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GALLATIN
ACADEMIC
RESOURCE
GUIDE
2021-2022
Academic Resource Guide
Table of Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Developing Your Plan of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Role of the Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Student’s Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
First-Year Students: The First Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Transfer Students: The First Semester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
International Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Planning Your Class Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Finding Appropriate-Level Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Preprofessional Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Advanced Standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NYU Undergraduate Schools, Departments,
and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
BA Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to Monitor Your Degree Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Liberal Arts Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Historical and Cultural Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Intellectual Autobiography and Plan for Concentration;
Colloquium; and Rationale and List of Works . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Registration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Learn How to Use Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Gender Identity, Names, and Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Albert’s Registration Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Financial Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Your Student Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Academic Opportunities at and after Gallatin . . . . . 16
Study Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Accelerated Bachelor’s-Master’s Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Declaration of a Minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Gallatin Scholarly Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Gallatin Awards, Honors, and Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Senior Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
National Awards and Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Urban Democracy Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gallatin Writing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
STAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Diversity Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Affinity Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gallatin Student Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Sample of Galatin Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gallatin Student Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gallatin Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Support for Struggling Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Gallatin Full-time and Associate Faculty . . . . . . . . . 22
Gallatin Offices and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
NYU Offices and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resources for Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Welcome!
All of us at Gallatin—faculty, administrators, staff, and students—are happy
you chose to study here. Gallatin students are known as independent and
innovative individuals. We are sure you will fit right in!
This Academic Resource Guide is designed to help you make an easy transition
into Gallatin. Regardless of whether you are a first-year student entering
from high school, a transfer student from another NYU school, or a transfer
student from another college or university, it is important that you know and
understand Gallatin’s intellectual values, academic offerings, and administrative
support structures.
Use this Guide to prepare for registration, Orientation, and your first semester
at Gallatin. It will help you understand how you can best use Gallatin’s unique
curriculum and flexible administrative policies to create your own program
of individualized study. It will also help you prepare for the discussions that
you will have with your academic adviser. As you will learn, your adviser will
play a key role in helping you shape your Gallatin education. Finally, this Guide
describes some of NYU’s many online resources; if you are new to NYU, spend
a few hours familiarizing yourself with them. We hope you find the Academic
Resource Guide useful, and we look forward to meeting you!
Susanne L. Wofford
Dean
New Student Academic Resource Guide
1Developing Your Plan of Study
At Gallatin, we use the term “Plan of Study” in two different Your class adviser supports both you and your faculty
ways. Broadly, it refers to your “concentration”—the array of adviser, answering any administrative questions you
courses, independent studies, internships and other learning may have and helping you navigate NYU’s systems. If
experiences that you and your adviser shape into your own your faculty adviser is temporarily unavailable, your
individualized program. Second, and more specifically, the class adviser will help answer your substantive academic
Plan of Study is the registration form that you will complete questions. In short, both the faculty and class advisers
every semester. work to ensure that your program not only has depth,
breadth, and coherence, but also is consistent with your
Gallatin allows its students a great deal of autonomy in educational and career goals.
developing their concentrations. With their advisers’s help,
Gallatin students design individualized curricula that take into NOTE: Your Gallatin advisers are academic advisers. If
account their unique backgrounds, interests, and goals. These you have questions about non-academic issues such as
individualized programs typically combine Gallatin courses tuition, financial aid, or housing, you should contact the
with classes in other NYU schools as well as independent appropriate NYU office. (See page 24 for a list of these.)
studies and internships. As you plan your program each If you still have trouble finding answers to these non-
semester, your adviser will assist you in making informed, academic questions, you should contact Gallatin’s Office
well-rounded academic choices while supporting you as you of Student Services at (212) 998-7378 or studentservices.
take responsibility for and charge of your own education. gallatin@nyu.edu.
Each semester, you will be asked to articulate your
educational goals and plans for realizing them by filling out The Student’s Responsibilities
a Plan of Study form, listing your proposed courses for the All Gallatin students will work closely with faculty and
semester and writing a thoughtful description of your short- advisers as they explore their academic interests and
and long-term academic goals, as well as assessing your develop interdisciplinary, individualized concentrations.
progress toward degree completion. It is helpful to keep in mind the following expectations to
keep you on track during your time here:
Along the way, familiarize yourself with the NYU lingo.
For example, while some universities calculate a student’s Learn your degree requirements and understand
courseload in “credits” or “points,” NYU does so in “units.” Gallatin policies. As a Gallatin student, your goal is to
Most NYU courses are 4 units each, and the average load is develop your interests and build a concentration while
four courses (16 units) per semester. simultaneously fulfilling Gallatin’s degree requirements.
It is your responsibility to keep track of your degree
progress and to discuss it with your advisers, particularly
The Role of the Adviser if you have any questions or concerns. Make sure to be
You are responsible for ensuring that you fulfill all of your aware of policies and deadlines: these are posted on the
Gallatin degree requirements. However, strong academic Gallatin website. You will receive regular updates from
advising will be a key component of your Gallatin education. your class adviser and from Gallatin’s Office of Student
Two advisers in particular—your faculty adviser and your Services, but you must ultimately stay on top of the
class adviser—will help you construct your program of academic calendar.
individualized study.
Communicate with your advisers. Working and meeting
Your faculty adviser will help you articulate, develop, and with your primary faculty adviser should be a priority.
refine a concentration each semester. He or she may It is your responsibility to email your faculty adviser to
supervise your independent studies and internships. In your schedule advising meetings well in advance of important
junior and senior years, your faculty adviser will help you deadlines, particularly registration. When your faculty
conceptualize and plan for your Colloquium—the student- adviser or your class adviser reaches out to you, respond
designed oral exam that serves as the capstone requirement in a timely fashion. Plan ahead for meetings: gather your
for every Gallatin undergraduate student. thoughts, questions, relevant course information, and
Whether you are a first-year or transfer student, you will be other materials related to the subjects you intend to
assigned a faculty adviser to help mentor you through the discuss. It might help to write down your questions or
Gallatin program. Should your area of interest change, you topics for discussion in order to maximize the time you
will be able to switch advisers in a future semester. have to speak.
