weekof the term ..........................25%(tuition only)Withdrawal after completionof the fourth calendar weekof the term........................NONE* Note: After the official openingdate of the term, the registrationand services fee is not returnable.The above refund schedule is notapplicable to students whoseregistration remains within the flatfeerange.•Without a previously unsatisfactoryUniversity credit record•Not in arrears (past due) for anyUniversity charge or loanThe plan includes a nonrefundableapplication fee of $50.00, which is to beincluded with the initial payment on thepayment due date.Interest at a rate of 1 percent permonth on the unpaid balance will beassessed if payment is not made in fullby the final installment due date. A latepayment fee will be assessed on any latepayments.A separate deferred payment planapplication and agreement is requiredfor each semester this plan is used. TheDeferred Payment Plan will be availableat www.nyu.edu/bursar/forms in July forthe fall semester and in December forthe spring semester.For additional information, pleasevisit the Office of the Bursar Web site atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/paymentplans orcall 212-998-2806.TUITIONPAY PLANTuitionPay (formerly called AMS) is apayment plan administered by SallieMae.The plan is open to all NYU studentswith the exception of the SCPS noncreditdivision. This interest-free plan allowsfor all or a portion of a student’s educationalexpenses (including tuition, fees,room and board) to be paid in monthlyinstallments.The traditional University billing cycleconsists of one large lump sum paymentdue at the beginning of each semester.TuitionPay is a budget plan that enablesa family to spread payments over thecourse of the academic year. Byenrolling in this plan, you spread yourfall semester tuition payments over afour-month period (June throughSeptember) and your spring semestertuition payment over another four-monthperiod (November through February).With this plan, you budget the cost ofyour tuition and/or housing, afterdeducting any financial aid you will bereceiving and/or any payments you havemade directly to NYU.A nonrefundable enrollment fee of$50.00 is required when applying for thefall/spring TuitionPay Plan. You mustenroll in both the fall and spring plans.Monthly statements will be mailed byTuitionPay, and all payments should bemade directly to them. For additionalinformation, contact TuitionPay at 800-635-0120 or visit the NYU Bursar Website at www.nyu.edu/bursar.DROPPING COURSES ANDREFUND OF TUITIONStudents who drop courses after the sessionbegins may be liable for all or aportion of the tuition and/or fees for thecourses. See the refund schedule formore information. For information onhow to officially drop a class, see DroppingCourses, page 72. Merely ceasing toattend a class does not constitute an officialdrop or withdrawal, nor does notificationto the instructor. A stop paymentof a check presented for tuition does notconstitute an official drop or withdrawal,nor does it reduce indebtedness to theUniversity. The nonrefundable registrationfee and a penalty fee of $20 for astopped payment must be charged inaddition to any tuition not canceled.The date on which a student officiallydrops a class, not the last date of attendancein the class, is considered theofficial date that serves as the basisfor computing any refund granted thestudent.The refund period (see schedule atleft) is defined as the first four calendarweeks of the fall and spring semesters orthe first eight calendar days of a sixweeksummer session from the date onwhich the course is officially dropped.For information on how to officially dropa class, see Dropping Courses, page 72.For information on tuition refunds forGallatin course offerings abroad, consultthe Gallatin Office of Global Programs.For information on tuition refunds forthe University’s Winter Session and MayIntensive Session, consult the Web siteof the Office of the Bursar atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees. The

T U I T I O N , F E E S A N D E X P E N S E S 99Hallie Franks, Assistant Professor,whose teaching and researchinterests are in the art andarchaeology of Greece, Rome andthe ancient Near East.processing of refunds takes approximatelytwo weeks.Exceptions to the published refundschedule are rarely granted; therefore,students are encouraged to purchasetuition insurance. (See Tuition Insurance,below.) Students may request an exceptionto the published refund schedule byfiling a written appeal to the RefundReview Committee of the GallatinSchool. All appeals must be supportedby appropriate documentation regardingthe circumstances that warrant considerationof an exception. Students cannotreceive more than one exception tothe published refund schedule in theiracademic careers.Federal regulations require adjustmentsreducing financial aid if a studentwithdraws even after the NYU refundperiod. Financial aid amounts will beadjusted for students who withdrawthrough the ninth week of the semesterand have received any federal grants orloans. This adjustment may result in thestudent’s bill not being fully paid. NYUwill bill the student for this difference.The student will be responsible for paymentof this bill before returning to theUniversity and will remain responsiblefor payment even if he or she does notreturn to the University.For any semester a student receivesany aid, that semester will be counted inthe satisfactory academic progress standard.This may require the student tomake up credits before receiving anyfurther aid. Students should review the“satisfactory academic progress” standardfor the Gallatin School so they do notjeopardize further semesters of aid. Formore information, see Satisfactory AcademicProgress, page 100.Tuition InsuranceNYU encourages all students to purchasetuition insurance in case a withdrawal afterthe refund period becomes necessary.Please contact A.W.G. Dewar, Inc., FourBatterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169; 617-774-1555; www.tuitionrefundplan.com, formore information.Financial AidOffice of Financial AidNew York University25 West Fourth Street, 1st FloorNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-4444www.nyu.edu/financial.aidOffice of the BursarNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-2806www.nyu.edu/bursarNew York University awards financialaid in an effort to help students meetthe difference between their ownresources and the cost of education. Allawards are subject to availability offunds and the student’s demonstratedneed. Renewal of assistance depends onannual reevaluation of a student’s need,the availability of funds, the successfulcompletion of the previous year and satisfactoryprogress toward completion ofdegree requirements. In addition, studentsmust meet the published filingdeadlines. Detailed information aboutfinancial aid is also available on theOffice of Financial Aid Web site atwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid. A concisesummary is also included in theNYU Student’s Guide, available on the StudentResource Center at www.nyu.edu/student.affairs/student.guide.Many awards are granted purely onthe basis of scholastic merit, while othersare based on financial need. It is frequentlypossible to receive acombination of awards based on both.University scholarships or fellowshipsmay be granted by themselves or in conjunctionwith student loans or FederalWork-Study employment. To ensure thatmaximum sources of available supportwill be investigated, students must applyfor financial aid by the appropriatedeadline.Student ResponsibilitiesIt is the student’s responsibility to supplytrue, accurate and complete informationto the Office of Financial Aid and tonotify them immediately of any changesor corrections in his or her financial situation,enrollment status, or housing status,including tuition remission benefits,outside scholarships and grants andstate-sponsored, prepaid college savingsplans.A student who has received a financialaid award must inform their departmentand the Office of Financial Aid ifhe or she subsequently decides to

100 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MA. B. Huber, Assistant Professor,whose teaching and researchinterests include critical theory,aesthetics and politics and theliterature and visual culture ofmodernitydecline all or part of that award. Toneglect to do so may prevent use of theaward by another student. If a studenthas not claimed his or her award (hasnot enrolled) by the close of regular (notlate) registration and has not obtainedwritten permission from his or herdepartment and the Office of FinancialAid for an extension, the award may becanceled, and the student may becomeineligible to receive scholarship or fellowshipaid in future years.Determination of financial need isalso based on the number of courses forwhich the student indicates he or sheintends to register. A change in registrationtherefore may necessitate an adjustmentin financial aid.The programs and courses offered atthe Gallatin School are designed for studentswho attend courses during the dayor evening, on a full-time or part-timebasis. During the fall and springsemesters, minimum full-time statusrequires 12 credits of course work perterm. Students who register for 11 creditsor fewer during these terms are consideredpart time. Financial aid awards arecontingent on a student making satisfactoryacademic progress toward thedegree. Information about full-time andpart-time standing and satisfactoryprogress guidelines is available from theOffice of Financial Aid, www.nyu.edu/financial.aid. If the student does nothave Internet access, please request thisinformation from the Office of FinancialAid, 25 West Fourth Street; 212-998-4444.How to ApplyStudents must submit the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),and New York State residents must alsocomplete the New York State TuitionAssistance Program (TAP) application.(The TAP application is also available onthe Internet when using FAFSA on theWeb.) The FAFSA (available online atwww.fafsa.ed.gov is the basic form forall student aid programs. Be sure tocomplete all sections. Students shouldgive permission on the FAFSA for applicationdata to be sent directly to NewYork University (the NYU federal codenumber is 002785).Entering freshmen should submit theapplication by February 15 for the fallterm or by November 1 for the springterm. Returning undergraduates andtransfer students should apply no laterthan March 1.Students requiring summer financialaid must submit a summer aid applicationin addition to the FAFSA and TAPapplication. The application, available inFebruary, can be obtained from theFinancial Aid Web site or the Office ofFinancial Aid.EligibilityTo be considered for financial aid studentsmust be officially admitted to NYUor matriculated in a degree program andmaking satisfactory academic progresstoward degree requirements. Students incertain certificate or diploma programsmay also be eligible for consideration.Generally, University administered aid isawarded to full-time students. Half-timestudents (fewer than 12 but at least6 credit points per semester) may be eligiblefor a Federal Stafford Loan or aFederal PLUS Loan, but they must alsomaintain satisfactory academic progress.Part-time undergraduate students mayalso be eligible for Aid for Part-TimeStudy (APTS) (New York State residentsonly—separate application is necessary)or for Pell Grants.Renewal Eligibility. Financial aidawards are not automatically renewedeach year. Continuing students must submita FAFSA each year by the NYUdeadline, continue to demonstrate financialneed, make satisfactory progresstoward degree requirements and be ingood academic standing.Satisfactory Academic Progress.In order to make satisfactory academicprogress toward their degree requirements,students must complete an averageof 32 credits per academic year (fall,spring and summer semesters) withgrades of A, B, C, D, or P (grades of F, I,W and N do not count toward satisfactoryacademic progress); maintain a

F I N A N C I A L A I D 101M. Bella Mirabella, AssociateProfessor, teaches the literature andculture of the Renaissance, includingthe ancient and medieval periods,with a focus on gender, drama,theatre, and performance.cumulative grade point average of atleast 2.0; and not be on probation. Inaddition, students must complete alldegree requirements in four (4) years.Transfer students will be expected tocomplete degree requirements in lessthan four (4) years depending on thenumber of transfer credit points receivedon entering the University.Citizenship. In order to be eligiblefor aid from NYU and from federal andstate government sources, students mustbe classified either as U.S. citizens or aseligible noncitizens. Students are consideredto be eligible noncitizens for financialaid purposes if one of the followingconditions applies:1. U.S. permanent resident with anAlien Registration Receipt Card I-551(“green card”).2. Other eligible noncitizen with anArrival-Departure Record (I-94) showingany one of the following designations:(a) “Refugee,” (b) “Indefinite Parole,” (c)“Humanitarian Parole,” (d) “AsylumGranted,” or (e) “Cuban-Haitian Entrant.”International Students. Internationalstudents are generally not eligiblefor federal or state financial aid. However,several private loan options areavailable for international students. Seethe Web site at www.nyu.edu/ financial.aidfor details.WithdrawalStudents receiving federal aid who withdrawcompletely may be billed forremaining balances resulting from themandatory return of funds to the U.S.government. The amount of federal aid“earned” up to that point is determinedby the withdrawal date and a calculationbased on the federally prescribed formula.Generally, federal assistance isearned on a pro-rata basis.UNIVERSITY-SPONSORED AND–ADMINISTERED PROGRAMSThrough the generosity of its alumni andother concerned citizens, as well as fromfunds supplied by the federal government,the University is able to provide anextensive financial aid program for itsstudents. Awards are competitive andbased on academic achievement, testscores and, in most cases, financial need.Scholarships and GrantsScholarships and grants awarded by theUniversity generally range from $500 to$25,000. In addition, the University hasestablished separate scholarship fundsfor students in special situations of meritor need. There is no separate applicationfor NYU scholarships. All students areautomatically considered for academic(merit-based) and financial need-basedscholarships after applying for admissionand financial aid. The FAFSA and theadmissions application contain all theinformation needed for scholarshipdetermination.New York University MeritScholarships. The University sponsorsscholarships for finalists in the annualNational Merit Scholarship Program. NewYork University must be listed as the firstchoice of schools in order to qualify forNew York University Merit Scholarships.University Scholars. A select numberof new freshmen are designated asUniversity Scholars based on their highschool records of achievement and service.In addition to the special academicprivileges accorded to the scholars, theyreceive a merit scholarship and additionalfinancial aid, based on need, upto the amount of tuition.The Catherine B. Reynolds Programin Social Entrepreneurship.The Catherine B. Reynolds Program inSocial Entrepreneurship offers 10 undergraduatescholarships each year. Theprogram is a comprehensive initiativedesigned to equip the next generation ofsocial entrepreneurial leaders and infrastructuredevelopers and managers withthe skills, resources and networkingopportunities needed to help solve society’smost intractable problems in sustainableand scalable ways. Theundergraduate scholarship provides upto $40,000 over two years and dedicatedcurricular and cocurricular activities. Studentsmust submit an application forconsideration. For more details, you mayvisit www.nyu.edu/reynolds.

102 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MLaurin Raiken, AssociateProfessor, whose teaching andresearch interests include thepolitical economy of the arts, artsmanagement and cultural policy,and social change.Gallatin Scholarships. Sponsoredand administered by New York University,these scholarships are awarded tostudents on the basis of financial needand academic achievement. To apply,students should submit the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).• The Anne and Robert WrightScholarships are administered by theGallatin School. They are awarded toselected incoming adult students (25+)who are returning to pursue the B.A.degree. Awards can be granted to bothfull-time and part-time students. Thescholarships are renewable each yearbased on academic standing and satisfactoryprogress toward the degree. Admissionto the Wright Scholar Program isautomatically considered as part of theadmission process to the Gallatin School.Applications are not taken separately.• The Dean’s Scholarships aresmall tuition awards administered by theGallatin School. These scholarships areawarded to students on the basis offinancial need and academic merit.Because the funding for these scholarshipsis limited, awards are made on afirst-come, first-served basis. To applyfor a Dean’s Scholarship, students shouldcomplete an Application for SupplementalScholarship Aid (available on the GallatinWeb site).• The Herbert Rubin CreativeWriting Award is awarded by the GallatinSchool each year to one or two studentsfor outstanding creative writingand artwork. Applicants may submitpoems, essays, stories, a short play, orartwork to The Gallatin Review; thedeadline for submissions is announcedduring the fall semester. A committeecomprising faculty and students judgesthe submissions, and the winners areannounced during the spring semester.The winning works are published in TheGallatin Review, and the winners receivea stipend, usually of several hundreddollars.• The Mike Bender Award is astipend of approximately $500, giveneach year to a student on an internshipthat promotes the ideals of compassion,understanding and tolerance. Proposalsmust be submitted to the director ofexternal programs at the Gallatin Schoolno later than October 1.• The Gallatin Research andConference Fund is available to anyenrolled Gallatin student to cover someof the costs of research or participationin conferences. Applications are availableon the Gallatin Web site. Interestedstudents should submit a proposal to theDeans’ Office. (See Research andScholarly Activities, page 21, for moreinformation.)• The Dean’s Award for GraduatingSeniors is designed to fundresearch projects pursued immediatelyafter graduation and related to a student’sconcentration or colloquium. Studentsare expected to provide a writtenreport on their activities by the end ofthe year following their graduation.Applications are available on the GallatinWeb site. Interested students should submita proposal to the Deans’ Office. (SeeResearch and Scholarly Activities, page21, for more information.)Loan ProgramsFederal Perkins Loan Program. NewYork University administers the FederalPerkins Loan Program, supported by thefederal government. The Universitydetermines eligibility for a Perkins Loanbased on a student’s financial need andavailability of funds; students are consideredfor this loan when they apply forfinancial aid. The University generallyawards Perkins Loans to the neediestfull-time students only.Perkins loans are made possiblethrough a combination of resources: anannual allocation from the U.S. Departmentof Education, a contribution fromNew York University and repayments byprevious borrowers.The annual interest rate is currently5 percent, and interest does not accruewhile the student remains enrolled atleast half-time.

F I N A N C I A L A I D 103Part-time EmploymentWasserman Center for CareerDevelopment. Most financial aidaward packages include work-study. Thismeans that students are eligible to participatein the Federal Work-Study Programand may earn up to the amount recommendedin their award package. Workstudywages are paid directly to thestudent on a biweekly basis and are normallyused for books, transportation andpersonal expenses.It is not necessary to be awardedwork-study earnings in order to use theservices of the Wasserman Center. Allstudents may use the center as soon asthey have paid their tuition deposit andmay also wish to use the center as aresource for summer employment.Extensive listings of both on-campus andoff-campus jobs are available. TheWasserman Center for Career Developmentis located at 133 East 13th Street,2nd Floor; 212-998-4730.Resident Assistantships. Residentassistants reside in the residence hallsand are responsible for organizing,implementing and evaluating social andeducational activities. Compensation mayinclude room and/or board, and/or astipend. Applications and further informationmay be obtained from the Officeof Residential Education, New YorkUniversity, 75 Third Avenue, Level C2,New York, NY 10003-5582. Telephone212-998-4311.ALL OTHER SOURCES OF AIDState GrantsNew York State offers a wide variety ofgrants and scholarships to residents.Although application is made directly tothe state and grants are awarded by thestate, the amount each student isexpected to receive is estimated andtaken into account by the Universitywhen assembling the student’s financialaid package.New York State Tuition AssistanceProgram (TAP). Legal residentsof the state of New York who areenrolled in a full-time degree program ofat least 12 credit points a term, or theequivalent, may be eligible for awardsunder this program. The award varies,depending on income and tuition cost.Students applying for TAP must do sovia a FAFSA application (see earlier“How to Apply” section). Submit thecompleted application as instructed. Formore information about TAP, visitwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid/tap.html.Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS). Afinancial aid program to help New YorkState residents pursuing part-time undergraduatedegree study offers awards inamounts of up to $2,000 per academicyear. The amount of an award is determinedby the institution. To be eligible,the student must have filed a FAFSA anddemonstrate financial need, must nothave exhausted his or her TAP eligibility,must be otherwise eligible for financialaid and must be enrolled for 3 to 11credit points per term. Applications areavailable from the Office of Financial Aidor their Web site. The application deadlinevaries; please consult the Office ofFinancial Aid.Additional programs are listed below.For complete information contact theNew York Higher Education ServicesCorporation (HESC) toll-free at 1-888-697-4372, or visit their Web site atwww.hesc.com.• World Trade Center Scholarship• New York State Scholarship forAcademic Excellence• Regents Professional OpportunityScholarships• Awards for Children of Veterans (CV)• Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship• Memorial Scholarships for Families ofDeceased Firefighters, Volunteer Firefighters,Police Officers, Peace Officers,and Emergency Medical Service Workers• Persian Gulf Veterans Tuition Awards

104 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M• Vietnam Veterans Tuition Awards(VVTA)• State Aid to Native Americans• AmeriCorps Educational Award• Volunteer Recruitment Service Scholarshipfor Volunteer Fire and AmbulanceRecruits• Military Service Recognition Scholarship(MSRS)States Other Than New York.Some students from outside New YorkState may qualify for funds from theirown state scholarship programs that canbe used at New York University. Contactyour state financial aid agency (call 1-800-433-3243 to get its telephone numberand address) to ask about programrequirements and application procedures.When you receive an eligibilitynotice from your state program, you

F I N A N C I A L A I D 105should submit it to the New York UniversityOffice of Financial Aid in advanceof registration.Federal Grants and BenefitsPell Grant Program. The Federal PellGrant Program provides assistance toundergraduate students who demonstratefinancial need according to economiccriteria and program requirements establishedby the federal government. To beeligible, you must enroll in a degree orapproved certificate/diploma programand be matriculated for your first bachelor’sdegree. (You are not eligible if youhave already completed a bachelor’sdegree.) By submitting the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),you also apply for a Federal Pell Grant.Federal Academic CompetitivenessGrant (ACG). The Academic CompetitivenessGrant (ACG) providesfederal assistance to students who arealso eligible for a Federal Pell Grant andhave financial need. Students must alsobe U.S. citizens, be enrolled full-time andbe in a two- or four-year undergraduatedegree program. They must not havepreviously enrolled in an undergraduateprogram and must have been in a rigoroushigh school program or met thestandard of rigor via other means asdefined by the Department of Education.The amount of the award varies,depending on whether the student is inhis or her first or second year. For studentsreceiving the ACG in their firstyear, they must have graduated fromhigh school after January 1, 2006. Forstudents receiving ACG in their secondyear, they must have graduated fromhigh school after January 1, 2005.Returning students must have a cumulativeGPA of 3.0 or above. Students willautomatically be reviewed for ACG eligibilityeach semester.Federal Supplemental EducationalOpportunity Grants (SEOG).These federally funded grants areawarded to undergraduates whose financialneed is substantial. All FAFSA filerswho qualify are automatically consideredfor this grant. However, funds for thisprogram are very limited.Veterans Benefits. Various Departmentof Veterans Affairs programs provideeducational benefits for spouses,sons and daughters of deceased or permanentlydisabled veterans as well as forveterans and in-service personnel, subjectto certain restrictions. Under mostprograms, the student pays tuition andfees at the time of registration but willreceive a monthly allowance from VeteransAffairs.Veterans with service-connected disabilitiesmay be qualified for educationalbenefits under Chapter 31. An applicantfor this program is required to submit tothe Department of Veterans Affairs a letterof acceptance from the college he orshe wishes to attend. On meeting therequirements for the Department of VeteransAffairs, the applicant will be givenan Authorization for Education (VA Form22-1905), which must be presented tothe Office of the University Registrar, 25West Fourth Street, 1st Floor, before registeringfor course work.All Veterans. Allowance checks areusually sent directly to veterans by theDepartment of Veterans Affairs. Veteransand eligible dependents should contactthe Office of the University Registrareach term for which they desire VeteransAffairs certification of enrollment.All veterans are expected to reach theobjective (bachelor’s or master’s degree,doctorate, or certificate) authorized byVeterans Affairs with the minimum numberof points required. The Departmentof Veterans Affairs may not authorizeallowance payments for credits that arein excess of scholastic requirements, thatare taken for audit purposes only or forwhich nonpunitive grades are received.Applications and further informationmay be obtained from the student’sregional office of the Department of VeteransAffairs. Additional guidance maybe obtained from the Office of the UniversityRegistrar, 25 West Fourth Street,1st Floor.Since interpretation of regulationsgoverning veterans’ benefits is subject tochange, veterans should keep in touchwith the Department of Veterans Affairsor with NYU’s Office of the University

