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Registration for Global Courses is open to all students and does not require special permission or application except where noted. Please follow your school's standard registration procedures and be in touch with global.academics@nyu.edu with any specific questions or for assistance with perceived time conflicts (see below for more info).

Prepare for Registration

1. Get your advisor hold lifted. Follow your school/department procedures to receive registration clearance.
2. Add courses to shopping cart and validate. See the "How to find Global courses in Albert" section below for assistance in finding global courses in the Albert Course Search. If you receive errors when validating for global courses and believe there is a mistake and you do qualify to enroll, please be in touch with global.academics@nyu.edu for assistance.
3. Register for courses during (or after) your appointment time. Summer 2021 registration begins on Monday, April 12th. You can find your specific appointment time in Albert.

How to find Global courses in Albert

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1. Search using the search bars. You can search by subject, catalog number, title, instructor names, or course descritpion. Seach results will include Global courses.

2. Navigate to specific schools and departments. For example, going into NYU NY's CAS Psychology department will pull all CAS Psychology courses in NY as well as global -UA psychology courses. Note, because courses are listed numerically, global courses will usually appear at the end of the result list since they tend to have 9XXX course numbers.  

3. Filter by course location. Using the "Global & Other Study Away Sites" filter, select specific locations you are interested in to see all courses offered by an individual location or narrow down the results further by subject. Use the Show All option under "Global & Other Study Away Sites" filter and use the search bar or browse by subject to view results across all campuses and locations.

NOTE: The meeting patterns for courses offered by global sites are shown in the location's time zone. All courses offered by a global site (excluding NYU Abu Dhabi and Shanghai) will include a message in teal prompting you to convert the course to your time zone. We recommend using this time zone converter.

Time Conflicts

Perceived Time Conflicts

Because all courses are listed in the location's  time zone, if you are attempting to enroll in courses from multiple locations during the same session or overlapping sessions you may receive a time conflict error message. For example, a Los Angeles course from 9AM-12PM and a New York course from 9AM-12PM are listed as meeting at the same time in Albert, but do not actually meet at the same time. Albert does not recognize time zones, and will not allow you to register for both courses. 

Please email global.academics@nyu.edu for assistance with overriding time conflicts and include the information below. Time conflicts cannot be resolved in advance and can only be resolved after your registration appointment time has arrived.

• Your Name and N number
• Course and section you are attempting to register for (ex: PSYCH-UA 1 006) and any relevant recitation section numbers.
• Course you wish to drop to make space for the course you are adding (if applicable).

Actual Time Conflicts

You will not be able to register for courses that actually conflict. For example, a course that starts at 3PM New York time and a course that starts at 12PM Los Angeles time will actually conflict. All global courses are expected to be taken 100% synchronously (students will virtually attend the real time class sessions during the listed meeting pattern). 

In some cases, site-specific makeup days may cause an actual conflict with another course. Please make note of that in the beginning of the semester and let global.academics@nyu.edu and the site academics staff know as soon as possible. See the site specific calendars for more information about scheduled make up days.

• Can I take global summer courses with my flexible semester grant?
• Where can I find the academic calendars for each location?
• What time zone are classes listed in in Albert?
• Can I take courses asynchronously?
• I have more questions! Where do I go?

Can I take global summer courses with my flexible semester grant?

Yes, all global summer courses on this page can be taken with the flexible semester grant including Realtime - IMBX-SHU 9501. Please speak with your academic advisor for further information about flexible semester grants. Courses located at NYU Shanghai and NYU Abu Dhabi are not eligible. 

Where can I find the academic calendars for each location?

Summer 2021 Academic Calendars can be found on this webpage. Holidays and makeup days may differ from NY calendars; however, all sessions align closely to the start and end date of NY summer sessions.

What time zone are classes listed in in Albert?

All courses in this "Global Site Summer 2021 Courses" section are listed in the course location time in Albert. Please use this time zone converter to help you convert the time appropriately so that you don't accidentally register for courses with overlapping times. Please be sure to select a date on the converter after March 28th when Europe has daylight savings. Note that you may come across perceived time conflicts. See the registration instructions above for more info and help.

Can I take courses asynchronously?

All courses in the "Global Site Summer 2021 Courses" section must be taken 100% synchronously. This means you must login to the course at the designated time as listed in the course meeting pattern. 

I have more questions! Where do I go?