2 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYDeveloping Your Plan of Study
Know your syllabi, and communicate with instructors. First-Year Students: The First Semester
On the first day of class, you should receive a syllabus for We do not expect you to be able to explain your
the course. Consider this document a kind of contract: it concentration in your first semester. Indeed, you should
will set out the course goals and expectations, including use your entire first year to explore some of the many
grading criteria, and provide a schedule of readings and academic opportunities that NYU has to offer. Keep
assignments. It is your responsibility to be aware of all an open mind as you talk with faculty, advisers, and
due dates and your responsibility to communicate with other Gallatin students and as you peruse NYU’s course
your instructor—or your class adviser, who can, in turn, offerings. This process may help you not only discover a
help you communicate with faculty—if you encounter subject you want to pursue in greater depth, but also new
difficulties meeting the class expectations. approaches to established interests.
Go to class, and be a good classroom citizen. As a First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar: All Gallatin first-year
Gallatin student, you join a community of scholars. students must take one of the First-Year Interdisciplinary
It is your responsibility to be a good member of this Seminars in the fall semester. These courses are
community. In part, this means coming to class on time intended to introduce students to the goals, methods,
and prepared to engage in a productive discussion of and philosophy of university education and to the
challenging material. It also means being respectful of interdisciplinary, individualized approach of Gallatin.
your classmates’ beliefs and opinions. If you need to miss
a class, email your instructor immediately to explain why. First-Year Writing Seminar: All Gallatin first-year students
Understand that not all absences can be excused. must take a First-Year Writing Seminar in the fall semester
and a First-Year Research Seminar in the spring. NOTE: A
Check your NYU email. You should check your NYU score of 4 or higher on the English Literature Advanced
email account frequently: this is where your faculty Placement (AP) exam potentially gives you 4 units
adviser, class adviser, and instructors will direct important towards the 128 units needed to graduate, but does not
communication. Please respond to emails from your exempt you from taking Gallatin’s writing seminars.
advisers in a timely manner: your advisers are here to
support and help you, but they can only do so when you Descriptions of all First-Year courses in the Fall semester
communicate with them. can be found on our website at: www.gallatin.nyu.edu/
academics/courses.html (filter by Year, Semester, and
Course Type).
NOTE: You are not permitted to enroll in internships,
NYU Systems independent studies, or tutorials in your first semester.
Brightspace: The University’s official learning management You will have plenty of time for these non-classroom
system (LMS) allows students to access course materials, submit projects later. First-year students are strongly discouraged
assignments, track their progress, and more. (NOTE: Not all courses
use Brightspace). from registering for regular Gallatin interdisciplinary
seminars (IDSEM-UG) in their first semester.
NYU Home: Sign in to NYU’s main web portal using your NetID and
password to access a variety of web-based academic and university life In addition to your required first-year courses, devote
services (including your NYU email and your NYU calendar). All of the
services listed below can be accessed through your NYU Home page. some of your first year beginning to fulfill the liberal arts
requirement, which includes:
Albert: Albert is NYU’s student information and registration system,
which you will use to register for classes, monitor your degree • 8 units in the Humanities
progress, view grades, and check your financial aid status. More
information about Albert and registration can be found on Page 14 of
such as art history, classics, history, languages, literature,
this guide. philosophy, music history, and religious studies
NYU Connect: A platform that connects students to the support and • 8 units in the Social Sciences
services they need, NYU Connect allows students to discover and such as anthropology, economics, politics, psychology,
access key University resources, receive alerts and notifications, and
communicate with faculty and advisers.
sociology, and gender studies
• 4 units in a Science or Math
NYU Engage: This platform allows you to create, discover and
get involved with the larger NYU community through clubs and such as biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics,
organizations. You will use NYU Engage to join clubs and find events. computer science, and mathematics
These requirements will help ensure that your
New Student Academic Resource Guide
3Developing Your Plan of Study
concentration makes use of methods across the good communication as they can direct you to a host of
academic disciplines. useful resources.
While you are not expected to fulfill the historical Learn about NYU. In order for you to locate courses that
and cultural requirement during your first semester speak to your interests, you will need to understand
or even in your first year at Gallatin, you should NYU’s academic structures. Students interested in
keep this requirement in mind as you develop your literature, for example, should be aware that a number
concentration: of different departments at NYU offer courses in writing
and literature: English, Comparative Literature, Dramatic
• 4 units in premodern studies
• 4 units in early modern studies
Literature, all of the foreign language and area studies
• 4 units in global cultures departments, Social and Cultural Analysis, and Gallatin
itself. (See pages 9 through 11 of this Guide for a
Students may satisfy these requirements by taking complete list of departments where Gallatin students
select Gallatin interdisciplinary seminars, as well as take courses.)
courses in other NYU schools. For more information
Choose courses that require different kinds of learning.
about these requirements, see: gallatin.nyu.edu/
Too much of a good thing can be too much: Taking four
academics/undergraduate/requirements.html.
courses that demand a lot of reading and writing can
Orientation: First-year students have a comprehensive make for a term that seems repetitive and exhausting.
Orientation during Welcome Week, which takes place Think about taking a course in art, music, or math—or
before classes begin. Some Orientation activities will whatever might stretch your mind and change your
be led by Orientation Leaders, continuing students who academic routine.
will help you connect with communities and resources
Begin thinking about your Intellectual Autobiography
at Gallatin and NYU. Welcome Week also includes
and Plan for Concentration (IAPC): Before completing
Convocation, the primary scholarly event at Gallatin
your 64th unit, you will need to write and obtain your
that marks the beginning of each academic year. You
faculty adviser’s approval on a 2- to 3-page essay in which
will receive more information about Welcome Week
you review your intellectual development and identify
and the required readings for Convocation over the
how you will complete your concentration. Many transfer
summer.
students must complete the IAPC before the end of their
first semester in Gallatin, so it is important to think about
Transfer Students: The First Semester this requirement early. Gallatin’s Office of Academic
As a new transfer student, you will be joining Gallatin Advising will offer workshops and other assistance
at a crucial stage in your college career. You will be throughout the year to help you.