106 U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MRegistrar. For more information:Visit www.nyu.edu/registrar/forms-procedures/veterans-benefits.html.Yellow Ribbon GI EducationEnhancement Program. NYU ispleased to be participating in the YellowRibbon GI Education Enhancement Program(Yellow Ribbon Program), a provisionof the Post 9/11 VeteransEducational Assistance Act of 2008. Theprogram is designed to help studentsfinance, through scholarship assistance,up to 100 percent of their out-of-pockettuition and fees associated with educationprograms that may exceed the Post9/11 GI Bill tuition benefit, which willonly pay up to the highest public instateundergraduate tuition. For details,visit www.nyu.edu/registrar/forms-procedures/veterans-benefits_yellow-ribbon.html?ref=RGHM-VB-BLK.Beginning in the 2009-2010 academicyear, NYU has provided funds towardthe tuition of each qualifying veteranwho was admitted as a full-time undergraduate,with the VA matching NYU’stuition contribution for each student.To be eligible for the Yellow Ribbonbenefits, an individual must be entitledto the maximum post-9/11 benefit.An individual may be eligible for theYellow Ribbon Enhancement if:• He/She served an aggregate periodof active duty after September 10, 2001,of at least 36 months.• He/She was honorably dischargedfrom active duty for a service connecteddisability and had served 30 continuousdays after September 10, 2001.• He/She is a dependent eligible forTransfer of Entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill based on a veteran’s serviceunder the eligibility criteria, as describedon the U.S. Department of VeteransAffairs Web site.The Department of Veterans Affairs iscurrently accepting applications for thePost-9/11 GI Bill. To qualify for the YellowRibbon Enhancement, you mustapply to the VA. The VA will then determineyour eligibility for the Post-9/11 GIBill and issue you a Certificate of Eligibility.Note: You can apply using the VAForm 22-1990 (PDF), and the formincludes the instructions needed to beginthe process.After you are issued your Certificateof Eligibility from the Department of VeteransAffairs, indicating that you qualifyfor the Yellow Ribbon Program, pleasecontact Clara Fonteboa, at clf1@nyu.eduor 212-998-4823.The Office of the University Registrarmust certify to the Department of VeteransAffairs that the eligible person isenrolled as a full-time undergraduate studentin order for the funds to be paidunder the Yellow Ribbon Program.For more information, visit www.nyu.edu/registrar/forms-procedures/veterans-benefits.html.Scholarships and Grants fromOther OrganizationsIn addition to the sources of gift aiddescribed above, students may also beeligible for a private scholarship or grantfrom an outside agency or organizations.Some sources to explore are employers,unions, professional organizations andcommunity and special interest groups.(The NYU Office of UndergraduateAdmissions Web site includes someexamples of such outside scholarshipsavailable to undergraduates that can beused at NYU. Visit admissions.nyu.edu/financial.aid/scholarships.html.)Federal LoansFederal Direct Stafford LoanProgram. The Federal Direct StaffordLoan is obtained from the U.S. Departmentof Education. The total amountborrowed in any year may not exceedthe cost of education minus the totalfamily contribution and all other financialaid received that year. The interestrate is fixed at 4.50 percent for 2010-2011. Stafford loan payments arecopayable to NYU and the student, andfunds are applied first to any outstandingbalance on the student’s account. Anorigination fee of 0.50 percent will bededucted from the loan funds.Students may qualify for both subsidizedand unsubsidized Stafford loans.The interest on the Federal Direct Subsi-

F I N A N C I A L A I D 107dized Stafford Loan is paid by the U.S.government while the student is inschool and remains enrolled at least halftime.The Federal Direct UnsubsidizedStafford Loan terms and conditions areessentially the same as the subsidizedloan except the federal government doesnot pay the interest while the student isin school. Instead, the interest is accruedand added to the principal of the loan.Subsidized Stafford loans are basedstrictly on financial need. During the firstyear of study, a student may borrow upto a total of $5,500 (combined subsidizedand unsubsidized), with no more than$3,500 as the subsidized amount. In subsequentyears, the total is increased to$6,500 for sophomores (with no morethan $4,500 as the subsidized amount),$7,500 for juniors and seniors (with nomore than $5,500 as the subsidizedamount), and $20,500 for graduate students(with no more than $8,500 as thesubsidized amount).For independent undergraduate studentsand some dependent undergraduatestudents whose parents do not qualify fora PLUS loan, the Federal Direct UnsubsidizedStafford Loan Program offers yetmore borrowing eligibility. For detailsabout additional unsubsidized amountsavailable and the maximum aggregatelimits for all Stafford loans combined, seeour Web site at www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/types-of-financial-aid.htmlFederal Direct PLUS LoanProgram. The PLUS loan enables parentsof dependent undergraduate studentsand qualifying graduate students toborrow up to the full amount of an NYUeducation minus other aid. There is noaggregate loan limit, and individuallenders will evaluate credit history. Theinterest rate is fixed at 7.90 percent. Anorigination fee of 2.50 percent will bededucted from the loan funds. PLUS loandisbursements are made copayable toNYU and the parent, and funds areapplied first to the current year’s outstandingbalance on the student’saccount.Private LoansA private (nonfederal) loan may be afinancing option for students who arenot eligible for federal aid or who needadditional funding beyond the maximumamounts offered by federal loans. Formore information on the terms and conditionsof the suggested private loan (aswell as applications), visit our Web site:www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/private-php.Employee Education PlansMany companies pay all or part of thetuition of their employees under tuitionrefund plans. Employed students attendingthe University should ask their personnelofficers or training directors aboutthe existence of a company tuition plan.Students who receive tuition reimbursementand NYU employees who receivetuition remission from NYU must notifythe Office of Financial Aid if they receivethis benefit.

109Graduate ProgramGallatin’s Master of Arts program (HEGIS code number 4901*)offers each student an opportunity to explore his or herunique interests. Working closely with a faculty adviser, thestudent creates an individualized, interdisciplinary program shapedaccording to his or her own vision. With diverse goals, Gallatin studentsare often intellectual and professional pioneers, mapping new relationshipsamong fields of knowledge. Students are encouraged to draw onthe educational resources of NYU’s graduate and professional schoolsand of New York City.* HEGIS: Higher Education GeneralInformation SurveyNew York State Department of EducationOffice of Higher EducationState Education Building89 Washington Avenue,2nd Floor, West MezzanineAlbany, NY 12234Telephone: 518-474-5851www.highered.nysed.govINTERDISCIPLINARY AND INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYThe Gallatin School was created for the student whose academic interestscross the boundaries of traditional departments and who wishes tolook at these interests through an interdisciplinary lens. With the guidanceof a faculty adviser, students combine course offerings in two ormore academic disciplines or professional areas to create an individualizedand integrated program of study. A student interested in arts management,for example, might take classes in the Graduate School of Artsand Science (GSAS), the Stern School of Business and the SteinhardtSchool of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Another studentmight build a concentration in community action through classes in theGSAS Department of Politics, the Silver School of Social Work and theWagner Graduate School of Public Service. The hallmark of the Gallatinprogram is the student’s opportunity to tailor these choices to fit his orher distinct passions and goals.Students are also encouraged to pursue learning opportunities outsidetraditional classroom work in the various graduate schools of NewYork University. They may pursue independent studies, individual projectsthat involve meeting one-on-one with professors; tutorials, smallgroups of students working closely with an instructor on a commontopic, project, or skill; internships, direct work experiences in businesses,government agencies, or cultural institutions; and private lessons,for students in the arts who wish to study outside the University.Gallatin recognizes the importance of students’ different learning stylesand the value of adjusting inquiry to each student’s particular interests.Gallatin also offers course equivalency credit for prior learning, wheremastery of comparable material in actual NYU courses can be determined.

110 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MThe M.A. program at Gallatin culminates in the master’s thesis. Thisfinal product may take the form of an extended research paper, an artisticwork, or a professional project. In each of these formats, the studentdisplays what he or she has learned through the program in a rigorous,creative and masterful piece of work.A cornerstone of the Gallatin program is faculty advising. Because aprogram of individualized study requires faculty consultation and input,students are offered three tiers of advising. The first tier consists of theprimary adviser, a faculty member with expertise in the student’s corearea of inquiry. At the second tier of advising, Gallatin provides a generalprogram adviser, a Gallatin faculty member who is available to clarifythe aims and policies of the M.A. program. The third tier of advisingis the thesis reviewer, a Gallatin faculty member who serves as the secondreader for the thesis proposal and master’s thesis.THE PROGRAM OF STUDYThe first step students should take when contemplating their program ofstudy is to free themselves from the notion that Gallatin will tell themwhat to do. The essential spirit of the program lies in the word “individualized”:the student determines what he or she will learn and how thiswill be accomplished.When graduate students begin their Gallatin program, they alreadyhave a sense of their educational goals. As they proceed through theprogram, these goals become further defined. What do they want toknow when they finish the program? Working backward from there,what strategies will enable them to achieve that goal? Students need toask themselves these questions each term. Answers evolve over time,gaining clarity and direction. Students must take the initiative to workthrough these issues, to make decisions and act on them and to revisethem if necessary.Students should search carefully for the best resources and opportunities.NYU is a complex school, with myriad courses and programs.Students are encouraged to find the ones that best meet their needs.The search should not be limited to one school or department. Studentsshould examine all the course catalogs and locate all the relevantclasses, organize them into categories, weigh them by priority and thenmake choices. Independent studies, tutorials, internships and privatelessons should be considered. Students should also consult regularlywith their adviser and talk to their teachers and classmates. This processrequires imagination, intelligence and resourcefulness. These are thequalities that students bring to Gallatin and that the program cultivatesand celebrates.

M A S T E R O F A R T S D E G R E E R E Q U I R E M E N T S 111Master of ArtsDegreeRequirementsSUMMARY OF M.A. DEGREE COMPONENTSREQUIREDTotal Credits..................40 credits*Academic Good.............................Standing..............................A finalminimum cumulativegrade point average of 3.0Residency........................................Requirement...................28 credits(must be earned at NYUwhile enrolled in Gallatin)ADDITIONAL STUDY OPTIONSIndividualized Projects:.................Independent Studies, Tutorials,...Internships, and.............................Private Lessons..............12 creditsmaximumTransfer Credit/..............................Course Equivalency.......................Credits.............................12 creditsmaximumClassroom Credit...........................Requirement...................14 creditsminimum(excluding graduate core) †Graduate.........................................Core..................................14 creditsdistributed as follows:Proseminar.........................4 creditsReview of........................................the Literature.....................3 creditsMaster’s Thesis................................Seminar..............................4 creditsMaster’s Thesis and.........................Defense..............................3 credits(completion of a research,artistic, orproject thesis)* Students may not exceed therequired number of credits for thedegree.† No undergraduate courses will becounted for credit toward the master’sdegree.UNDERSTANDING YOURDEGREE REQUIREMENTSThe majority of the student’s program isself-selected. There are, however, certainbasic structural requirements. Regardlessof their concentration, all Gallatin studentsearn the same degree: a Master ofArts in individualized study.Total CreditsTo be eligible for the Master of Artsdegree, students must complete 40 creditswithin six years of matriculating inGallatin. Students may not exceed therequired number of credits for thedegree, and all courses must be taken atthe graduate level.Academic Good StandingStudents must maintain a minimumcumulative grade point average of 3.0(B) to remain in academic good standing,and a final minimum cumulativegrade point average of 3.0 is required forgraduation. For more information aboutacademic good standing, see page 137.Please note: Academic good standingis not the same as satisfactory academicprogress. Satisfactory academic progressrefers to the number of credits a studentmust complete in a given time period tomaintain eligibility for financial aid. Formore information about satisfactory academicprogress, see page 149.Residency RequirementA minimum of 28 credits must be earnedat NYU while the student is enrolled inthe Gallatin School.

112 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MClassroom Credit RequirementClassroom learning is an essential componentof the program, giving graduatestudents the opportunity for intellectualexchange with their peers. All Gallatingraduate students are required to earn aminimum of 14 credits in classroomcourses and may earn up to 26 credits inclassroom courses. Transfer credits and aportion of course equivalency creditsgenerally count toward this requirement,but the graduate core courses (the proseminarand thesis-related courses), independentstudies, tutorials, internshipsand private lessons do not.Graduate CoreThe courses comprising the graduatecore provide the structure that is neededin a program of individualized study. Allstudents are required to take four Gallatincourses: one of the proseminars (TheFunctions of Art; American Society andCulture in Transition; Text andPerformance; or a course in communitystudies); the Review of theLiterature; the Master’s ThesisSeminar; and the Master’s Thesisand Defense. (For more informationabout these courses, see pages 113-114.)Master’s Thesis and DefenseThe culmination of the student’s work atGallatin is the master’s thesis. For informationregarding the thesis requirements,see pages 119-122.Individualized ProjectsAt Gallatin, students have the option topursue individualized projects, which arelearning experiences that are not availablein the traditional classroom. Thetypes of individualized projects includeindependent studies, tutorials,internships and private lessons. Amaximum of 12 credits may be earnedin individualized projects. (The Reviewof the Literature, a required independentstudy, is not counted toward these 12credits.) Students are permitted to earn amaximum of 6 credits in private lessons.Transfer and Course EquivalencyCreditsTo recognize prior professional oracademic accomplishments, Gallatin maygrant up to a combined total of 12 transferand course equivalency credits. Thesecredits must be related to the student’sarea of concentration. (For policiesregarding transfer credit, see page 143.)Graduate students may earn courseequivalency credits for professional experiencesthey have had before matriculatingin Gallatin. Students may apply for amaximum of 12 course equivalency credits(in combination with transfer credits).Students must submit an extensive portfoliosoon after they have completed12 credits in the M.A. program and beforethey have completed 20 credits. Courseequivalency credits are applied half to theclassroom requirement and half to theindividualized projects option. The processof receiving credit begins with thecompilation of an extensive portfolio documentingthe student’s learning experiencesprior to matriculation at Gallatinand ends with a rigorous evaluation processby NYU faculty. Students mustdemonstrate through the portfolio thatthey have mastered the material theywould have learned in comparable NYUcourses. To begin the process of applyingfor course equivalency credit, studentsshould consult the director of externalprograms about the rules and regulationsgoverning the course equivalency process.For more information regardingpolicies, procedures and guidelines forcourse equivalency credits, please visitwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.Changes in Degree RequirementsDegree requirements in the GallatinSchool are subject to change. Studentsshould bear in mind that they are boundby the degree requirements in effect duringthe first semester in which theymatriculate at Gallatin. Degree requirementsfor students transferring from aschool or college within the Universityare those that are in effect when theyfirst matriculate at Gallatin. Students whoare readmitted must fulfill the degreerequirements that are in effect whenthey are readmitted. Students whoentered Gallatin before the current termshould consult the relevant bulletin.

T H E C U R R I C U L U M 113ADDITIONAL M.A. PROGRAMINFORMATIONTime LimitThe master’s degree must be completedwithin six years. If there are unusual circumstanceswarranting a formal extension,the student may request anextension from the Gallatin FacultyCommittee on Advisement and Policies.Degree requirements may be completedin no fewer than three semesters.PrerequisitesGallatin students are required to meetthe prerequisites for any courses theytake in other schools of the University.These credits may not necessarily beaccepted as contributing to the 40-creditgraduation requirement.GradesThe Gallatin School will accept the lowestpassing grade determined by eachNYU graduate school. Students mustabide by the policies of each school forthe completion of course work.Thesis AdvisementStudents who do not complete the thesisand defend it successfully during thesemester for which they register for Master’sThesis and Defense are required toregister for Thesis Advisement each falland spring until the thesis has beencompleted and defended. Students whoplan to graduate in September must alsoregister for Thesis Advisement during thesummer prior to their graduation. This1-credit course does not count towardthe 40-credit requirement for the M.A.degree. (See page 124 for details regardingThesis Advisement.)The CurriculumEach graduate student works closelywith a faculty adviser to design a curriculumthat integrates course workthroughout the University with theGallatin graduate core courses and individualizedproject options.The M.A. program begins with theproseminar, a graduate core course thatis taken in the first or second semesterof enrollment, depending on the availabilityof the proseminar of the student’schoice. The majority of the curriculumwill then consist of course work taken atthe various NYU graduate schools andcan also include options such as Gallatinelective courses, independent study,tutorials, internships and private lessons.After the student has completed approximately25-30 credits, he or she willbegin to take the thesis-related graduatecore courses, including the Master’sThesis Seminar and the Review of theLiterature. The M.A. program culminatesin the master’s thesis.GALLATIN COURSESRequired Gallatin Graduate CoreCoursesThe Proseminar. During the first or, atthe latest, the second semester of theprogram, each student enrolls in one ofseveral versions of the proseminar. Thiscourse performs a number of functions:(1) It introduces students to the natureof individualized and interdisciplinarystudies by engaging them in work on abroad theme or problem. These themesmay generally fall into one of threebroad categories of academic inquiry—the humanities, the social sciences, orthe arts—but they may also cross thoseboundaries. Students learn how differentkinds of scholars approach a commonproblem: how they ask questions, gatherrelevant information, conduct analysisand reach conclusions. (2) The proseminarhelps students think through theirown programs of study by broadeningtheir conception of the knowledge andskill they will need to pursue their plansand by encouraging them to clarify theirown educational goals. (3) Finally, theproseminar engages students in some ofthe academic processes—research, ana-

114 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mlytic thinking, scholarly communication—thatthey will need throughouttheir graduate studies. The specificthemes of the proseminars will not usuallybe directly pertinent to each student’splans, but each class will raiseissues of approach and method thatevery student needs to consider. Theaim of the proseminar, then, is toenlarge the student’s scholarship andinterdisciplinary inquiry and to suggestways that the University’s resources canbe used to attain the student’s goals.Review of the Literature. Beforestarting their thesis and under the tutelageof their adviser, students arerequired to conduct an independentstudy in which they find, read and critiquea substantial body of scholarshiprelated to the thesis. The purpose of thisindependent study is to ensure that thestudent is familiar with previous scholarlywork that can form a context for thethesis. The required work for Review ofthe Literature is a critical essay and abibliography. The aim of the essay is to(1) identify the categories of pertinentstudies; (2) report on major concepts,theories, debates, trends and gaps in thefield; and (3) place the thesis topic inrelation to earlier studies. The advisersets the length of the paper, but it is typicallybetween 20 and 25 pages.Students may take Review of the Literaturebefore the Master’s Thesis Seminarto explore the broad literatures intheir field or topic and to use this studyto generate a researchable question forthe thesis. It is also possible to takeReview of the Literature simultaneouslywith the Master’s Thesis Seminar whenthe student is fairly clear about theresearch question but may need somebackground development—in this case,the student can use Review of theLiterature to deepen knowledge in thespecific domain of the thesis. Finally, astudent may also take Review of theLiterature after the Master’s Thesis Seminarif he or she already has a well-developedresearch question and wants to digdeeply into the specific literaturesrelated to that question. For more detailsabout Review of the Literature, pleasevisit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.Master’s Thesis Seminar. Afterhaving completed 25-30 credits in thegraduate program, students take theMaster’s Thesis Seminar, covering theresearch methods and writing skillsneeded for producing a final thesis. Thiscourse takes students through the stagesof writing the thesis proposal: definingthe field of research, formulating theproblem, developing a bibliography,choosing an appropriate researchmethodology, gathering information,organizing the material, revising andpreparing a scholarly manuscript.Through discussions of both publishedresearch articles and student work, theseminar examines the conventions ofscholarly discourse, strategies of analysisand argumentation and the ways inwhich writing can serve as a means todiscover ideas. The seminar helps studentsto complete the background thinkingand research from which the thesiswill emerge and to produce at least afirst draft of the thesis proposal. Thiscourse can only be taken on a pass/failbasis. Students planning to enroll in theMaster’s Thesis Seminar must gain permissionfrom the instructor.Master’s Thesis and Defense. Themaster’s thesis is the culmination of theM.A. program and is an opportunity todisplay the ideas, practices and/or artisticexpertise learned at Gallatin. Thetopic of the thesis will evolve as studentstake courses and refine areas ofconcentration. Graduate students beginplanning thesis topics midway throughthe program. The thesis may take one ofthree forms: a research thesis, an artisticthesis, or a project thesis. The thesis isrequired for completion of the master’sdegree program, and it can only betaken on a pass/fail basis.Gallatin Elective CoursesWhile most students develop a concentrationby taking courses throughout theschools of NYU, Gallatin offers a seriesof elective courses, including fictionwriting, playwriting, drama and the creativearts. These workshops are taughtby successful New York City writers,artists and performers. Examples ofrecent elective courses include Fiction

T H E C U R R I C U L U M 115Writing, Dramatizing History, Writingfor Stage and Screen and PerformanceComposition.Course Offering Abroad: ItalianRenaissance Art and Literature:The Culture ExplosionThis three-week summer course inFlorence introduces students to the literatureand art of the Italian Renaissance.For details, see page 155.INDIVIDUALIZED PROJECTSGallatin offers students an opportunity topursue their interests through a varietyof alternatives outside the traditionalclassroom: independent study, tutorials,internships and private lessons. Althoughthe faculty encourages students to usethese learning formats when appropriate,they are optional. While the total numberof credits earned through individualizedprojects is limited to 12 credits,Gallatin encourages students to use thisopportunity whenever it is educationallyjustified. For more information regardingpolicies, procedures and guidelines forindividualized projects, please visitwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.In an independent study, a studentworks one-on-one with a facultymember on a particular topic or creativeproject. Typically, the idea for an independentstudy arises in a course; forexample, in a seminar on early 20th-centuryAmerican history, a student maydevelop an interest in the HarlemRenaissance and ask the professor tosupervise an independent study focusedexclusively on this topic during the nextsemester. Students may also develop creativeprojects in areas such as, but notlimited to, music composition, filmmakingor fiction writing. Gallatin graduatestudents have conducted independentstudies on such topics as early influenceson Martha Graham’s choreography,the impact of social classdifferences on school outcomes andresearch methods in brain physiology.Independent studies are gradedcourses, the details of which are formulatedby the student and the instructor;these specifics are described in the independentstudy proposal and submittedto the Deans’ Office for approval. Thestudent and instructor meet regularlythroughout the semester to discuss thereadings, the research and the student’swork. Credit is determined by theamount of work entailed in the studyand should be comparable to that of aGallatin classroom course.Generally, independent studies, likeother courses, are 2 to 4 credits. Meetinghours correspond to course credits; a4-credit independent study requires at leastseven contact hours per term between theinstructor and the student. For more informationregarding policies, procedures andguidelines for independent study, pleasevisit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.Tutorials are small groups of two tofive students working closely with a facultymember on a common topic, project,or skill. Tutorials are usuallystudent-generated projects, and like independentstudies, ideas for tutorials typicallyfollow from questions raised in aparticular course. Students may collaborateon creative projects as well. Recenttutorials have included AdvancedPlaywriting, Digital Filmmaking andDirecting. Tutorials are graded courses,and students work together with theinstructor to formulate the structure of thetutorial, the details of which are describedin the tutorial proposal and submitted tothe Gallatin School for approval. Thetutorial group meets regularly throughoutthe semester, and students follow a commonsyllabus: all participants completethe same readings, write papers on similartopics, etc. Students in the same tutorialmust register for the same number ofcredits. Credit is determined by theamount of work (readings and othertypes of assignments) and should becomparable to that of a Gallatin classroomcourse. Tutorials range from 2 to 4credits. Meeting hours correspond tocourse credits; a 4-credit tutorial requiresat least 14 contact hours per termbetween the instructor and students. Formore information regarding policies, proceduresand guidelines for tutorials,please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.Internships offer Gallatin studentsan opportunity to learn experientially at

