Academic Programs

The College of Arts and Science, founded in 1831, is the cornerstone of New York University and its oldest division. As a student at the College, you will study the disciplines that form the basis of all learning - the humanities, the natural and social sciences, fine arts, languages and literature - as you prepare for your personal and professional life after college.

You will find your fellow students outgoing and highly motivated - almost all come from the top 10 percent of their high school classes. While there are 7,600 students enrolled in the College of Arts and Science, the faculty/student ratio is only 1:13, and many classes are seminars and small discussion groups. The professors at the college are among the nation's most prominent scholars, writers, scientists, and researchers, and they all share a deep commitment to undergraduate education.

The College of Arts and Science has an excellent reputation for pre-professional training in law, medicine, dentistry, and business, and approximately 60 percent of the college's graduates go on to advanced study.

Tisch School of the Arts is one of the nation's premier centers for the study of the performing and media arts. At Tisch, combine the focused training of a fine conservatory, where your talent finds expressive form, with a broad liberal arts education that lends creative depth. Tisch School of the Arts offers total immersion in a lively, inventive environment that stimulates the imagination and the intellect.

Because of the continuing contact with the performing arts world, Tisch students sometimes register their first professional successes while still in school. You may find yourself performing in a showcase production for agents and producers, exhibiting photography in a SoHo group show, or receiving one of the Student Academy Awards for a documentary film like so many Tisch students have done before you.

The combination of a New York University liberal arts education, professional training at Tisch School of the Arts and the immense resources of New York City provide you with a spectacular range of opportunities to develop your talents and launch your career.

The Undergraduate College of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business is one of the oldest and most respected business schools in the country. An annual survey by Standard & Poor's consistently ranks Stern, Harvard and Yale as the three schools with the highest number of alumni in senior executive positions in America's largest corporations.

Throughout its long history, Stern has been committed to developing its students as leaders. At Stern you will find innovative programs, a strong international focus, a renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, the New York City "classrooms" at your doorstep, and a legacy of extraordinarily talented and accomplished alumni. A charter member of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, Stern's business and accounting programs are fully accredited.

The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development is one of the foremost schools in the nation dedicated to the helping professions, including education, health, communications, and the arts. Its teacher education, art, and music programs are among the finest anywhere.

As a student in the Steinhardt School, you will integrate the liberal arts with your specialization, so that you not only build sound professional skills but also explore literature, languages, and the social and natural sciences. Your academic program will be designed to challenge you with the best possible liberal arts education combined with outstanding pre-professional career preparation.

The College of Nursing is a very special place, with a more than 70-year history of leadership in the advancement of nursing science, education and practice. The baccalaureate program in nursing will prepare you to be a generalist professional nurse practitioner, ready for a breathtaking array of career opportunities and position you immediately for an extraordinarily strong job market. Fully accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission, the academic program combines nursing theory and clinical practice with a strong liberal arts curriculum. Our commitment to a liberal arts base for your nursing education will foster the development of friendships with classmates from across the university and around the world. In addition to offering fieldwork placements in some of the nation's top medical centers, the College's community-based projects offer exposure to diverse populations and experiences across a range of clinical facilities. Finally, our study abroad opportunities provide valuable lessons in global health.

Nursing faculty members are nationally recognized as nursing scholars and leaders in a wide range of specialty areas. The College of Nursing is located in newly renovated building in the heart of our Greenwich Village campus. Facilities include four nursing arts laboratories, a computerized patient simulator, a computer resource center, and state-of-the-art classrooms.

The Gallatin School of Individualized Study offers academic flexibility, close personal advisement, and an extensive internship program. The School was established for highly motivated students who want to take charge of their college careers right from the start.

At Gallatin, you design your own curriculum around a core requirement of great books. You can combine your interests, even ones as diverse as business and the performing arts, and choose courses offered by other schools and colleges of NYU.

Internships and independent study will be important components of your program. In addition, you can broaden your education and earn credit for structured work experiences in many fields, including health care, journalism, theatre production, music education, radio, television and film, community affairs, law, and government.

The Silver School of Social Work prepares men and women for a career that is both challenging and satisfying. As a student in the school, you will begin to translate your social concerns into a professional career of helping people, learning how to solve complex social problems. Social workers provide more direct assistance to people in distress than do members of any other helping profession. The School of Social Work prepares you not only to be a social worker, but to work in other public service fields such as law, education, counseling, and non-profit management.

Because of the extensive professional training you receive as an undergraduate, if you wish, you may be able to earn a master's degree with only one additional year of study. If, on the other hand, you want to go to work immediately after graduation, you will be well prepared to enter your profession.

The Robert Preston Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) offers four-year Bachelor of Science degrees in both Hotel and Tourism Management and in Sports Management and Leisure Studies through the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. Our program is comprehensive and interdisciplinary, with a strong, well-integrated career orientation. The curriculum focuses on finance and management issues, so whether your goal is to develop destination and tourism products, manage hotel assets, or run a sports organization, you will be well-prepared to assume leadership positions in your chosen field.

In addition to the above programs for traditional-age students, SCPS also offers degree and noncredit programs for adults and part-time students.

Sophmore seminars reinforce the global perspective infused throughout the core curriculum and prepare students to spend their junior year abroad at one of NYU's many international study campuses in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The senior year in New York combines advanced course work with a guided research project that integrates the four years of study.

While all students at NYU will have a liberal arts component in their curriculum, a select group of freshmen determined by the Admissions Committee will be offered the opportunity begin their studies at NYU in the Liberal Studies Program. Both the Liberal Studies Program and the College of Arts and Science are under the aegis of the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Students who are offered this opportunity begin their studies with a two-year interdisciplinary liberal arts education, including a writing sequence and core courses that introduce them to great books from the ancient world to the present. These courses fulfill the bachelor's degree liberal arts requirements for several of NYU's schools and colleges. After successful completion of this program, which is offered at Washington Square and at several NYU sites abroad, students transition directly into the school or college offering the program that they selected when they originally applied to the University.