New York University
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Overview
New York University (NYU) was founded in 1831 by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. Gallatin believed that the place for a university was not in "the seclusion of cloistered halls but in the throbbing heart of a great city." In this spirit, the Gallatin School was founded in 1972. Today, NYU is the largest private university in the United States, composed of 14 schools and colleges and a highly diverse student body . The Gallatin School maintains the flavor of a small college with the benefits of a large research university. Students have the unusual opportunity to use the resources of the University, as well as those of New York City, to create an interdisciplinary program that meets the specific interests and career goals of each individual.
The Community
NYU is located in historic Greenwich Village, known for its small-scale, European style of living. Traditionally a community of artists and intellectuals, the Village is famous for its contributions to the fine arts, literature, and drama and is virtually an extension of the University. NYU's campus is within minutes of Broadway and off-Broadway theater and dance, art and photography galleries, concert halls, coffeehouses, restaurants, clubs, bookstores, Little Italy, Chinatown, Soho and world-renowned museums and libraries. Through course-work, internships, independent study, and outside activities, students can enjoy all of the advantages of New York City.
Program of Study and Degree Requirements
The Gallatin School offers a Master of Arts in Individualized Study. Self-motivated students have the opportunity to develop an individually tailored, interdisciplinary educational program. Students work to master an area of concentration that integrates study in several disciplines and are encouraged to design a program according to their individual academic interests and goals. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser in the student's primary area of concentration. With the adviser, the student designs a 40-credit M. A. program consisting of coursework , independent study, internships and private lessons. Students may attend on a full-time or part-time basis. Students may also apply for course equivalency credits, based on previous work experience or training.
Course work is taken in the various graduate schools of NYU, such as the Graduate School of Arts and Science, the Stern School of Business, the Wagner School of Public Service, the School of Education, the Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, and selected courses in the Tisch School of the Arts. A thesis is required and can be a traditional research paper, an applied project, or a creative endeavor, such as a performance, a play or novel, or a work of visual art.
While students have considerable flexibility in designing their curriculum, the program includes 14 credits of requirements. The Gallatin Proseminar is taken during the first semester and the M. A. Thesis Seminar and Review of the Literature are taken in preparation for the thesis.
Facilities and Resources
NYU's Bobst Library , a major research center, is one of the largest open-stack libraries in the world and houses more than 2. 5 million volumes . Among the collections in Bobst are the Avery R. Fisher Center for music and media, the United Nations documents, the Robert Frost Library, and the Lewis Carroll collection. Bobst is one of seven NYU libraries. La Maison Francaise, the Deutsches Haus, the Glucksman Ireland House, The Kevorkian Center for Near eastern Studies, the Casa Italiana and the King Juan Carlos of Spain Center broaden the range of international programs on campus. The Grey Art Gallery and Study Center is the University's own fine arts museum. The Jerome S. Coles Sports and Recreation Center serves the recreational needs of all students. The Academic Computing Facility provides a wide variety of computers, software, laboratories and related services for students.
The Gallatin Arts Council provides a forum for community and networking among Gallatin arts students and sponsors the Gallatin Arts Festival, an annual showcase of student performance projects. The Creative Arts Team is the Gallatin's resident professional theatre-in-education company. The Gallatin Review is a publication of Gallatin students' original writings and art work.
Expenses and Aid
Costs 2005-2006
Tuition is $1,321 per credit point. Full-time status is 12 or more credits. Students may attend on a part-time basis.
Housing
NYU offers a variety of apartment-style residence halls, providing separate kitchen and bathroom facilities. Costs per semester range from $3,000 to $6,000. An optional meal plan is available. Area rental listings are available through the Off-Campus Housing Office.
Financial Aid
The Gallatin School offers financial aid to full- and part-time students. Scholarships, work-study, loans and a deferred payment plan are available. Students applying for financial assistance must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) which may be obtained electronically via "FAFSA on the WEB" at http://www.nyu.edu and select "FAFSA." The FAFSA may also be obtained from most colleges. Priority deadline for financial aid is March 1.