116 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MNYU Graduate ProgramsGallatin students may takecourses throughout the graduateprograms of NYU. It shouldbe noted that some courseshave prerequisites, and othersmay be limited to students intheir respective departments.Graduate students will notreceive credit for undergraduatecourse work, with theexception of certain courses inthe department ofUndergraduate Film andTelevision (see the section belowon the Tisch School of the Artsfor details).Graduate School ofArts and ScienceAfricana StudiesAmerican StudiesAncient Near Eastern andEgyptian StudiesAnthropology*BioethicsBiologyBiomaterials ScienceChemistryCinema StudiesClassicsComparative LiteratureComputer ScienceCreative Writing*East Asian StudiesEconomicsEnglishEnvironmental Health SciencesEnvironmental HealthSciences—Ergonomics andBiomechanicsEuropean and MediterraneanStudiesFine Arts*FrenchFrench StudiesGermanHebrew and Judaic StudiesHistoryHumanities and Social Thought(Draper InterdisciplinaryMaster’s Program)Irish and Irish AmericanStudiesItalian StudiesJournalism*Latin American and CaribbeanStudiesLaw and SocietyLinguistics*MathematicsMiddle Eastern and IslamicStudiesMuseum Studies†Near Eastern StudiesPerformance StudiesPhilosophyPhysicsPoliticsPsychologyReligious StudiesRussian and Slavic StudiesSocial and Cultural AnalysisSociologySpanish and Portuguese#Trauma and ViolenceTransdisciplinary StudiesSteinhardt School ofCulture, Education,and HumanDevelopmentAdministration, Leadership,and TechnologyBusiness EducationEducational Communicationand TechnologyEducational LeadershipHigher Education/StudentPersonnel AdministrationApplied PsychologyCounseling and GuidanceCounseling for Mental Healthand WellnessCounseling PsychologyEducational PsychologyArt and Art ProfessionsArt EducationArt Therapy*Studio ArtVisual Arts AdministrationVisual Culture: CostumeStudiesHumanities and SocialSciences in the ProfessionsEducation and Jewish StudiesEducation and Social PolicyHistory of EducationInterdepartmental ResearchStudiesInternational EducationPhilosophy of EducationSociology of EducationMedia, Culture, andCommunicationMusic and Performing ArtsProfessionsDance EducationEducational TheatreMusic BusinessMusic EducationMusic Performance and MusicCompositionMusic TechnologyPerforming Arts AdministrationPerforming Arts Therapies(Drama Therapy, MusicTherapy)^Nutrition, Food Studies, andPublic HealthCommunity Public HealthFood StudiesNutrition and DieteticsTeaching and LearningBilingual EducationEarly Childhood andChildhood EducationEnglish EducationEnvironmental ConservationEducationForeign Language EducationLiteracy EducationMathematics EducationScience EducationSocial Studies EducationSpecial EducationTESOL/Teaching English toSpeakers of Other LanguagesLeonard N. SternSchool of Business(Gallatin students may take amaximum of 6 credits persemester in the Stern School ofBusiness, provided they havethe necessary prerequisites.)Accounting, Taxation andBusiness LawBusiness and Society ProgramAreaEconomicsEntertainment, Media andTechnologyEntrepreneurship andInnovationFinanceInformation, Operations, andManagement SciencesManagement and OrganizationsManagement CommunicationMarketingPolytechnic Instituteof New York—NYU-PolyRobert F. WagnerGraduate School ofPublic ServiceHealth Policy and ManagementPublic and NonprofitManagement and PolicyUrban PlanningSchool of Continuingand ProfessionalStudiesConstruction ManagementDigital Imaging and DesignFundraising and GrantmakingGlobal AffairsGraphic CommunicationsManagement and TechnologyHospitality Industry StudiesHuman Resource Managementand DevelopmentIntegrated MarketingManagement and SystemsPublic Relations and CorporateCommunicationsPublishing*Real EstateSports Business*Tourism ManagementSilver School ofSocial WorkTisch School ofthe ArtsActing ^Art and Public PolicyCinema StudiesDance^Design for Stage and Film*Dramatic Writing^Film and Television^Interactive TelecommunicationsMoving Image Archivingand Preservation^Musical Theatre Writing*Performance StudiesTisch Open Arts Curriculum

T H E C U R R I C U L U M 117The Tisch Open ArtsCurriculum offers a series ofTisch courses open to all NYUstudents. Gallatin graduatestudents should check to besure that an Open ArtsCurriculum course is beingtaught at the graduate level.University ProgramGlobal Public Health* Courses in these departmentsare often restricted.†Gallatin students must also beadmitted to and enrolled in theCertificate in Museum Studiesin order to take classes inMuseum Studies. If a studentwishes to pursue the Certificatein Museum Studies along withthe M.A. from Gallatin, additionalcredits will be required.Please consult the director ofenrollment management fordetails.# All courses in the departmentof Spanish are taught at theNYU in Madrid program andnot open to Gallatin students.The program in Portuguese is aPh.D. program only and notopen to Gallatin students.^Courses in these departmentsare frequently not available toGallatin students. However, itis often possible for students todesign a program in theseareas utilizing courses in theTisch Open Arts Curriculum,Gallatin Arts Workshops, coursesin other departments, independentstudies, tutorials, andinternships. See Courses in theTisch School of the Arts, page118, for details.one of New York City’s many socialinstitutions, art and cultural organizations,community-based organizations orcorporations. Internships are a key elementof the Gallatin program, and theyare often among the most memorableand useful student experiences. Studentsgain firsthand work experience anddevelop skills and knowledge that willhelp them in pursuing employment aftergraduation. They also explore the relationshipbetween practical experienceand academic theory. Gallatin providesan extensive list of available internships;students may pursue their own as well.Placements include a wide variety ofareas, such as business, education, legalservices, social services, journalism, filmand television, the arts, management,theater, music and dance. Some examplesof recent internship sites includeMTV, the United Nations, BellevueHospital Center, Circle in the SquareTheatre, Legal Aid Society, MetropolitanMuseum of Art, Capitol Records and UBS.Internships are typically unpaid positions,although students in paid internshippositions are permitted to receivecredit. Students work an average of 10to 20 hours each week at the site andmeet regularly during the semester withtheir faculty adviser to discuss the internship.For each credit, students areexpected to devote at least three hoursper week for the entire term; for example,a 4-credit internship would requireat least 12-15 hours per week for 15weeks. Students must also submit a journalabout the work experience and afinal analytic paper. For more informationregarding policies, procedures andguidelines for internships, please visitwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.Private lessons give students theopportunity to earn academic credit fortheir studies at performing or visual artsstudios in the New York area. Thesestudies are meant to supplement workbegun in regularly scheduled classes atNYU or to provide students with theopportunity to study areas for whichcomparable courses at the University areunavailable to Gallatin students. Privatelessons may be taken in voice, music,dance, acting and the visual arts, withteachers or studios of the student’schoosing—as long as they have met withthe approval of the Gallatin faculty. Bystudying with professional New YorkCity-based artist/teachers, students areoffered the opportunity to learn and perfecttheir craft. The student also keeps ajournal about the learning experienceand produces a final analytical paper,and the private lesson teacher submits awritten evaluation.Private lesson credits will not begiven for studies in Eastern movementforms, the martial arts, yoga, or massagetechniques.Credit for private lessons is determinedby the number of instruction hoursper semester. Gallatin provides guidelineson how many credits a student may earnfor a given number of hours of lessons.Private lessons may be taken on apass/fail basis only. Please note: Unlikeprivate lessons offered elsewhere in theUniversity, Gallatin private lessons arearranged and paid for by the student. Thestudent is responsible for full payment tothe studio or instructor for the cost of theprivate lessons, as well as to New YorkUniversity for the tuition expensesincurred by the number of private lessonscourse credits. In addition, any paymentarrangements with the studio or instructormust be made by the student. Graduate studentsmay not take more than 6 credits inprivate lessons during their studies atGallatin. For more information regardingpolicies, procedures and guidelines forprivate lessons, please visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.COURSES IN OTHER NYUSCHOOLSBased on their individual needs andinterests, Gallatin students take coursesin graduate programs throughout theUniversity. As long as they have met theprerequisites and the program does notlimit enrollment to its own students,Gallatin students are eligible to enroll incourses in all the other schools of NYU(except the School of Medicine and theCollege of Dentistry). Many Gallatinstudents eventually take courses in twoor three different NYU graduate schools.

118 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MAs part of their program planning,students should refer to the bulletinsand Web sites of all the schools inwhich they might study. These describethe available courses and outline someof the regulations and constraints relativeto cross-registration. Althoughenrollment is simple in most cases, somecourses require permission from theinstructor or department; some departmentsseverely limit the enrollment ofnonmajors. Special permission is alwaysrequired, for instance, in the School ofLaw; in several departments and programsof the Graduate School of Artsand Science (e.g., psychology, journalism,anthropology, creative writing andfine arts); and in the InteractiveTelecommunications Program at theTisch School of the Arts. Some programsare highly restrictive, such as the GraduateSchool of Arts and Science CreativeWriting Program and some programs inthe Tisch School of the Arts (see below).Gallatin graduate students may take amaximum of 6 graduate credits per termin the Stern School of Business.Courses in the Tisch School ofthe ArtsCourses in the acting, dance, design,musical theater writing and film departmentsat the Tisch School of the Arts arefrequently not available to Gallatin students.However, it is often possible forstudents to design a program in theseareas utilizing courses in other NYUdepartments, internships, independentstudies, tutorials, Tisch Open ArtsCurriculum graduate-level courses andGallatin elective graduate-level courses.Although Gallatin students are notable to take film production courses inthe graduate film department in the TischSchool of the Arts, students may take upto 12 credits in the undergraduate departmentof Film and Television, providedthe courses are at least at the .1000 level.Specifically, the digit after the decimalmust be 1, such as H56.1070. There is nolimit to the number of credits studentsmay take at the .2000 level, such asH56.2095. Students may not take coursesat the .0000 level, such as H56.0020. Thefilm department is the only one in whichGallatin allows its graduate students totake undergraduate courses.Gallatin students may also take graduatelevel courses in film in the TischOpen Arts Curriculum. Please seehttp://www.tisch.nyu.edu/object/openartsart.html for details.COURSES OUTSIDE OF NYUIn addition to the many opportunitiesfor study within NYU, Gallatin studentsmay pursue course work outside of theUniversity. Through concurrent registration,students may apply for permissionto register at an accredited graduateinstitution for courses that are not availableat NYU (for policies regarding concurrentregistration, see pages 131-132).In addition, students may earn credits ina study abroad program with priorapproval from the Gallatin Office ofAcademic Advising. Credits earnedthrough concurrent registration andstudy abroad are treated much liketransfer credits that a student earnsbefore entering Gallatin.AdvisingAdvising is a key component of theGallatin program, and graduate studentsare offered three tiers of faculty advising.Throughout the individualized program,the student has access to a good deal ofexpert help to negotiate the resources ofa large university and to enhance his orher program goals. Students should beaware of the three-tiered advising system.TIER ONE: PRIMARY ADVISERWhen a student is admitted to Gallatin,he or she is assigned a faculty adviser,an NYU professor who best serves theacademic interests of the student. Theprimary adviser works with the studentto define goals and locate the necessaryeducational resources to carry out theacademic plan. The adviser also servesas the first reader for the thesis. Anexpert in the student’s area of interest,

T H E M A S T E R ’ S T H E S I S 119the primary adviser acts as facilitator,guide and ultimately, mentor, enablingthe student to make useful decisions.The primary adviser might be a memberof the Gallatin faculty or a facultymember in another department of NYU.In either case, the goal is to match thestudent with a faculty adviser with specificexpertise in the core area of inquiry.TIER TWO: M.A. PROGRAMADVISERThe second tier of advising supplementsthe work of the primary adviser. At thislevel, Gallatin provides a general M.A.program adviser. The program adviser isa Gallatin faculty member who is availableto discuss the aims and policies ofthe program, provide practical advice onrequirements and the sequencing of theGallatin core courses and address anyacademic concerns that arise. The programadviser may be called on at anytime during a student’s studies.TIER THREE: THESIS REVIEWERThe thesis reviewer (also known as thesecond reader) is a Gallatin faculty memberwho serves as the second reviewerfor the thesis proposal and master’s thesisand who, in this capacity, will providea detailed written response. Thethesis reviewer will also be present atthe thesis defense.The Master’s ThesisTYPES OF THESESThe thesis may take one of threeforms: the research thesis, theartistic thesis, or the project thesis.Students should discuss whichformat is appropriate with theiradviser.Each graduate student in the GallatinSchool completes a final thesis as the culminationof his or her work toward aMaster of Arts degree. The thesis may takeone of three forms: a research thesis, anartistic thesis, or a project thesis. Ineach case, the thesis represents a synthesisof the student’s accumulated knowledgeand skill and an opportunity to displaythe ideas, practices and/or artistic skillslearned through the program. While themaster’s thesis, unlike a doctoral dissertation,does not have to create new knowledgeor break new ground, it doesdisplay the student’s ability to go beyondthe mere collection of information intosynthesis, analysis, judgment and interpretation.Moreover, it should demonstratethe student’s familiarity with a substantialbody of thought and literature and illustratemastery of some self-chosen fieldof study.TYPES OF THESESThe Research ThesisThe research thesis is essentially anextended research paper, approximately50-125 pages in length. The research thesisconsists of a systematic inquiry intosome phenomenon, problem, or questionthat the student attempts to addressor solve through research. This processentails the collection and analysis oforiginal material as well as already-published(secondary) sources using appropriatescholarly methods.The topic for the thesis should emergefrom the student’s individualized programof study and should bring together issuesor concerns that he or she has been pursuingduring the course of the M.A. program.Some sample research topicsinclude The Theatrical Collaborations ofFive Studio Artists from the Russian Avant-Garde; A Sense of Our Own Realities: TheLife and Art of Alice Neel; and Power andStigma: Shaping the HIV/AIDS Epidemicin Uganda and South Africa.The thesis may take any number ofmethodological approaches, depending onthe question and on the student’s studies:historiography, literary criticism, an integrativereview of previous research,ethnographic analysis, policy studies, programevaluation, biography and manyother possibilities. The student should beable to justify his or her approach accordingto the particular research problem orissue. Students should keep in mind thatthe adviser is the primary person responsiblefor determining the criteria and standardsby which the thesis is carried outand the relevance of the questions andissues posed.The Artistic ThesisThe artistic thesis is appropriate for thosestudents who wish to display the creativeprocess in the performing, visual or

120 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mliterary arts. A student might make a filmor video; choreograph an evening ofdance; act in a play; mount an exhibit ofpaintings; write a screenplay, novel,play, or collection of short stories; orchoose another artistic endeavor. Theartistic thesis represents the culminationof a Gallatin arts concentration in whichthe student has studied the genre underconsideration.The artistic thesis comprises an artisticproject and three accompanyingessays. The essays include (1) a backgroundresearch essay, which is an academicresearch paper related to the fieldof artistic work; (2) an essay on artisticaims and process; and (3) a technicalessay. Therefore, the student shouldconceive of the artistic thesis as a unifiedpiece, including the creative work andthe essays that enhance it.The Project ThesisThe project thesis consists of two elements:(1) the project, a professionalactivity designed and executed primarilyby the student as a way of solving aproblem and (2) an accompanying essayabout the project. This thesis is especiallyappropriate for students in suchfields as business, education, social workor public administration. The project thesismay appeal to those students whoare active in their profession and whotake responsibility for the creation ofsome kind of program or practice.Students should remember that theproject cannot simply propose a professionalactivity; the design for such anactivity must actually be carried out (atleast in a pilot version) and evaluated.Some examples of projects: a student ineducation may develop and apply a newstrategy for teaching reading to recentimmigrants; a person working in a corporationmay construct new methods formanaging financial information; or acommunity worker in a settlement housemay organize a group of local residentsto combat drug abuse.PREPARING FOR THE THESISStudents should begin thinking aboutthesis topics midway through their program.The idea for a thesis may emergegradually from their course work, or studentsmay know early in the programwhat they would like to pursue and canuse that plan as an organizing principlein choosing courses.Among their elective courses, studentsare strongly encouraged to take amethods course. The methods coursewill likely not have the word “methods”in the title, but it is a course (or an independentstudy) that gives students somedegree of training in the use of theresearch method or practice they intendto use in the thesis. Examples of methodscourses include modes of literarycriticism; a statistics course for psychology;and participant-observation techniquesfor anthropology, sociology, orhistoriography.The Thesis CommitteeThe thesis committee provides guidanceand feedback during the thesis processand ultimately evaluates the thesis. Thethesis committee consists of (1) theadviser; (2) the thesis reviewer (alsoknown as the second reader), who is aGallatin faculty member; and (3) thethird reader, an NYU faculty memberwho is an expert in the student’s field.Review of the Literature(K70.2115)Before starting the thesis, students arerequired to conduct an independentstudy—usually with their adviser—inwhich they find, read and critique a substantialbody of previous scholarshiprelated to the thesis. This independentstudy is called Review of the Literature.The required work for Review of the Literatureis a critical essay and a bibliography.The aim of the critical essay is toidentify the categories of pertinent studies;report on major concepts, theories,debates, trends and gaps in the field;and place the thesis topic in relation toearlier studies.Master’s Thesis Seminar(K70.2225)After students have completed themajority of their elective credits andhave begun to formulate a reasonablyclear conception of the thesis, theyshould take the Master’s Thesis Seminar.

T H E M A S T E R ’ S T H E S I S 121This course takes the student throughthe stages of writing the thesis proposal:defining the field of research, formulatingthe problem, developing a bibliography,choosing an appropriate researchmethodology, gathering information,organizing the material, revising andpreparing a scholarly manuscript. Thefinal product of the course is a complete(if early) draft of the thesis proposal.Thesis ProposalBefore writing the thesis, students mustsubmit a detailed proposal to the adviserand the thesis reviewer for theirapproval. While each thesis format(research, artistic and project) requiressome variation in the proposal stage, allproposals should contain the followingfour components: Thesis Statement;Research Methods; Justification and Limitations;and Conclusion.Master’s Thesis and Defense(K70.2335)The final phase of the student’s programis writing the thesis itself. The thesis isusually written during (and sometimesafter) the term in which the student registersfor the 3-credit course entitledMaster’s Thesis and Defense (K70.2335).This is not a “course” in the traditionalsense; it is the credit-block awarded forsuccessful completion of the thesis.Typically, students register for Master’sThesis and Defense when they havecompleted 37 of the 40 credits requiredfor the degree.Matriculation PolicyStudents must be matriculated at the timethey defend the thesis. That is, studentsmust be registered for Master’s Thesisand Defense, or if they did not successfullydefend the thesis during the term in

122 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MPREREQUISITESBy the time a student enrolls inMaster’s Thesis and Defense, heor she should have completedthe following:1. the Master’s Thesis Seminar(K70.2225);2. the independent studyReview of the Literature(K70.2115), under the guidanceof the adviser or another appropriatefaculty member; and3. the thesis proposal—ideally,the proposal should have beenapproved by the adviser andthe thesis reviewer.These are the formal prerequisitesfor registering for Master’sThesis and Defense. However,the process of conceiving andexecuting a thesis should actuallybegin well before the completionof 37 credits.which they registered for Master’s Thesisand Defense, they must then register forthe 1-credit course entitled Thesis Advisement(K70.2340) each term (including thesummer, if they plan on graduating inSeptember) until they have successfullydefended the thesis. Students should notethat this 1-credit course is not included inthe 40-credit requirement for the master’sdegree and it has a special tuition rate($400 plus a nonrefundable registrationand services fee). Students may notmaintain matriculation after completing37 credits. Rather, they must enroll inMaster’s Thesis and Defense or ThesisAdvisement (if appropriate).Students who defend in time for Januarygraduation do not need to matriculatein the spring semester. Students whodefend in time for September graduationdo not need to matriculate in the fallterm but do need to matriculate in thesummer term. Please note: only studentswho will defend for September graduationare required to matriculate in thesummer term.THESIS APPROVAL PROCESSOnce the thesis proposal has beenapproved, the student should consultregularly with the adviser and, if possible,the third reader. During this period,the student should clarify ideas orapproaches and submit drafts of chaptersfor feedback.When the thesis has been completed,the student should submit a copy to theadviser for review no less than 10 weeksbefore the anticipated defense date. Oncethe thesis has been approved by theadviser, the student should submit thefinal draft of the thesis to the thesisreviewer and the third reader no lessthan four weeks before the defense date.Students conducting an artistic thesis thatentails a performance must arrange tohave the thesis committee members seethe performance no less than one weekbefore the defense date.The thesis reviewer generally does notprovide feedback before the defense,unless substantial revisions are required,in which case it is likely that the student’sdefense date may be postponed.The defense date may also be postponedat the discretion of the third reader.Formal approval of the thesis willoccur at the defense. Please note that itis also not unusual for the thesis committeeto approve the thesis at thedefense but still require revisions to thethesis (which the student will have30 days to complete).THE THESIS DEFENSEOn the appointed date, the student willdefend the thesis in a one-and-a-halfhour discussion with the three membersof the thesis committee. Once the studenthas passed the defense, he or sheis eligible for graduation, assuming he orshe has met all other requirements.If the thesis committee asks for revisions,the student will have a specifiedamount of time to produce them and havethem approved. (Such revisions may ormay not set back the student’s graduationdate, depending on how long they take.)The thesis committee may also ask forminor editorial changes, which will notdelay graduation. Students will have up to30 days to make these changes and submitthe final thesis to Gallatin. In some cases,the thesis committee may ask to see therevised thesis before it is placed in theGallatin Master’s Thesis Library.THE MASTER’S THESISSHOWCASEA highlight of the Gallatin M.A. programis the Master’s Thesis Showcase, a seriesof performances and presentations bystudents who are completing their theses.Each spring, selected students havethe opportunity to present their workbefore an audience of peers, faculty andadministrators, and family and friends.Students undertaking performance thesescan perform excerpts of their projects,while students pursuing research or projecttheses can speak about their work.First-year master’s students are particularlyencouraged to attend the showcaseto see how other students have realizedtheir ambitions. All students are alsoencouraged to participate in the work oforganizing the showcase.

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 123Course OfferingsCORE COURSESProseminar: American Society andCulture in TransitionK70.2007 Raiken. 4 credits.For over a half century following WorldWar II, the industrialized Western worldexperienced unprecedented economicexpansion and geopolitical dominance.The cold war epoch, a period of superpowernuclear threat, turned out to be atime of relative global stability. The primarycoordinator and beneficiary of thecold war policies was the United States.More recently, the world order has beenthreatened by new forms of violence;major geopolitical clashes have destabilizedthe American economy, and conservativeforces have reasserted theirinfluence on American society andreignited the Kulturkampf of the past fewdecades. The world order and Americansociety and culture are in dramatic flux.This seminar provides an interdisciplinaryperspective on stability and change in thepolitical, social, economic and culturaldynamics of these new upheavals. Weinvestigate the current trajectories ofAmerican society and culture in internaland external conflict. Readings mayinclude selections from current periodicalsand theorists such as Max Weber,George Simmel, Thorstein Veblen, HansGerth, C. Wright Mills, Dorothy Lee,Barrington Moore Jr. and Arthur J. Vidich;economists such as Amartya Sen, JosephStiglitz and Paul Krugman; and culturaltheorists such as John Berger.Proseminar: Text and Performance:Interdisciplinary Approaches toCriticism and CreativityK70.2013 S. Friedman, Malnig. 4 credits.This seminar introduces a range of criticalperspectives that can be applied toliterary, dramatic and cinematic texts aswell as a variety of performance forms.Several art forms are interdisciplinary incomposition—e.g., intertextual literatureand experimental theater—and call ourattention to the relationship among thegenres. How do these various art formsassume meaning on stage or in study?Many of the questions that we pose toliterary and performance texts, whetherpsychoanalytic, new historicist, or political,suggest that the act of interpretationis creative, interdisciplinary and producedin some way by the cultural situationof the reader/viewer as much as bythe formal codes and strategies of thetexts in question. While playtext in performanceis typically acknowledged tobe the blueprint for performative action,new issues arising from such fields assemiotics, feminist theory and culturalstudies have questioned where meaningresides in performance.Globalization: Promises andDiscontentsK70.2014 Lukose. 4 credits.In popular and scholarly discourse, theterm “globalization” is widely used to puta name to the shape of the contemporaryworld. In the realms of advertising, policymaking,politics, academia and everydaytalk, globalization references thesense that we are now living in a deeplyand ever-increasingly interconnected,mobile and speeded-up world that isunprecedented, fueled by technologicalinnovations and geopolitical and economictransformations. Drawing on perspectivesfrom history, anthropology,cultural and literary studies, geography,political economy and sociology, thiscourse explores theories, discourses andexperiences of globalization. Runningthrough this course are three central concerns:(1) exploring claims about the“newness” of globalization from historicalperspectives, (2) examining how a varietyof social and cultural worlds mediateglobalization and (3) analyzing a contestedpolitics of globalization in whichthe opportunities for social mobility andtransformation are pitted against renewedintensifications of exploitation and vulnerabilityalong long-standing vectors ofdifference and inequality. While global-

124 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mization is often touted as a “flattening” ofthe world, this course moves beyondsuch clichés to understand the intersectionbetween large-scale transformationsin political economy and culture in andthrough multiple cultural worlds situatedunevenly on the world’s map.Proseminar: Community Studiesand ActionK70.2015 Moore. 4 credits.This proseminar is designed for studentsinterested broadly in social theory andpractice or more narrowly in communitystudies and/or community-based action,whether in the social services, education,the media, urban planning, grassrootsorganizing or political movements. Itintroduces students to interdisciplinaryinquiry and action by using “community”as an example of a complex idea in thesocial domain: exploring its varied meaningsand manifestations from the perspectivesof different kinds oftheorists—sociologists, psychologists,anthropologists and historians, for example—andexamining the ways differentkinds of activists and professionalsattempt to shape it. Readings, discussionsand projects engage students in understandingsome of the dominantparadigms in social thought andapproaches to social action. Students arealso encouraged to apply these modes ofinquiry and practice to their own goalsand plans for the graduate program.Review of the LiteratureK70.2115 3 credits.In this required independent study, thestudent conducts an in-depth review ofthe literatures related to the projectedthesis problem. The final critical essayidentifies categories of pertinent studies;reports on major concepts, debates,trends and gaps; and places the thesiswork in relation to these earlier investigations.Students should do the reviewwhen they (1) know the general area ofthe thesis and (2) have taken enoughcourses to have a solid background inthe related fields.Master’s Thesis SeminarK70.2225 4 credits. Pass/fail only.This course engages students in the conceptualand technical processes leadingto a thesis: articulating a core problem,reviewing appropriate literatures, designingeffective methods and constructingpersuasive analyses. Students also learnacademic writing skills; the conventionsof scholarly discourse; strategies forbuilding arguments; and the use of writingto explore ideas. Sections of thecourse focus on different thesis formats(research, artistic, project), but all takethe student to the stage of preparing athesis proposal. Students planning toenroll in this course must gain permissionfrom the instructor.Master’s Thesis and DefenseK70.2335 3 credits. Pass/fail only.Students registering for this course meetin the beginning of the semester withthe thesis reviewer to discuss the proceduresfor organizing and presenting thethesis. It then becomes an independentproject with the student’s adviser tocomplete the thesis. Students arerequired to register for this course whenthey have completed 37 credits in theM.A. program. This course is requiredfor completion of the master’s degreeprogram.Thesis AdvisementK70.2340 1 credit. Pass/fail only.Students who do not defend the thesissuccessfully or have not completed thethesis during the semester in which theyare registered for Master’s Thesis andDefense (K70.2335) are required to registerfor this course each semester untilthe thesis is successfully defended. Generally,students are not required to registerfor this course in a summer sessionunless they are planning on graduatingin the following September. This courseis not included in the 40-credit requirementfor the master’s degree. The specialtuition rate for this course is $400plus a nonrefundable registration andservices fee.