able to sample many of the intellectual opportunities Orientation: Transfer students attend Orientation
that NYU and New York have to offer, but you should during the first week of classes. As part of Orientation,
also strive to focus your education in creative and continuing students will help you understand the many
challenging ways. communities and resources that exist at Gallatin and at
The ideal semester will be different for every Gallatin NYU. You will receive more information about Orientation
student, but here are a few general pointers on how to prior to the beginning of classes.
construct your program of study: Research Seminar: New transfer students who have
Work closely with your advisers. As a transfer student not completed two semesters of expository writing
just entering Gallatin, you will begin your advising are expected to complete a Transfer Student Research
relationship with one of the school’s transfer advisers, Seminar in their first semester at Gallatin. Descriptions
who will guide you in choosing courses that fulfill your of these courses can be found on our website at:
academic goals and interests. When the semester gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/courses.html? (filter by year,
begins, you will meet with your primary faculty adviser semester, and course type).
and with a class adviser for your cohort. Maintain
4 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYDeveloping Your Plan of Study
International Students Optional Practical Training (OPT): OPT is temporary
As an international student, you bring a unique and employment that is directly related to a student’s
valuable perspective to the school. But you may also major field of study. Students can get a maximum of 12
encounter styles of teaching and learning that are months of OPT for each degree level completed. Specific
unfamiliar to you. Do not be bashful about asking your information can be found on the University’s Optional
instructors, faculty adviser and class adviser to explain Practical Training webpage: www.nyu.edu/students/
elements of the Gallatin educational model that you find student-information-and-resources/student-visa-and-
perplexing. immigration/current-students/employment-and-tax/
optional-practical-training.html.
Here are some tips and resources to help you acclimate to
your life as a Gallatin student: NOTE: The Gallatin program is not eligible for the STEM
OPT. If you are an international student who graduates
Understand that Gallatin is different, even by American from Gallatin, you may be approved for a maximum of 12
standards: Gallatin’s seminar-style of instruction months of OPT regardless of the specific fields of study
emphasizes spirited classroom discussions and written or you engaged in your individualized concentration.
creative projects as opposed to examinations. Most Gallatin
faculty permit, and often encourage, students to call Military Service: If you are an international student
them by their first names. These elements of the Gallatin whose home country requires that you participate in
education are not always replicated across the University. military service, you may be granted an official leave of
Some non-Gallatin courses are lectures; in some other NYU absence from the Gallatin program so that you can fulfill
schools, you will be expected to address the instructor as that responsibility. Students needing a leave of absence
“Professor ____.” If you ever are in doubt, ask! for military service should consult:
Office of Global Services (OGS): OGS is NYU’s central Gallatin’s Office of Student Affairs (studentaffairs.
resource for all immigration and visa questions, whether gallatin@nyu.edu, 1 Washington Place, 5th floor,
you are a newly admitted or current student. More (212)998-7380) for instructions and procedures regarding
information about this office and its services can be found the leave and return from leave.
at: www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-
resources/student-visa-and-immigration/current-students. NYU’s Office of Global Services (212-998-4720) to
You may also call the office at (212) 998-4720. review the requirements pertaining to your visa status
while on leave.
Full-time Enrollment Requirement: If you are an F-1 or
J-1 international student, you must register full-time every
semester or receive approval from OGS to register part-
Planning Your Class Schedule
time. Full-time status requires enrollment in a minimum The individualized nature of a Gallatin education presents
of 12 units of course work per term. NOTE: F-1 regulations great opportunities and challenges. You may choose from
state that only one online class may count towards full- hundreds of courses across NYU, but how do you shape
time enrollment in any fall or spring semester. For more your selections into a coherent whole? When is it time to
information on this topic and the policies governing expand your intellectual horizons and when is it time to
international students, please visit this page: www.nyu. focus? What happens if your interests change? Faculty,
edu/students/student-information-and-resources/student- class advisers, and your professors will help you answer
visa-and-immigration/current-students/visa-and-academic- these questions, but here are some points you should
changes/register-part-time.html. keep in mind as you plan for your first semester:
NYU International Student Center, Kimmel Center, 7th Learning Is A Process: You want to acquire knowledge,
floor: The International Student Center is a hub for but you also want to acquire academic tools. Take courses
events and programs aimed at fostering connections that will add to your store of knowledge, challenge
among all students, and especially those who are your ways of thinking, and enhance your academic
international. Students are invited to study, relax, and skills. Different courses will do this in different ways,
socialize in the lounge space. For more information, but beware of skipping from one subject to another, as
please visit the center’s website: www.nyu.edu/students/ your concentration should not sacrifice depth and rigor
communities-and-groups/international-students/ for breadth. And, finally, be mindful of taking courses
InternationalStudentCenter.html. for which you are not academically prepared. While
New Student Academic Resource Guide
5Developing Your Plan of Study
many departments will make it necessary to complete Finding Appropriate-Level Courses
introductory pre-requisite courses before advancing, Regardless of whether you are a first-year student
you should always assess your readiness for a particular entering Gallatin from high school or a transfer student
course before registering. entering from another NYU School or another university,
Acceleration/Deceleration: Traditionally, colleges and you will register for classes prior to Orientation. An
universities structured most bachelor-degree programs academic adviser will help you select classes relevant
with the assumption that students would enroll full-time to your intended academic concentration. But how
for eight semesters of coursework and thus be ready will you know which courses are right for you? Most
to graduate in four years. Increasingly—for personal, academic departments at NYU require that you follow
financial, and professional reasons—students seek to their sequence of courses, starting with introductory
accelerate or decelerate their programs. At NYU, students lectures and gradually moving to smaller and generally
who are interested in graduating early are considered to more difficult advanced seminars. Such requirements
be “accelerating.” If you are interested in receiving your make sense as students should not enroll in courses for
undergraduate degree in fewer than eight semesters, you which they are not prepared.
should consult with your faculty adviser and your class Some departments consider various forms of advanced
adviser to discuss your plans, which may include applying standing when determining whether it is appropriate for
advanced placement credits, taking additional units a student to bypass an introductory course.
