Liberal

Studies 101

An Introduction to your future at NYU

Are you ready

for NYU?

You’ve studied your whole life

I mean, that’s 14 Years of studying

You’ve gotten scores of “A” grades

You’ve aced countless exams

Time management may as well be just another pop song

Yeah. after all,

What else is

there to know?

You got into one of the largest elite institutions in the world

You are capable You are ready

Aren’t you?

Great, here’s your

ticket to Hayastan!

I’m sure you know what to pack

I’m sure you know the:

Well, you at least know what the name means, right?

The language

The landmarksThe system

The currency դր

The peopleThe style

Transliterated Armenian

Hmm… Going to Armenia is starting to sound a lot like going

into LS at NYU…

Here’s what to do:

Take everything you think you know

Have you got it?Good.

Now throw it out

Because at NYU & in Liberal Studies, you are walking in unfamiliar territory

don’t worry, we have some tools for you!

But first, let’s introduce you to your

new Family.

LS Great Works

Curriculum:

The LS Core: Rationale and structure

• Global: “In and of the city, In and of the World”• Great works from around the world across time• Interdisciplinary: exposure to multiple modes of

study• Writing Intensive• Small courses

The Freshman Year

• Writing I• Social Foundations I• Cultural Foundations

I• Elective (language or

London course)• Writing II

• Social Foundations II• Cultural Foundations

II• Elective (language or

London Course)

SpringFall

Freshman Great Works Curriculum

The rationale:

Foundational connections

Skills-Building

Exploratory

Relationship-building

Registration for Freshman courses

Fall semester: Varies by site

LS Registers London & Florence/Based on Academic Profile questionnaire

Paris Students: Register themselves in July

Registration for Freshman courses

Spring Semester

Students register themselves

Pre-registration Advising visit in October

Registration Week: early to mid-November

Here are the tools

we have in place

for you and your

success: Advisors

Faculty Mentors

Newsletters

Twice yearly advising visits BethSenti

Yoko

Professional Advisors by site

Professional Advising in the Freshman Year

- Florence: Sentienla Toy

Advising Visits

- London: Beth haymaker- Paris: Yoko sasaki

They stay with you through to transition or graduation

- Pre-registration each summer- Individual appointments and group sessions-Available by Skype

Faculty Advisors by site

Additional Advising in the Freshman Year

- Florence: Professors Nina D’alessandro & Luis Ramos

On-site Academic Support

- London: James Polchin- Paris: Christopher Packard

- Additional support in London, Paris, & Florence- Learn more during orientation

Who to go to for What?

• Major, minor, concentration planning

• Registration clearance• AP, IB, International

Maturity exams• Exemption examinations• Additional

credits/overloads• Questions of internal

transfer/transition or choosing your concentration

• Larger questions about academic disciplines, success in the classroom, doing research

• Questions about grad school for the Ph.D, MA, or MFA

Professional advisors Faculty Advisors

Looking ahead:

Sophomore Year

• SF III/CF III• Elective or SF III/CFIII

(for GLS-bound students)

• Elective• Elective

• Core program- SF III/CF III- Elective- Elective - Elective

• GLS-Approaches-Sophomore topics- Elective- Elective

SpringFall

For beyond

sophomore year

Here are your options at the

GNU:

The Core Program

direct transitio

n to

GLS

College of Arts & Sciences

The Gallatin School of Individualized study

Steinhardt

The College of Nursing

The School of Social WorkSCPS – Preston Tisch Center

Global Liberal Studies

Politics, Rights and

Development

ContemporaryCulture and

Creative Production

Arts and Literatures

Science, Technology and Society

Histories, Philosophies,

and Worldviews

Identities and Representations

Florence

Berlin

Buenos Aires

Paris

Tel Aviv

Shanghai

A Four Year

degree

The GLS Difference• Global Students– Who we are; who you are– Key moments for decision making: site choice and

transition• Hallmarks of the GLS degree– Global study: freshman & junior year– Advanced language work– Experiential learning: learning by doing– Small classes, big world– Senior thesis and independent research

Let’s talk about what

you’ve Already done

• AP, IB, A-level, Abitur, and other Advanced standing– How credits are awarded– What NYU needs to review your credits– What credits are “good for”: with a special note on the

sciences– Where to go with more questions: your academic advisor

• College coursework• Note: How to tell us you want credit for your college

coursework or advanced standing

Thinking ahead: requirements for your BA

school• Universal Requirements– Credits for graduation: 128– GPA requirement: (and note on Good standing)

• Common requirements– Language– Sciences: Physics-based and bio-based– Math/quantitative reasoning– Major requirements

Skills for successKnow your resources: The Moses center

The wellness center

The LS advising center

Writing support

Student activities center

Skills for successWrite an effective

email:

Change your personal email to something nice

Something Professional

Ex: john.doe@gmail.comInclude your “N” number

under your signature

Skills for successUnderstand the constraints of the

work world:

Faculty & Staff work 9-5 Monday-Friday Give Them a chance

to respond

Politely Follow up within 72 hours if you haven’t heard back

Life beyond the

classroom

Wasserman

Clubs & Activities

Work & Internships

Questions?or

Comments?