C O U R S E O F F E R I N G S 125ELECTIVE COURSESFiction WritingK80.2555 King, Rinehart, Spain, Nair.4 credits.In this workshop, we start with the ideathat story matters, and that storytelling isa craft that can be learned. We press onto ask why writing works when it works,why it doesn’t when it doesn’t. With ourown work we court failure, knowingartistic triumph is always an eyelashaway from disaster. We work like trapezeartists, flinging ourselves and our wordshigh into the air above the ring, flippingand twisting and hoping the readermakes the catch. The workshop is ournet; when we fall, we fall to friends. Weexplore the obsession and how it fuelsart. We press on why readers turn pages,and we search for sentences we wantour names on. We study mystery, thearchitectures of successful stories, sceneand summary, balance and detail.Writing for Stage and ScreenK80.2570 Thompson. 4 credits.This workshop is for writers ready andwilling to make the time commitmentnecessary to produce a well-structuredoutline and at least the first act of a script(although students are supported andencouraged to write a complete first draft,if possible). We hone our craft throughwriting exercises and through screeningsof film scenes that illustrate aspects ofdramatic writing. The majority of our timeis spent presenting work and giving aswell as receiving feedback (the ability toengage in collaborative discussion andoffer useful commentary is an essentialprofessional skill). Additionally, we readand analyze recently produced screenplaysto understand structure and how tomake the story exciting “on the page.”Dramatizing History IK80.2575 Dinwiddie. 4 credits.This workshop explores the process ofconverting “facts” into works for stage,film or television. Each student embarkson a journey to bring alive historical documentsthat hold personal significance—whether it be connected to family, culture,gender, or “race” memory. The stepby-stepprocess of creating a dramaticwork based on historical records is examined,and students detail their personalprocess in both creative and criticalterms. The final outcome is a stage play,teleplay or screenplay stepsheet/outline.Readings may include The Art ofDramatic Writing by Lajos Egri, Writingthe Short Film by Pat Cooper and KenDancyger and The Hero with a ThousandFaces by Joseph Campbell.Documenting Reality: Film, TV, andDigital MediaK80.2545 staff. 4 credits.Although documentaries remain amarginal genre, reality has become anincreasingly vital part of modern mediaculture. This course explores how thelikes of reality TV, blogging, internetnews coverage, gossip and memoirsreorient traditional forms of realism, constructingnew relationships betweentexts, forms, audiences and the real. Wewill explore realism as a modern constructand interrogate theories of realismin the context of the reality new mediapresents, examining the value of the realtoday and its relationship to new formsof screen culture. Although reality hasbecome a devalued term, often linked toescapism, we will explore its potentialuse for modern politics and politicalaction, whether viral campaigns or thebreaking news covered on Twitter or themore “serious” issues raised in somereality television shows.Human Rights Debates inInternational Law: Sex, Money andViolenceK80.2725 Nesiah. 4 credits.This class will look at contemporaryhuman rights debates in internationallaw in relation to broader processes ofglobalization. It will focus specificallyon three different topics as windows intohuman rights and international law;these include the regulations of (1) sex(from queering human rights to questionsof trafficking), (2) money (from the

126 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mright to development/economic andsocial rights to the law and politics ofinternational trade) and (3) violence(human rights and humanitarian lawdealing with war). We will examinethese interventions to look at what kindof global subjects are constituted inthese engagements. While foregroundingthe human rights framework, theclass will collectively analyze the normativeand strategic questions regardinghow different approaches negotiate,challenge or legitimize different internationalactors, institutions and alternativeimaginings of the ‘global’. Whileanchored in issues that are central tocurrent international law scholarship onhuman rights, the course materials willbe interdisciplinary. Course readingsare likely to include Anthony Anghie,Janet Halley, Upendra Baxi, SaskiaSassen, Martii Koskenniemi, SabaMahmood, David Kennedy, BhupinderChimini, Katherine Franke, James Gathii,Joe Stiglitz, Nathaniel Berman, ThomasPogge, Anne Orford and others. Thecourse is open to graduate students;advanced undergraduates are permittedwith the permission of the instructor.

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 127Registration,Matriculation andAttendanceIN THIS SECTION:I. Registering forClasses .......................127II.III.IV.Changing theCourse Schedule.....128Full-Time/Part-TimeStatus.........................130Time Limit toComplete Degree ...130V. Attendance...............130VI.FinalExaminations...........131VII. External Study ........131VIII. MaintainingMatriculation...........132IX.Leaves ofAbsence.....................133X. Withdrawal ..............133XI.Petitions andAppeals .....................134I. REGISTERING FOR CLASSESAcademic AdvisingEach Gallatin student works closely witha faculty adviser who shares the student’sintellectual interests. Together theydesign an individualized programintended to fulfill the student’s academic,professional and personal goals. Theadviser plays a central role in shapingthis program. Students meet with theiradviser throughout each term to discusstheir progress in courses and registrationfor the coming term. Advisers help studentschoose courses from the variousprograms available at NYU and pursueindividualized projects through independentstudies, tutorials, internships andprivate lessons.Students are required to secure theiradviser’s signature on a variety ofGallatin forms, including the GraduatePlan of Study form; proposal forms forindependent studies, tutorials, internshipsand private lessons; and all petitions.Advisers also serve as the gradinginstructor for internships and privatelessons and approve the thesis proposaland the thesis. During the registrationperiod, students should prepare formeetings with their adviser by consultingthe course information available onAlbert and the Gallatin Web site. For fullNYU course descriptions, students areexpected to consult the bulletins of theindividual schools or directly consult theWeb site of the program, department, orschool in which the course is offered.Gallatin faculty and staff are committedto finding the best possible adviserfor each student, but occasionally studentsfind it is in their best interest torequest a change of adviser because of ashift in the area of concentration, facultysabbaticals, etc. Graduate students wishingto request such a change can file aChange of Adviser Request form, availableon the Gallatin Web site or at theGallatin Office of Academic Advising.Registration TimetableRegistration for incoming students occursafter the Gallatin orientation for incomingM.A. students. Registration for continuingstudents begins in mid-April forthe fall term, early November for thewinter session, mid-November for thespring term, and early February for thesummer term. Up-to-date informationabout how to register is provided by theUniversity Registrar and the GallatinOffice of Student Services each semester.Graduate Plan of StudyGallatin students use a special registrationform called the Graduate Plan ofStudy. The purpose of this form is toencourage focused conversation betweenthe student and the adviser about a student’sprogress and goals. The front ofthe form records student information andcourse selections for the coming term.The interior includes a worksheet to calculatedegree progress and a review ofregistration policies and procedures. Mostimportant, the back includes questionsthat ask students to describe their shortandlong-term goals, their academic interestsand areas of concentration and theirplan for completing the degree.Cross-School RegistrationGallatin students may take coursesthroughout the graduate programs ofNYU and are required to meet the prerequisitesof any courses they take inother schools of the University. Studentsshould note that certain departments andprograms may restrict courses to majorsonly. For a listing of NYU programsavailable to Gallatin graduate students,please see the NYU Graduate Programschart on pages 116-117. For informationabout taking courses outside of NYU, seeExternal Study, pages 131-132.Clearance at the Gallatin Office ofStudent ServicesTo be cleared for registration, each studentmust submit a Graduate Plan ofStudy form with all necessary approvals,including the adviser’s signature, at theGallatin Office of Student Services. TheOffice of Student Services will clear eachstudent electronically for registration onAlbert. Students should be advised thatGallatin will not clear a student for registrationwithout the adviser’s approval.

128 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MAlbertStudents who have been cleared to registerare expected to enroll in classesthrough NYU’s Web-based registration andinformation system, Albert, via NYUHomeat http://home.nyu.edu. Students also useAlbert to gain access to their academic,personal and financial records. For moreinformation on the functions available onAlbert, students may visit the Web site ofthe Office of the University Registrar,www.nyu.edu/registrar.Late RegistrationStudents who fail to meet registrationdeadlines will be charged late registrationand payment fees after the first week ofclasses, as published by the Office of theBursar. To register after the second weekof classes in the fall and spring terms,students must obtain written permissionfrom each of their instructors and mustregister in person at the Gallatin Officeof Student Services. Students registeringlate are encouraged to seek assistancefrom the Office of Student Services assoon as possible.Paying TuitionStudents who enroll for courses willreceive an e-mail, at their official NYUe-mail address, notifying them that atuition bill (E-Bill) is available to view.The University does not send paper billsvia U.S. mail. Students can also invite parentsor other authorized users to createtheir own E-Billing user profile. Studentswho do not meet payment deadlines willbe assessed finance charges. Please note:The fall and spring graduate student paymentdeadline is after the University’sdeadline to receive a 100 percent tuitionrefund for dropping classes. Graduatestudents who drop classes after the firstweek of fall or spring classes are liablefor tuition charges whether or not tuitionhas been paid. For more informationabout E-Billing, payment options, deadlinesfor payment and tuition refunds,visit the Office of the Bursar’s Web site atwww.nyu.edu/bursar.Registration DeadlinesSpecific registration deadlines for eachsemester are available on Gallatin’s Website at www.nyu.edu/gallatin/current/ma.II. CHANGING THE COURSESCHEDULEChanges to a student’s academic programshould always be discussed withthe student’s adviser. While advisers arenot required to give official approval forchanges made after the course schedulehas been approved, the discussion ofsuch changes maintains the integrity ofthe advising process. Students wishing tochange their course schedules after submittingthem may do so by accessingAlbert and following the proceduresbelow for adding and dropping courses.Students are expected to monitor paymentand refund deadlines and will beheld responsible for all charges incurred.Adding CoursesFor the fall and spring terms, students mayadd a course using Albert until the last dayof the second week of classes. During thethird full week of classes in the fall andspring terms, a course may be added inperson at the Gallatin Office of StudentServices only if the student obtains writtenpermission on the appropriate departmentalform or on University stationery fromthe instructor of the course. Addingcourses after the third full week of fall orspring classes is not permitted.Dropping CoursesStudents who plan to remain enrolled inclasses but who wish to drop one ormore courses are able to perform thisfunction on Albert while the Registrationmenu option is active for the semester.After the Registration function is deactivated,students must come in person toGallatin’s Office of Student Services todrop a course. Students who wish todrop all of their courses must seek assistancefrom the Gallatin Office of AcademicAdvising. Students must be awarethat merely ceasing to attend a class doesnot constitute an official drop, nor doesnotification to the instructor. Studentswho wish to drop a course must takeaction by dropping the course on Albertor by coming in person to Gallatin’sOffice of Student Services or Office ofAcademic Advising for assistance.Until the last day of the third week ofclasses for the fall and spring semesters,

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 129and until the third day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, droppedcourses do not appear on the student’stranscript. Courses dropped during thefourth through the ninth week of classesfor the fall and spring semesters, andfrom the fourth day of classes throughthe last day of the fourth week of classesfor the six-week summer sessions, arerecorded with a grade of “W” (Withdrawal),which cannot be removed fromthe official record. After the ninth weekof classes for the fall and springsemesters and the last day of the fourthweek of classes for the six-week summersessions, students may not withdrawfrom a course. For a complete listing ofwithdrawal deadlines for all sessions,refer to the chart below. For more informationabout the grade of “W,” seepages 133-134 and 135. Refunds fordropped courses are subject to theUniversity refund schedule. For moreinformation about dropping courses andrefund of tuition, graduate studentsshould refer to page 147.Students receiving financial aid areexpected to maintain satisfactory academicprogress toward degree requirements. Seepage 149 for more information about satisfactoryacademic progress. Because droppingcourses could negatively affectsatisfactory academic progress, studentsshould consult with the Office of FinancialAid before dropping courses.International students are required tobe registered for full-time course work(see Full-Time/Part-Time Status, below).Because dropping courses could affect astudent’s full-time status, all internationalstudents should consult with the Officefor International Students and Scholars(OISS) at 561 La Guardia Place, 212-998-4720, or www.nyu.edu/oiss before droppingcourses.Drop/Adds and “Even Exchange”If a student drops a course and addsanother course of the same credit valueduring the first three weeks of the fall orspring semester, or by the end of thesecond calendar day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, this transactionis considered an even exchange anddoes not result in additional tuitioncharges (unless there are associated feesattached to the added course). However,after the third week of classes for the falland spring semesters, or after the secondday of classes for the six-week summersessions, students are charged full percredittuition for adding courses in placeof withdrawn courses of equal value.Therefore, students should consult withthe Office of the Bursar before attemptingto withdraw from one course andadd another course.Albert remains active for ongoing registrationactivity for the first two weeksof classes during the fall and springsemesters. Once Albert is deactivated forDEADLINES FOR DROPPING COURSES WITH A GRADE OF WLength of course Last day to withdraw (grade of W) from a course1 week Third day of the session2 weeks Sixth day of the session3 weeks Last day of the second week of the session4 weeks First day of the third week of the session5 weeks First day of the fourth week of the session6 weeks Last day of the fourth week of the session7 weeks First day of the fifth week of the session8 weeks Last day of the fifth week of the session9-10 weeks Last day of the sixth week of the session11-12 weeks Last day of the seventh week of the session13-14 weeks Last day of the ninth week of the session

130 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mthe purposes of registration, studentsmust complete an NYU Change ofProgram form in person at the GallatinOffice of Student Services.III. FULL-TIME/PART-TIMESTATUSThe programs and courses offered at theGallatin School are designed for studentswho attend courses during the day orthe evening, on a full-time or part-timebasis. During the fall and springsemesters, full-time status requires aminimum of 12 credits of course workper term. Students who register for 11credits or fewer during these terms areconsidered part time. Financial aidawards are contingent on a student makingsatisfactory academic progresstoward the degree. Students who completefewer than 6 credits in a fall orspring term may not be eligible for federalloans or financial aid. Informationabout full-time and part-time standingand satisfactory progress guidelines isavailable from the Office of FinancialAid, www.nyu.edu/financial.aid. If thestudent does not have Internet access,this information may be requested fromthe Office of Financial Aid, 25 WestFourth Street, 212-998-4444.Full-time or half-time equivalency maybe granted to a student taking fewer thanthe required number of credits under certainconditions: a student who is workingfull time on the thesis and is registeredfor either Thesis and Defense or ThesisAdvisement; a student who is taking thelast credits needed for the degree,excluding the 3 credits for Thesis andDefense; a student working as a graduateassistant or research assistant for at least20 hours per week; or a student who istaking an approved graduate class atanother university through concurrentregistration (see Concurrent Registration,below). Students who wish to apply forequivalency must submit the Full-Timeand Half-Time Equivalency form no laterthan two weeks before the first day ofclasses in the semester for which equivalencyis requested. Please note: Equivalencyis used to help students retain theireligibility for loans, but it does not makea student eligible for scholarships. Scholarshipfunding can be used ONLY tocover the actual cost of tuition generatedby enrollment in courses, the actual numberof credits for which a student isenrolled. Equivalency status does notgrant full-time status for scholarship purposes,thus students receiving a scholarshipwould not be eligible to retain thescholarship based on equivalency. Pleasenote that during the semester in whichyou are registered for Master’s Thesis andDefense or Thesis Advisement, you willbe registered for fewer than six creditsand, therefore, not able to receive aGallatin scholarship. You may still, however,be eligible for loans. Please consultthe Office of Financial Aid at 212-998-4444 for more information.International Students: Internationalstudents are required to be registered forfull-time course work. For more informationabout the policies governing internationalstudents, contact the Office forInternational Students and Scholars(OISS) at 561 La Guardia Place, 212-998-4720, or www.nyu.edu/oiss.IV. TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETEDEGREEGraduate students must complete alldegree requirements within a period ofsix years from the first semester ofmatriculation at Gallatin.For students who are readmitted, theoriginal period of matriculation iscounted toward the six-year limit; thehiatus is not counted, and the clockresumes upon readmission.V. ATTENDANCEAlthough the Gallatin administrationdoes not supervise attendance of classes,it supports the standards imposed byinstructors. Students who, in the judgmentof the instructor, have not substantiallymet the requirements of the courseor who have been excessively absentmay be given a final grade of F.Religious HolidaysNew York University, as a nonsectarianinstitution, adheres to the general policyof including in its official calendar only

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 131certain legal holidays. However, it hasalso long been University policy thatmembers of any religious group may,without penalty, absent themselves fromclasses when compliance with their religiousobligations requires it. In 1988, theUniversity Senate affirmed this policyand passed a resolution that elaboratedon it as follows:1. Students who anticipate beingabsent because of any religious observanceshould, whenever possible, notifyfaculty in advance of such anticipatedabsence.2. Whenever feasible, examinationsand assignment deadlines should not bescheduled on religious holidays. Anystudent absent from class because ofreligious beliefs shall not be penalizedfor any class, examination, or assignmentdeadlines missed on that day ordays.3. If examinations or assignmentdeadlines are scheduled, any studentwho is unable to attend class because ofreligious beliefs shall be permitted theopportunity to make up any examinationor to extend any assignment deadlinemissed on that day or days. No fees ofany kind shall be charged by the Universityfor making available to the studentan opportunity to make up examinationsor to extend assignment deadlines.4. No adverse or prejudicial effectsshall result to any student who availshim- or herself of the provisions of theresolution.VI. FINAL EXAMINATIONSExaminations must be taken at their regularlyscheduled times. If two examinationsare scheduled for the same time,the student should make arrangementswith one of the instructors for an alternativedate. A student who cannot takethe final examination at the scheduledtime must discuss the reasons for missingthe examination with the instructorand may be required to submit a doctor’snote or other documentation. Theinstructor may provide a makeup examinationfor the student or require otherwork as a substitute. If the makeupexamination cannot be completed by theend of the semester, the instructor maygive a grade of incomplete. Incompletesare not awarded automatically.VII. EXTERNAL STUDYA graduate student in academic goodstanding may be permitted to take creditbearinggraduate-level courses at an institutionother than NYU if the courses fitlogically into the student’s program. Allsuch course work must be approved inadvance by both the student’s primaryadviser and the Gallatin Office of GlobalPrograms. Applications for external studyfor financial or logistical reasons are notconsidered appropriate.External study takes two forms: concurrentregistration, in which the studentregisters part- or full-time at anaccredited institution in the UnitedStates, and non-NYU study abroad. Concurrentregistration typically is limited tosituations in which students want to takecourses not offered by NYU. Studentswho are approved to register concurrentlyfor a full fall or spring term atanother institution must maintain matriculationat NYU (see Maintaining Matriculation,below). Students who register forcourses at NYU while also registeringconcurrently at another institution willbe considered matriculated in NYU anddo not need to maintain matriculation.Students do not need to maintain matriculationat NYU during the summer sessions.Students who are approved toparticipate in a non-NYU study abroadprogram will have that circumstancenoted for them on their transcript; theydo not need to maintain matriculation.Credit earned from external study isconsidered transfer credit and mustadhere to the policies applicable to transfercredit, as follows. Students may notregister concurrently for independentstudies or internships. Course titles willnot appear on the student’s transcript,nor will the grades be included in thegrade point average. Only grades of B orbetter will be accepted for transfer credit,and no credit will be given for a coursegraded or taken pass/fail. Students willnot necessarily receive course-for-coursecredit; for example, completion of a3-credit course at another institution maynot be the equivalent of a 4-credit course

132 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mat NYU. Students should be aware thatthey are limited to earning a maximumof 6 credits through external study, whichwill be counted toward the 12-creditmaximum of transfer and course equivalencycredit.To apply for external study, a studentmust submit the External StudyApplication to Gallatin’s Office of GlobalPrograms. The request should statewhere the student would like to study,explain why and specify which course(s)he or she plans to take. This requestshould be accompanied by specific informationpublished by the school or universityabout the course(s) the studentwants to take, including course number,title, description and number of credits.Upon review by the Office of GlobalPrograms, the student will be informedthat his or her request has, has not, orhas in part been approved, along withany specific conditions of approval.Once the external study is completed,the student should have the outsideinstitution’s official transcript sent to theOffice of Global Programs for evaluationas transfer credit. Upon receipt of theofficial transcript, the Gallatin School willreview courses and grades and, pendingapproval of the credits, will send noticeto the University Registrar.VIII. MAINTAININGMATRICULATIONAll students are required to be registeredin every fall and spring semester fromthe time of admission until the degree iscompleted and the diploma is posted. Ifa student does not register for classes ina fall or spring term (provided the studenthas not yet registered for Master’sThesis and Defense; please see belowfor information about the registrationprocedure following enrollment for Master’sThesis and Defense when the thesisis not completed), then the student mustregister to maintain matriculation(K47.4747). This registration statusallows students to maintain their eligibilityto register for the following semesterwithout applying for readmission. Graduatestudents may maintain matriculationfor a maximum of two semesters. Maintainingmatriculation carries a fee of $75per semester, plus a nonrefundable registrationand services fee. Please seepages 145-146 for the fee schedule.Students may not register to maintainmatriculation after they have registeredfor Master’s Thesis and Defense. Afterregistration for Master’s Thesis andDefense, students must register for ThesisAdvisement, a 1-credit course that isnot included in the 40-credit requirementfor the master’s degree. (For more informationabout Thesis Advisement registration,see pages 121-122, MatriculationPolicy.) Note that students who havebeen readmitted may not register tomaintain matriculation during their firstsemester back at Gallatin.While maintaining matriculation, astudent may not attend another collegeor university, except when the studenthas received approval for external study(see above). Students are not required tomaintain matriculation during the summersessions.Students who register to maintainmatriculation are not considered full-timestudents and should be aware that thisregistration status can affect their financialaid, health insurance and student housing.Students who maintain matriculationare not eligible for financial aid and maybe required to begin student loan repayment.Students who receive financial aid,including loans, grants and scholarships,are therefore advised to contact theOffice of Financial Aid, 25 West FourthStreet, 212-998-4444, before registering tomaintain matriculation. Students enrolledin a parent’s or guardian’s health insuranceplan should contact the insurancecarrier directly for information about eligibilityrequirements; full-time standing issometimes a condition of eligibility.Students who register to maintainmatriculation are also not permitted tolive in University housing. Students planningto live in campus housing in thefuture should contact the Department ofResidential Life and Housing Services,726 Broadway, 7th floor, 212-998-4600,for the policies and procedures forobtaining housing.

