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New York University Bulletin
2014-2016
New York University Bulletin 2014-2016
Liberal Studies
THE CORE PROGRAM
Announcement for the 43rd and 44th Sessions
GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES
Announcement for the 6th and 7th Sessions
New York University
Washington Square
New York, New York 10003
Notice: The online version of the Bulletin (at www.ls.nyu.edu) contains revisions and updates in courses,
programs, requirements, and staffing that occurred after the publication of this version. Students who require
a printed copy of any portion of the updated online Bulletin but do not have Internet access should see a Liberal
Studies advisor or administrator for assistance.
The policies, requirements, course offerings, schedules, activities, tuition, fees, and calendar of the school
and its departments and programs set forth in this bulletin are subject to change without notice at any time
at the sole discretion of the administration. Such changes may be of any nature, including, but not limited to,
the elimination of the school or college, programs, classes, or activities; the relocation of or modification of the
content of any of the foregoing; and the cancellation of scheduled classes or other academic activities.
Payment of tuition or attendance at any classes shall constitute a student’s acceptance of the administrations’
rights as set forth in the above paragraph.Contents
An Introduction to New York University ........................................... 4
The Schools, Colleges, Institutes, & Programs of the University .. 5
New York University & New York City .............................................. 6
University Administration ................................................................ 8
An Introduction to Liberal Studies ................................................. 11
Directory for Liberal Studies Administration & NYU Services ..... 12
Liberal Studies Academic Programs ............................................. 14
Liberal Studies Academic Advising ............................................... 19
Liberal Studies Global Study ......................................................... 23
Liberal Studies Course Descriptions ............................................ 28
Liberal Studies Faculty .................................................................. 35
Liberal Studies Student Awards & Honors ................................... 38
Academic Policies & Procedures ................................................... 40
Student Life Resources .................................................................. 51
Admission to Liberal Studies ......................................................... 53
Tuition, Fees, & Financial Aid ........................................................ 57
Global Academic Centers .............................................................. 61
Academic Calendar ........................................................................ 66
CONTENTS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 3An Introduction to New York University
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The founding of New York University Thomas Jefferson and secretary of the academic centers: Accra, Ghana; Berlin,
in 1831 by a group of eminent private treasury in Jefferson’s cabinet. Gallatin Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina;
citizens marked a historic event in and his cofounders envisioned a Florence, Italy; London, England;
American education. In the early 19th “national university” that would provide Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Prague,
century, the major emphasis in higher a “rational and practical education for Czech Republic; Sydney, Australia;
education was on the mastery of Greek all.” Tel Aviv, Israel; and Washington, DC,
and Latin, with little attention given to United States. Although overall the
The result of the founders’ foresight is
modern subjects. The founders of New University is large, the divisions are
today a university that is recognized
York University intended to enlarge small- to moderate-size units—each
both nationally and internationally as
the scope of higher education to meet with its own traditions, programs, and
a leader in scholarship. NYU is one of
the needs of those aspiring to careers faculty.
only 26 private universities in the nation
in business, industry, science, and the
to have membership in the distinguished Enrollment in the undergraduate
arts, as well as in law, medicine, and the
Association of American Universities. divisions at NYU ranges between 129
ministry. The opening of the University
Students come to NYU from all 50 and 7,330, and the University offers
of London in 1828 convinced New
states and from 141 foreign countries. over 9,000 courses and grants more
Yorkers that New York, too, should have
than 25 different degrees. Classes vary
a new university that fed off the energy New York University includes three
in size, but the University strives to
and vibrancy of the city. degree-granting campuses: New York
create a sense of community among
City, United States; Abu Dhabi, United
The first president of New York students within and among the different
Arab Emirates; and Shanghai, China. In
University’s governing council was disciplines.
addition, the University has 11 global
Albert Gallatin, former adviser to
AN INTRODUCTION TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 4The Schools, Colleges, Institutes, &
Programs of the University
1832 College of Arts and Science 1938 Robert F. Wagner Graduate
www.cas.nyu.edu School of Public Service
www.wagner.nyu.edu
1835 School of Law
www.law.nyu.edu 1960 Silver School of Social Work
www.nyu.edu/socialwork
1841 School of Medicine
www.school.med.nyu.edu 1965 Tisch School of the Arts
www.tisch.nyu.edu
1854 Polytechnic School of
Engineering (January 2014) 1972 Gallatin School of
www.poly.edu Individualized Study
www.nyu.edu/gallatin
1865 College of Dentistry
www.nyu.edu/dental 1972 Liberal Studies
(including the www.liberalstudies.nyu.edu
College of Nursing [1947],
www.nyu.edu/nursing) 2006 Institute for the Study of the
Ancient World
1886 Graduate School of Arts and www.nyu.edu/isaw
Science
www.gsas.nyu.edu 2010 New York University Abu
Dhabi
1890 Steinhardt School of www.nyuad.nyu.edu
Culture, Education, and
Human Development 2013 New York University
www.steinhardt.nyu.edu Shanghai
www.shanghai.nyu.edu
1900 Leonard N. Stern School of
Business
www.stern.nyu.edu
1922 Institute of Fine Arts
www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart
1934 School of Professional
Studies
www.scps.nyu.edu
1934 Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences
www.cims.nyu.edu
THE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, INSTITUTES, AND PROGRAMS OF THE UNIVERSITY • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 5New York University & New York City
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY unparalleled Fales Collection of English the Ancient World (ISAW) is a resource
LIBRARIES and American Literature; the Marion for advanced research and graduate
The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, Nestle Food Studies Collection, the education in ancient civilizations from
designed by Philip Johnson and Richard country’s largest trove of cookbooks, the western Mediterranean to China.