during the fall or spring semester, or enrolling in courses
during summer and January terms, at NYU or (with
approval) elsewhere. For more information, see: Preprofessional Courses
gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/advising/accelerated-ba- “Pre-Law” Courses: No single path will prepare
degree.html. Students may also decelerate if and when you for law school. In developing their academic
necessary by taking a reduced course load or applying concentrations, students interested in the law should
for a leave of absence by working with Gallatin’s Office of keep in mind that the American Bar Association has
Student Affairs. identified some core skills and values that provide
a sound foundation for a legal education, including:
Unit/Course Load: Usually, a semester’s program consists
analytic and problem solving skills; critical reading
of 16 units (four courses of four units each). You can take
and writing skills; oral communication and listening
as many as 18 units, but you should be careful about
abilities; general research skills; task organization and
an overload in your first semester. Remember that the
management skills; a dedication to serving others and
amount of studying required to succeed at NYU is likely
promoting justice.
different from what you did in high school or at another
institution. (A good rule of thumb: three hours of study Pre-Health Courses: If you intend to apply to a four-
time for every hour in class.) Think of your studies as a year healthcare professional school you must complete
full-time job! a sequence of courses. Be advised that many health
professional schools (including medical, veterinary,
On the other hand, remember that the total of 128
and nursing schools) will not accept AP credit in lieu of
units required for the BA degree assumes that you will
courses in the prehealth sequence. In the spring of your
complete an average of 16 units each semester. If you
sophomore year, you should schedule an appointment
complete fewer than 16 units, you will need either
with one of the advisers at the Preprofessional Advising
to complete a heavier-than-normal load in another
Center, which serves all pre-health students. A complete
semester or to take courses in the January or Summer
list of careers in healthcare and their undergraduate
terms. NOTE: NYU’s flat tuition fee covers 12-18 units
requirements is available at prehealth.cas.nyu.edu/
for the Fall and Spring semesters; tuition in the January
page/home.
and Summer terms is charged on a per-unit rate. If you
receive financial aid, please familiarize yourself with If you are considering a prehealth track, you might also
NYU’s policies regarding Satisfactory Academic Progress. be interested in Gallatin’s dual-degree program with
For more information, see: www.nyu.edu/about/policies- the College of Global Public Health (GIPH). For more
guidelines-compliance/policies-and-guidelines/eligibility- information, please see page 16.
for-financial-aid.html.
6 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYAdvanced Standing
Required Pre-Health Courses and Their Prerequisites AP scores that would exempt them from some courses.
If you are a pre-med student, you should therefore take
If you are considering a pre-health track, you should work closely with your
adviser and frequently check in with the Preprofessional Advising Center, General Chemistry I, for example, even if you have units
located in Silver Center, Room 901 (phone: 212 998-8160; email: prehealth@ from AP Chemistry. However, this means that you will
nyu.edu).
lose your AP units. If you have questions about this,
Course # Course Title Prerequisites contact your Gallatin class adviser.
CHEM-UA 125 General Chemistry I & Lab MATH-UA 9 (or placement)
CHEM-UA 126 General Chemistry II & Lab CHEM-UA 125 IB Scores: NYU students may receive credit toward the
BIOL-UA 11 Principles of Biology I CHEM-UA 125 (pre or co-requisite)
BIOL-UA 12 Principles of Biology II BIOL-UA 11 or permission, CHEM-UA 126
128-unit degree requirement for results of 6 or 7 on
BIOL-UA 123 Principles of Biology Lab BIOL-UA 11 or permission many, but not all, International Baccalaureate (IB) higher
CHEM-UA 225 Organic Chemistry I & Lab CHEM-UA 126
CHEM-UA 226 Organic Chemistry II & Lab CHEM-UA 225
level (HL) examinations. To learn which examinations
*CHEM-UA 881 Biochemistry I CHEM-UA 226 are accepted and the number of units you may receive,
PHYS-UA 11
PHYS-UA 12
General Physics I
General Physics II
MATH-UA 121
PHYS-UA 12
please consult the IB chart on the page 8. NOTE: Most
MATH-UA 121 Calculus I (or AP Calculus) **MATH-UA 9 (or placement) medical schools and graduate health programs require
EXPOS-UA 1 ***
that students complete the entire pre-med sequence
ENGL-UA ***
1-2 social/ **** of undergraduate courses even if they have IB scores
behavioral science that would exempt them from some courses. If you are
courses
a pre-med student, you should therefore take General
* Strongly recommended for all students preparing to take the MCAT2015 exam. Chemistry I, for example, even if you have units from IB
** For more information about requisites and placement policies for Calculus courses, please
see this site: http://www.math.nyu.edu/dynamic/undergrad/calculus-information/ Chemistry. However, this means that you will lose your
*** Successful completion of Gallatin’s first-year sequence fulfills the writing and literature IB units. If you have questions about this, contact your
requirements.
**** The Preprofessional Advising Center recommends selection of one of the following Gallatin class adviser.
courses to prepare for the psycho-social section of the MCAT: Introductory Psychology
(PSYCH-UA 1), Introductory Sociology (SOC-UA 1), or Medical Sociology (SOC-UA 414). Global Proper Placement: Most NYU departments use AP
Public Health courses, specifically Health and Society in a Global Context (UGPH-GU 10), can
scores to determine if it is appropriate for a student
sometimes cover the content typically covered by sociology coursework.
to bypass an introductory course. NOTE: You do not
need to post AP credits to your transcript in order to
use them for placement. Consult the AP Placement
chart for course equivalents. If you did not take an
Advanced Standing AP test, but believe it is nonetheless appropriate for
Students who enter Gallatin as first-year students may
you to skip an introductory course (for example, if you
receive a maximum of 32 units for academic work
grew up in a bilingual household and want to take an
completed prior to matriculation. Generally, students
advanced course in your second language), contact the
earn such units by successfully completing Advanced
department offering the course in question and ask
Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Maturity
how to proceed.
Certificate Examination programs or by earning grades
of B or better in college or university courses that are not
counted for credit toward their high school diploma. If
you have such units, you will be eligible to post them to
your NYU transcript at the end of your sophomore year.