A more in depth FAQs page is coming soon. If you don't find your answer there, please email global.academics@nyu.edu for assistance.

• Anthropology
• Art History
• Computer Science
• Emerging Media (IM, IMA, Studio Art, IDM, IMB, DCoM)
• European and Mediterranean Studies
• Experiential Learning Opportunities (10 week session)
• French Studies
• Gallatin
• German Studies (6 Week Summer Session 2)
• Hebrew and Judaic Studies
• History
• Italian Studies
• Mathematics
• Media, Culture, and Communication
• Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
• Music Business
• Politics
• Spanish Studies
• Stern Business

Satisfies the Cultures & Contexts requirement for Steinhardt and SPS students.

The course will tackle questions of sexuality in the Middle East from a historical perspective. Applying methodologies of queer theory, it will discuss the complex history of sexuality in the Middle East, and sketch the genealogy of Western attitudes towards both Arab and Jewish sexuality. Relying on theorists and historians like Michel Foucault, Robert Aldrich, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Samar Habib, and Joseph Massad, we will explore the essential role that the queer issue plays in the contemporary politics of the region.

Sexualities of the Middle East: A Cultural History - Sample Syllabus

Students in the Art History Dept: This course counts for Art History elective credit.

Students trace the birth, evolution, decline, revival, and most recent developments of Italian fashion from the Late Gothic Age to the present "made in Italy" design. Italian fashion styles are decoded in relation to art history in an international, social and economic context. Fashion and its connections with culture, subculture, gender and communication are emphasized. On-site visits also illustrate the dominating role of Florence in fashion from its origin until now. Conducted in English.

History of Italian Fashion - Sample Syllabus

NYU Students who have already taken ARTH-UA 2 will not receive major credit for ARTH-UA 5 [Renaissance Art survey] or ARTH-UA 6 [Modern Art survey].

The city of Florence will be the classroom as students study the masters, explore museums, examine texts, and analyze the historical significance of monuments. With eyes cast simultaneously on painting, the graphic arts, sculpture, and architecture, this class will explore a broad range of art patronage that included religious and civic bodies, princely courts, and a growing number of private clients. The course will focus on points of intersection, transition, and the transformations that lead from one tradition to the next. Above all, our approach will encourage critical thinking and a search for unifying connections in studying the underlying logic of image making. Works will be examined on their native terms: both as physical objects, with sensitivity to their particular function and intended reception, and as visual images active within larger contexts. Conducted in English. Sample syllabus (PDF)

Pre-requisite: MATH-UA 121: Calculus I or equivalent, MATH-UA 140 or MATH-UA 9140, MATH-UA 235, and grade of C or better in CSCI-UA 102: Data Structures.

Machine learning is an exciting and fast-moving field of computer science with many recent consumer applications (e.g., Microsoft Kinect, Google Translate, Iphone's Siri, digital camera face detection, Netflix recommendations, Google news) and applications within the sciences and medicine (e.g., predicting protein-protein interactions, species modeling, detecting tumors, personalized medicine). This course introduces undergraduate computer science students to the field of machine learning. Students learn about the theoretical foundations of machine learning and how to apply machine learning to solve new problems. Assuming no prior knowledge in machine learning, the course focuses on two major paradigms in machine learning which are supervised and unsupervised learning. In supervised learning, we learn various methods for classification and regression. Dimensionality reduction and clustering are discussed in the case of unsupervised learning

The course will consist of lectures and lab sessions.

Introduction to Machine Learning - Sample Syllabus

Prerequisite: Completion of first year writing requirements (EXPOS-UA 1, EXPOS-UA 4, CCSF-SHU 102, WRI-UF 101 or equivalent writing class).

This course introduces students to the complex relationship between interactivity and storytelling. Students analyze how an interactive structure creates narrative. Works explored in this course range from nonlinear novels, experimental literature, audio narratives, theater/performance to film as narrative databases and games. The study of the structural properties of narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time, space, and storyline is complemented by theoretical texts about authorship/readership, plot/story, and characteristics of interactive media.

Interactive Narrative - Sample Syllabus

No prerequisites. This course fulfills the Interactive Media Business Elective; Interactive Media Arts Elective. This course requires enrollment in the Workshop and Recitation sections.