How to Apply / Application
Students enter the program from a variety of undergraduate disciplines. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of their academic and, if relevant, professional backgrounds as well as on their potential to succeed in an individualized program of study. Applicants must submit transcripts of all academic work, two letters of recommendation, and a statement of purpose. Students may be admitted for the fall, spring, or summer terms.
Who to Contact
Office of Graduate Admissions
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
New York University
715 Broadway
New York, NY 10003-6806
(212) 998-7370
The Faculty and Major Research Interests
Mohammed A. Bamyeh, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1990. Globalization; comparative social history; social and political theory; cross-cultural encounters.
John Carrol, B.A., SUNY (Empire State), 1994. Philosophical issues surrounding the idea of tragedy; film and playwriting; poetry, especially verse dramas.
Barbara M. Cooper, Ph.D., Boston, 1992. History and anthropology of gender and race; cultural dimensions of economics; contradictions of identity and community; oral history and oral culture.
Angela D. Dillard, Ph.D., Michigan, 1995. American intellectual history; critical race theory; cultural studies; conservative thought.
Michael Dinwiddie, M.F.A., New York, 1983. African American culture and politics; theatre history and criticism; filmmaking and cinema studies; 19th- and 20th-century music; dramatic writing.
Gregory M. Downing, Ph.D., New York, 1989. Interdisciplinary cultural study; history of ideas, historiographic theory; literary history; history of philosophy; modernist, postmodern, and contemporary intellectual trends; Joyce studies.
Sharon Friedman, Ph.D., New York, 1977. Modern drama; literary interpretation; women and literature; critical writing; writing across the disciplines.
Lisa Goldfarb, Ph.D., CUNY, 1991. 19th- and 20th-century European and American poetry and fiction; music and literature; questions of belief in literature.
Jean Graybeal, Ph.D., Syracuse, 1986. Philosophy and psychology of religion; religion and culture; women and religion; philosophies of the body; French feminist theory; feminist spirituality.
Lorie Hartman, Ph.D., CUNY, 1991. European and American literature; modern philosophy and ethics; creative writing.
Karen Hornick, Ph.D., Columbia, 1984. Literature; cultural history; feminism and gender studies; popular culture.
Steven Hutkins, Ph.D., New York, 1986. The phenomenology of place; intellectual autobiography; images of paradise and utopia; the technology of communications.
Carol Iannone, Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook), 1981. 19th-and 20th-century literature; politics, society, and culture; modernism and postmodernism; aesthetics.
Julie Malnig, Ph.D., New York, 1987. Popular theatre and drama; theatre history and criticism; history of American and British social dance; early 20th-century American culture and the arts; feminist and cultural studies.
M. Bella Mirabella, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1979. Shakespeare and Renaissance literature; tragedy; the role of dance in English drama; Dante, Boccaccio, and the Italian renaissance.
David Thornton Moore, Ed.D., Harvard, 1977. The history of social thought and contemporary social issues; specialized questions concerning work reform and experiential education; research on learning in the workplace.
Laurin Raiken, M.A., Adelphi, 1972. Cultural history; sociology of the arts; analysis of American social, political, and economic institutions; political economy of art, artists, and cultural institutions; arts professions.
George Shulman, Ph.D., California (Berkeley), 1982. History of European and American social thought including relevant literary works; American political culture; contemporary political, psychoanalytic, and feminist theory.
Clyde R. Taylor, Ph.D., Wayne State, 1968. The politics of representation, vernacular modernisms, cinema and society; African American and African literature; cultural symbolism.
Donald W. White, Ph.D., New York, 1979. International relations; cross-cultural studies; global history; patterns of the rise and decline of civilizations; American history.
E. Frances White, Ph.D., Boston, 1978. African American studies; women's and gay history; the role of women and work in Africa.