AP Scores: NYU students may receive credit toward the
128-unit degree requirement for results of 4 or 5 on
most AP tests. To learn which tests are accepted and
the number of units you may receive, please consult
the Advanced Placement chart on page 8 or online
at cas.nyu.edu/academic-programs/bulletin/policies/
admission.html#advanced-placement-program. NOTE:
Most medical schools and graduate health programs
require that students complete the entire pre-med
sequence of undergraduate courses even if they have
New Student Academic Resource Guide
7Advanced Standing
You may receive college credit toward your degree for AP and IB tests taken
prior to the completion of high school. Credit cannot be used to fulfill Gallatin’s International Baccalaureate Equivalencies
core or foundation requirements. If you opt to receive college credit, you may
not take the corresponding equivalent course for credit. If you do, you will IB HL Examination Score Units Course Equivalent
lose the AP or IB credit. If you want to continue in the subject area, you should Analysis and Approaches 6 8 MATH-UA 121 (for 4 of the points)
begin with a higher level course. At the end of your sophomore year, you can Analysis and Approaches 7 8 MATH-UA 121 and MATH-UA 122
have your AP or IB credit applied to your NYU transcript. For more information,
Applications & Interpretation 6, 7 8 MATH-UA 121 (for 4 of the points)
contact your class adviser.
Arabic A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Biology 6, 7 8 BIOL-UA 11, 12
Business and Management - - No course equivalent
Advanced Placement
Chemistry 6, 7 8 CHEM-UA 125, 126/127, 128
Below is the AP Course Equivalency Chart, which may change by the time you Chinese A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
are ready to apply for credit for AP exams. Consult the Gallatin website gallatin. Chinese B 6, 7 8 EAST-UA 203, 204
nyu.edu/academics/policies/policies1/ap.html, for updated information about
Classical Greek 6, 7 8 CLASS-UA 9, 10
AP credit.
Computer Science 6, 7 8 CSCI-UA 101, 102
AP Examination Score Units Course Equivalent Dance - - No course equivalent
Design Technology - - No course equivalent
Art History 4 4 No course equivalent
Economics 6, 7 8 ECON-UA 1, 2
5 4 ARTH-UA 1 and ARTH-UA 2
English Literature A or English 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Biology 4, 5 8 BIOL-UA 11, 12
Language & Literature A
Calculus AB 4, 5 4 MATH-UA 121
Film - - No course equivalent
Calculus BC 4 4 MATH-UA 121 French A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Calculus BC 5 8 MATH-UA 121, 122 French B 6, 7 8 FREN-UA 11, 12
Chemistry 4, 5 8 CHEM-UA 125, 126 / Geography 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
CHEM-UA 127, 128
German A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Chinese Lang. & Culture 4, 5 4 EAST-UA 204 German B 6, 7 8 GERM-UA 3, 4
Computer Science A 4, 5 4 CSCI-UA 101 Global Politics 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Computer Science Principles 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Hebrew A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
English Literature 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Hebrew B 6, 7 8 HBRJD-UA 3, 4
English Language - - No course equivalent Hindi A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Environmental Science 4, 5 4 No course equivalent History 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
European History 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Indonesian A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
French Lang. & Culture 4, 5 4 FREN-UA 30 Information Technology - - No course equivalent
in a Global Society
German Lang. & Culture 4, 5 4 GERM-UA 4
Italian A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Human Geography - - No course equivalent
Italian B 6, 7 8 ITAL-UA 11, 12
Italian Lang. & Culture 4, 5 4 ITAL-UA 12
Japanese A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Japanese Lang. & Culture 4, 5 4 EAST-UA 250
Japanese B 6, 7 8 EAST-UA 249, 250
Latin 4, 5 4 CLASS-UA 6 Korean A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Macroeconomics 4, 5 4 ECON-UA 1 Korean B 6, 7 8 EAST-UA 256, 257
Microeconomics 4, 5 4 ECON-UA 2 Latin 6, 7 8 CLASS-UA 5, 6
Music Theory 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Mathematics 6, 7 8 MATH-UA 121 (for 4 of the points)
Physics 1 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Music - - No course equivalent
Physics 2 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Persian A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Physics C—Mech 4, 5 5 or 3 PHYS-UA 11 or PHYS-UA 91 Philosophy 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Physics C—E&M 4, 5 5 or 3 PHYS-UA 12 or PHYS-UA 93 Physics 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Politics (U.S. 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Portuguese A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Government and Politics) Portuguese B 6, 7 8 PORT-UA 3, 4
Politics (Comparative 4, 5 4 No course equivalent Psychology 6, 7 8 PSYCH-UA 1 (for 4 of the points)
Government and Politics) Social & Cultural 6, 7 8 ANTH-UA 1 (for 4 of the points)
Psychology 4, 5 4 PSYCH-UA 1 Anthropology
Spanish Language & Culture 4, 5 4 SPAN-UA 50 Russian A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Statistics 4, 5 4 PSYCH-UA 10 Russian B 6, 7 8 RUSSN-UA 3, 4
Studio Art - - No course equivalent Spanish A 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Spanish B 6, 7 8 SPAN-UA 3, 4
U.S. History 4, 5 4 No course equivalent
Theater - - No course equivalent
World History 4, 5 4 No course equivalent
Turkish A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Urdu A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Vietnamese A or B 6, 7 8 No course equivalent
Visual Arts - - No course equivalent
8 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYNYU Undergraduate Schools, Departments, and Programs
In constructing your Gallatin concentration, you are able to select courses from NYU’s wide array of offerings. Below are
the academic departments and programs where Gallatin students take courses. Additionally, this list includes course
subject areas (in parentheses), which are how these departments and programs are listed on Albert. Please understand
that many courses are limited in terms of availability and that you must always meet prerequisites. For information about a
specific course, review the notes located on Albert’s Course Search page or contact the department offering it.
