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Interconnected Washington, DC
Whether studying politics, economics, American Sign Language or journalism, at NYU Washington, DC students find how life is connected to government while living in this capital city. The courses offered at NYU Washington, DC have been engineered to illustrate the vibrancy and culture of Washington life. Students learn from this city’s most revered thinkers, innovators and game-changers.
Students learn why Washington, DC is home to an array of organizations, corporations and cultural institutions. They learn how a bill in Congress could impact a teacher in a classroom in California, or an engineer on an oil rig off the Gulf Coast. What takes place in this city not only changes the lives of Americans, but can impact the global community.
Featured Courses
With its vast array of institutions dedicated to distinct cultural groupings and its formation inextricably linked to the halls of power, the museum culture in our nation’s capitol is uniquely Washington D.C. Taking advantage of behind-the-scenes access to some of the most prestigious museums in the world and their staff, students will explore various approaches to interpreting art and develop tools for appreciating their aesthetic experiences. We will also look critically at the ways in which museums—through their policies, programs, exhibitions, and architecture—can define regional or national values, shape cultural attitudes, inform social and political views, and even effect one’s understanding of the meaning of a work of art.
Join President Obama's top religious advisor and the White House's faith-based director, Joshua DuBois, as well as guest lecturers from the Civil Rights, women's rights and other movements (including the "Dean of the Civil Rights Movement," Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery) for a course exploring the role of religion in advancing - and inhibiting - some of history's most important social movements.
Students will explore intersections between religion and social change in the abolitionist movement, women's rights movement, anti-Apartheid and anti-colonial movements, Civil Rights movement, and the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns. Major religious leaders who advanced and inhibited change will be profiled, and particular attention will be paid to interfaith efforts to provoke social change. Students will conclude the course by exploring ways that religion and belief can motivate social movements in the future.
NYU Washington, DC convenes some of the world’s foremost scholars, policy makers, practitioners, business leaders, public intellectuals and artists whose ideas and work have made a significant cultural or intellectual contribution to American public policy and global inititives, for which Washington is known. They gather at NYU Washington, DC, New York University's technologically advanced site, to confront some of the most intractable issues of contemporary society through the creative interplay of ideas and perspectives.
Public programming at the Center fosters the creation of partnerships across disciplines, cultures and institutions and contributes to the emerging global civic discourse that is at the heart of NYU’s mission as a global network university.
Few other places in the world rival Washington, DC in terms of its sheer impact, breadth of Political institutions, and concentration of influential leadership. NYU Washington, DC's Politics program emphasizes both domestic and international power dynamics by capitalizing on relationships with embassies, foreign and domestic policy makers, and by hosting special events that focus globally and locally. Our star faculty are expert practitioners who contribute actively to policy development. By participating in courses such as American Public Opinion and Pressure Groups and Topics in Health: Policy, Politics, Power, students are positioned to apply theory to direct analysis of current policy and decision making.
Washington, DC is arguably the most critically significant site for Public Economics in the United States. Facing incredible scrutiny in recent years, Economic institutions in Washington, DC focusing on both domestic and international economic policies such as the US Office of the Treasury, the World Bank, the IMF are conducting groundbreaking research. Economics students have the unique opportunity to apply all the most recent developments through course work in classes such as Public Economics and Financial Crises.
Home of landmark Journalistic institutions, such as the National Press Club, the Washington Post, USAToday, and the Newseum, Washington, DC asserts itself as one of the most innovative and vigorous locales for news reporting and writing. Journalism students will have the opportunity to satisfy core requirements towards their major in courses such as The Beat and Advanced Reporting with faculty who are award winning reporters affiliated with the Associated Press and USAToday.