Foster, is the flagship of an 11-library food writing, pamphlets, paper, and The Bern Dibner Library serves the NYU
system that provides access to the archives, dating from the 1790s; and the Polytechnic School of Engineering.
world’s scholarship. Bobst Library serves Downtown Collection, an extraordinary The libraries of NYU Abu Dhabi and
as a center for the NYU community’s multimedia archive documenting the NYU Shanghai provide access to all the
intellectual life. With 4.5 million print avant-garde New York art world since resources in BobCat and are building
volumes, 235,000 serial titles, 120,000 1975. Bobst Library also houses the their own collection of books and other
electronic journals, 1 million e-books, Tamiment Library, the country’s leading print materials in support of the schools’
163,000 audio and video recordings, repository of research materials in the developing curricula. Complementing
and over 41,000 linear feet of special history of left politics and labor. Two the collections of the Division of
collections archival materials, the fellowship programs bring scholars Libraries are those of the libraries of
collections are uniquely strong in the from around the world to Tamiment NYU’s School of Medicine, College of
performing arts, radical and labor to explore the history of the Cold Dentistry, and School of Law.
history, and the history of New York War and its wide-ranging impact on
The NYU Division of Libraries
and its avant-garde culture. The library’s American institutions and to research
continually enhances its student
Web site, library.nyu.edu, received 2.5 academic freedom and promote public
and faculty services and expands its
million visits in 2012–2013. discussion of its history and role in our
research collections, responding to the
society. Tamiment’s Robert F. Wagner
Bobst Library offers approximately 2,500 extraordinary growth of the University’s
Labor Archives contain, among other
seats for student study. The Avery Fisher academic programs in recent years and
resources, the archives of the Jewish
Center for Music and Media, one of the to the rapid expansion of electronic
Labor Committee and of more than 200
world’s largest academic media centers, information resources. Bobst Library’s
New York City labor organizations.
has 134 carrels for audio listening and professional staff includes more than 33
video viewing and three multimedia Beyond Bobst, the library of the subject specialists who select materials
classrooms. The Digital Studio offers renowned Courant Institute of and work with faculty and graduate
a constantly evolving, leading-edge Mathematical Sciences focuses on students in every field of study at NYU.
resource for faculty and student projects research-level material in mathematics, The staff also includes specialists in
and promotes and supports access to computer science, and related fields. undergraduate outreach, instructional
digital resources for teaching, learning, The Stephen Chan Library of Fine services, preservation, electronic
research, and arts events. The Data Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) information, and digital information.
Service Studio provides expert staff and houses the rich collections that support
access to software, statistical computing, the research and curricular needs of
the institute’s graduate programs in THE LARGER CAMPUS
geographical information systems
analysis, data collection resources, and art history and archaeology. The Jack New York University is an integral
data management services in support of Brause Library at SCPS Midtown, the part of the metropolitan community
quantitative research at NYU. most comprehensive facility of its kind, of New York City—the business,
serves the information needs of every cultural, artistic, and financial center
The Fales Library, a special collection sector of the real estate community. The of the nation and the home of the
within Bobst Library, is home to the Library of the Institute for the Study of United Nations. The city’s extraordinary
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND NEW YORK CITY • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 6resources enrich both the academic famous for its contributions to the other legally protected basis.
programs and the experience of living at fine arts, literature, and drama and its
Inquiries regarding the application
New York University. personalized, smaller scale, European
of the federal laws and regulations
style of living. NYU itself makes a
Professors whose extracurricular concerning affirmative action and
significant contribution to the creative
activities include service as editors for antidiscrimination policies and
activity of the Village through the high
publishing houses and magazines; as procedures at New York University may
concentration of faculty and students
advisers to city government, banks, be referred to Mary Signor, executive
who reside within a few blocks of the
school systems, and social agencies; director, Office of Equal Opportunity,
University. NYU’s Polytechnic School
and as consultants for museums New York University, 726 Broadway,
of Engineering, located in Downtown
and industrial corporations bring to 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003;
Brooklyn, connects academics with
teaching an experience of the world and 212-998-2352. Inquiries may also be
creative research and technology in
a professional sophistication that are referred to the director of the Office
the burgeoning Tech Triangle and is
difficult to match. of Federal Contract Compliance, U.S.
just a short subway ride away from
Department of Labor.
Students also, either through course Washington Square.
work or in outside activities, tend to be New York University is a member of the
University apartment buildings provide
involved in the vigorous and varied life Association of American Universities
housing for over 2,100 members of
of the city. Research for term papers in and is accredited by the Middle States
the faculty and administration, and
the humanities and social sciences may Association of Colleges and Schools
University student residence halls
take them to such diverse places as the (Commission on Higher Education
accommodate over 11,000 men and
American Museum of Natural History, of the Middle States Association of
women. Many more faculty and
the Museum of Modern Art, a garment Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market
students reside in private housing in the
factory, a deteriorating neighborhood, Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 215-
area.
or a foreign consulate. 662-5606). Individual undergraduate,
graduate, and professional programs and
Students in science work with their
A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY schools are accredited by the appropriate
professors on such problems of
specialized accrediting agencies.
immediate importance for urban Since its founding, New York University
society as the pollution of waterways has been a private university. It operates
and the congestion of city streets. under a board of trustees and derives
Business majors attend seminars in its income from tuition, endowment,
corporation boardrooms and intern grants from private foundations and
as executive assistants in business and government, and gifts from friends,
financial houses. The schools, courts, alumni, corporations, and other private
hospitals, settlement houses, theatres, philanthropic sources.
playgrounds, and prisons of the greatest
The University is committed to a policy
city in the world form a regular part
of equal treatment and opportunity
of the educational scene for students
in every aspect of its relations with its
of medicine, dentistry, education,
faculty, students, and staff members,
social work, law, business and public
without regard to race, color, religion,
administration, and the creative and
sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or
performing arts.