Gallatin School of Individualized Study For a complete list of CAS courses that fulfill Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ITAL-UA) HUM*
Gallatin’s liberal arts or historical and cultural Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....(JOUR-UA)
gallatin.nyu.edu requirements, visit the Gallatin webpage: Latin American & Caribbean . . . . . . . (LATC-UA)
Most interdisciplinary seminars fulfill an area gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/undergraduate/ Latino Studies - Social & Cultural Analysis . . . .
of Gallatin’s liberal arts requirement and requirements/nyucourses.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA)
some also fulfill the historical and cultural An asterisk (*) next to the liberal arts area in Law and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . (LWSOC-UA) SOC
requirements. For a list of Gallatin courses that the chart below indicates that exceptions exist Linguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (LING-UA) SOC*
fulfill these requirements, go to: gallatin.nyu. in this department and not all courses satisfy Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MATH-UA) SCI
edu/academics/courses.html the area listed. Language courses do not fulfill Medieval & Renaissance . . . (MEDI-UA) HUM*
the Humanities requirement; however, topics Metropolitan Stud. - Social & Cultural Analysis
First-year Gallatin students are not permitted courses offered by language departments can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA)
to enroll in individualized projects (internships, fulfill the requirement. Middle Eastern & Islamic . . . (MEIS-UA) HUM*
independent studies, tutorials, etc.) in their Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MUSIC-UA) HUM*
first semester. First-year students are also Africana Studies - Social & Cultural Analysis . . Neural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (NEURL-UA) SCI
strongly discouraged from registering for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA 100-199) Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PHIL-UA) HUM*
interdisciplinary seminars (IDSEM-UG) in their American Studies - Social & Cultural Analysis . Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PHYS-UA) SCI
first semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA 200-299) Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (POL-UA) SOC*
Advanced Writing Courses . . . . . (WRTNG-UG) Animal Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ANST-UA) SOC Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PORT-UA) HUM*
Arts Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ARTS-UG) Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ANTH-UA) SOC* Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PSYCH-UA) SOC*
First-Year Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FIRST-UG) Art History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ARTH-UA) HUM* Religious Studies . . . . . . . . . . (RELST-UA) HUM*
Individualized Projects . . . . . . . . . . . (INDIV-UG) Asian/Pacific/American Studies - Social & Russian & Slavic Studies . . . (RUSSN-UA) HUM*
Interdisciplinary Seminars . . . . . . . (IDSEM-UG) Cultural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA 300-399) Social and Cultural Analysis . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA)
Practicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PRACT-UG) Biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (BIOL-UA) SCI Africana Studies
Study Away Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . (SASEM-UG) Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CHEM-UA) SCI American Studies
Travel Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TRAVL-UG) Child/Adoles Mental Hlth . . . (CAMS-UA) SOC* Asian/Pacific/American Studies
Classics . . . . . . . . . (CLASS-UA) HUM* PREMOD Gender & Sexuality Studies
College Core . . . . . . . . . (CORE-UA 100-399) SCI Latino Studies
Metropolitan Studies
College of Arts & Science . . . . . . . . . . (CORE-UA 400-499, 700-799) HUM
Comparative Literature . . . . . (COLIT-UA) HUM Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SOC-UA) SOC*
www.nyu.edu/cas Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SPAN-UA) HUM*
Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CSCI-UA) SCI
Many CAS departments fulfill a specific area Creative Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CRWRI-UA)
of the Gallatin liberal arts requirements. Data Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DS-UA)
These areas are abbreviated on the list below Dramatic Literature . . . . . . . . (DRLIT-UA) HUM
as follows: East Asian Studies . . . (EAST-UA) HUM*GLOBAL
Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ECON-UA) SOC*
• HUM = Humanities
English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ENGL-UA) HUM
• SCI = Science/Math Environmental Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• SOC = Social Science . . . . . . . . . . . . (ENVST-UA 200-399) MATH/SCI*
Some CAS departments fulfill a specific European & Mediterranean (EURO-UA) HUM*
area of the Gallatin historical and cultural French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FREN-UA) HUM*
requirements. These areas are listed after
the course subject area and are abbreviated Gender & Sexuality - Social & Cultural Analysis
as below. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCA-UA)
German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GERM-UA) HUM*
• PREMOD = Premodern Hebrew & Judaic Studies . . (HBRJD-UA) HUM*
• EARLY= Early Modern Hellenic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . (HEL-UA) HUM*
• GLOBAL = Global Cultures History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (HIST-UA) HUM*
International Relations . . . . . . (INTRL-UA) SOC
Irish Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (IRISH-UA) HUM*
New Student Academic Resource Guide 9NYU Undergraduate Schools, Departments, and Programs
Leonard N. Stern School of Business Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Steinhardt School of Culture,
www.stern.nyu.edu Public Service Education, & Human Development
www.wagner.nyu.edu www.steinhardt.nyu.edu
No more than 31 credits in business courses
can count towards the Gallatin BA degree. This Students interested in pursuing graduate study For a complete list of Steinhardt courses
includes courses in the Stern School, the School at Wagner might be interested in Gallatin’s. that fulfill Gallatin’s liberal arts or historical
of Professional Studies, and those transferred Please see page 16 for more information. and cultural requirements, please visit the
from other colleges and universities. Gallatin webpage: gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/
UG Public & Nonprofit Mgmt & Policy . . . . . . .
undergraduate/requirements/nyucourses.html
In the fall and spring semesters, Stern opens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UPADM-GP)
registration to non-Stern students when American Sign Language . . . . . . . . . . . (ASL-UE)
registration-by-appointment ends. Some Applied Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (APSY-UE)
courses might be available to non-Stern Applied Statistics in Social Research . . . . . . . . .
students a little later or earlier. For more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (APSTA-UE)
information, Gallatin students should consult School of Global Public Health
Art and Costume Studies . . . . . . . . . .(ARCS-UE)
the Stern Undergraduate College website for
non-majors. On this page is a link to the Stern
www.publichealth.nyu.edu Art Theory & Critical Studies . . . . . (ARTCR-UE)
Courses Open Access List, which outlines Art Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ARTT-UE)
Students interested in pursuing graduate study
which sections of which classes open, and Childhood Education . . . . . . . . . . . . (CHDED-UE)
at the School of Global Public Health might be
when. Students must have completed all of the interested in Gallatin’s. See page 16 for more Communicative Sciences & Disorders . . . . . . .
required prerequisites. information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CSCD-UE)
Dance Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPADE-UE)
A helpful hint when registering for Open Undergraduate Global Public Health . . . . . . . .