R E G I S T R A T I O N , M A T R I C U L A T I O N A N D A T T E N D A N C E 133IX. LEAVES OF ABSENCEA student may request a leave ofabsence through Gallatin’s Office of StudentAffairs, either in person or in writing.Leaves may be granted for medicalreasons, personal hardships, military serviceor other like situations and are generallyfor no longer than two semesters.When a leave is granted, the student isnot required to maintain matriculation;nor will the student be required to applyfor readmission so long as he or shereturns to the School within the specifiedtime. Students on leave are requiredto meet all financial aid and housingdeadlines, and they may be eligible topurchase NYU health insurance. Whileon leave, a student may not attendanother college or university and maynot access New York University facilities.A student on a medical leave of absenceis subject to procedures for submittingdocumentation prior to return. If a studentis on probation when a leave isgranted, the student returns to theSchool on probation.A student may not be granted a leaveof absence during the first semester ofenrollment in Gallatin. Students whohave been readmitted may not receive aleave of absence during their firstsemester back at Gallatin.X. WITHDRAWALStudents who wish to withdraw from allof their courses for the semester, studentswho wish to withdraw completelyfrom Gallatin, and students who mustwithdraw for medical reasons or otherextenuating circumstances must seekassistance from the Gallatin Office ofAcademic Advising. Students who planto remain enrolled in classes but whowish to drop one or more coursesshould refer to pages 128-129, DroppingCourses.Students withdrawing from all of theircourses for the semester must follow aformal two-step withdrawal process,which begins with submitting theSemester Withdrawal Form on Albertand is not completed until the studentreceives guidance and further instructionsfrom the Gallatin Office of AcademicAdvising. Students must be aware thatmerely ceasing to attend a class does not

134 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mconstitute an official withdrawal, nordoes notification to the instructor.Until the last day of the third week ofclasses for the fall and spring semesters,and until the third day of classes for thesix-week summer sessions, droppedcourses do not appear on the student’stranscript. Courses dropped during thefourth through the ninth week of classesfor the fall and spring semesters, andfrom the fourth day of classes throughthe last day of the fourth week ofclasses for the six-week summer sessions,are recorded with a grade of “W”(Withdrawal), which cannot be removedfrom the official record. After the ninthweek of classes for the fall and springsemesters and the last day of the fourthweek of classes for the six-week summersessions, students may not withdrawfrom a course. For a complete listing ofwithdrawal deadlines for all sessions,refer to the chart below. For moreinformation about the grade of “W,” seepage 135. Dropping or withdrawingfrom courses will be subject to the Universityrefund schedule. For more informationabout dropping courses andrefund of tuition, graduate studentsshould refer to page 147.Students receiving financial aid areexpected to maintain satisfactory academicprogress toward degree requirements.For more information, seeSatisfactory Academic Progress, page149. Because withdrawing from coursescould negatively affect satisfactory academicprogress, students should consultwith the Office of Financial Aid beforewithdrawing from courses.International students are required tobe registered for full-time course work(see Full-Time/Part-Time Status, page130). Because withdrawing from coursescould affect a student’s full-time status, allinternational students should consult withthe Office for International Students andScholars (OISS) at 561 La Guardia Place,212-998-4720, or www.nyu.edu/oissbefore withdrawing from courses.XI. PETITIONS AND APPEALSStudents may submit a petition to waivea rule or policy by submitting a Petitionform, available at Gallatin’s Office ofAcademic Advising and Office of StudentServices, to the Gallatin Faculty Committeeon Advisement and Policies. In anycase in which a student wishes to appealthe decision of the committee, he or shemay provide further information andrequest reconsideration of the committee’sdecision in a letter of appeal to theassociate dean for faculty and academicaffairs.DEADLINES FOR DROPPING COURSES WITH A GRADE OF WLength of course Last day to withdraw (grade of W) from a course1 week Third day of the session2 weeks Sixth day of the session3 weeks Last day of the second week of the session4 weeks First day of the third week of the session5 weeks First day of the fourth week of the session6 weeks Last day of the fourth week of the session7 weeks First day of the fifth week of the session8 weeks Last day of the fifth week of the session9-10 weeks Last day of the sixth week of the session11-12 weeks Last day of the seventh week of the session13-14 weeks Last day of the ninth week of the session

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 135Academic Standardsand GraduationIN THIS SECTION:I. Grades ...........................135II. Student Records ......136III.IV.AcademicStanding .....................137Academic Integrityand DisciplinaryActions ........................138V. Graduation ................139VI. University Policiesand CampusSafety ..........................139I. GRADESFinal grades for each semester are availablethrough Albert. To receive credit fora course, students must meet the requirementsfor attendance prescribed by theinstructor and satisfactorily complete allpapers, examinations and other requirementsprescribed by the instructor.The Cumulative GPAAll grades applicable to the Gallatin M.A.degree and earned while a student ismatriculated at New York University arerecorded on the transcript and computedin the cumulative grade point average.Grades earned at other institutions arenot recorded on the NYU transcript; norare they computed in the GPA.Computing the GPAThe grade point average can be calculatedby determining the total of allgrade points earned (quality points) anddividing that figure by the total numberof credit hours completed (qualityhours). For example: a student who hascompleted 8 credits of A (4.0), 4 creditsof B (3.0), and 3 credits of C (2.0) has agrade point average of 3.33. This isobtained by first determining the total ofall grade points earned by adding 8(credits of A) x 4 (the point value of A),4 (credits of B) x 3 (the point value ofB), and 3 (credits of C) x 2 (the pointvalue of C). The total, 50, represents thetotal of all grade points earned. Thissum is then divided by 15 (the totalnumber of credit hours completed) togive the grade point average of 3.33.Minimum GPA RequirementsGraduate students are required to maintaina minimum cumulative grade pointaverage of 3.0 (B average). SeeAcademic Standing (pages 137-138) forinformation on probationary policies.Withdrawal (W)The grade of W indicates an officialwithdrawal of the student from a courseand cannot be assigned by the courseinstructor. Students should refer to theWeb site of the Office of the Registrar,www.nyu.edu/registrar, for specific withdrawaldates for each semester. W is aneutral mark, indicating only that a studenthas withdrawn from a course. Thegrade of W is not factored into a student’sGPA. See Withdrawal (pages 133-134) for information on the regulationsand procedures for officially withdrawingfrom courses.Students receiving financial aid:Grades of W can negatively affect a student’ssatisfactory academic progressrequired for aid eligibility. For moreinformation, students should refer toSatisfactory Academic Progress, page149, or visit the Web site of the Officeof Financial Aid at www.nyu.edu/financial.aid.Incomplete (I)The grade of I (Incomplete) is a temporarygrade that indicates that the studenthas, for good reason, not completed allof the course work but that there is apossibility that he or she will pass thecourse when all the requirements havebeen met. The student must request anincomplete from the instructor before thegrades are due; it is not awarded automatically.If the written request is notmade, the instructor will submit a finalgrade based on work completed to thatpoint. If the instructor grants the request,the student must complete the necessarywork by the date specified by theinstructor, which will be no later thanthe end of classes in the following term(i.e., by the end of the spring term for afall or winter course or by the end ofthe fall term for a spring or summercourse). This deadline will apply even tostudents who maintain matriculation thefollowing term. Extensions of thesedeadlines are rarely granted and must berequested in writing before the finalwork is due; the extensions must beapproved by the course instructor andthe Deans’ Office. If the required workis not completed by the final deadline,the temporary grade of I will become anF, which will be computed into the stu-

136 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MGRADESThe following is a list of grades asthey appear on students’ academicrecords and their value indetermining the grade pointaverage (GPA):A = 4.0A- = 3.7B+ = 3.3B = 3.0B- = 2.7C+ = 2.3C = 2.0C- = 1.7D+ = 1.3D = 1.0F = 0.0 (failing)In addition, several grades haveno value and do not affect thegrade point average:P (passing work in a pass/failcourse)I (incomplete work)W (withdrawal from course)N (not counted)*** (no grade submitted)dent’s grade point average. This F willnot be removed from the transcriptunder any circumstances.For courses taken outside of Gallatin,students should consult the appropriatebulletin to ascertain the policy of thatschool or department regarding the timelimit on incomplete grades.Students receiving financial aid:Grades of incomplete can negativelyaffect a student’s satisfactory academicprogress required for aid eligibility.For more information, students shouldrefer to Satisfactory Academic Progress,page 149, or visit the Web site of theOffice of Financial Aid at www.nyu.edu/financial.aid.Pass/Fail Grades (P/F)Graduate students may not choose totake a course that is given for a lettergrade on a pass/fail basis. However, severalGallatin courses must be taken on apass/fail basis: private lessons, Master’sThesis Seminar, Master’s Thesis andDefense and Thesis Advisement. Allother University and Gallatin courses, aswell as independent studies, tutorialsand internships, are graded and may notbe taken pass/fail unless the course isoffered on a pass/fail basis only.Repeating a CourseStudents seeking to improve their gradepoint average may repeat a course. Bothcourses and grades will be recorded onthe transcript, but only the latter of thetwo grades will be computed in thegrade point average. A student who hasearned credit for a course may repeat itonce but will not receive additionalcredit. Students should be aware thatcertain graduate schools will count bothgrades in the average.II. STUDENT RECORDSThe Office of the University Registrarmaintains all New York University students’official educational records. TheGallatin School maintains student filesthat are used by School personnel toreview a student’s progress. GallatinSchool files are available to the student’sadviser. Both the official educationalrecord and the Gallatin files are protectedby the Family Educational Rightsand Privacy Act (FERPA).TranscriptsOfficial copies of your University transcriptcan be requested when a stampedand sealed copy of your Universityrecords is required. Requests for officialtranscripts require the signature of thestudent requesting the transcript. Currently,we are not accepting requests fora transcript by e-mail.A transcript may be requested byeither (1) completing the online requestform at www.nyu.edu/registrar/transcript-form.html and mailing/faxingthe signature page (recommendedmethod) or (2) writing a request letter(see below) and mailing/faxing thecompleted and signed letter. Our faxnumber is 212-995-4154; our mailingaddress is New York University, Officeof the University Registrar, TranscriptsDepartment, P.O. Box 910, New York,NY 10276-0910.There is no charge for academictranscripts.Writing a Request Letter: A requestletter must include all of the followinginformation:• University ID Number• Current name and any other nameunder which you attend/attended NYU• Current address• Date of birth• School of the University youattend/attended and for which you arerequesting the transcript• Dates of attendance• Date of graduation• Full name and address of the personor institution to which the transcript isto be sentThere is no limit for the number ofofficial transcripts that can be issued to astudent. You can indicate in your requestif you would like us to forward the transcriptsto your home address, but westill require the name and address ofeach institution.

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 137Unofficial transcripts are available onAlbert, NYU’s Web-based registration andinformation system. Albert can beaccessed via NYUHome athttp://home.nyu.edu.If you initiate your transcript requestthrough the online request form, youwill receive e-mail confirmation whenthe Office of the University Registrar hasreceived your signed request form. Ifyou have any questions or concerns,please contact the office at 212-998-4280,and a representative will assist you.Students are able to access theirgrades at the end of each semester viaAlbert.Enrollment and GraduationVerificationYou can view/print your own enrollmentcertification directly from Albert usingthe integrated National Student Clearinghousestudent portal. This feature can beaccessed from the “Enrollment Certification”link on the Albert homepage. Eligiblestudents are also able to view/print aGood Student Discount Certificate, whichcan be mailed to an auto insurer or anyother company that requests proof ofyour status as a good student (based onyour cumulative GPA). This feature isavailable for students in all schoolsexcept the School of Law.Verification of enrollment or graduationmay also be requested by submittinga signed letter with the followinginformation: University ID number, currentname and any name under whichyou attended NYU, current address, dateof birth, school of the Universityattended, dates attended, date of graduationand the full name and address ofthe person or institution to which theverification is to be sent. Please addressyour request to Office of the UniversityRegistrar, Transcript and CertificationDepartment, New York University, P.O.Box 910, New York, NY 10276-0910. Oryou can fax your signed request to 212-995-4154. Please allow seven businessdays from the time the Office of the UniversityRegistrar is in receipt of yourrequest. If you wish to confirm receipt ofyour request, please contact our office at212-998-4280, and a representative willassist you. Currently, we are not acceptingrequests for certification by e-mail.III. ACADEMIC STANDINGStudents are expected to maintain astatus of academic good standing.The Gallatin Faculty Committee onAdvisement and Policies reviews studentrecords throughout the academic year toidentify those students who may befalling below the academic standards setby the Gallatin School. The committeemay summon students with unsatisfactoryrecords to discuss their academicprogress and to determine whether, andunder what circumstances, they maycontinue in the School.Academic Good StandingGraduate students are considered to bein academic good standing when theircurrent and cumulative grade point averagesare above 3.0 (B average) and ifthey have not accumulated an excessivenumber of incomplete grades. Studentsshould also maintain satisfactory progresstoward their degree by completing, withsatisfactory grades, more than half of thecourses and credits for which they registerin any semester. Students newlyadmitted are presumed to be in academicgood standing, unless they were admittedon a probationary status.Students whose grade point averageor accumulation of incomplete gradessuggests potential problems may receivean informal letter cautioning them abouttheir situation and advising them tospeak with their adviser; this notificationdoes not appear on the students’ academicrecord.ProbationStudents with unsatisfactory academicrecords are placed on probation underthe following circumstances: if the currentgrade point average falls below 3.0,if the cumulative grade point averagefalls below 3.0, or if the student accumulates8 or more credits of incomplete.Students who have an excessive number

138 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mof withdrawals may also be placed onprobation.When a student is placed on probation,a letter is sent to the student, thestudent’s adviser and the Office of theUniversity Registrar. This letter will specifythe period of time the student hasbeen given to improve his or her academicstanding, the minimum gradepoint average the student must earn inthe subsequent semester, and any otherconditions the Gallatin Faculty Committeeon Advisement and Policies determinesto be appropriate. Thedesignation “Probation” is placed on thestudent’s transcript.The student may be required to submita statement to the committeeexplaining his or her poor academic performanceand stating his or her plans toreverse the decline in grades. In somecases, the committee may summon thestudent to appear in person.While the student is on probation,certain conditions and restrictions maybe placed on his or her academic program.For example, the student may beprohibited from taking a course outsideof NYU or registering for independentstudies, tutorials, internships, or privatelessons. The committee may also limitthe maximum number of credits perterm for which the student can register.Students on probation cannot participatein extracurricular activities, holdoffice in any University club or organizationor represent the University in anyathletic or nonathletic event. Students onprobation should be aware that they areusually ineligible for financial aid.A Dean’s Hold is placed on all registrationactivity for students on probation.The Dean’s Hold may be removed onlyafter a probation interview. The probationletter will inform the student of howto schedule this interview.Academic DismissalIf a student fails to meet the terms andconditions of probation, he or she maybe dismissed from the University.Students who are dismissed from theSchool for poor academic performancewill be informed in writing by registeredmail. The Gallatin Faculty Committee onAdvisement and Policies will also notifythe Office of the University Registrar, theDepartment of Housing, the Office ofGraduate Admissions and the student’sadviser. Students who have paid tuitionfor the next term at the time of their dismissalwill receive a full refund of tuitionand fees.AppealA student may appeal the committee’sdecision of academic dismissal if the studentbelieves his or her dismissal wasthe result of an administrative error or ifthe student can offer compelling reasonsfor his or her academic standing. Thestudent must request an appeal within15 days from the date of the dismissaldecision. This request must include apersonal statement explaining the student’spoor academic performance andshowing the committee compelling reasonswhy the student should not be dismissed.The student may be asked tomeet in person with the committee. Thedecision reached by the committee isbinding.IV. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY ANDDISCIPLINARY ACTIONSStudents are expected to maintain thehighest standard of academic integrity.Cheating and plagiarism are serious mattersand will result in disciplinary action.OffensesStudents are expected to familiarizethemselves and to comply with the rulesof conduct, academic regulations andestablished practices of the Universityand the School. The following offensesmay be subject to disciplinary charges bythe Gallatin Faculty Committee onAdvisement and Policies: cheating, plagiarismand the forgery of academic documents;deliberate destruction, theft, orunauthorized use of laboratory data,research materials, computer resources,or University property; disruption of anacademic event; actual or threatened violenceor sexual harassment.

A C A D E M I C S T A N D A R D S A N D G R A D U A T I O N 139ProcessThe Gallatin faculty adopted a new setof discipline policies and procedures inOctober 1999, establishing the Committeeon Student Discipline, which overseesthe handling of infractions of therules. The policies encourage an informalresolution of charges whenever possiblebut describe the process by whichthe committee will investigate, hear andresolve cases when that approach isunsuccessful. Refer to Student DisciplineRules of the Gallatin School of IndividualizedStudy (available in the Deans’Office) for details.PenaltiesThe Deans’ Office or the Gallatin FacultyCommittee on Advisement and Policiesmay impose the following penalties:1. Censure. Written reprimand forviolation of a specified regulation,including the possibility of a moresevere disciplinary action in the event ofa subsequent violation of any Universityregulation within a period of time statedin the letter of reprimand.2. Disciplinary Probation. Suspensionof privileges or exclusion from participatingin extracurricular Universityactivities as set forth in the letter of disciplinaryprobation for a specifiedperiod of time.3. Suspension. Exclusion fromclasses as well as suspension of privilegesand exclusion from other activitiesas set forth in the letter of suspensionfor a specified period of time.4. Dismissal. Termination of studentstatus for an indefinite period. The conditionsof readmission, if permitted, shallbe stated in the letter of dismissal.If, as a result of any disciplinaryaction, the withdrawal of a student isrequired before the end of the term forwhich tuition has been paid, a refundwill be made according to the standardrefund schedule.Students may appeal any disciplinaryaction by submitting a written request tothe dean, who will promptly appoint anad hoc grievance committee. The committee’sdecision is final.V. GRADUATIONConferral of DegreesAll Gallatin graduate students receive aMaster of Arts degree in individualizedstudy. Degrees are awarded in May,September and January, and both theGallatin Graduation and UniversityCommencement ceremonies take placein May.Graduation ApplicationStudents must apply for graduation onAlbert. To graduate in a specificsemester, students must apply for graduationwithin the application deadlineperiod indicated on the Office of theUniversity Registrar’s graduation deadlinescalendar. Students may view thegraduation deadlines calendar and otherinformation about graduation on theOffice of the University Registrar’s Website at www.nyu.edu/registrar. It is recommendedthat students apply for graduationno later than the beginning of thesemester in which they plan to completeall program requirements. If a studentdoes not successfully complete all academicrequirements by the end of thesemester, he or she must reapply forgraduation for the following cycle.VI. UNIVERSITY POLICIES ANDCAMPUS SAFETYStudents are required to abide by thepolicies established by the University.For more information on these policies,please see http://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance.html.Immunization RequirementsNew York State Public Health Law(NYS PHL) 2165 requires all studentsregistering for 6 or more credits in adegree-granting program to provideimmunization documentation for measles(rubeola), mumps and rubella (Germanmeasles) prior to registration. Students

140 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mborn before January 1, 1957, are exempt.New students should complete theMMR section of the Student HealthHistory form. Continuing students shouldcomplete and submit a StudentImmunization Record form (PDF), availableat www.nyu.edu/shc/pdfs/student_immunization_record.pdf.New York State Public Health Law(NYS PHL) 2167 requires that all studentsregistered for 6 or more creditssubmit a Meningitis VaccinationResponse form as formal confirmation oftheir decision as to whether or not to beimmunized with the meningococcal(meningitis) vaccine. New studentsshould complete the Meningitis VaccinationResponse section of the StudentHealth History form. Continuing studentsshould complete and submit a MeningitisVaccination Response form (PDF),available at www.nyu.edu/shc/pdfs/meningitis_response.pdf.Failure to comply with state immunizationlaws will prevent NYU studentsfrom registering for classes. In additionto these requirements, the NYU StudentHealth Center recommends that studentsalso consider hepatitis B and varicellaimmunizations. Students should discussimmunization options with their primarycare provider.Campus SafetyIn accordance with federal regulations,New York University annually publishesits Campus Security Report. A copy ofthis report is available by visitingwww.nyu.edu/public.safety/policies.