gender identity or expression, marital
The chief center for undergraduate or parental status, national origin,
and graduate study is at Washington ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or
Square in Greenwich Village, long military status, age, disability, and any
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND NEW YORK CITY• LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 7University Administration
SENIOR UNIVERSITY Lynne P. Brown, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Lauren Benton, B.A., Ph.D., Dean,
ADMINISTRATION Senior Vice President for University Graduate School of Arts and Science
Relations and Public Affairs
John Sexton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D., Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S.,
President Norman Dorsen, B.A., LL.B., D.Med.Sc., Herman Robert Fox Dean,
Counselor to the President College of Dentistry
Paul M. Horn, B.S., Ph.D., Senior Alfred H. Bloom, B.A., Ph.D.; hon.:
David W. McLaughlin, B.S., M.S.,
Vice Provost for Research; Senior Vice LL.D., Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu
Ph.D., Provost
Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Dhabi
Richard S. Baum, B.A., Chief of Staff Entrepreneurship, Polytechnic School of
Dominic Brewer, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,
to the President Engineering
Gale and Ira Drukier Dean, Steinhardt
Robert Berne, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Debra A. LaMorte, B.A., J.D., Senior School of Culture, Education, and
Executive Vice President for Health Vice President for Development and Human Development
Alumni Relations
Martin S. Dorph, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., Thomas J. Carew, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.;
Executive Vice President, Finance and Ron Robin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., hon.: MA, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Information Technology Senior Vice Provost for Global Faculty Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Development, NYU; Senior Vice Provost
Katherine Fleming, B.A., M.A., Joy Connolly, B.A., Ph.D., Dean for
for Faculty Development, NYU Abu
Ph.D., Deputy Provost and Vice Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Science
Dhabi and NYU Shanghai
Chancellor, Europe
Dennis DiLorenzo, B.A., Harvey J.
Matthew S. Santirocco, B.A., B.A.
Richard Foley, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Vice Stedman Dean, School of Professional
[Cantab.]; MPhil, MA [Cantab.],
Chancellor for Strategic Planning Studies
PhD; hon.: MA, Senior Vice Provost for
Alison Leary, B.S., Executive Vice Academic Affairs Sherry L. Glied, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,
President for Operations Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, B.E., M.E.,
of Public Service
Linda G. Mills, B.A., J.D., M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.; hon.: DSc, Executive
Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Global Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Allyson Green, B.F.A., M.F.A., Dean,
Programs and University Life, NYU; Sciences; Dean, Polytechnic School of Tisch School of the Arts
Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions Engineering
Robert I. Grossman, B.S., M.D.,
and Financial Support, NYU Abu
Marc L. Wais, B.S., M.B.A., Ed.M., Saul J. Farber Dean, NYU School of
Dhabi; Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor
Ed.D., Senior Vice President for Student Medicine; Chief Executive Officer, NYU
Ellen Schall, B.A., J.D., Senior Affairs Hospitals Center
Presidential Fellow
Cheryl G. Healton, B.A., M.P.A.,
Diane C. Yu, B.A., J.D., Deputy DEANS AND DIRECTORS Dr.P.H., Director, Global Institute of
President Public Health; Dean of Global Public
Roger Bagnall, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Health
Director, Institute for the Study of the
Ancient World Peter Blair Henry, B.A., B.A., Ph.D.,
Bonnie S. Brier, B.A., J.D., Senior Vice
Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of
President, General Counsel, and Secretary Gérard Ben Arous, B.S., M.Sc., Business
of the University PhD, Director, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences; Vice Provost for
Science and Engineering Development
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 8Steven E. Koonin, B.S., Ph.D., Yu Lizhong, B.Sc., Ph.D., Chancellor, Executive M.B.A.
Director, Center for Urban Science and NYU Shanghai
Progress Lisa Yoo Hahn, B.A., J.D.
Michael Laver, B.A. (hons.), M.A., Mitchell Jacobson, B.A., J.D.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Ph.D., Dean for Social Sciences, Faculty Boris Jordan, B.A.
of Arts and Science Martin Lipton, B.S. in Econ., LL.B.,
Chair Jonathan C. Kim, B.S.
Jeffrey S. Lehman, B.A., J.D., M.P.P.,
Vice Chancellor, NYU Shanghai Ronald D. Abramson, B.A., J.D.; Charles Klein, B.A., J.D.
hon.: D.F.A.
Carol A. Mandel, B.A., M.A., Andre J. L. Koo, B.A., M.B.A.
M.S.L.S., Dean of Libraries Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak
Mark Leslie, B.A.
Geeta Menon, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Ralph Alexander, B.S., M.S., M.S.
Brian A. Levine, B.S., M.S., M.D.
Dean, Undergraduate College, Leonard Phyllis Putter Barasch, B.S., M.A.,
N. Stern School of Business Jeffrey H. Lynford, B.A., M.P.A., J.D.
M.B.A.
Trevor W. Morrison, B.A. (hons.) Kelly Kennedy Mack, B.A., M.B.A.
Maria Bartiromo, B.A.
[British Columbia]; J.D., Dean, School
Mimi M. D. Marziani, B.A., J.D.
of Law Marc H. Bell, B.S., M.S.
Howard Meyers, B.S.
Michael D. Purugganan, B.S., M.A., William R. Berkley, B.S., M.B.A.
Ph.D., Dean for Science, Faculty of Arts Steven S. Miller, B.A., J.D.
Casey Box, A.A., B.A., M.P.A.
and Science
Constance J. Milstein, B.A., J.D.
Bill Brewer, B.A., J.D., LL.M.
Paul Romer, B.S., Ph.D., Director,
David C. Oxman, B.A., LL.B.
Marron Institute of Urban Management Heather L. Cannady, B.A., J.D.
John Paulson, B.S., M.B.A.
Patricia Rubin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Sharon Chang, B.A., M.A.
Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director, Catherine B. Reynolds, B.A.
Evan R. Chesler, B.A., J.D.
Institute of Fine Arts
Brett B. Rochkind, B.S., M.B.A.
Steven M. Cohen, B.A., J.D.
Fred Schwarzbach, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,
Dean of Liberal Studies, Faculty of Arts William C. Rudin, B.S.
William T. Comfort, III, B.S.B.A.,
and Science J.D., LL.M. (in Taxation) Suresh Sani, B.A., J.D.
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, B.E., M.E., Florence A. Davis, B.A., J.D. John Sexton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., J.D.
M.A., Ph.D.; hon.: D.Sc., Dean,
Polytechnic School of Engineering; Michael Denkensohn, B.S. Constance Silver, B.S., M.S.W., Ph.D.