Access List classes: before the Open Access Early Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ECED-UE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (UGPH-GU)
date students can add themselves to the Education Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (EDST-UE)
waitlist for a class. On the Open Access date, Educational Communication & Technology . . .
when the restriction is lifted, Albert will enroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (EDCT-UE)
students from the waitlist. Educational Leadership . . . . . . . . . . (EDLED-UE)
School of Professional Studies Educational Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPAET-UE)
ATTENTION FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS: Please be
aware that registration for most Stern classes www.sps.nyu.edu English Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ENGED-UE)
requires at least sophomore class standing, Food Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FOOD-UE)
with the following two exceptions: While SPS offers courses in many subject areas, Foreign Language Education . . . . . (FLGED-UE)
Gallatin will allow students to receive credit History of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . (HSED-UE)
1. “Principals of Financial Accounting” toward the BA only for those SPS courses
Interactive Music Courses . . . . . . . (MPAIA-UE)
ACCT-UB 1, which requires one semester offered in applied areas of study, because they
of coursework at NYU. generally are not offered at the other schools International Education . . . . . . . . . . . (INTE-UE)
of NYU. Below are the only SPS subject areas Literacy Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (LITC-UE)
2. “Statistics and Forecasting Models” and courses for which Gallatin will grant credit. Mathematics Education . . . . . . . . (MTHED-UE)
STAT-UB 103, which has no prerequisites Media, Culture & Communication . . (MCC-UE)
or class standing restrictions, but for Digital Communications & Media . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(DGCM1-UC & FILV1-UC) Music Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPAMB-UE)
which registration does not open until
Hotel & Tourism Management . . . (TCHT1-UC) Music Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPAME-UE)
just prior to the start of the semester.
Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . (REAL1-UC & REBS1-UC) Music Instrumental: Brass . . . . . . . (MPABR-UE)
Sports Management . . . . . . . . . . . (TCSM1-UC) Music Instrumental: Jazz . . . . . . . . (MPAJZ-UE)
Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ACCT-UB) Music Instrumental: Percussion . . (MPAPS-UE)
Business & Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BSPA-UB Music Instrumental: Piano . . . . . . . (MPAPE-UE)
Music Instrumental: Strings . . . . . . (MPASS-UE)
Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FINC-UB) Silver School of Social Work
Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (INFO-UB) Music Instrumental: Voice . . . . . . . (MPAVP-UE)
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MGMT-UB) www.nyu.edu/socialwork Music Instrumental: Woodwinds (MPAWW-UE)
Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MKTG-UB) Undergrad Social Work . . . . . . . . (UNDSW-US) Music Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPATE-UE)
Multidisciplinary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MULT-UB) Music Theory and Composition . . . (MPATC-UE)
Operations Management . . . . . . . (OPMG-UB) Music Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MPAMT-UE)
Statistics & Operations Research . . . . (STAT-UB) Nutrition & Dietetics . . . . . . . . . . . . (NUTR-UE)
Occupational Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (OT-UE)
Philosophy of Education . . . . . . . . . . (PHED-UE)
Science Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SCIED-UE)
Social Studies Education . . . . . . . . . (SOCED-UE)
Sociology of Education . . . . . . . . . . . (SOED-UE)
Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SPCED-UE)
Studio Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ART-UE)
Teaching & Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TCHL-UE)
10 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYNYU Undergraduate Schools, Departments, and Programs
Tandon School of Engineering Tisch School of the Arts NYU Study Away Opportunities
www.engineering.nyu.edu www.tisch.nyu.edu
Below are majors/programs in the Tandon Tisch’s Open Arts Curriculum makes certain Gallatin students are eligible to study away for
School of Engineering where Gallatin students Tisch courses available to all undergraduate a full semester starting in the sophomore year
may find appropriate courses. Students students at NYU. In addition, each semester and may apply to study at any of NYU’s global
interested in pursuing courses in other there are select courses in some Tisch campuses:
programs at the Tandon School of Engineering programs (listed below) that are open to • Abu Dhabi
should consult with Gallatin’s Office of students pursuing other majors at NYU.
Academic Advising (advising.gallatin@nyu.edu, Students may consult the Tisch Courses for • Accra
1 Washington Place, 7th Floor) . NYU Non-Majors webpage: tisch.nyu.edu/ • Berlin
special-programs/courses-for-non-majors for • Buenos Aires
Department of Technology, Culture and more information. Other Tisch courses may be • Florence
Science open only to Tisch students.
• London
Integrated Digital Media . . . . (DM-UY, MD-UY)
For a complete list of Tisch courses that • Los Angeles
Science and Technology Studies . . . . . (STS-UY) fulfill Gallatin’s liberal arts or historical and • Madrid
Sustainable Urban Environments . . . . . . . . . . . cultural requirements, please visit the Gallatin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CE-UY, URB-UY, HI-UY)
• Paris
webpage: www.gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/
Culture, Arts and Media Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . undergraduate/requirements/nyucourses.html • Prague
. . . . . . . .(CAM-UY, AH-UY, PS-UY, HI-UY, PL-UY) • Shanghai
Cinema Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CINE-UT)
Ctr for Art, Society & Pub Pol . . . . . . (ASPP-UT) • Sydney
Department of Technology Management and • Tel Aviv
Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music . . . . . .
Innovation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (REMU-UT) • Washington, DC
Business and Technology Management . . . . . Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DANCE-UT)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (MG-UY) Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (THEA-UT) These sites offer courses from NYU’s
various schools and departments. For more
Game Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GAMES-UT)
information on the courses offered at a specific
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing site, consult Albert or visit www.nyu.edu/
(one undergraduate course available) . . . . . . . academics/studying-abroad.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GMTW-UT)
Interactive Media Arts . . . . . . . . . . . (IMNY-UG) If you apply to study at either of NYU’s two
Kanbar Institute of Film & Television . . . . . . . . portal campuses outside New York, please
consult their websites for course information.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(FMTV-UT)
For the one in Abu Dhabi, see: www.nyu.edu/
Open Arts Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . (OART-UT) abu-dhabi; for the one in Shanghai, www.nyu.
Performance Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (PERF-UT) edu/shanghai.