This course explores the disruptions and creative possibilities that realtime emerging media provides through the lens of learning how to design, create, produce and perform in realtime. Students will be learning how to design and produce for realtime interactive audiences, understand the modern streaming media pipeline, the fundamentals of virtual production, digital content creation and the basics of game engines and other software - all in the service of delivering a more engaging and intimate connection between audience and performer. Students will design and perform 2 distinct realtime performances as well as work together with peers to conceptualize, design and produce a short realtime ‘pilot’ using the tools and techniques you’ve learned in the first two projects. 

Individual or minority revolt against for the time being prevailing majority position, religious interpretation or political rule is an important but often forgotten part of history. Modern Political Dissent class covers this phenomena combining findings from several fields like psychological response to extreme situations, modern history, political and communication theory, art and culture in opposition against perceived injustice and case studies and analyses of important examples of modern political dissent. From interpretation of holocaust or torture survival ordeal and Stockholm syndrome students are led to analyze the context – both psychological and historical – in order to search for possible remedies. Conditions that made totalitarian ideologies so widely acceptable are studied within the context of thought reform and cult manipulations. Works of Robert J.Lifton, Stanley Milgrams and Phillip Zimbardo are used to explain importance of individual responsibility versus obedience to authority. Role modeling and differentiation in communicating minority or dissent values to majority society give a possibility to adjust complex strategies for change.

Modern Dissent in Central Europe: The Art of Defeat - Sample syllabus

Prerequisites for NYU students: FREN-UA 30 (Conversation and Composition) or assignment by placement test. Conducted in French.

Helps students develop vocabulary, improve pronunciation, and learn new idiomatic expressions. Provides an introduction to corrective phonetics and emphasis on understanding contemporary French through a study of authentic documents, such as radio and television interviews, advertisements, and spontaneous oral productions. Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisites for NYU students: FREN-UA 30 (Conversation and Composition) or assignment by placement test. Conducted in French.

Improves written French and provides advanced training in French and comparative grammar. Students are trained to express themselves in a variety of writing situations (diaries, transcripts, narration, letters, etc.). Focuses on the distinction between spoken and written styles and the problem of contrastive grammar. Emphasis is on accuracy and fluency of usage in the written language.  Sample syllabus (PDF)

This course explores Ghana’s development in historic perspective from the colonial era to the recent postcolonial period. It provides an interdisciplinary history that is attentive to political economy, social relations, geography, and politics as they congeal in particular ways throughout Ghana’s development trajectory. It traces the key forces at play in Ghanaian development through time, paying particular attention to the transformations prompted by the region’s encounter with and incorporation into a global economy.The goal of the course is to explore theories and debates in development through deep engagement with the specific trajectory of Ghana, as a sort of intensive case study. Field visits (for instance to gold mines and cocoa fields) will be used to complement class discussions and to take advantage of the location of the course in Accra.

Cocoa and Gold: Ghana's Development in Global Perspective - Sample Syllabus

This course examines filmic representations of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and ideology. Our aim will be to understand dominant and subversive storytelling techniques in films that focus on racialized subjects, sexual identity and class privilege in the US. The goal is to illuminate how meanings of race are constructed and can be read through filmic aspects, such as narrative, style, aesthetics, and mise-en-scène. We will focus on contemporary films by African American, Asian American, Latinx, and Native American filmmakers paying particular attention to matters of film authorship, narrative and rhetorical strategy, and technologies of cinema. Our analysis will illuminate how operations of power function filmically to produce both conventional and transgressive gazes. Students will have the opportunity to visit archives to research filmmakers who emerged from the “LA Rebellion,” as well as consider how and why new cinematic traditions have been birthed in Los Angeles more recently. Screenings include work by Patricia Cardoso, Ryan Coogler, Julie Dash, Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele, Bradford Young and Kira Kelly. Readings will include work by Donald Bogle, Daniel Bernardi, Robin Means Coleman, Angela Davis, bell hooks, among others.  

Film, Race and Representation - Sample Syllabus

Individual or minority revolt against for the time being prevailing majority position, religious interpretation or political rule is an important but often forgotten part of history. Modern Political Dissent class covers this phenomena combining findings from several fields like psychological response to extreme situations, modern history, political and communication theory, art and culture in opposition against perceived injustice and case studies and analyses of important examples of modern political dissent. From interpretation of holocaust or torture survival ordeal and Stockholm syndrome students are led to analyze the context – both psychological and historical – in order to search for possible remedies. Conditions that made totalitarian ideologies so widely acceptable are studied within the context of thought reform and cult manipulations. Works of Robert J.Lifton, Stanley Milgrams and Phillip Zimbardo are used to explain importance of individual responsibility versus obedience to authority. Role modeling and differentiation in communicating minority or dissent values to majority society give a possibility to adjust complex strategies for change.