Executive Vice Provost for Engineering Barry Diller Lisa Silverstein, B.A.
and Applied Sciences
Gale Drukier, B.S. Jay Stein
G. Gabrielle Starr, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,
Seryl Kushner Dean, College of Arts and Joel S. Ehrenkranz, B.S., M.B.A., Joseph S. Steinberg, B.A., M.B.A.
Science LL.B., LL.M.
Judy Steinhardt, B.A., Ed.M.
Eileen Sullivan-Marx, B.S.N., M.S., Laurence D. Fink, B.A., M.B.A.
Michael H. Steinhardt, B.S.
Ph.D., C.R.N.P., R.N., F.A.A.N.,
Luiz Fraga, B.A., M.B.A.
Dean, College of Nursing Jessica Swartz, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Mark Fung, B.A., M.A., J.D., Ph.D.
Lynn Videka, B.S.N., M.A., Ph.D., Chandrika Tandon, B.A., M.B.A.
Dean, Silver School of Social Work Jay M. Furman, B.S., J.D.
Daniel R. Tisch, B.A.
Susanne L. Wofford, B.A.; B.Phil. Jonathan M. Herman, B.A., J.D.
[Oxon.], Ph.D., Dean, Gallatin School John L. Vogelstein
Natalie Holder-Winfield, B.S., J.D.,
of Individualized Study
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 9Wenliang Wang Marie Schwartz
Casey Wasserman, B.S. Larry A. Silverstein, B.A., LL.B.
Nina Weissberg, B.A., M.A. Joel E. Smilow, B.A., M.B.A.
Anthony Welters, B.A., J.D. Sheldon H. Solow
Shelby White, B.A., M.A. Lillian Vernon
Leonard A. Wilf, B.A., J.D., LL.M. (in Robert F. Wright, B.A., M.B.A.
Taxation)
William D. Zabel, B.A., LL.B.
Fred Wilson, B.S., M.B.A.
Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimò
Tamara Winn, B.A., J.D., M.B.A.
Charles M. Zegar, B.S., M.S., M.S. Trustee Associates
Bruce Berger, B.S.
Life Trustees
Leonard Boxer, B.S., LL.B.
Diane Belfer
Jane Eisner Bram, B.A., M.S.W.,
Mamdouha Bobst, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
M.P.H.; hon.: L.H.D.
Betty Weinberg Ellerin, B.A., J.D.
John Brademas (President Emeritus),
Norman Goodman, B.A., J.D.
B.A.; D.Phil. [Oxon.]; hon.: D.C.L.,
L.H.D., Litt.D., LL.D. Marvin Leffler, B.S., M.B.A.
Arthur L. Carter, B.A., M.B.A.
Geraldine H. Coles
John 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.
Richard Jay Kogan, B.A., M.B.A.
Kenneth G. Langone, B.A., M.B.A.
Donald B. Marron
Thomas S. Murphy, B.S.M.E., M.B.A.
Herbert M. Paul, B.B.A., M.B.A.,
J.D., LL.M.
Lester Pollack, B.S., LL.B.
E. John Rosenwald, Jr., B.A., M.B.A.
William R. Salomon
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 10An Introduction to Liberal Studies: The Core
Program & the Global Liberal Studies B.A.
Liberal Studies houses two programs: liberal arts college within the framework of NYU’s many international campuses
the Core Program, a two-year core of a major research university. in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and
curriculum program (HEGIS Code Latin America. The senior year in New
The Core Program was founded in
5699*) from which students transition York combines advanced course work
1972. Its faculty are actively engaged in
to other NYU schools to complete with a guided research project that
their scholarly, creative, and professional
their bachelor’s degree, and the Global integrates the four years of study.
fields, and they bring enormous
Liberal Studies Bachelor of Arts four-
enthusiasm and dedication to their Graduates of GLS will be world
year degree program (HEGIS Code
teaching. The program fosters close leaders, proficient in a foreign language,
4901*).
contact between faculty and students engaged in international cultures, and
The Core Program is a full-time, two- in and out of the classroom, and all well-prepared for their careers and for
year liberal arts program. It offers a students are assigned a faculty mentor admission to professional and graduate
comprehensive liberal arts background from the beginning of their studies. The schools.
that serves as a strong foundation for hallmarks of the Core Program—small
*HEGIS: Higher Education General
further study. At the end of their studies, classes, an outstanding teaching faculty,
Information Survey.
students who successfully complete the individual advisement, and an integrated
program requirements with a minimum program of study—create an ideal Degree and Certificate Programs
GPA of 2.0 will enroll as juniors in learning environment. Over 16,000 as registered by the New York State
one of NYU’s liberal arts bachelor’s students have successfully completed Department of Education
degree programs in the College of the program and graduated from one of Office of Higher Education
Arts and Science; Liberal Studies; NYU’s baccalaureate programs. State Education Building
the Gallatin School of Individualized 89 Washington Avenue
The Global Liberal Studies Bachelor of
Study; the Preston Robert Tisch Center 2nd Floor, West Mezzanine
Arts (GLS) is an innovative program that Albany, NY 12234
for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports
features core course work in the liberal
Management; the Silver School of Social
arts with a focus on great works in a Telephone: 518-474-5851
Work; or in select liberal arts programs
global context, bringing the traditional Web site: www.highered.nysed.gov
at the Steinhardt School of Culture,
liberal arts into the twenty-first century.