A D M I S S I O N 141AdmissionOffice of Graduate AdmissionsGallatin School of Individualized StudyNew York University1 Washington PlaceNew York, NY 10003-6806212-998-7370Admission to the graduate program ofthe Gallatin School is open to qualifiedapplicants who hold a bachelor’s degreefrom an accredited undergraduate institutionor the equivalent international credentials.Students in Gallatin come froma wide range of undergraduate disciplines.A strong academic background isexpected, and specific undergraduatepreparation and/or professional experiencein the student’s field of interest isrequired. Students who enter the programwith clear and focused goals benefitthe most from its individualizedstructure.Candidates for admission are evaluatedon the basis of their academic andprofessional background as well as ontheir potential to succeed in an individualizedprogram of study of either a professional,scholarly or creative nature.The School considers the candidate’sacademic record, the Statement of Purpose,the applicant’s professional experience(if relevant) and the letters ofrecommendation. Applicants may alsosubmit any documentation or materialsthat they feel will allow the AdmissionsCommittee to better understand theirrecords of accomplishment.In some cases, a personal interviewmay be required. The Gallatin Schooldoes not require standardized test scoressuch as the Graduate Record Examination(GRE), but applicants who havetaken such examinations may submittheir scores.Applicants with international credentialsand/or nonimmigrant visas shouldsee pages 143. See also Office forInternational Students and Scholars,page 169.LEARNING ABOUT GALLATINInformation Sessions. Gallatin regularlyholds information sessions throughoutthe year. It is recommended thatprospective applicants attend an informationsession to learn more aboutGallatin and New York University. For aschedule of information sessions, visitthe Gallatin Web site at www.nyu.edu/gallatin/prospective/ma.NYU Guest Accommodations.Prospective students and their familiesvisiting New York are invited to stay atthe Club Quarters, a private hotel convenientto the University. Club QuartersDowntown, a 280-room, private, firstclassbusiness hotel, is located in theWall Street area of Manhattan. By specialarrangement with NYU, it offers moderatelypriced, quality accommodations forUniversity-affiliated guests. Featuresinclude a customized NYU floor andlounge decorated to highlight theUniversity’s presence in New York. Ratesare well below those for comparableaccommodations in Manhattan. Onweekends, visitors are welcome to useClub Quarters Midtown. Near FifthAvenue, it is close to shopping, Broadwaytheaters and Rockefeller Center. Forinformation and reservations, call 212-575-0006 or visit www.nyu.edu/about/visitor-information/hotels.html to learn ofother nearby hotels.THE ADMISSION PROCESSCandidates for admission to the M.A.program should submit the following tothe Office of Graduate Admissions,Gallatin School of Individualized Study,New York University, 1 WashingtonPlace, 8th Floor, New York, NY10003-6806:1. Graduate Application for Admission(online application available atwww.nyu.edu/gallatin/prospective/ma)2. Official transcripts from all collegesand universities attended3. Statement of PurposeStudents applying to Gallatin shouldhave a clear focus for their area of concentrationat the time of application.Their individually tailored curriculumwill be refined in consultation with afaculty adviser after the student hasenrolled, but the Statement of Purposeshould reflect the major components ofthe proposed program as well as adesign for integrating these components.To this end, applicants should researchthe resources of relevant departments atNYU and identify the kinds of courses

142 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mthat would be useful for developing theconcentration.4. Two faculty letters of recommendationFor students who have not recently beenenrolled in a college or university, theletters of recommendation may be submittedby employers, supervisors or othersfor whom the student has workedprofessionally.5. Nonrefundable $50 application fee.Admission Application DeadlinesStudents may begin their studies in thefall or spring semester. The GallatinSchool does not typically offer summeradmission for graduate students. Underrare circumstances, a student may beginin the summer term. Students may contactGallatin’s director of enrollment todiscuss this policy.The application deadlines are asfollows:Fall TermThe Gallatin School has two applicationdeadlines for the fall:January 15 Fall Priority Deadline(applications received by this date willbe given priority for financial aid andhousing consideration)January 15 Reynolds Fellowshipfor Social Entrepreneurship ApplicationDeadline (Please note: A separate applicationis required for the Reynolds Fellowship.Visit www.nyu.edu/reynolds fordetails and application.)January 15March 1Spring TermNovember 1Fall InternationalStudent DeadlineFall DeadlineApplications may be submitted beforethe deadlines. It is recommended thatstudents apply early for financial aid andhousing consideration. Applicationsreceived after the deadline will be consideredat the discretion of the AdmissionsCommittee.Financial Aid ApplicationThe financial aid application should besubmitted at approximately the sametime as the Application for Admission.After the admission decision has beenmade and the appropriate financial aidapplications are received by the Officeof Financial Aid, a request for financialaid is considered.All students applying for any federalfinancial aid must file the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).The FAFSA is the only application studentsmust complete to be consideredfor most student aid programs. We recommendthat students apply electronicallyvia the NYU Web site atwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid. There is nofee charged to file the FAFSA. Studentsmust include the NYU federal schoolcode number 002785 in the school sectionof the FAFSA to ensure that theirsubmitted information is transmitted bythe processor to New York University.New York State residents should alsocomplete the separate application for theTuition Assistance Program (TAP); forinformation, visit www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/tap.html. Students fromother states may be required to completeseparate applications for their state programsif their state grants can be used atNew York University.Applying for On-Campus HousingOn-campus housing is available for fulltimestudents only. Residence halls forgraduate students are apartment-stylewith private bath and kitchen. To applyfor on-campus housing, students shouldcheck the appropriate space on theApplication for Admission. For additionalinformation, see page 169.Off-Campus HousingThe Office of Off-Campus Housingassists students in their search for informationabout non-University housingoptions. For more information, see page169. Admitted students may visit theoffice’s Web site at www.nyu.edu/life/living-at-nyu/off-campus-living.html.

A D M I S S I O N 143Applicants with InternationalCredentialsThe following application deadlinesapply for applicants with internationalcredentials:Fall Term January 15Spring Term November 1Applications may be submitted beforethe deadline. Applications received afterthe deadline will be considered at thediscretion of the Admissions Committee.All students with international credentialsmust submit official documents orcertified photocopies; that is, they mustbe either originals or copies certified byauthorized persons. A “certified” photocopyor other copy is characterized by anoriginal signature of the registrar or otherdesignated school officials or an originalimpression of the institution’s seal. Uncertifiedphotocopies are not acceptable. Alldocuments in languages other thanEnglish must be accompanied by certifiedEnglish translations. Applications will notbe reviewed until all supporting papershave been received by the Gallatin Officeof Graduate Admissions.Financial documentation is notrequired when filing an application. Ifthe student is accepted, instructions forcompleting the Application for Certificateof Eligibility (AFCOE) online will beincluded in the acceptance packet.Appropriate evidence of financialability must be submitted with theAFCOE to the Office for InternationalStudents and Scholars in order for theappropriate visa document to be issued.If the applicant’s studies are beingfinanced by means of his or her ownsavings, parental support, outside privateor government scholarships or any combinationof these, he or she mustarrange to send official letters or similarcertification as proof of such support.Students holding F-1 visas may notwork. New students may wish to viewthe multimedia tutorial for new internationalstudents at http://www.nyu.edu/oiss/documents/tutorialHome/index.htm.See also Office for InternationalStudents and Scholars, page 169.It is essential for the student tounderstand and be able to communicatein English. To measure this ability, everyapplicant whose native language is notEnglish must take the Test of English asa Foreign Language (TOEFL). Informationconcerning this examination may beobtained by writing directly toTOEFL/ETS, P.O. Box 6151, Princeton,NJ 08541, U.S.A., or by visiting the Website at www.toefl.org. Each student mustrequest that his or her score on thisexamination be sent to the Office ofGraduate Admissions, Gallatin School ofIndividualized Study, New York University,code 2569.Advanced Standing TransferApplicantsGallatin welcomes applicants who havedone some work in another graduateprogram, either within NYU or atanother institution. A maximum of12 credits (combined with course equivalencycredit) may transfer. Courses musthave been taken at the graduate leveland be equivalent to those offered bythe graduate divisions of New York University,consistent with the student’s programof study in the Gallatin School,completed with a grade of B or better,not applied to another degree andearned in the classroom at an institutionof established academic reputation.University policy dictates that creditsover 10 years old are not transferable.Students with advanced standing whowish to transfer credit toward theirdegree in the Gallatin School must completethe Request for Transfer Creditform, available on the Gallatin Web siteat www.nyu.edu/gallatin, within the firstyear of matriculation.Graduate Course CreditFor graduates of Gallatin’s B.A. program,6 credits earned in graduate-levelcourses may be applied toward theGallatin School M.A. program as transfercredit, providing that the credits earnedare in excess of those used to meet therequirements for the undergraduatedegree. Students must request that theircourse work be reserved for graduatecredit at the time they register for theircourses as a Gallatin undergraduate. Thetransfer of credit is not automatic, and

144 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mall courses must adhere to the transfercredit policies of the M.A. program (seeabove). Graduate students will receivecredit only for graduate-level courses.No undergraduate courses may beapplied for credit toward the M.A.degree.OrientationAll entering Gallatin students arerequired to attend a Gallatin orientationsession prior to meeting with an adviserand proceeding with registration. Invitationsto orientation, with details of timesand locations, are sent soon after studentshave been admitted.Gallatin M.A. student orientations arescheduled before the start of eachsemester, starting in late April for fallenrollment and in December for springenrollment. Orientation to New YorkUniversity and to New York City takesplace during all-University orientation,scheduled for the week before the startof the fall semester. For further detailsabout all-University orientation, consulthttp://www.nyu.edu/life/events-traditions/welcome-week.html.ReadmissionStudents are required to maintain continuousenrollment in Gallatin by registeringfor classes or by maintainingmatriculation by fee; if they do not registerduring a semester, they are withdrawnfrom the University and mustapply for readmission by completing theGraduate Application for Readmission.Readmission is not guaranteed. Toobtain the Application for Readmission,students should visit the Gallatin Website at www.nyu.edu/gallatin. Studentswho are readmitted are subject to therequirements, rules and policies of theGallatin School in effect at the time ofreadmission.Students who have been readmittedmay neither register to maintain matriculationnor request a leave of absence duringtheir first semester back at Gallatin.The following application deadlinesapply for readmission:Fall Term July 1Spring Term November 1Summer Term April 1

T U I T I O N , F E E S A N D E X P E N S E S 145Tuition, Fees andExpensesOffice of the BursarNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-2806www.nyu.edu/bursarOffice of Financial AidNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-4444www.nyu.edu/financial.aid1 Waiver option available.2 Students automatically enrolled in theBasic Plan or the Comprehensive Plan canchange between plans or waive the planentirely (and show proof of other acceptablehealth insurance).The Gallatin School of IndividualizedStudy Graduate Program charges tuitionon a per-point basis. Following is theschedule of fees established by theBoard of Trustees of New YorkUniversity for the year 2010-2011. TheBoard of Trustees reserves the right toalter this schedule without notice.All fees are payable by the paymentdate listed at www.nyu.edu/bursar/paymentdeadlines. A listing of tuitionand fees can be found at www.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees. Checks and drafts areto be drawn to the order of New YorkUniversity for the exact amount of thetuition and fees required. In the case ofoverpayment, the balance is refunded onrequest by filing a refund application inthe Office of the Bursar.The unpaid balance of a student’saccount is also subject to an interestcharge of 12 percent per annum from thefirst day of class until the payment isreceived.Arrears PolicyThe University reserves the right to denyregistration and withhold all informationregarding the record of any studentwho is in arrears in the payment oftuition, fees, loans, or other charges(including charges for housing, dining,or other activities or services) for as longas any arrears remain.Diploma Arrears PolicyDiplomas of students in arrears will beheld until their financial obligations tothe University are fulfilled and they havebeen cleared by the Bursar. Graduateswith a diploma hold may contact theOffice of the Bursar at 212-998-2806 toclear arrears or to discuss their financialstatus at the University.TUITION AND EXPENSESTuition, per point, per term .....$1,271.00Fall term 2010Nonreturnable registration andservices fee, first point .................$409.00Nonreturnable registration andservices fee, per point, forregistration after first point ............$60.00Spring term 2011Nonreturnable registration andservices fee, first point .................$422.00Nonreturnable registration andservices fee, per point, forregistration after first point ............$60.00Note: A full-time course load is 12points per semester, 24 points per year.Students entering in the fall of 2011should visit the NYU Bursar’s Web site atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees/ for anup to date listing of the University’stuition and fees charges.Special FeesBasic Health Insurance Benefit Plan[2010-2011]Full-time students automaticallyenrolled 1,2 ; all others can select:Annual........................................$1,360.00Fall term........................................$525.00Spring term ...................................$835.00(coverage for the spring and summerterms)Summer term ................................$368.00(only for students who did not registerin the preceding term)Comprehensive Health InsuranceBenefit PlanInternational students automaticallyenrolled 1,2 ; all others can select:Annual........................................$2,132.00Fall term........................................$823.00Spring term ................................$1,309.00(coverage for the spring and summerterms)Summer term ................................$576.00(only for students who did not registerin the preceding term)

146 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MStu-Dent PlanDental service through NYU’s College ofDentistry [2010-2011]Primary member ...........................$225.00Partner...........................................$225.00Dependent (under age 16) ...........$80.00Renewal membership...................$185.00Other FeesLate payment of tuition fee ...........$25.00Late registration feecommencing with thesecond week of classes..................$50.00Late registration feecommencing with thefifth week of classes.....................$100.00Penalty fee .....................................$20.00Maintenance of matriculationper term ..........................................$75.00plusNonreturnable registration and servicesfee:Fall term........................................$349.00Spring term ...................................$362.00Thesis Advisement (special tuitionrate) per term ...............................$400.00plusNonreturnable registration and servicesfee:Fall term........................................$409.00Spring term ...................................$422.00Special Programs and SessionsFor information on additional expensesfor Gallatin course offerings abroad, consultthe Gallatin Office of GlobalPrograms. For information on additionalexpenses for the University’s WinterSession and May Intensive Session, consultthe Web site of the Office of the Bursar atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees.Laboratory FeesCertain courses may require a laboratoryfee to pay for special activities andevents or for additional expenses inherentto the course, such as a recording ordance studio.DEFERRED PAYMENT PLANThe Deferred Payment Plan allows youto pay 50 percent of your net balancedue for the current term on the paymentdue date and defer the remaining 50percent until later in the semester. Thisplan is available to students who meetthe following eligibility requirements:• Matriculated and registered for 6 ormore points• Without a previously unsatisfactoryUniversity credit record• Not in arrears (past due) for any Universitycharge or loanThe plan includes a nonrefundableapplication fee of $50.00, which is to beincluded with the initial payment on thepayment due date.Interest at a rate of 1 percent permonth on the unpaid balance will beassessed if payment is not made in fullby the final installment due date. A latepayment fee will be assessed on any latepayments.A separate deferred payment planapplication and agreement is requiredfor each semester this plan is used. TheDeferred Payment Plan will be availableat www.nyu.edu/bursar/forms in July forthe fall semester and in December forthe spring semester.For additional information, pleasevisit the Office of the Bursar Web site atwww.nyu.edu/bursar/paymentplans orcall 212-998-2806.TUITIONPAY PLANTuitionPay (formerly called AMS) is apayment plan administered by SallieMae.The plan is open to all NYU studentswith the exception of the SCPS noncreditdivision. This interest-free plan allowsfor all or a portion of a student’s educationalexpenses (including tuition, fees,room and board) to be paid in monthlyinstallments.The traditional University billing cycleconsists of one large lump sum paymentdue at the beginning of each semester.TuitionPay is a budget plan that enablesa family to spread payments over thecourse of the academic year. Byenrolling in this plan, you spread yourfall semester tuition payments over afour-month period (June through

T U I T I O N , F E E S A N D E X P E N S E S 147REFUND PERIODSCHEDULEFall and Spring Terms OnlyThis schedule is based on thetotal applicable charge fortuition excluding nonreturnablefees and deposits.Withdrawal on or before theofficial opening dateof the term .......................100%(100% of tuition and fees)*Withdrawal on the second dayafter the officialopening date of the termthrough the end ofthe first calendar week .....100%(100% of tuition only)The first calendar weekconsists of the first seven(7) calendar days beginningwith the official openingdate of the term.(Note: not the first day of theclass meeting.)Withdrawal within the secondcalendar weekof the term ..........................70%(tuition only)Withdrawal within the thirdcalendar weekof the term ..........................55%(tuition only)Withdrawal within the fourthcalendar weekof the term ..........................25%(tuition only)Withdrawal after completionof the fourth calendar weekof the term........................NONE* Note: After the official openingdate of the term, the registrationand services fee is not returnable.September) and your spring semestertuition payment over another four-monthperiod (November through February).With this plan, you budget the cost ofyour tuition and/or housing, afterdeducting any financial aid you will bereceiving and/or any payments you havemade directly to NYUA nonrefundable enrollment fee of$50.00 is required when applying for thefall/spring TuitionPay Plan. You mustenroll in both the fall and spring plans.Monthly statements will be mailed byTuitionPay, and all payments should bemade directly to them. For additionalinformation, contact TuitionPay at 800-635-0120 or visit the NYU Bursar Website at www.nyu.edu/bursar.DROPPING COURSES ANDREFUND OF TUITIONStudents who drop courses after the sessionbegins may be liable for all or aportion of the tuition and/or fees for thecourses. See the refund schedule formore information. For information onhow to officially drop a class, seeDropping Courses, page 128.Merely ceasing to attend a class doesnot constitute an official drop or withdrawal,nor does notification to theinstructor. A stop payment of a checkpresented for tuition does not constitutean official drop or withdrawal, nor doesit reduce indebtedness to the University.The nonrefundable registration fee and apenalty fee of $20 for a stopped paymentmust be charged in addition to anytuition not canceled.The date on which a student officiallydrops a class, not the last date of attendancein the class, is considered theofficial date that serves as the basis forcomputing any refund granted thestudent.Refund ScheduleThe refund period (see schedule at left)is defined as the first four calendarweeks of the fall and spring semesters orthe first eight calendar days of a sixweeksummer session from the date onwhich the course is officially dropped.For information on how to officially dropa class, see Dropping Courses, page 128.For information on tuition refunds forGallatin course offerings abroad, consultthe Gallatin Office of Global Programs.For information on tuition refunds forthe University’s Winter Session and MayIntensive Session, consult the Web site ofthe Office of the Bursar at www.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees. The processing ofrefunds takes approximately two weeks.Exceptions to the published refundschedule are rarely granted; therefore,students are encouraged to purchasetuition insurance. (See Tuition Insurance,below.) Students may request an exceptionto the published refund schedule byfiling a written appeal to the RefundReview Committee of the GallatinSchool. All appeals must be supportedby appropriate documentation regardingthe circumstances that warrant considerationof an exception. Students cannotreceive more than one exception to thepublished refund schedule in theiracademic careers.Federal regulations require adjustmentsreducing financial aid if a studentwithdraws even after the NYU refundperiod. Financial aid amounts will beadjusted for students who withdrawthrough the ninth week of the semesterand have received any federal grants orloans. This adjustment may result in thestudent’s bill not being fully paid. NYUwill bill the student for this difference.The student will be responsible for paymentof this bill before returning to theUniversity and will remain responsiblefor payment even if he or she does notreturn to the University.For any semester a student receivesany aid, that semester will be counted inthe satisfactory academic progress standard.This may require the student tomake up credits before receiving anyfurther aid. Students should review the“satisfactory academic progress” standardfor the Gallatin School so they do notjeopardize further semesters of aid.For more information, see SatisfactoryAcademic Progress, page 149.

148 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A MFinancial AidOffice of Financial AidNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-4444www.nyu.edu/financial.aidOffice of the BursarNew York University25 West Fourth StreetNew York, NY 10012-1119212-998-2806www.nyu.edu/bursarNew York University awards financialaid in an effort to help students meetthe difference between their ownresources and the cost of education. Allawards are subject to availability offunds and the student’s demonstratedneed. Renewal of assistance depends onannual reevaluation of a student’s need,the availability of funds, the successfulcompletion of the previous year and satisfactoryprogress toward completion ofdegree requirements. In addition, studentsmust meet the published filingdeadlines. Detailed information aboutfinancial aid is also available on theOffice of Financial Aid Web site atwww.nyu.edu/financial.aid. A concisesummary is also included in the NYUStudent’s Guide, available on the StudentResource Center at www.nyu.edu/student.affairs/student.guide.Many awards are granted purely onthe basis of scholastic merit, while othersare based on financial need. It is frequentlypossible to receive acombination of awards based on both.Gallatin scholarships or University fellowshipsmay be granted by themselvesor in conjunction with student loans orFederal Work-Study employment. Toensure that maximum sources of availablesupport will be investigated, studentsmust apply for financial aid by theappropriate deadline.Student ResponsibilitiesIt is the student’s responsibility to supplytrue, accurate and complete informationto the Office of Financial Aid and tonotify them immediately of any changesor corrections in his or her financial situation,enrollment status, or housing status,including tuition remission benefits,outside scholarships and grants and statesponsored,prepaid college savings plans.A student who has received a financialaid award must inform their departmentand the Office of Financial Aid ifhe or she subsequently decides todecline all or part of that award. Toneglect to do so may prevent use of theaward by another student. If a studenthas not claimed his or her award (hasnot enrolled) by the close of regular (notlate) registration and has not obtainedwritten permission from his or herdepartment and the Office of FinancialAid for an extension, the award may becanceled, and the student may becomeineligible to receive scholarship or fellowshipaid in future years.Determination of financial need isalso based on the number of courses forwhich the student indicates he or sheintends to register. A change in registrationtherefore may necessitate an adjustmentin financial aid.The programs and courses offered atthe Gallatin School are designed for studentswho attend courses during the dayor evening, on a full-time or part-timebasis. During the fall and springsemesters, minimum full-time statusrequires 12 credits of course work perterm. Students who register for 11 creditsor fewer during these terms are consideredpart time. Financial aid awards arecontingent on a student making satisfactoryacademic progress toward thedegree. Students who complete fewer than6 credits in a fall or spring term may notbe eligible for federal loans or financialaid. Information about full-time and parttimestanding and satisfactory progressguidelines is available from theOffice of Financial Aid, www.nyu.edu/financial.aid. If the student does nothave Internet access, please request thisinformation from the Office of FinancialAid, 25 West Fourth Street; 212-998-4444.How to ApplyStudents must submit the Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and NewYork State residents must also completethe New York State Tuition Assistance Program(TAP) application. (The TAP applicationis also available on the Internet whenusing FAFSA on the Web.) The FAFSA(available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov isthe basic form for all student aid programs.Be sure to complete all sections.Students should give permission on theFAFSA for application data to be sentdirectly to New York University (the NYUfederal code number is 002785).Graduate students should consultthe Financial Aid website or their

F I N A N C I A L A I D 149department for financial aid applicationdeadlines.Students requiring summer financialaid must submit a summer aid applicationin addition to the FAFSA and TAPapplication. The application, availablein February, can be obtained from theFinancial Aid Web site or the Office ofFinancial Aid.EligibilityTo be considered for financial aid studentsmust be officially admitted to NYUor matriculated in a degree program andmaking satisfactory academic progresstoward degree requirements. Students incertain certificate or diploma programsmay also be eligible for consideration.Gallatin awards financial aid to both fulltimeand part-time students. Full-timestudents are those who are enrolled fora minimum of 12 credits; part-time studentsare those who are enrolled forfewer than 12 credits. To be eligible forfinancial assistance, a student must beenrolled for a minimum of 6 credits.Renewal Eligibility. Financial aidawards are not automatically renewedeach year. Continuing students must submita FAFSA each year by the NYUdeadline, continue to demonstrate financialneed, make satisfactory progresstoward degree requirements and be ingood academic standing.Satisfactory Academic Progress.Each year a student’s current New YorkUniversity transcript is reviewed to verifythat the student is in good academicstanding and making normal progresstoward the completion of his or herdegree requirements. “Good standing”means that a student is maintaining aminimum grade point average (GPA) of3.0 on a 4.0 scale, is earning a passinggrade in a minimum of 80 percent of thecourses in which he or she is enrolled, isnot on probation and has resolved thestatus of any unsatisfactory grades (e.g.,“incomplete,” “no grade,” etc.). Normalprogress requires completing all coursesregistered for and progressing toward adegree at a level that compares favorablywith other registrants working towardthe Master of Arts degree at Gallatin.Generally, full-time students register forand complete 12 credit points persemester, completing the master’s degreein two years. The maximum time forcompletion of degree requirements is sixyears. NYU may require that incompletecourses (IPs) be completed and verificationof grades provided before finalizingan aid decision.Citizenship. In order to be eligiblefor aid from NYU and from federal andstate government sources, students mustbe classified either as U.S. citizens or aseligible noncitizens. Students are consideredto be eligible noncitizens for financialaid purposes if one of the followingconditions applies:1. U.S. permanent resident with anAlien Registration Receipt Card I-551(“green card”).2. Other eligible noncitizen with anArrival-Departure Record (I-94) showingany one of the following designations:(a) “Refugee,” (b) “Indefinite Parole,” (c)“Humanitarian Parole,” (d) “AsylumGranted,” or (e) “Cuban-Haitian Entrant.”International Students. Internationalstudents are generally not eligiblefor federal or state financial aid. However,private loan options may be availablefor international students. See theWeb site at www.nyu.edu/financial.aidfor details.UNIVERSITY-SPONSORED AND–ADMINISTERED PROGRAMSIn most cases, the following awards aremade on a competitive basis, based onthe student’s record of academicachievement as well as financial need.Please note: scholarship awards can onlybe applied to a maximum of 40 credits ofstudy, which is the required number ofcredits for the M.A. degree.Gallatin ScholarshipsSponsored and administered by NewYork University, these scholarships areawarded to students on the basis offinancial need and academic achievement.To apply, students should check“Yes” in item number 4C of the Applicationfor Admission and submit the FAFSA.• Dean’s Scholarships are smalltuition awards given to any enrolledGallatin student who has a 3.0 GPA orbetter, no incomplete grades on his or

150 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A Mher record and filed a current FAFSA thatshows need. Awards are granted asfunding remains available. To apply for aDean’s Scholarship, new and continuinggraduate students should complete anApplication for Supplemental ScholarshipAid (available on the Gallatin Web site).• The Herbert Rubin CreativeWriting Award is awarded by theGallatin School each year to one or twostudents for outstanding creative writingand artwork. Applicants may submitpoems, essays, stories, a short play, or artworkto The Gallatin Review; the deadlinefor submissions is announced during thefall semester. A committee comprising facultyand students judges the submissions,and the winners are announced duringthe spring semester. The winning worksare published in The Gallatin Review, andthe winners receive a stipend, usually ofseveral hundred dollars.• The Mike Bender Award is astipend of approximately $500, giveneach year to a student on the basis of aninternship that promotes the ideals ofcompassion, understanding and tolerance.Proposals must be submitted tothe director of external programs at theGallatin School no later than October 1.• The Siff Grants are made to graduatestudents working on or presentingan artistic thesis to cover some of theexpenses of the performance. Proposalsfor reimbursement of expenses should besubmitted to the Interdisciplinary ArtsProgram.• The Gallatin Research and ConferenceFund is available to anyenrolled Gallatin student to cover some ofthe costs of research or participation inconferences. Applications are available onthe Gallatin Web site. Interestedstudents should submit a proposal to theDeans’ Office. (See Research and ScholarlyActivities, page 21, for more information.)The Catherine B. ReynoldsFoundation Program in SocialEntrepreneurshipThe Catherine B. Reynolds FoundationProgram in Social Entrepreneurshipoffers 20 graduate fellowships each year.The program is a comprehensive initiativedesigned to equip the next generationof social entrepreneurial leaders andinfrastructure developers and managerswith the skills, resources and networkingopportunities needed to help solve society’smost intractable problems in sustainableand scalable ways. The graduatefellowship provides up to $50,000 overtwo years and dedicated curricular andcocurricular activities. Please note: Studentsmust submit an application forconsideration. For more details, visitwww.nyu.edu/reynolds.Foreign Language and Area Studies(FLAS) FellowshipsForeign Language and Area Studies(FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition, feesand a stipend to full-time graduate studentswho are studying a modern foreignlanguage as part of their academicprogram on Europe, Latin America, theCaribbean, or the Middle East in preparationfor a career that will utilize theirlanguage studies. The fellowships areadministered for the U.S. Department ofEducation by the three designatedNational Resource Centers at New YorkUniversity. Applicants must be U.S. citizensor permanent residents and mustenroll in one language course eachsemester. Students in all disciplines areeligible to apply. Summer FLAS awardsare also available for intensive languagestudy in the U.S. and abroad. Studentsshould contact the appropriate center formore information and the application.The centers and eligible languages ofaward are as follows:Center for European andMediterranean StudiesDutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek,Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese(study of/in Portugal only), Spanish(study of/in Spain only) and Swedish:www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/europe.Center for Latin American andCaribbean StudiesPortuguese (Brazil only) and Spanish(not Spain): www.clacs.as.nyu.edu/page/home.Hagop Kevorkian CenterArabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish andUrdu: www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast.