Modern Dissent in Central Europe: The Art of Defeat - Sample syllabus

Satisfies the Cultures & Contexts requirement for Steinhardt and SPS students.

The course will tackle questions of sexuality in the Middle East from a historical perspective. Applying methodologies of queer theory, it will discuss the complex history of sexuality in the Middle East, and sketch the genealogy of Western attitudes towards both Arab and Jewish sexuality. Relying on theorists and historians like Michel Foucault, Robert Aldrich, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Samar Habib, and Joseph Massad, we will explore the essential role that the queer issue plays in the contemporary politics of the region.

Sexualities of the Middle East: A Cultural History - Sample Syllabus

Students in the Art History Dept: This course counts for Art History elective credit.

Students trace the birth, evolution, decline, revival, and most recent developments of Italian fashion from the Late Gothic Age to the present "made in Italy" design. Italian fashion styles are decoded in relation to art history in an international, social and economic context. Fashion and its connections with culture, subculture, gender and communication are emphasized. On-site visits also illustrate the dominating role of Florence in fashion from its origin until now. Conducted in English.

History of Italian Fashion - Sample Syllabus

This course is cross-listed with MEIS-UA 9751 and HIST-UA 9553.
In this course, we will study the main political junctions in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and will connect them to their reincarnations in contemporary times in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (the Occupied Palestinian Territories). This will include analysis and study of the theoretical frameworks and approaches to the study of the conflict, the history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, Zionism, the politics, popular culture and daily life of Israelis and Palestinians. Sample syllabus coming soon.

Satisfies the Cultures & Contexts requirement for Steinhardt and SPS students.

The course will tackle questions of sexuality in the Middle East from a historical perspective. Applying methodologies of queer theory, it will discuss the complex history of sexuality in the Middle East, and sketch the genealogy of Western attitudes towards both Arab and Jewish sexuality. Relying on theorists and historians like Michel Foucault, Robert Aldrich, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Samar Habib, and Joseph Massad, we will explore the essential role that the queer issue plays in the contemporary politics of the region.

Sexualities of the Middle East: A Cultural History - Sample Syllabus

This course explores Ghana’s development in historic perspective from the colonial era to the recent postcolonial period. It provides an interdisciplinary history that is attentive to political economy, social relations, geography, and politics as they congeal in particular ways throughout Ghana’s development trajectory. It traces the key forces at play in Ghanaian development through time, paying particular attention to the transformations prompted by the region’s encounter with and incorporation into a global economy.The goal of the course is to explore theories and debates in development through deep engagement with the specific trajectory of Ghana, as a sort of intensive case study. Field visits (for instance to gold mines and cocoa fields) will be used to complement class discussions and to take advantage of the location of the course in Accra.

Cocoa and Gold: Ghana's Development in Global Perspective - Sample Syllabus

Conducted in English.
This course will examine the intellectual history, social roots and historical evolution of fascist political movements in Europe. The course is comparative in method and scope concentrating on the common characteristics of all fascist regimes. Historically, the course will focus on the paradigmatic cases of the interwar period--Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany--as well as on the more unorthodox case of Francoist Spain. 

Comparative Fascism - Sample syllabus (PDF)

This course is cross-listed with MEIS-UA 9751 and HIST-UA 9553.
In this course, we will study the main political junctions in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and will connect them to their reincarnations in contemporary times in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (the Occupied Palestinian Territories). This will include analysis and study of the theoretical frameworks and approaches to the study of the conflict, the history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, Zionism, the politics, popular culture and daily life of Israelis and Palestinians. Sample syllabus coming soon.

Students in the Art History Dept: This course counts for Art History elective credit.

Students trace the birth, evolution, decline, revival, and most recent developments of Italian fashion from the Late Gothic Age to the present "made in Italy" design. Italian fashion styles are decoded in relation to art history in an international, social and economic context. Fashion and its connections with culture, subculture, gender and communication are emphasized. On-site visits also illustrate the dominating role of Florence in fashion from its origin until now. Conducted in English.