Education, and Human Development
and the Tisch School of the Arts. GLS offers a rigorous course of study
that combines ideas, materials, and
The Core Program academic experience
methodologies from multiple fields of
is built upon an interdisciplinary core
inquiry, including literature, history,
curriculum that fulfills the liberal arts
philosophy, political science, physical
requirements of all the undergraduate
and biological sciences, mathematics,
programs at NYU. The Core Program
foreign language, music, and art. The
is distinguished by small classes and
core curriculum is infused with global
an environment in which faculty and
perspective, and sophomore seminars
students work closely together to develop
both reinforce this and prepare students
a community dedicated to learning. The
to spend their junior year abroad at one
Core Program functions like a small
AN INTRODUCTION TO LIBERAL STUDIES: THE CORE PROGRAM AND THE GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES B.A. • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 11Directory for Liberal Studies Administration
& NYU Services
Liberal Studies Departmental Offices Billy Helton, M.S. Office of Residential Life and
726 Broadway, 6th Floor New Jersey Institute of Technology Housing Services
New York, NY 10003-9580 Senior Director, Administration 726 Broadway, 7th Floor
212-998-7120 Telephone: 212-998-3760 Telephone: 212-998-4600
E-mail: billy.helton@nyu.edu Web site: www.nyu.edu/housing
www.liberalstudies.nyu.edu
www.core.ls.nyu.edu Robert Squillace, Ph.D. Off-Campus Housing Services
www.gls.nyu.edu Columbia University Kimmel Center for University Life
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs 60 Washington Square South,
Master Teacher Suite 210
LIBERAL STUDIES Telephone: 212-992-8735 Telephone: 212-998-4411
ADMINISTRATION E-mail: rs84@nyu.edu Web site: www.nyu.edu/offcampus-
Fred Schwarzbach, Ph.D. living
University of London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Dean, Liberal Studies Department of Public Safety
SERVICES 7 Washington Place
Master Teacher
Telephone: 212-998-7175 Office of Undergraduate Admissions Telephone: 212-998-2222 (To report
E-mail: lsdean@nyu.edu 665 Broadway, 11th Floor an emergency)
Telephone: 212-998-4500 Web site: www.nyu.edu/public-safety
Web site: www.nyu.edu/admissions/
Peter Diamond, Ph.D. undergraduate-admissions Center for Student Activities,
Johns Hopkins University Leadership & Service
Coordinator, Core Program Office of the University Registrar Kimmel Center for University Life
Master Teacher Student Services Center 60 Washington Square South,
Telephone: 212-998-8890 25 West Fourth Street Suite 704
E-mail: peter.diamond@nyu.edu Telephone: 212-998-4800 Telephone: 212-998-4700
Web site: www.nyu.edu/registrar Web site: www.nyu.edu/
Leah Guarino-Ramirez, M.A. studentactivities
New York University Office of the Bursar
Assistant Director, Students Student Services Center Student Resource Center
Telephone: 212-998-7938 25 West Fourth Street, 1st Floor Kimmel Center for University Life
E-mail: lr39@nyu.edu Telephone: 212-998-2806 60 Washington Square South,
Web site: www.nyu.edu/bursar Suite 210
Wilnelia Gutierrez, M.P.A. Telephone: 212-998-4411
New York University Office of Financial Aid Web site: www.nyu.edu/src
Office Manager and Executive Student Services Center
Assistant, Dean’s Office 25 West Fourth Street, 1st Floor Academic Resource Center
Telephone: 212-998-7290 Telephone: 212-998-4444 18 Washington Place
E-mail: wg17@nyu.edu Web site: www.nyu.edu/admissions/ Telephone: 212-998-2272
financial-aid-and-scholarships Web site: www.nyu.edu/arc
Beth Haymaker, M.F.A.
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Director, Global Programs
Telephone: 212-998-7146
E-mail: beth.haymaker@nyu.edu
DIRECTORY FOR LIBERAL STUDIES ADMINISTRATION AND NYU SERVICES • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 12The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Wasserman Center for Career
70 Washington Square South Development
Telephone: 212-998-2500 133 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor
Web site: www.library.nyu.edu Telephone: 212-998-4730
Web site: www.nyu.edu/
Main Bookstore & Computer Store careerdevelopment
726 Broadway
Telephone: 212-998-4667 NYU Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome
Web site: www.bookstores.nyu.edu Center
50 West 4th Street
Student Health Center Telephone: 212-998-4550
726 Broadway, 3rd and 4th Floors Web site: www.nyu.edu/admissions/
Telephone: 212-443-1000 undergraduate-admissions/visit-us
Web site: www.nyu.edu/health
Counseling and Wellness Services
726 Broadway, Suite 471
Telephone: 212-998-4780
Web site: www.nyu.edu/counseling
Wellness Exchange
726 Broadway, Suite 402
Telephone: 212-443-9999
Web site: www.nyu.edu/life/safety-
health-wellness/wellness-exchange.html
Henry and Lucy Moses Center for
Students with Disabilities
726 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Telephone: 212-998-4980 (voice and
TTY)
Web site: www.nyu.edu/life/safety-
health-wellness/students-with-
disabilities
NYU Office of Global Programs
110 East 14th Street, Lower Level
Telephone: 212-998-4433
Web site: www.nyu.edu/globalprograms
Office of Global Services
561 LaGuardia Place
Telephone: 212-998-4720
Web site: www.nyu.edu/ogs
Center for Multicultural Education
and Programs
Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South,
Suite 806
Telephone: 212-998-4343
Web site: www.nyu.edu/cmep
DIRECTORY FOR LIBERAL STUDIES ADMINISTRATION AND NYU SERVICES • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 13Liberal Studies Academic Programs
THE CORE PROGRAM Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism baccalaureate program, students may
The Core Program is a liberal education and Sports Management; the Silver also take a course in the natural sciences
curriculum that is based on the reading School of Social Work; and the College and mathematics.
of great works and includes courses of Nursing, as well as select majors
Sophomore Curriculum
drawn from NYU’s other undergraduate in the Tisch School of the Arts and
Requirements
schools and colleges, allowing students the Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education, and Human Development. During the sophomore year, students
to begin their major during their first
In order to transition, students must are required to complete Cultural
two years. All courses in the program
meet specific program requirements and Foundations III and Social Foundations
take an interdisciplinary and global
be in good academic standing at the end III that bring the sequences begun in the
approach to the study of primary works
of their sophomore year at NYU. Good first year up to the present day. In the
from around the world. Students may
academic standing is defined as a 2.0 sophomore year, students also complete
begin their studies in New York, or at
semester and cumulative grade point a second science (if required by the
NYU in Florence, London, or Paris. All
average and making good academic school to which they will transition),
classes emphasize discussion in small
progress. explore possible majors, and begin the
groups. Writing classes are capped at
coursework toward those majors in the
fifteen students, all other classes are *The Core Program is a four-semester
appropriate academic departments.
capped at twenty-five. At each site, the program.
