The NYU Washington, DC academic center provides a base for faculty research, undergraduate and graduate education, and internships and allows for concentrated study and research in an array of subjects, including: Politics, Journalism, Environmental Studies, History, Economics, Public Policy, and the Morse Academic Plan.
Initial plans include course work to be offered to students studying politics, economics, journalism, art history, and history. Within the next few years, the center’s academic offerings will expand to include additional undergraduate departments. The student experience is enhanced by access to Washington’s distinctive intellectual, political, and cultural life.
Up to 150 students will study under the guidance of world-class faculty at the center each semester, pairing course work with internships offered by the wealth of nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations that are headquartered in Washington, DC. A history major, for example, could take a course on colonial American history while interning at the National Museum of the American Indian.
The curriculum of a standard semester at NYU Washington, DC consists of core seminars, internship seminars, and electives from each of the participating departments. The courses are taught by visiting NYU faculty as well as by faculty recruited from other universities and intellectual and cultural institutions.