History of Italian Fashion - Sample Syllabus

Linear algebra is an area of mathematics devoted to the study of structure-preserving operators on special sets (linear operators on vector spaces). In this course, students will learn the fundamental mathematical tools of Linear Algebra, which can be applied to every branch of Mathematics. This course is a cornerstone of any mathematics curriculum and useful for prospective majors in Biology, Chemistry, Biochem, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Math and Engineering. Please review all course prerequisites online and in Albert. Sample Syllabus (PDF)

Using a historical perspective, the course aims to acquaint students with Latin American theories, practices and representations of the media. Departing from a critical approach to Habermas theory of the public sphere, the course will trace the arc of the media in Latin America since independence to the incumbent post-neoliberal area and the so-called “Media Wars”. Given that Argentina is facing an extraordinary conflict between the government and the Clarín media conglomerate (the largest of its kind in Latin America), the students will engage in the current incendiary debates about the role of the media, the new media law and the complex relationship between the media, politics and the state.

Global Media Seminar: Latin America - Sample Syllabus

Note. This course serves as a CORE Expressive Culture equivalent for Steinhardt students.

This course will survey American broadcasting from the wireless through digital television. We will examine how historically specific economic and political forces, regulation, technological innovation, advertisers, creative producers, and audiences have interacted to shape the development of commercial broadcasting and how these cultural products, narratives and processes have become part of our social history.

Television: History and Form - Sample syllabus (PDF)

This course introduces students to the basic structures and practices of media in Europe and their relationship to everyday social life. It pays special attention to the common models and idioms of media in Europe, with an emphasis on national and regional variations. Specific case studies highlight current trends in the production, distribution, consumption, and regulation of media. Topics may include: national or regional idioms in a range of media genres, from entertainment, to advertising and publicity, to news and information; legal norms regarding content and freedom of expression; pirate and independent media; and innovations and emerging practices in digital media. Conducted in English.

Global Media Seminar: France and Europe - Sample Syllabus

This course is cross-listed with MEIS-UA 9751 and HIST-UA 9553.
In this course, we will study the main political junctions in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and will connect them to their reincarnations in contemporary times in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza (the Occupied Palestinian Territories). This will include analysis and study of the theoretical frameworks and approaches to the study of the conflict, the history of Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, Zionism, the politics, popular culture and daily life of Israelis and Palestinians. Sample syllabus coming soon.

The course will provide a background study of all related areas of the multibillion-dollar music industry, including the evolution and operations of the record company, music publishing, artist management, live entertainment, copyright, business and consumer-facing digital services.

Business Structure of the Music Industry - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Conducted in English.
This course will examine the intellectual history, social roots and historical evolution of fascist political movements in Europe. The course is comparative in method and scope concentrating on the common characteristics of all fascist regimes. Historically, the course will focus on the paradigmatic cases of the interwar period--Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany--as well as on the more unorthodox case of Francoist Spain. 

Comparative Fascism - Sample syllabus (PDF)

This course focuses on how identity--in all its forms--is seeing a resurgence in contemporary American politics and public policy.  We will examine how changing demographics are affecting the parties' electoral strategies, their platforms, and the policies enacted once in office, and we will explore literature on inter-group relations, prejudice and discrimination. We will endeavor to understand the increasing influence of some identity groups (such as LGBT, gun owners, Latinos, and Mormons) on politics, and the declining impact of other groups (such as labor unions). We will be particularly attuned to the question of whether identity isi eclipsing other concerns (such as preferences for policy) in Americans' party identification, voting behavior, and their general understanding of the political landscape.  We will consider how new technologies--including social media, data0driven campaigns, and an increasingly heterogeneous political news environment--are affecting and sustaining these dynamics.  

Identities in American Politics in the 21st Century - Sample syllabus  

Topics: analysis of mechanisms of influence (selection of sympathetic incumbents, the provision of incentives for public officials, and the provision of information); objects of influence (voter choices, legislative behavior, bureaucratic decisions); collective action; and organizational maintenance.

Sample Syllabus Coming Soon

This course explores Ghana’s development in historic perspective from the colonial era to the recent postcolonial period. It provides an interdisciplinary history that is attentive to political economy, social relations, geography, and politics as they congeal in particular ways throughout Ghana’s development trajectory. It traces the key forces at play in Ghanaian development through time, paying particular attention to the transformations prompted by the region’s encounter with and incorporation into a global economy.The goal of the course is to explore theories and debates in development through deep engagement with the specific trajectory of Ghana, as a sort of intensive case study. Field visits (for instance to gold mines and cocoa fields) will be used to complement class discussions and to take advantage of the location of the course in Accra.