F I N A N C I A L A I D 151Part-Time EmploymentWasserman Center for CareerDevelopment. Many financial aidaward packages include work-study. Thismeans that students are eligible to participatein the Federal Work-Study Programand may earn up to the amount recommendedin their award package. Workstudywages are paid directly to thestudent on a biweekly basis and are normallyused for books, transportation andpersonal expenses.It is not necessary to be awardedwork-study earnings in order to use theservices of the Wasserman Center. All studentsmay use the center as soon as theyhave paid their tuition deposit and mayalso wish to use the center as a resourcefor summer employment. Extensive listingsof both on-campus and off-campusjobs are available. The Wasserman Centerfor Career Development is located at 133East 13th Street, 2nd Floor; 212-998-4730.See also page 168.Graduate assistantships are availablein some schools. For more informationabout graduate assistantships,including job posting information,see the Graduate Student ResourceWeb site at www.nyu.edu/src/grad.life/gradlinksandresources.html. Note: Agraduate assistantship may affect eligibilityfor some forms of financial aid.Please contact the Office of Financial Aidif your award letter does not indicateyour assistantship.Resident Assistantships. Residentassistants reside in the residence hallsand are responsible for organizing,implementing and evaluating social andeducational activities. Compensation mayinclude room and/or board, and/or astipend. Applications and further informationmay be obtained from the Officeof Residential Education, New YorkUniversity, 75 Third Avenue, Level C2,New York, NY 10003-5582. Telephone212-998-4311.NYU America Reads/AmericaCounts. America Reads/America Countsis the largest program of its kind in thenation and provides an excellent opportunityfor graduate students to earnmoney while working in a rewardingjob. Working under the supervision ofclassroom teachers, NYU students helpschoolchildren acquire literacy and/ormathematical skills. Tutors need not beenrolled in a teacher preparation programor have prior tutoring experiencebut must be able to make a minimumweekly commitment of six hours inblocks of no less than two hours. Tutorsmust have a Federal Work-Study allotmentdetermined on the basis of theFAFSA in order to participate in the program.For more information, visitwww.steinhardt.nyu.edu/americareads.ALL OTHER SOURCES OF AIDState GrantsNew York State offers a variety of grantsand scholarships to residents. Althoughapplication is made directly to the stateand grants are awarded by the state, theamount each student is expected toreceive is estimated and taken intoaccount by the University when assemblingthe student’s financial aid package.New York State Tuition AssistanceProgram (TAP). Legal residents of thestate of New York who are enrolled in afull-time degree program of at least 12credit points a term, or the equivalent,may be eligible for awards under thisprogram. The award varies, dependingon income and tuition cost.Students applying for TAP must do sovia the FAFSA (see How to Apply, pages172-73). Submit the completed applicationas instructed. For more information aboutTAP, visit www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/tap.html and www.nyu.edu/bursar/loans.awards/tap.html.Additional programs are listed below.For complete information, contact theNew York State Higher EducationServices Corporation (HESC) toll-free at888-697-4372, or visit its Web site atwww.hesc.com.• World Trade Center Scholarship• Regents Health Care Scholarships forMedicine or Dentistry• Regents Professional OpportunityScholarships• Awards for Children of Veterans (CV)• Persian Gulf Veterans Tuition Awards

152 G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M• Vietnam Veterans Tuition Awards(VVTA)• AmeriCorps Educational AwardStates Other Than New York.Some students from outside New YorkState may qualify for funds from theirown state scholarship programs that canbe used at New York University. Contactyour state financial aid agency (call 800-433-3243 to get its telephone number andaddress) to ask about program requirementsand application procedures. Whenyou receive an eligibility notice from yourstate program, you should submit it to theNew York University Office of FinancialAid in advance of registration.Federal BenefitsVeterans’ Benefits. Various Departmentof Veterans Affairs programs provideeducational benefits for spouses, sons anddaughters of deceased or permanentlydisabled veterans as well as for veteransand in-service personnel, subject to certainrestrictions. Under most programs,the student pays tuition and fees at thetime of registration but will receive amonthly allowance from Veterans Affairs.Veterans with service-connected disabilitiesmay be qualified for educationalbenefits under Chapter 31. An applicantfor this program is required to submit tothe Department of Veterans Affairs a letterof acceptance from the college he orshe wishes to attend. On meeting therequirements for the Department ofVeterans Affairs, the applicant will begiven an Authorization for Education (VAForm 22-1905), which must be presentedto the Office of the University Registrar,25 West Fourth Street, 1st Floor, beforeregistering for course work.• All Veterans. Allowance checksare usually sent directly to veterans bythe Department of Veterans Affairs.Veterans and eligible dependents shouldcontact the Office of the UniversityRegistrar each term for which theydesire Veterans Affairs certification ofenrollment.All veterans are expected to reach theobjective (bachelor’s or master’s degree)authorized by Veterans Affairs with theminimum number of credits required.The Department of Veterans Affairs maynot authorize allowance payments forcredits that are in excess of scholastic

F I N A N C I A L A I D 153requirements, that are taken for auditpurposes only, or for which nonpunitivegrades are received.Applications and further informationmay be obtained from the student’sregional office of the Department ofVeterans Affairs. Additional guidancemay be obtained from the Office of theUniversity Registrar, 25 West FourthStreet, 1st Floor.Since interpretation of regulationsgoverning veterans’ benefits is subject tochange, veterans should keep in touchwith the Department of Veterans Affairsor with NYU’s Office of the UniversityRegistrar.Scholarships and Grants fromOther OrganizationsIn addition to the sources of gift aiddescribed above, students may also beeligible for a private scholarship or grantfrom an outside agency or organizations.Some sources to explore are employers,unions, professional organizations andcommunity and special interest groups.Visit admissions.nyu.edu/financial.aid/scholarships.html for links to free scholarshipsearch services.Federal LoansFederal Direct Stafford LoanProgram. The Federal Direct StaffordLoan is obtained from the U.S. Departmentof Education. The total amountborrowed in any year may not exceedthe cost of education minus the totalfamily contribution and all other financialaid received that year. The interestrate is fixed at 4.50 percent for 2010-2011. Stafford loan payments arecopayable to NYU and the student, andfunds are applied first to any outstandingbalance on the student’s account. Anorigination fee of 0.50 percent will bededucted from the loan funds.Students may qualify for both subsidizedand unsubsidized Stafford loans.The interest on the Federal DirectSubsidized Stafford Loan is paid by theU.S. government while the student is inschool and remains enrolled at least halftime.The Federal Direct UnsubsidizedStafford Loan terms and conditions areessentially the same as the subsidizedloan except the federal government doesnot pay the interest while the student isin school. Instead, the interest is accruedand added to the principal of the loan.Subsidized Stafford loans are basedstrictly on financial need. A graduatestudent may borrow up to $20,500 (withno more than $8,500 as the subsidizedamount).Federal Direct PLUS LoanProgram. The PLUS loan enables parentsof qualifying graduate students toborrow up to the full amount of an NYUeducation minus other aid. There is noaggregate loan limit, and individuallenders will evaluate credit history. Theinterest rate is fixed at 7.90 percent. Anorigination fee of 2.50 percent will bededucted from the loan funds. PLUSloan disbursements are made copayableto NYU and the parent, and funds areapplied first to the current year’s outstandingbalance on the student’saccount.Private LoansA private (nonfederal) loan may be afinancing option for students who arenot eligible for federal aid or who needadditional funding beyond the maximumamounts offered by federal loans. Formore information on the terms and conditionsof the suggested private loan (aswell as applications), visit our Web site:www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/private-php.Employee Education PlansMany companies pay all or part of thetuition of their employees under tuitionrefund plans. Employed students attendingthe University should ask their personnelofficers or training directorsabout the existence of a companytuition plan. Students who receivetuition reimbursement and NYU employeeswho receive tuition remission fromNYU must notify the Office of FinancialAid if they receive this benefit.

155Global ProgramsNYU is an international leader in global learning, typicallysending more students abroad each year than any otheruniversity in the United States. Having founded its first internationalacademic center (NYU in Madrid) in 1958, the University nowoperates 10 comprehensive global campuses outside New York. Gallatinstudents study at all of them, immersing themselves in new cultures andoften learning new languages in order to enhance their concentrations,prepare for graduate school and develop skills sought by employers.Gallatin students may take advantage of several forms of global learning.Whether they spend three weeks in India as part of a Gallatin travelcourse or an entire semester in Paris studying French literary movements,Gallatin students return to Washington Square with expandedacademic and cultural horizons. Eligible Gallatin students may participatein the following study abroad opportunities.GALLATIN TRAVEL COURSESIn keeping with Gallatin’s interdisciplinary,individualized philosophy, thesetwo- to four-week study abroad coursesare small discussion-based seminars withGallatin faculty that are designed to providea unique and in-depth explorationof a particular cultural or historical topicfound within a foreign country orregion. Students experience each locationhands-on through visits to museums,galleries and historical sites andthrough meetings with local artists, intellectualsand political figures. Each year,Gallatin offers one or more of the followingtravel courses in the summer orwinter intersession:Africa and the Politics of AidK55.9800 Polyné, Adkins. 4 credits.Berlin: Capital of ModernityK55.9500 Hornick, Smoler. 4 credits.Culture, Art, and Politics in 21st-Century Buenos AiresK55.9400 Dinwiddie, McMeley. 4 credits.Culture, Development andGlobalization in IndiaK55.9700 Lukose. 4 credits.Istanbul: Mapping the Past in thePresentK55.9750 Franks. 4 credits.Italian Renaissance Art andLiterature: The Culture ExplosionK95.2060 Mirabella, Nelson. 4 credits.NYU STUDY ABROAD ANDINTERNATIONAL EXCHANGENYU offers students the opportunity tostudy abroad throughout the year (fall,spring, academic year, and winter andsummer session) at programs managedby the University in some of the world’smost exciting cities. In addition, NYUhas 15 partner institutions that allow studentsto enroll directly for a semester oryear as a visiting student.

156 G L O B A L P R O G R A M SFor more information about NYUStudy Abroad or International Exchange,contactNYU Office of Global Programs110 East 14th StreetNew York, NY 10003-4170Telephone: 212-998-4433www.nyu.edu/studyabroadwww.nyu.edu/global/exchangeNYU Academic CentersNYU study abroad programs combine aworld-renowned faculty, fully staffedsites and academic centers that enablestudents to take advantage of the bestthat each city has to offer. Gallatin seminarsare offered at multiple NYU sites.Community service with a wide range oforganizations figures in prominently inmany study abroad programs. Housing isguaranteed.NYU in Berlin. Berlin, the capital ofGermany, thrives as a cultural hub thatdraws respected intellectuals, undergroundartists and offbeat musiciansfrom around the world. While this cosmopolitancity holds a vital place inmodern European history, it also symbolizescontinued political and economicprogress. The academic center, locatedin a recently restored building in thepopular Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood,offers NYU courses taught in English bysome of the most influential thinkers, talentedartists and accomplished scholars.Courses include art, European Studies,history, politics and sociology. Studentslive in apartments in central Berlin.NYU in Buenos Aires. NYU inBuenos Aires offers an exceptionalopportunity to learn about the historyand culture of Latin America while takingpart in the lively activities of the dayto-daylife of Argentina’s capital city.After a decade of economic and politicalchallenges, Argentina is experiencingrenewed growth and prosperity. With itsdistinct European style, Buenos Aires,birthplace of the tango, is one of thelargest port cities in the world and is

G L O B A L P R O G R A M S 157considered the financial and cultural centerof Argentina. Latin American studiescourses and language courses are taughtin English and Spanish by accomplishedNYU professors and some of Argentina’sbest scholars and most influential professionals.Students live in homestays andresidences in central Buenos Aires.NYU in Florence. NYU in Florenceis situated at La Pietra, a 57-acre estate offive villas and rolling gardens that islocated just north of the historic city center.The villas house modern classrooms,computer labs, a café and an art studio,among other facilities. The centerpiece ofthe campus is Villa La Pietra, which containsa Renaissance art collection and historicgardens; appreciation of thisimportant historical site is facilitatedthrough classes and guided tours.Courses are available in English and Italianat the NYU Center and in Italian atthe University of Florence. Academicareas include business, classics, communications,economics, fine arts, history,literature, medieval and Renaissance studies,photography, politics, psychology,sociology and studio art. Students live inapartments, residences, or homestays.NYU in Ghana. NYU in Ghana providesstudents with access to the majorcultural and educational institutions ofthis vibrant nation in its capital city,Accra. Through classes at the NYU Centerand at our partner institutions—AshesiUniversity and the University ofGhana (Legon)—students explore computerscience, economics, film, history,journalism, performing arts and studioart, among other disciplines. They alsostudy topics covering the Ghanaianregion as a whole, including issues ofeconomic and political integration. Inaddition to classroom facilities, the NYUacademic center in Accra has wirelessInternet access and student lounges,while nearby student housing is furnishedwith full kitchens and large commonspaces.NYU in London. London offers studentsthe enormous diversity of a bigcity, the splendor of the great monumentsof royal London, the elegance ofRegent Street and the formal gardensand magnificent parks for which the cityis famous. Facilities at the NYU Center inLondon are located on Bedford Squarenear the British Museum and includeclassrooms, a lounge and computer labs.Specialized curricular offerings includeAfricana studies, business, economics,journalism, fine arts and prehealth. Additionalcourses are available in such varieddisciplines as communications,English, history, philosophy, politics,psychology and sociology. Student residencesare located in the Bloomsburyarea of London, a short walk away fromthe academic center.NYU in Madrid. Madrid is one ofthe great modern capitals of Europe,renowned for its museums, nightlife,cafés and restaurants. The NYU Center inMadrid, located in a newly renovatedfacility in the residential neighborhood ofEl Viso, houses classrooms, a library,computer labs and a patio. The programoffers an undergraduate curriculumfocused in language and civilization withcourses offered in English and Spanishin history, culture and society. Qualifiedadvanced language students may alsotake courses at the UniversidadAutónoma de Madrid. An intensive languageacquisition program is availablefor students at the beginner level. Studentslive in apartments and homestays.NYU in Paris. Paris, one of the mostexhilarating and culturally rich cities inthe world, is an exciting setting for studyabroad. The NYU Center in Paris, locatedon the Right Bank, just across the riverfrom the Eiffel Tower, houses classrooms,a lecture hall, a library, computerfacilities, a lounge and a garden. Coursesin language, literature, fine arts and historyare offered in English or French atthe NYU Center, with additional coursework offered at the University of Parisand Sciences Po. Students live in apartmentsand homestays.NYU in Prague. Prague, the hundred-spiredheart of historic Bohemiaand the capital of the modern CzechRepublic, is the cultural and intellectualcenter of the nation. The NYU Center issituated at Male Namesti in a 15th-centurybuilding only steps away from thehistoric Old Town Square. Facilitiesinclude classrooms, an English language

158 G L O B A L P R O G R A M Sreference library and a modern computerlab. Students have the option toenroll in language courses in Czech,German, Polish or Russian. Academiccourses, which are taught in English, areavailable in areas including anthropology,business, communications, economics,European studies, fine arts,Hebrew and Judaic studies, history, journalism,literature, music, politics andsociology. Students are housed in residentialneighborhoods in apartments andresidences.NYU in Shanghai. Known for itseconomic prowess and long history offoreign influence, China is one of theworld’s fastest-growing economies.Shanghai, a busy metropolis within thisdiverse country, is the perfect locale foran NYU study abroad program. NYU inShanghai is associated with a leadinguniversity, East China Normal University(ECNU), located in the city center, whereclassroom and residence hall space arelocated. Students enroll in languagecourses at ECNU while taking contentcourses instructed in English by leadingresearchers, artists, academics and professionalsin art, business, communications,economics, fine arts, history,journalism and politics.NYU in Tel Aviv. Situated on theMediterranean coast, Tel Aviv is the cultural,financial and technological hub ofIsrael—at once ancient and modern,Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. Astroll along the beachfront promenadereveals an exciting mix of cultures. NYUin Tel Aviv is designed to provide studentswith an objective understanding ofthe Middle East and the interrelationshipsbetween cultures, political movementsand religious traditions. The program isparticularly well suited for studying economics,journalism, media, politics,prelaw and the social sciences. To supportexploration of the region, studentsare required to study either Hebrew orArabic. To guide these academic explorations,NYU in Tel Aviv has a dedicatedfaculty that includes scholars, statesmen,artists and public intellectuals.NYU Summer Study AbroadNYU offers summer study abroad opportunitiesin more than 25 internationallocations. Offered through six of theNYU schools at both the undergraduateand graduate levels, the programs maybe of general academic interest or mayfocus on a particular subject. The programslast from three to six weeks andparticipants earn NYU credit. Summerstudy abroad programs are typicallyoffered at the NYU Academic Centers aswell as Amsterdam, Athens, Beijing,Cape Town, Dublin, Geneva, Nice,Venice and other international sites.NYU International ExchangeNYU students have the opportunity tostudy at one of the University’s partnerinstitutions by participating in a studentexchange. The International ExchangeProgram enables students to study at 16institutions—all distinguished researchuniversities—while retaining matriculationat NYU and earning NYU credit.While on an approved exchange, studentspay NYU tuition and retain theirfinancial aid package, including grantsand scholarships. Many universities offercourse work in English, while othersrequire advanced knowledge of a foreignlanguage. To attend, students mustsubmit a formal application after consultingwith their academic adviser.Current exchange partners are theUniversity of Amsterdam; UniversidadeFederal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte,Brazil; Humboldt and Freie universitiesin Berlin; the University ofBonn; Copenhagen University; TrinityCollege Dublin; Royal Holloway atEgham in Surrey, England; EuropeanUniversity Institute in Florence (graduatestudents only); Universidade Federal deSanta Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil;Nagoya University in Japan; PontificiaUniversidad Católica de Chile; the EwhaWomans University (co-ed) and YonseiUniversity in Seoul, Korea; StockholmUniversity; and the University of Vienna.

G L O B A L P R O G R A M S 159NON-NYU STUDY ABROADWith prior approval, students may selecta study abroad program offered by anaccredited American or overseas institutionother than NYU. Approval for thecourse of study must be obtained inadvance and the credit awarded iscounted as transfer credit. Undergraduatestudents should be aware that the final32 credits toward the degree should becompleted at NYU, although this mayoccur at an NYU academic centerabroad.A student interested in participating ina non-NYU study abroad program shouldmeet first with the director of global programsin the Gallatin School to ascertainwhether credits from the program wouldbe transferable to NYU. The student willneed to provide a written description ofthe prospective program and courses. Ifthe director of global programs approves,the student should then complete anApplication for External Study, have itsigned by his or her primary adviser andreturn it to the director of global programs.Once the director receives thesigned application, Gallatin’s Office ofStudent Services will register the studentfor non-NYU study abroad. After successfullycompleting the non-NYU studyabroad program, the student should havethe transcript sent directly to Attn.: Directorof Global Programs, Gallatin Schoolof Individualized Study, New York University,1 Washington Place, 6 th Fl, NewYork, NY 10003-6806.

161Gallatin Student Life andResourcesGallatin’s Office of Student Life seeks to enhance student lifeand build community within the School. It assists students inachieving their personal, academic and career goals by providingnumerous programs, services and opportunities. In collaboration withGallatin’s Office of Student Affairs, the Office of Student Life oversees allclub administration and advisement; coordinates major School eventssuch as orientation, graduation and convocation; and manages a varietyof programs, which are as diverse and individualized as Gallatin students’plans of study. In addition, Student Life staff members support studentsin developing projects or cosponsoring activities, or they may direct studentsto further resources within Gallatin and NYU. For more information,visit www.nyu.edu/gallatin or e-mail gallatin.studentlife@nyu.edu.STUDENT LIFE PROGRAMMINGThe Gallatin Community CoffeeHouse Series furnishes a space for Gallatinstudents, faculty, alumni and communitymembers to discuss a chargedtopic in an unconventional manner.These events allow the Gallatin communityto dissect an important issue outsideof the classroom by incorporating multipleperspectives, which offer a moreholistic view of the topic at hand.DIneALOGUE provides Gallatin studentswith an opportunity to dialoguewith other students, faculty and externalguests on a topic preselected by thehost. Any member of the Gallatin communitymay host and submit a proposalfor a DIneALOGUE. Unlike a CoffeeHouse, this is a small group and completelystudent driven.The Intergroup DialogueProgram is a collaboration between theCenter for Multicultural Education andPrograms and the Steinhardt School ofCulture, Education, and Human Development.This nationally recognized program,which is open to Gallatin students,brings together small groups of studentsfrom diverse backgrounds to share theirexperiences and gain new knowledgerelated to diversity and social justice.The program is offered as an 8-week,1-credit course.Student Start-Ups give GallatinStudents the opportunity to initiate a studentlife event for the Gallatin community.While this program is grounded instudent initiative, the Office of StudentLife provides the advisement, fundingand resources to assist students in turningtheir ideas into reality.In addition to these programs, theOffice of Student Life facilitates otherprograms regarding wellness, communityservice and exploring the sights andactivities of New York City. These programsprovide students with the opportunityto relax during busy times, exposestudents to cultural events and happeningswithin New York City and provideservice to NYU and the surroundingcommunity.