Core Program students are expected to
cultural resources and contemporary
Freshman Curriculum Requirements schedule meetings with their advisor
life of the city are an important part
during which they receive advice about
of coursework. Students extend their All freshmen are required to complete a
choosing additional courses from
education outside the classroom by two-semester freshman writing sequence
NYU’s extensive offerings. By the end of
exploring different ethnographic focusing on expository writing, the
the sophomore year, a student should be
spaces, attending musical and theatrical presentation of argument, and the
able to declare a major.
presentations, visiting museums, and elements of research. The freshman core
sites of historical and contemporary courses Cultural Foundations I and II and Other Requirements
social interest. Social Foundations I and II are based on
Residency Requirement
the study of great works from antiquity
Curriculum Overview and to the beginning of the modern era. The Core Program is a four-semester
Requirements In the Cultural Foundations sequence, program. Students planning to transition
The Core Program offers a comprehensive students study literature, the visual to one of the baccalaureate programs
liberal arts background that serves as and performing arts, and music. In the at NYU normally must complete four
a strong foundation for further study. Social Foundations sequence, students semesters of full-time enrollment in the
At the end of two years* students in focus on philosophy, religion, political Core Program. Full-time enrollment
the Core Program who successfully and social theory, and history. Taken is defined as the completion of a
complete program requirements will together, the two sequences can be seen minimum of 12 credit hours in each
enroll as juniors in one of NYU’s liberal as a global cultural history. The sequences of the four semesters. Summer session
arts bachelor’s degree programs: the also provide an introduction to skills in enrollment will not be counted toward
College of Arts and Science (CAS); critical analysis and synthetic thinking the residency requirement. Note: Other
the Gallatin School of Individualized that students need for successful study NYU schools and colleges have specific
Study; Global Liberal Studies; or in all academic disciplines. Depending residency requirements. Students should
degree programs in the Preston Robert on the requirements of their intended consult the Web sites and bulletins of
LIBERAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 14those schools and colleges for up-to-date Required Courses*
information about these requirements.
Courses and Course Numbers
Writing Proficiency Requirement
Freshman Core Courses LS Course Number Credits
Writing proficiency is required for the Writing I WRI-UF 0101 4
NYU bachelor’s degree. The writing Writing II WRII-UF 0102 4
proficiency requirement is fulfilled by
Cultural Foundations I CFI-UF 0101 4
completing the Writing II course with a
Cultural Foundations II CFII-UF 0102 4
minimum grade of C.
Social Foundations I SFI-UF 0101 4
Quantitative Reasoning (Mathematics) Social Foundations II SFII-UF 0102 4
Requirement Sophomore Core Courses
Students in the Core Program must Cultural Foundations III CFIII-UF 0103 4
fulfill the mathematics and/or science Social Foundations III SFIII-UF 0103 4
requirements for the bachelor’s degree
Science† 4-8
to be conferred by an undergraduate
(Science courses offered by Liberal Studies are: ENSTU-UF 0101
school or college of NYU. The Core
Environmental Studies, Life Science, History LISCI-UF 0101
Program requires only one mathematics of the Universe, Science of Technology) HOU-UF 0101
or one science course prior to transition; SCTEC-UF 0101
however, it is recommended that
students transitioning to CAS take LS Elective Courses 24-28
both science courses required by CAS (Includes Mathematics** courses, courses AFGC-UF 0101
while in Liberal Studies (LS). The taken in other NYU schools, or elective EAGC-UF 0101
choice of major often determines which courses offered by Liberal Studies. Electives INTGS-UF 0101
offered by Liberal Studies are: African LAGC-UF 0101
mathematics class is required. LS does
Cultures, East Asian Cultures, Introduction MEGC-UF 0101
not offer mathematics courses; students to Global Studies, Latin American Cultures, SAGC-UF 0101
take the appropriate courses offered at Middle Eastern Cultures, South Asian ELEC-UF 0101
CAS. Students should consult the LS Cultures,Topics in the Humanities, Creative CWP-UF 0101
Advising Center staff and refer to the Writing: Places, Creative Writing: Global CWGV-UF 0101
specific departmental Web sites and Voices, Principles of Macroeconomics, ECI-UF 0101
Principles of Microeconomics, Internship) ECII-UF 0102
bulletins for information about the
INT-UF 0201
mathematics requirements for their
bachelor’s degree program. Total Credits 64
Core Program Electives (See page 28 for detailed course descriptions.)
While enrolled in the Core Program, *LS students studying in Florence, London, and Paris take equivalent LS and NYU
students take courses at the NYU courses and credit hours. For more information, go to:
school or college where they will earn www.nyu.edu/global/global-academic-centers/freshmen-abroad-programs.html.
their bachelor’s degree. While these
†Students pursuing a prehealth track do not take LS science courses but will be advised to
courses are considered electives in the
take appropriate required courses at the College of Arts and Science. The LS curriculum
Core Program, they should be selected guidelines for students transitioning to the College of Arts and Science for prehealth are
so that they fulfill either school, major, posted at www.nyu.edu/as/lsp/advising/StudentAdvising.
or minor requirements in the school
to which students intend to transfer. †**Some students take these courses during the sophomore year.
Students in the Core Program may also **See “Quantitative Reasoning (Mathematics) Requirement” at left for more information.
take any of the electives open to Global
LIBERAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 15Liberal Studies students, as well as additional requirements outlined below. in their concentration: Approaches,
Advanced Writing Studio, Global All GLS classes are small, discussion- Junior Independent Research Seminar,
Topics, and Approaches courses—space based, and writing-intensive. Students and the year-long Senior Colloquium/
permitting. Core Program students may and their instructors chart their progress Thesis class; a sequence that provides
not register for the Junior Independent through use of an ePortfolio, building instruction in the theories and methods
Research Seminar, Experiential Learning their portfolios and making new of a particular area of the Global Studies
I and II, or the Senior Colloquium/ connections with other students and field. Students take progressively greater
Thesis. They may petition to take a faculty members throughout all four responsibility for directing their own
Senior Seminar. years, and gathering resources to draw independent projects, culminating in
upon in composing their senior theses. the senior thesis.