Cocoa and Gold: Ghana's Development in Global Perspective - Sample Syllabus

Open to students with no previous training in Spanish and to others on assignment by placement test. 4 credits. Beginning course designed to teach the elements of Spanish grammar and language structure through a primarily oral approach. Emphasis is on building vocabulary and language patterns to encourage spontaneous language use in and out of the classroom.

Spanish for Beginners I - Sample Syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 1/9001 (or the equivalent course) or qualifying placement test score.

Intensive Spanish for Advanced Beginners is an intensive language course designed to help students with limited knowledge of Spanish strengthen their language skills and develop their cultural competency. The course covers the materials of Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 in one semester. Successful completion of this course prepares students for a fourth semester college Spanish language course. 

Intensive Spanish for Advanced Beginners - Sample Syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisite for NYU students: SPAN-UA 10/9010 or SPAN-UA 2/9002 (or equivalent courses) or qualifying placement test score. Conducted in Spanish.
Completes the equivalent of a year's intermediate course in one semester. Promotes proficiency in reading and writing as well as oral performance. This course provides direct contact with and immersion in the Madrid community, supplemented by cultural activities, lectures, and excursions with professional guides and professors whose field of expertise corresponds to any given activity. 

Intensive Intermediate Spanish - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisites for NYU students: SPAN-UA 3/9003 or SPAN-UA 9015 (or equivalent) or qualifying placement test score. Conducted in Spanish.

Intermediate Spanish Level II is a four-credit course that reviews and continues the material covered in Spanish SPAN-UA 0003. The principal goal of this course is to provide you with the opportunity to improve your oral and written communication skills in the language, by applying all the grammar rules you have learned and will be reviewing. You will be expected to substantially increase your working vocabulary and make solid progress in reading and writing skills. 

Intermediate Spanish II - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisites for NYU students: SPAN UA 4/9004 or SPAN-UA 9015 or SPAN-UA 20/9020 or SPAN-UA 50/9050 (formerly SPAN-UA 9100) or equivalent courses or qualifying placement test score or course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 4/9004 or SPAN-UA 50/9050.

Note: This course counts as an advanced conversation course for Spanish minors or majors. Only one conversation course can be counted for the major or minor.

The course is designed for students that would like to perfect their Spanish, as they expand their knowledge regarding literature, cinema, and social and political problems that exist today within modern Spanish society. The reading of different texts, such as newspaper articles and short stories, and various videos and films throughout the semester will serve to expand lexicon, strengthen grammar and improve students’ language oral and written skills. The students will participate actively in class discussions and be guided to conduct their own research on topics related to Spain today. 

Spain Today - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 50/9050 (formerly 100/9100) or SPAN-UA 51/9051 (formerly 111/9111) or qualifying placement test score.

Course Description and Sample Syllabus Coming Soon.

Prerequisite: SPAN-UA 50/9050 (formerly 100/9100) or SPAN-UA 51/9051 (formerly 111/9111) or qualifying placement test score or permission of the director of undergraduate studies.

Conducted in Spanish. Course for students beyond SPAN-UA 9050 Advanced Grammar level of Spanish.
This course aims to develop students’ written skills in a more sophisticated and academic manner in order to be able to report on their overall cultural experience in Spain. We will work with newspaper articles, podcasts, radio, and TV programs from Spanish media to cover current social, political and cultural issues. The coverage of political and cultural developments in Spain in American media will also be examined to complement our newsgathering and research.

Students will publish a blog that includes their different journalistic articles and their summaries about the different class and program activities. Therefore, our aim will be to acquire a broad understanding of Spanish modern society while developing new linguistic skills in Spanish. 

Blogging Spain - Sample Syllabus (PDF)

Cross-listed with DRLIT-UA 9551. Conducted in Spanish.

Prerequisites for NYU Students: SPAN-UA 50/9050 (formerly SPAN-UA 100/9100) or SPAN-UA 51/9051 (formerly SPAN-UA 111/9111) or equivalent course or qualifying placement test score or course can be taken concurrently with SPAN-UA 50/9050 or SPAN-UA 51/9051.