162 G A L L A T I N S T U D E N T L I F E A N D R E S O U R C E SCLUB LIFEGallatin is home to 16 School clubs,which meet under the auspices of theGallatin Student Council and are furthersupported by the Gallatin Office ofStudent Life. Some of these clubs includeDancers Choreographers Alliance, theAlternative Business Club, GallatinPhotography Club (gPhoto), GallatinTheater Troupe, Gallatone, NYU Journalof Global Affairs, Students of ColorAlliance (SOCA), the Gallatin Rag andthe Gallatin Coloring Club. GallatinStudent Life staff members provide clubadministration and advisement, organizea biannual Club Life Retreat and plan thebiannual Gallatin School Club Fair.The Gallatin Student Councilplans special activities, such as informalsocial gatherings for students and faculty,charitable events and open meetings,to discuss the issues or concerns ofthe student body. Gallatin students electrepresentatives to serve on the StudentCouncil, and these representatives serveon a full range of Gallatin administrativeand faculty committees. A GallatinSchool student council representativealso serves on the University Senate. TheGallatin Student Council maintains avibrant Web site, which includes informationabout elections, links to Gallatinclubs and an online student forum. Visitwww.gallatinstudent.com or call 212-998-7356.The Gallatin Review is publishedonce a year by the Gallatin WritingProgram. The journal consists of art,poetry, fiction, essays and drama writtenby Gallatin students. The Gallatin Reviewis produced by a student editorial committeeunder the supervision of a WritingProgram faculty member.SPECIAL EVENTSThe Gallatin Arts Festival (GAF) providesa forum for community and networkingamong Gallatin arts studentsand others interested in supporting andpromoting the arts. This is an annualshowcase of student performances andart events that engages the Gallatin artscommunity in a yearlong endeavor. GAFis student organized and student run

G A L L A T I N S T U D E N T L I F E A N D R E S O U R C E S 163with the support of the Gallatin InterdisciplinaryArts Program, a faculty artisticdirector and faculty mentors.The Albert Gallatin Lectures bringa series of notable figures from theworlds of politics, the arts, business andacademia to New York University to discusscontemporary issues with students,faculty and members of the wider community.The lectures are planned in collaborationwith a student committee andusually take place once each semester.Gallatin celebrates Black HistoryMonth each February with a series ofprograms addressing a specific theme.Events may include panel discussions,musical performances, brown-baglunches with faculty and film screenings.Students play a major role in developingBlack History Month programming eachyear, and events are frequently cosponsoredwith Gallatin and University clubsas well as with NYU’s Center for MulticulturalEducation and Programs.The Gallatin Film Series hosts filmscreenings throughout the year thatexplore a range of topics and areas ofinterest to the Gallatin student body.A different faculty member selects andintroduces each film and often leads adiscussion after the screening.RESOURCESStudent LoungesThe Gallatin School has a student loungeon its ground floor. Students also congregateat many other locations throughoutthe building, in addition to studentlounges around the University.Student Activities SuiteA Student Activities Suite is located inRoom 522 at the Gallatin School. Studentclubs can reserve this space to hold avariety of meetings and programs. Thespace is also used as a lounge for studentswhen it is not reserved.Computer LabIn addition to computer labs locatedacross the University, Gallatin has a computerlab reserved for the use of its students,located on the School’s fifth floor.Student Club RoomThe Club Room is a resource for allGallatin School club leaders and membersof the Gallatin Student Council toassist them in the administration of theirclubs and activities. The Club Room isequipped with computers, a telephoneline, club mailboxes, bulletin boards, filecabinets and a work area. Clubs can alsohost meetings and events in the StudentActivities Suite on the School’s fifth floor.Peer Writing AssistanceThe Gallatin Writing Program providespeer writing assistance that students canutilize for any class or project. To make anappointment, go to www.nyu.edu/gallatin.

165Gallatin CommunityServiceGallatin offers a range of opportunities through which studentsmay commit their time and skills to community-relatedendeavors. Some of these projects may be part of a creditbearingpursuit such as a class or an individualized project, while othersare extracurricular, volunteer activities.CREDIT-BEARING COMMUNITYSERVICE ACTIVITIESGallatin InternshipsInternships with a community servicefocus can be arranged in all areas,including education, youth services,rehabilitation services, the arts and socialservices, among others. For more information,contact Faith Stangler, director ofexternal programs, 212-998-7376,faith.stangler@nyu.edu.Community Learning InitiativeGallatin’s Community Learning Initiative(CLI) is described under Crossing CurricularBoundaries (page 20). For many CLIcourses, students engage in group communityprojects as part of their coursework and receive academic credit bothfor their engagement and reflection onthe work.The Literacy ProjectThe Gallatin Writing Program’s LiteracyProject, through a Literacy in Actioncourse (cosponsored by Gallatin’s CommunityLearning Initiative), educates andsupervises student volunteers who tutoradults in reading and writing at five partnersites. The Literacy Project also sponsorsa weekly writing class at one of thesites; publishes The Literacy Review, anannual journal of the best writing fromprograms in adult literacy and Englishfor Speakers of Other Languagesthroughout New York City; and sponsorsthe annual daylong Literacy ReviewWorkshops in Teaching Writing to AdultBasic Education, GED and ESOL Students.For more information, contactWriting Program Director June Foley,212-998-7359, jaf3@nyu.edu.VOLUNTEER COMMUNITYACTIVITIESThe Gallatin Office of Student Life offerstwo community service events persemester that are open to all studentswho wish to participate. Activities varyfrom working in soup kitchens to volunteeringwith children and the elderly.Members of the Albert GallatinScholars Program, the Dean’s HonorSociety and Americas Scholars arerequired to participate in civic engagementprojects throughout the academicyear. For information about thesegroups, see Research and ScholarlyActivities (page 21).Students interested in initiating acommunity service activity may seeksupport from the Gallatin Office ofStudent Life by contacting SamanthaShapses, assistant director of studentlife, 212-992-9823, or by e-mailinggallatin.studentlife@nyu.edu.

166 G A L L A T I N C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C ENYU COMMUNITY SERVICEOPPORTUNITIESNew York City is a wonderful and excitingplace to live, and community servicehas long been part of New York Universitylife. Gallatin students are encouragedto make full use of the extensive servicesof the NYU Office of Civic Engagementto set up their community service activities.The office produces a calendar ofevents for individual and group projectsand offers opportunities to volunteer. Formore information, contact the Office ofCivic Engagement at 212-998-2329 or goto www.nyu.edu/civic.engagement.

167Student Activities andUniversity ResourcesBoth resident and commuting students find a rich collection ofactivities to pursue outside the classroom at New YorkUniversity. There are more than 250 University-wide activitiesand organizations, including academic, literary, political, religious, socialand ethnic groups; student government; publications; a radio station;and University and community service organizations. Nearly every day orevening, there is a planned activity sponsored by the NYU ProgramBoard. There are film festivals, major music concerts (jazz, bluegrass,classical and folk music are all performed) and a distinguished lectureseries. Individual colleges and departments at the University also conducttheir own special interest activities.Activities, Facilitiesand ResourcesSTUDENT ACTIVITIESStudent Resource CenterKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 210Telephone: 212-998-4411E-mail: student.resource.center@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/srcCenter for Student Activities, Leadership,and ServiceKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 704Telephone: 212-998-4700E-mail: osa@nyu.eduWeb site: www.osa.nyu.eduProgram BoardKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 707Telephone: 212-998-4984E-mail: program.board@nyu.eduWeb site: www.osa.nyu.edu/pb.htmlFraternity and Sorority LifeKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 704Telephone: 212-998-4710E-mail: osa.fsl@nyu.eduTicket Central Box OfficeKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 206Box Office: 566 La Guardia Place (sideentrance of Kimmel Center)Telephone: 212-998-4941Web site: www.nyu.edu/ticketcentralALUMNI ACTIVITIESOffice for University Development andAlumni Relations25 West Fourth Street, 4th FloorTelephone: 212-998-6912E-mail: alumni.info@nyu.eduWeb site: alumni.nyu.eduATHLETICSDepartment of Athletics, Intramurals,and RecreationJerome S. Coles Sports and RecreationCenter181 Mercer StreetTelephone: 212-998-2020E-mail: coles.sportscenter@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/athletics

168 S T U D E N T A C T I V I T I E S A N D U N I V E R S I T Y R E S O U R C E SPalladium Athletic Facility140 East 14th StreetTelephone: 212-992-8500Web site: www.nyu.edu/palladiumathleticfacilityBOOKSTORESMain Bookstore726 BroadwayTelephone: 212-998-4667Web site: www.bookstores.nyu.eduComputer Store242 Greene StreetTelephone: 212-998-4672E-mail: computer.store@nyu.eduWeb site: www.bookstores.nyu.eduCAREER SERVICESWasserman Center for CareerDevelopment133 East 13th Street, 2nd FloorTelephone: 212-998-4730Fax: 212-995-3827Web site: www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopmentCOMPUTER SERVICES ANDINTERNET RESOURCESInformation Technology Services (ITS)10 Astor Place, 4th Floor (Client ServicesCenter)Telephone Help Line: 212-998-3333Web site: www.nyu.edu/itsCOUNSELING SERVICESCounseling and Behavioral Health Services(CBH)726 Broadway, Suite 471Telephone: 212-998-4780E-mail: university.counseling@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/counselingDININGNYU Campus Dining ServicesTelephone: 212-995-3030Web site: www.nyudining.comDISABILITIES, SERVICES FORSTUDENTS WITHHenry and Lucy Moses Center for Studentswith Disabilities726 Broadway, 2nd FloorTelephone: 212-998-4980 (voice and TTY)Web site: www.nyu.edu/csdHEALTHWellness Exchange726 Broadway, Suite 402Telephone: 212-443-9999Web: www.nyu.edu/999Student Health Center (SHC)726 Broadway, 3rd and 4th FloorsTelephone: 212-443-1000Web site: www.nyu.edu/shcCounseling (see Counseling andBehavioral Health Services, above)Emergencies and After-Hours CrisisResponseFor a life- or limb-threatening emergency,call 911.For a non-life-threatening emergency,call Urgent Care Services at SHC, 212-443-1111. When the SHC is closed, callthe NYU Department of Public Safety,212-998-2222.For mental health emergencies, callthe Wellness Exchange hotline at 212-443-9999 or the NYU Department ofPublic Safety at 212-998-2222 to be connectedto a crisis response coordinator.ImmunizationsTelephone: 212-443-1199InsuranceTelephone: 212-443-1020E-mail: health.insurance@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/shc/about/insurance.htmlPharmacy ServicesTelephone: 212-443-1050Web site: www.nyu.edu/shc/medservices/pharmacy.html

A C T I V I T I E S , F A C I L I T I E S A N D R E S O U R C E S 169HOUSINGDepartment of Housing Services726 Broadway, 7th FloorTelephone: 212-998-4600Fax: 212-995-4099E-mail: housing@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/housingOffice of Off-Campus Housing4 Washington Square Village(corner of Mercer and Bleecker)Telephone: 212-998-4620Web site: www.nyu.edu/housing/offcampusDepartment of Residential Life726 Broadway, 7th FloorTelephone: 212-998-4311Web site: www.nyu.edu/residential.educationINTERNATIONAL STUDENTSAND SCHOLARSOffice for International Students andScholars (OISS)561 La Guardia PlaceTelephone: 212-998-4720E-mail: intl.students.scholars@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/oissAmerican Language Institute48 Cooper Square, Room 200Telephone: 212-998-7040E-mail: ali@nyu.eduWeb site: www.scps.nyu.eduLESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, ANDTRANSGENDER STUDENTSOffice of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, andTransgender Student ServicesKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 602Telephone: 212-998-4424E-mail: lgbt.office@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/lgbtMULTICULTURAL EDUCATIONAND PROGRAMSCenter for Multicultural Education andPrograms (CMEP)Kimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Suite 806Telephone: 212-998-4343E-mail: cmep@nyu.eduWeb site: www.cmep.nyu.eduRELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUALRESOURCESCatholic Center371 Sixth Avenue/Avenue of the AmericasTelephone: 212-741-1274Web site: washingtonsquarecatholic.orgEdgar M. Bronfman Center for JewishStudent Life–Hillel at NYU7 East 10th StreetTelephone: 212-998-4123Web site: www.nyu.edu/bronfmanProtestant Campus MinistriesKimmel Center for University Life60 Washington Square South, Room 207Telephone: 212-998-4711Web site: www.protestantministrynyu.comHindu Students CouncilWeb site: www.nyu.edu/clubs/hscThe Islamic Center371 Sixth Avenue/Avenue of the AmericasTelephone: 212-998-4712Web site: www.icnyu.orgSpiritual Diversity NetworkTelephone: 212-998-4956E-mail: spiritual.life@nyu.eduFor a complete list of student religiousand spiritual clubs and organizations atNYU, visit www.osa.nyu.edu/clubdocs/website.phpSAFETY ON CAMPUSDepartment of Public Safety14 Washington PlaceTelephone: 212-998-2222; 212-998-2220(TTY)E-mail: public.safety@nyu.eduWeb site: www.nyu.edu/public.safety

171Travel Directions to theWashington SquareCampus*Lexington Avenue SubwayLocal to Astor Place Station. Walk weston Astor Place to Broadway, then southon Broadway to Waverly Place, and weston Waverly Place to Washington Square.Broadway SubwayLocal to Eighth Street Station. Walk southon Broadway to Waverly Place, thenwest on Waverly Place to WashingtonSquare.Sixth or Eighth Avenue SubwayTo West Fourth Street-Washington SquareStation. Walk east on West Fourth Streetor Waverly Place to Washington Square.Seventh Avenue SubwayLocal to Christopher Street-SheridanSquare Station. Walk east on West FourthStreet to Washington Square.Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)To Ninth Street Station. Walk south onAvenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue)to Waverly Place, then east to WashingtonSquare.Fifth Avenue BusBuses numbered 2, 3 and 5 to EighthStreet and University Place. Walk southto Washington Square. Bus numbered 1to Broadway and Ninth Street. Walksouth on Broadway to Waverly Place andwest to Washington Square.Broadway BusBus numbered 6 to Waverly Place. Walkwest to Washington Square.Eighth Street Crosstown BusBus numbered 8 to University Place.Walk south to Washington Square.*See Washington Square Campus mapand key for specific addresses.

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Key to Buildings1 Carlyle Court25 Union Square West2 Coral Towers129 Third Avenue3 Thirteenth StreetResidence Hall47 West 13th Street4 145 Fourth Avenue5 University Hall110 East 14th Street6 Palladium Hall140 East 14th Streeta Wasserman Center forCareer Development133 East 13th Street7 113 University Place8 838 Broadway9 7 East 12th Street10 Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò24 West 12th Street11 Founders Hall120 East 12th Street12 Third Avenue NorthResidence Hall75 Third Avenue13 Rubin Residence Hall35 Fifth Avenue14 Bronfman Center7 East 10th Street15 Brittany Residence Hall55 East 10th Street16 Lillian Vernon CreativeWriters House58 West 10th Street17 Alumni Hall33 Third Avenue18 Barney Building34 Stuyvesant Street19 13 University Place20 Cantor Film Center36 East Eighth Street21 Deutsches Haus42 Washington Mews22 Weinstein Residence Hall11 University Place23 10 Astor Place24 Glucksman Ireland House1 Washington Mews25 a Institute of French Studies15 Washington Mewsb La Maison Française16 Washington Mews26 Straus Institute for theAdvancement of Lawand Society22 Washington Square North27 19 Washington Square North–NYU Abu Dhabi28 One-half Fifth Avenue29 1-6 Washington Square Northa Silver School of Social Work1 Washington Square Northb Graduate School of Artsand Science6 Washington Square North30 Rufus D. Smith Hall25 Waverly Place31 Seventh Street Residence Hall40 East Seventh Street32 111, 113A Second Avenue33 Silver Center Blocka Silver Center forArts and Science100 Washington Square East/33 Washington Placeb Grey Art Gallery100 Washington Square Eastc Waverly Building24 Waverly Placed Brown Building29 Washington Place34 Kimball Blocka Kimball Hall246 Greene Streetb Torch Club18 Waverly Placec Center for Genomics andSystems Biology12 Waverly Placed 285 Mercer Street35 Broadway Blocka 715 Broadwayb 721 Broadwayc 1 Washington Placed 5 Washington Place36 726 Broadwaya College of Nursingb Liberal Studies Programc Student Health Centerd Moses Center for Studentswith Disabilitiese Bookstoref Housing37 411 Lafayette Street38 48 Cooper Square39 20 Cooper Square40 Hayden Residence Hall33 Washington Square West41 Education Blocka Pless Hall82 Washington Square Eastb Pless Annex82 Washington Square East(26 Washington Place)c East Building239 Greene Streetd Education Building35 West Fourth Streete Faye’s @ the Square45 West Fourth StreetfGoddard Hall79 Washington Square East42 Student Services Blocka 25 West Fourth Streetb 240 Greene Streetc 242 Greene Streetd Public Safety14 Washington Placee 14A Washington Placef 10 Washington Placeg 8 Washington Placeh 19 West Fourth Street43 Meyer Blocka Meyer Hall4 Washington Placeb Psychology Building6 Washington Place44 133 MacDougal Streeta Wilf Hallb Provincetown Playhouse45 Vanderbilt Hall40 Washington Square South46 Judson Blocka Kevorkian Center50 Washington Square Southb Skirball Department53 Washington Square Southc King Juan Carlos I Center53 Washington Square Southd Furman Hall245 Sullivan Street47 58 Washington Square South48 Kimmel Center forUniversity Life60 Washington Square Southa Skirball Center for thePerforming Arts49 Bobst Library70 Washington Square South50 Schwartz Plaza51 Shimkin Hall50 West Fourth Streeta Jeffrey S. GouldWelcome Center52 Kaufman ManagementCenter44 West Fourth Street53 Gould Plaza54 Tisch Hall40 West Fourth Street55 Courant Institute251 Mercer Street56 Silk Building14 East Fourth Street57 383 Lafayette Streeta Card Center (ID Card)58 D’Agostino Hall110 West Third Street59 561 La Guardia Place60 Mercer Street Residence240 Mercer Street61 Mail Services andCopy/Media Central547 La Guardia Place62 Washington Square Village, 1-463 530 La Guardia Place64 Off-Campus Housing4 Washington Square Village65 665 Broadway66 Second Street Residence Hall1 East Second Street67 University Plaza68 Silver Towers100, 110 Bleecker Street69 Coles Sports andRecreation Center181 Mercer Street70 194, 196 Mercer Street71 Puck Building295 Lafayette Streeta Wagner Graduate Schoolof Public ServiceNOT SHOWNBroome Street Residence400 Broome StreetButterick Building161 Sixth AvenueGramercy Green316 Third AvenueGreenwich Hotel636 Greenwich StreetLafayette Street Residence80 Lafayette StreetTwenty-sixth Street Residence334 East 26th StreetUniversity Court334 East 25th StreetWoolworth Building15 Barclay StreetAlphabetical List(Numbers in parentheses correspondto the Key to Buildings and map)BY BUILDING NAMEAlumni Hall33 Third Avenue (17)Barney Building34 Stuyvesant Street (18)Bobst Library70 Washington Square South (49)Bookstore726 Broadway (36e)Brittany Residence Hall55 East 10th Street (15)Bronfman Center7 East 10th Street (14)Broome Street Residence400 Broome Street (not shown)Brown Building29 Washington Place/245 Greene Street (33d)Butterick Building161 Sixth Avenue (not shown)Cantor Film Center36 East Eighth Street (20)Card Center (ID Card)383 Lafayette Street (57)Carlyle Court25 Union Square West (1)Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò24 West 12th Street (10)Coles Sports andRecreation Center181 Mercer Street (69)Copy Central283 Mercer Street (34d)Coral Towers129 Third Avenue (2)Courant Institute251 Mercer Street (55)D’Agostino Hall110 West Third Street (58)Deutsches Haus42 Washington Mews (21)East Building239 Greene Street (41c)Education Building35 West Fourth Street (41d)Faye’s @ the Square45 West Fourth Street (41e)Founders Hall120 East 12th Street (11)Furman Hall245 Sullivan Street (46d)Glucksman Ireland House1 Washington Mews (24)Goddard Hall79 Washington Square East (41f)Gould Plaza (53)Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center50 West Fourth Street (51a)Gramercy Green316 Third Avenue (not shown)Greenwich Hotel636 Greenwich Street (not shown)Hayden Residence Hall33 Washington Square West (40)Housing726 Broadway (36f)Institute of French Studies15 Washington Mews (25a)Kaufman Management Center44 West Fourth Street (52)Kevorkian Center50 Washington Square South (46a)Kimball Hall246 Greene Street (34a)Kimmel Center forUniversity Life60 Washington Square South (48)King Juan Carlos I Center53 Washington Square South (46c)La Maison Française16 Washington Mews (25b)Lafayette Street Residence80 Lafayette Street (not shown)Lillian Vernon CreativeWriters House58 West 10th Street (16)Mail Services andCopy/Media Central547 La Guardia Place (61)Mercer Street Residence240 Mercer Street (60)Meyer Hall4 Washington Place (43a)Moses Center for Studentswith Disabilities726 Broadway (36d)Off-Campus Housing4 Washington Square Village (64)Palladium Hall140 East 14th Street (6)Pless Annex26 Washington Place (41b)Pless Hall82 Washington Square East (41a)Provincetown Playhouse133 MacDougal Street (44b)Psychology Building6 Washington Place (43b)Public Safety14 Washington Place (42d)Puck Building295 Lafayette Street (71)Rubin Residence Hall35 Fifth Avenue (13)Rufus D. Smith Hall25 Waverly Place (30)Schwartz Plaza (50)Second Street Residence Hall1 East Second Street (66)Seventh Street Residence Hall40 East Seventh Street (31)Shimkin Hall50 West Fourth Street (51)Silver Center for Arts and Science100 Washington Square East/33 Washington Place (33a)Silver Towers100, 110 Bleecker Street (68)Skirball Department53 Washington Square South (46b)Straus Institute for theAdvancement of Law and Society22 Washington Square North (26)Student Health Center726 Broadway (36c)Student Services Center25 West Fourth Street (42a)Third Avenue NorthResidence Hall75 Third Avenue (12)Thirteenth Street Residence Hall47 West 13th Street (3)Tisch Hall40 West Fourth Street (54)Torch Club18 Waverly Place (34b)Twenty-sixth Street Residence334 East 26th Street (not shown)Undergraduate AdmissionsGould Welcome Center50 West Fourth Street (51a)University Court334 East 25th Street (not shown)University Hall110 East 14th Street (5)University Plaza (67)Vanderbilt Hall40 Washington Square South (45)Washington Square Village,1-4 (62)Wasserman Center forCareer Development133 East 13th Street (6a)Waverly Building24 Waverly Place (33c)Weinstein Residence Hall11 University Place (22)Woolworth Building15 Barclay Street (not shown)BY STREET10 Astor Place (23)665 Broadway (65)715 Broadway (35a)721 Broadway (35b)838 Broadway (8)20 Cooper Square (39)48 Cooper Square (38)7 East 12th Street (9)One-half Fifth Avenue (28)14 East Fourth Street (56)145 Fourth Avenue (4)240 Greene Street (42b)242 Greene Street (42c)411 Lafayette Street (37)530 La Guardia Place (63)561 La Guardia Place (59)194, 196 Mercer Street (70)285 Mercer Street (34d)111, 113A Second Avenue (32)13 University Place (19)1 Washington Place (35c)5 Washington Place (35d)8 Washington Place (42g)10 Washington Place (42f)14, 14A Washington Place (42d,e)1-6 Washington Square North (29)19 Washington Square North (27)22 Washington Square North (26)58 Washington Square South (47)19 West Fourth Street (42h)25 West Fourth Street (42a)

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