Photography and Imaging . . . . . . . . . (PHTI-UT)
Finally, Gallatin students may apply for a
semester exchange at one of NYU’s partner
campuses abroad. For more information and
a list of partner campuses, visit: www.nyu.
edu/academics/studying-abroad/exchange/
internationalexchange.html
NOTE: Transfer students must spend their
first full semester at the Washington Square
campus.
New Student Academic Resource Guide 11Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements
Program: Individualized Major (Effective Summer 2015)
Total Units 128 units (A minimum of 64 units must be completed after matriculation at Gallatin)
Academic Good Standing A final minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0
Undergraduate (UG) Core Requirement The Core comprises both credit-bearing (34 units) and non-credit bearing requirements.
32 units in Gallatin courses as follows:
First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar, 4 units
(Transfer students who enter with more than 32 units may substitute this course with another Gallatin course.)
First-Year Writing Seminar and First-Year Research Seminar, 8 units
(Transfer students who have completed one or two expository writing courses may substitute these units with other
Gallatin courses; transfer students who are required to take a research seminar should enroll in the Transfer Student
Gallatin Courses Research Seminar).
32 units Interdisciplinary Seminars, 16 units
(The First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar counts as an interdisciplinary seminar; thus first-year students who have
completed a First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar are required to complete only 12 more units in Interdisciplinary Seminars.)
Remaining units may be taken in additional interdisciplinary seminars, advanced writing courses, arts workshops,
community learning courses, travel courses, global programs, and nonclassroom courses (independent studies, tutorials,
internships, and private lessons).
Intellectual Autobiography and Plan for Approved by the student’s adviser, by the completion of the sophomore year (64 units).
Concentration
Rationale and List of Works Documents required as preparation for the colloquium.
Senior Colloquium, 2 units 2 units in COLLQ-UG
Students receive 2 units for successfully completing the colloquium, a two–hour presentation and discussion with faculty,
by registering for “Colloquium” (COLLQ-UG) in the semester in which they plan to sit for the colloquium.
Liberal Arts Requirement, 20 units Humanities, 8 units
Social Sciences, 8 units
Mathematics or Science, 4 units
Historical and Cultural Requirement, 12 units Premodern, 4 units
Early modern, 4 units
Global Cultures, 4 units
Classroom Unit Requirement A minimum of 64 classroom units
Residency Requirements A minimum of 64 units of coursework must be completed after matriculation in Gallatin.
The last 32 units must be taken at NYU, which includes NYU study away programs.
Limitations
Time Limit for the Completion of the 10 years
Bachelor’s Degree
Transfer Credit 64 units maximum
Course Equivalency 32 units maximum
Business Courses 31 units maximum
Private Lessons 24 units maximum
Internships 24 units maximum
How to Monitor Your Degree Requirements
Students are responsible for monitoring their Degree Progress Report on Albert to ensure that they are fulfilling
degree requirements.
You can view your Degree Progress Report from a link on the Academics tab in your Albert Student Center. The Report
tracks your progress toward the completion of degree requirements by assigning completed courses, or courses in progress,
to appropriate requirement areas. When a requirement has been met, the Report notes the requirement as “satisfied.” The
Report notes remaining requirements as “not satisfied.” Please be aware that because the Degree Progress Report assumes
successful completion of all course work in progress, withdrawn courses and courses with final grades of F or N or NR can
change a requirement from satisfied to not satisfied once a student drops a course and/or final grades have posted.
12 NYU GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYDegree Requirements Explained
Liberal Arts Requirements Colloquium: The Colloquium is a final oral examination, to
Discuss with your faculty adviser when you should complete be completed in the senior year, that will provide you with
the liberal arts requirement, which includes: an opportunity to reflect on your Gallatin concentration
and to synthesize various learning experiences into an
• 8 units in the Humanities integrated discussion focused on works and themes that
such as art history, classics, history, languages, have been central to your undergraduate education. In
literature, philosophy, music history, and religious preparation for the Colloquium, you will write a Rationale
studies and compile a List of Works.
• 8 units in the Social Sciences Rationale and List of Works: The Rationale is a short paper
such as anthropology, economics, politics, psychology, (five to eight pages) in which you provide a foundation
sociology, and gender studies and scaffolding for the conversation you will have at your
Colloquium. The Rationale focuses on ideas, questions and
• 4 units in a Science or Math
lines of inquiry that have emerged from your construction
such as biology, chemistry, environmental science,
of your concentration, and which you find particularly
physics, computer science, and mathematics
compelling. In the Rationale, you should discuss these ideas
These requirements will help ensure that your in reflection with several works drawn from all areas of the
concentration makes use of methods across the academic List of Works. Your discussion should be interdisciplinary
disciplines. gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/undergraduate/ (connecting different fields and methods) and historically
requirements.html#liberalarts. aware (connecting different times and places).
Your List of Works should include:
Historical and Cultural Requirements • at least seven works produced prior to the mid-1600s;
Discuss with your faculty adviser when you should complete
the historical and cultural requirements, which includes: • at least four works in the Humanities, produced after
the mid-1600s;
• 4 units in premodern studies
• at least four works in the Natural and Social Sciences,
• 4 units in early modern studies produced after the mid-1600s;
• 4 units in global cultures • and at least five additional works that pertain directly
Students may satisfy these requirements by taking select to your concentration.
Gallatin interdisciplinary seminars, as well as courses From all the works on your list, you must identify four
in other NYU schools. For more information about works that place your concentration in cultural, political
these requirements, see: gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/ and geographical contexts, including perspectives from
undergraduate/requirements.html#historicalcultural. the global south or from parts of the world outside of
the regions in which the concentration is largely focused.
Intellectual Autobiography and Plan Furthermore, you must must identify four works that help
you think historically about your concentration’s themes
for Concentration; Colloquium; and and questions. Thinking historically can mean examining
Rationale and List of Works the continuities and discontinuities of the object of study,
Intellectual Autobiography and Plan for Concentration as well as examining the object of study in relation to other
(IAPC): The IAPC is a 2- to 3-page essay that you will write significant ideas and phenomena of its historical moment.
in close consultation with your faculty adviser, usually in the
second semester of sophomore year. In it, you will explain
the focus of your concentration, identify central questions
and methods that will help you structure your academic
inquiries and articulate your plans for your remaining time
until graduation.
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