A survey of Hispanic cinema from the early beginnings of the silent movie to the present day. The works of important film directors from Spain and Latin America, like Buñuel, Gutiérrez Alea, María Novarro, and Almodóvar, are studied, as well as the phenomenon of cinema as a reflection of the political, social, and cultural development of the country and its people. A selection of the most representative films is shown in class and in theatres of arte y ensayo, such as the well-known filmoteca of Madrid. 

Spanish Culture Through Cinema - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisite: Requires sophomore and above standing

In the world of digital and networked media, the technology industries that provide the infrastructure for the entertainment and media industries have become important. In particular, platform- mediated networks have become very important. This course will cover platforms from a strategy and marketing perspective. The objectives will be to understand how platforms function, the unique challenges they face, and how platform oriented companies can leverage their strengths and achieve success in the marketplace. These objectives will be achieved through a combination of readings, class discussions, case analysis and a group project.

Digital Business Strategy - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Prerequisite: Must be a sophomore or above standing to enroll. 

The course explores the origins for the emerging of a vibrant technological entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel. The course adopts five type of lenses to explain the remarkable burst in Hi-Tech startups in Israel during the last 25 years. These five lenses are: 1) The availability of suitable factors of production through the Israeli Defense Forces, the Israeli Academia and immigration; 2) The emergence of related and supporting industries often located in designated geographical clusters; 3) Adverse local demand conditions; 4) Specific strategies, structures and corporate cultures; and 5) the role of the Israeli government in seeding the conditions for the emergence of complementary financial sources, as well as creating supportive tax and intellectual property rights systems. The course will go on to explore recent trends in the development of the Israeli Hi-tech industry, highlight possible constraints for its continued growth. Finally, the course draws wider conclusions as to the required conditions for seeding and nurturing similar technological entrepreneurial ecosystems in other countries around the world.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel - Sample Syllabus

Prerequisite: Requires sophomore and above standing

Movie marketing is a fast paced, highly interactive course designed to give students a basic overview and understanding of all aspects of a domestic movie marketing campaign, focusing  on business decisions with the goal of developing a competitive advantage for a film’s theatrical life and beyond. The course will examine a range of movies, from low-budget independent to  tent pole film franchises, and explore concepts, processes and different strategic approaches used by today’s distributors.

Movie Marketing - Sample syllabus (PDF)

Conducted in German. Open only to students with no previous training in German; others require permission of the department. Sample syllabus (PDF)

Enrollment by permission only. Application required. Please see the application here for more information. Intermediate Spanish or above proficiency is strongly recommended for internships in Buenos Aires. This is the required course for the corequisite internship placements through Accra, Buenos Aires, or Tel Aviv. The Summer Remote Internship Application is due April 23rd (Buenos Aires) and April 30th (Accra and Tel Aviv).

This course requires a weekly seminar and fieldwork at an internship in which you will be placed. The seminar is designed to complement your internship fieldwork, exploring many different aspects of your organization and of Argentine Civil Society. Your goal is to finish the semester with an in-depth understanding of your agency. The course provides you with tools to analyze your organization’s approach, its policies, its programs, and the political, legal, social, economic and cultural contexts in which it operates. Guest-speakers are invited to the seminar and case studies on Argentina civil society are discussed. You will also spend time reflecting on the internship experience itself as a way to better understand your academic, personal, and career goals.

Enrollment by permission only. Application required. Please see the application here for more information. Application Due on April 30th.

This is the required corequisite course for the Summer European Internship Program. This program provides students the opportunity to receive credit for a course associated with an internship found on your own. This program does not place students, but instead helps students who need an internship course to associate with existing internships. In order to be eligible, you will need to submit this application by Friday, April 30th at 11:59pm EST. You must include the most up to date version of your resume, the offer letter from your internship, and any contracts which need to be signed (i.e. Conventions de Stage, Convenios, etc.). Internships must be for a minimum of 6 weeks, beginning no sooner than May 24 and ending no later than July 31st. For further questions, please contact global.internships@nyu.edu.

Open enrollment for any major. Application required. More information available on the Summer in DC website.

Students who secure an in-person or remote internship, on their own or with the assistance of NYU Washington, DC enroll in the Experiential Learning class. Completing the application above is required and will give students access to NYU Washington DC’s list of internship resources which can be helpful in finding opportunities. This is open to any major who wants to do an internship based in Washington DC only.