Students have sufficient elective credits
GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES B.A. In addition to their concentration-
to complete a minor or a second major
specific classes, students take a variety
The Global Liberal Studies (GLS) at NYU.
of required seminars and electives on
Bachelor of Arts is part of the family
The Core Curriculum global topics, from economic and
of Global Studies degrees offered
political issues to arts and media, from
at universities around the world. The basis of the GLS curriculum is an
the growth of immense global networks
Global Studies examines the causes, eight-course core that equips students to
to the nature of ethnicity in everyday
consequences, and nature of globalization write in numerous genres and contexts,
local life. These seminars require the
from its beginnings in the ancient world acquaints them with foundational great
completion of a significant research
to the present. GLS is distinguished works from around the world that
project. Sophomores also normally
by its humanistic emphasis; it focuses remain influential today, introduces
complete an intensive language course
on understanding the political, social, fundamental scientific concepts and
in preparation for the junior year of
and cultural ramifications of living in a methods, and involves them in close
international study.
world of intersecting local, national, and study of at least one non-Western
global forces. GLS students are trained region. Students read the foundational The Junior Year Curriculum
in strategic thinking by engaging in works of many world cultures in their
All GLS juniors spend a full year
interdisciplinary study of the entire material and intellectual contexts
studying at an NYU global academic
world as an interconnected system, and independently make critical and
center. The sites available in a given year
and they get practical experience living imaginative connections across time and
are carefully selected to ensure that all
and working across cultures through a space.
required courses are available and to
required junior year at an NYU global
Students may begin GLS in New York or optimize access to experiential learning
site. GLS students focus their work in
at NYU Florence, London, or Paris. The options. The locations for junior year
a particular area of expertise during the
GLS programs in Florence, London, and study in a typical year include NYU
junior and senior year, preparing them
Paris fit in seamlessly with the academic global sites in Asia, Europe, Latin
for more advanced studies or work in
program at Washington Square so that America, and the Middle East. (See
such fields as international finance,
course requirements are met on time for page 61 for descriptions of every NYU
global media, and human rights.
graduation in four years. global site.) Students do not just study
at an international site—the site itself
Curriculum Overview and The Upper Division Curriculum
becomes an important subject of study.
Requirements
The GLS upper division curriculum Experiential learning, special topics,
GLS is an integrated, four-year centers on a student’s concentration, and language courses immerse students
curriculum. All students must complete which they declare in the fall of in the history and contemporary culture
a core curriculum, a concentration sophomore year. Students may begin of the site and sets it in a global context,
selected from among departmental taking upper division courses as early while students prepare for their senior
offerings, the junior year at an NYU as the spring of freshman year and theses by developing a substantial
global site, a senior thesis, and must take a minimum of four courses research essay in an online course that
LIBERAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 16connects them with their classmates at The Senior Year Curriculum and integrating the interpretations of
other sites to create a global perspective prior thinkers, and writing an extended
During senior year, students return to
on issues. argument—are all germane to almost
New York for a year of coursework and
any future career.
The Experiential Learning component guided research that integrates their
comprises two courses that involve junior year of international study with Other Requirements
students in a cycle of experience, the liberal arts foundation established
Writing Proficiency Requirement
reflection, and the formulation in freshman and sophomore year. Two
of concepts that, in turn, guide required Senior Seminars challenge Writing proficiency is required for the
the understanding of place-based students to engage at an equal level NYU bachelor’s degree. The writing
experiences. These experiences take with the major scholarship and most proficiency requirement is fulfilled by
the form both of group community advanced practices concerning any of an completing the Global Writing Seminar
excursions and individual community array of global issues and themes. Guided with a minimum grade of C.
placements (such as internships, electives allow students to extend their
Intensive Language Study Requirement
volunteer opportunities, and, on studies on topics of personal interest or
occasion, individual research projects). to complete a minor or second major. Language study is a keystone of GLS,
The goal is to involve students with the as one cannot understand global history
The full-year Senior Colloquium/Thesis
workplace culture and social practices and issues without extended study of
course completes the student’s progress
of the site city so that they may reflect a language besides English. All GLS
toward full intellectual independence
on and formulate concepts about students engage in advanced foreign
while allowing him or her to investigate
the creation of the city’s cultural and language study, regardless of their
in a global framework the particular
social milieu and its relation to global initial level of proficiency. GLS has a
experiences of the junior year site.
frameworks in a way that is informed by language study requirement as well as
Drawing on the insights from across
their concentration. a language proficiency requirement.
their four years in the program, students
Students must both attain proficiency
The principal aim of Experiential master the precise aspect of global
through at least the intermediate level
Learning I is immersion in the current interchange on which they choose to
and study in the language of their
and historical character of the site. focus, ensuring they graduate with
junior year international site during
Classroom instruction provides an genuine expertise on a topic important
each semester at the site; in addition,
interdisciplinary perspective on the to them, potential future employers,
students must have proficiency through
local, regional, national, and global and graduate or professional schools.
the beginning level (normally courses I/
forces that have shaped the character of Each section of the course unites
II in a sequence, which may be taught
life in the site city. Experiential Learning students in the same concentration
in a single intensive semester) before
II focuses on the student’s community who have spent their junior year at
studying at an international site. Thus,
placement; with the guidance of the various locations; thus helping students
a student who does not speak the
instructor, students independently gain a global perspective on their
language of the junior year site host
reflect on and formulate concepts topics. The Colloquium/Thesis course
country will be expected to take at
relating directly to their community offers grounding in the theoretical
least one semester of the appropriate
placement. The community placement, texts relevant to advanced work in the
intensive language course before the
which the student actively participates concentration, close guidance in the
junior year or one year of the language
in securing with guidance from relevant composition of the thesis, and practice
if it is not offered in intensive format.
personnel, falls within the area defined in the oral presentation of complex
But regardless of the level of prior
by the student’s GLS concentration and, ideas. In addition to subject expertise,
fluency, study of the site language must
as much as possible, relates to individual the skills the Colloquium/Thesis course
continue in each semester of the junior
academic interests. teaches—defining a major project’s
year. Students who already have some
parameters, testing concepts against
level of proficiency in the language of
actual experience, interpreting evidence
the junior year site will take a placement
LIBERAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 17test and either continue language Degree Requirements
study at a higher level (for example, in
Core Curriculum Required Courses
an advanced grammar class and one
Freshman Year LS Course Number Credits
conversation class) or take one higher
Global Writing Seminar GWS-UF 0101 4
level language instruction class and one
class taught in the language of the host Cultural Foundations I CFI-UF 0101 4
country. Students who already have Cultural Foundations II CFII-UF 0102 4
advanced or near-native proficiency will Social Foundations I SFI-UF 0101 4
take two classes taught in the language Social Foundations II SFII-UF 0102 4
of the host country during the junior Courses that may be taken any year
year. Fluency is established by testing Global Cultures AFGC-UF 0101 4
out of the intermediate level (normally, (Any one of: African Cultures, East Asian EAGC-UF 0101
level IV) in the language department’s Cultures, Latin American Cultures, Middle LAGC-UF 0101
placement test. Eastern Cultures, South Asian Cultures) MEGC-UF 0101
SAGC-UF 0101
GLS Electives
Science I (Physical Science; choose HOU-UF 0101 4
Students complement their GLS course between: History of the Universe, Science SCTEC-UF 0101
of Technology)
work with a wide array of electives in
GLS and in other NYU schools chosen Science II (Life/Environmental Science; ENSTU-UF 0101 4
choose between: Environmental Studies, LISCI-UF 0101
in careful consultation with their
Life Science)
advisor. These may include Introduction
to Global Studies, Principles of Upper Division Required Courses
Macroeconomics, Principles of Sophomore Seminar: Approaches APR-UF 0201 4
Microeconomics, Creative Writing: Sophomore Seminar: Global Topics GT-UF 0201 4
Global Voices, Creative Writing: Places,
Internship Seminar, various Topics In Upper Division GLS Elective GT-UF 0201 4
Humanities electives, and advanced (Any one of: A second Global Topics AWS-UF 0201
language instruction in CAS. Students course, Advanced Writing Studio, Cultural CFIII-UF 0103
Foundations III, Social Foundations III) SFIII-UF 0103
also may pursue a cross-school minor,
of which more than 100 are available, Advanced Global Cultures AGCI-UF 9301 4
including several languages and Experiential Learning I EXLI-UF 9301 4
economics in CAS, business studies Experiential Learning II EXLII-UF 9302 2
in CAS and NYU Stern School of Junior Independent Research Seminar IRS-UF 0301 2
Business, and communication studies in Senior Colloquium SCOI-UF 0401 4
the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Senior Thesis SRTH-UF 0402 6
Education, and Human Development. 2 Senior Seminars SCAI-UF 0401 8
Electives (includes language courses, 54
courses taken in other NYU schools, or
elective courses offered by Liberal Studies)
Total Credits for B.A. Degree 128
(See page 28 for detailed course descriptions.)
LIBERAL STUDIES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • LIBERAL STUDIES • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 18Liberal Studies Academic Advising
The academic advising system is about meeting deadlines for registering FACULTY MENTORS
designed to help students navigate a for courses, making schedule changes, In addition to the services offered by the
complex university, identify students’ withdrawing from courses, satisfying LS Advising Center, all LS students are
academic goals, and provide advice and incompletes, applying for internal also mentored by an LS faculty member.
information about how best to achieve transfer, and applying for study abroad. Faculty mentors engage in discussions
those goals. Liberal Studies (LS) is E-mail announcements are sent to flag about student interests, aspirations, and
student-oriented: class size is kept small these deadlines and to announce the new perspectives on life. Faculty mentors
to ensure substantial faculty-student schedule of pre-registration information may also refer students to a professional
interaction, faculty know their students sessions each semester. Core Program advisor in the LS Advising Center to have
by name, and the academic advising students can register for classes via Albert an academic or registration issue solved;
system provides academic support and (NYU’s online registration system) only to the NYU Student Health Center
problem-solving services. Together, after being cleared to register, and they for medical treatment or psychological
students and their advisors and mentors are approved for registration clearance counseling; to the Wasserman Center
establish working relationships that each semester by their advisor. All for Career Development to get expert
foster academic excellence and personal Core Program students are required to advice about finding an internship,
growth. Visit the Academic Advising attend a pre-registration session before developing a résumé, or beginning
Web site (www.nyu.edu/as/lsp/advising/ scheduling a registration meeting with a job search; or to specific NYU
StudentAdvising) for additional advising their advisor. Advisors remind students departments, resources, or Web sites to
resources. of the degree and transfer requirements obtain additional information. Students
yet to be satisfied, give advice about have a responsibility to be proactive in
choosing electives, and answer students’ arranging and keeping appointments
PROFESSIONAL STAFF ADVISORS questions about majors, requirements, with their faculty mentor.
The LS Advising Center, located at and deadlines.
726 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, Core Program
NY 10003, is open Mondays through Global Liberal Studies
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. LS All Core Program students are assigned
All GLS students are assigned a a faculty mentor, who they are normally
academic advising staff is available for
professional staff advisor who will advised by for the two years that they
individual in-person meetings with
work with them throughout their spend in the Core Program. Faculty
students or via e-mail and Skype for
undergraduate career. The academic mentors in the Core Program engage
students studying abroad.
advisor is a resource to assist students students in conversations about
with matters such as registering, the curriculum, its relation to their
Core Program understanding degree requirements, undergraduate experience, and its
All Core Program students are assigned selecting electives, choosing minors intended impact on lifelong intellectual
a professional academic advisor who will and second majors, understanding and professional pursuits. They focus
work with them throughout the two study abroad options, making schedule their mentorship on guiding students
years that they spend in the program. changes, satisfying incompletes, and to realistic academic goals, encouraging
The academic advising staff is a resource withdrawing from courses. GLS students self-reliance, and making informed
for students regarding transition can register for classes via Albert only decisions.
requirements to their baccalaureate after being cleared to register, and they
program. The LS Advising Center are approved for registration clearance
also provides information to students each semester by their advisor.
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