Urban Design and Architecture Studies Major1. How Do You Declare a Major in Urban Design and Architecture Studies?2. What are the Goals of the Major? 3. What are the Requirements of the Major? 4. What are Upper-level Seminars? 5. What is a Senior Honors Thesis? 6. What do Course Numbers Mean? 7. How Do Internships and Independent Studies Work? 8. What Courses are Offered Abroad? 9. What is Advisement? 10. Can I Minor in Studio Art? 11. Can I Take Urban Design and Architecture Studies as a Double Major or as a Minor? 12. How can Transfer Students Receive Credit for Previous Coursework? 13. What are the Urban Design and Architecture Studies Courses? 1. How Do You Declare a Major in Urban Design and Architecture Studies?To declare a major in Urban Design and Architecture Studies, students must meet with either the Director or Assistant Director of the program, and complete departmental forms. We do not receive your information if you declare your major through CAS advisement or the GSP office: You will not be registered as an Urban Design and Architecture Studies major unless you meet with the Urban Design and Architecture Studies faculty. Failing to declare your major through the department may limit your eligibility to register for popular Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses. The department reserves seats in these classes for majors, but the computer system will not record your major if you do not register properly. back to top 2. What are the Goals of the Major?Urban Design and Architecture Studies is a specialty major within the Art History Department. The primary goal of this program is to encourage a critical and practical understanding of cities and architecture. Two pre-requisite courses introduce students to key issues in the history of the built environment, preparing them to study the dynamics of urban development. Professionals working in urban design and architecture teach many of our advanced courses; the major can help students prepare for professional careers in city planning, architecture and design, public administration, real estate, law, journalism, and allied fields. back to top 3. What are the Requirements of the Major?The prerequisite courses for an Urban Design and Architecture Studies major are “History of Architecture from Antiquity to the Present” and “Shaping the Urban Environment.” Majors are also required to take at least six (6) advanced courses and one (1) upper-level seminar, for a total of nine (9) courses in the major. The university offers Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses in New York and at NYU Abroad campuses in London, Paris, and Florence. Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses offered in the department are listed below. Students may also enroll in cross-referenced courses for Urban Design and Architecture Studies credit. Cross-referenced courses in Anthropology, Economics, Metropolitan Studies, and Sociology are listed on the Urban Design and Architecture Studies registration form. Please note that Urban Design and Architecture Studies students are exempt from the MAP-Expressive Cultures requirement, but may take the MAP course “Expressive Cultures: Images, New York Field Study” for Urban Design and Architecture Studies credit. Note that the total of nine (9) courses represents the minimum number necessary to complete the major. The department encourages students to take more courses if possible. Students should also consider courses in related fields. back to top 4. What are Upper-level Seminars?The Urban Design and Architecture Studies program and the Art History Department encourage discussion in classes, so that students and faculty may share ideas in a collegial environment. Because small seminars promote discussion, all Urban Design and Architecture Studies majors are required to take at least one upper-level seminar, in which enrollment is limited to 12 students. Any of the seminars listed below may be taken for seminar credit, except “Decision Making and Urban Design.” back to top 5. What is a Senior Honors Thesis?Students with a GPA of 3.65 or higher in overall course work and within the major are eligible to write a senior honors thesis. This is a long (25-40 page) research paper on an advanced topic, written in close consultation with a faculty adviser. Senior theses approximate graduate-level work in the field, although they should not be viewed exclusively as preparation for graduate school. Writing a senior thesis provides valuable training in research, organization, and expression, skills that will be useful to students planning careers in architecture, planning, public policy, law, or journalism. Honors students considering writing a senior thesis should identify a faculty adviser no later than the spring semester of their junior year. Students should refine a topic in consultation with this adviser and consider beginning research during the summer between junior and senior years. Students writing theses work together in two honors courses, a research methods seminar in the fall semester, and a writing seminar in the spring semester. Students should continue to meet with their individual faculty advisers throughout the year as well. Please note that these two honors seminars do not replace the upper-level seminar requirement for Urban Design and Architecture Studies majors. The two honors seminars can be counted as elective courses toward the Urban Design and Architecture Studies major, however. The senior thesis should be competed six weeks before the end of the spring semester. The student’s adviser will then recruit two more faculty members to serve as readers. The student will meet with the three readers for a Thesis Defense, after which the readers will meet separately to assign a grade of honors, high honors, or highest honors (or, in rare cases, no honors). back to top 6. What do Course Numbers Mean?All Art History and Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses have the heading V43, taking the form V43.XXXX. Most Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses take the form V43.0850.xxx, although some will conform to the chronological sequence followed by the Art History Department. Study abroad courses are listed as V43.9XXX. Each semester the department prepares a summary of courses that will be offered in the following semester, explaining which courses will satisfy Urban Design and Architecture Studies requirements. This summary is distributed to all majors through the department listserv. It is also available in printed form in the department office, Silver 303. back to top 7. How Do Internships and Independent Studies Work?The Urban Design and Architecture Studies program encourages students to undertake internships at New York area design firms, government and non-profit agencies, and museums. To receive course credit for internships, students must register for a two-point independent study with a professor who agrees to supervise the project. Students must meet regularly with this adviser and complete a research paper, 15-20 pages in length, on a topic related to their experiences and duties. Students should work with the adviser to create a reading list related to the project, and this material should be incorporated into the research paper. Students must also provide their adviser with a letter from their work supervisor, confirming their participation and performance. back to top 8. What Courses are Offered Abroad?NYU encourages all students to study abroad for at least one semester. For Urban Design and Architecture Studies students this offers a unique opportunity to experience and study the urbanism and architecture of other cultures. The NYU Abroad programs in Florence, Paris, and London usually offer courses in Urban Design and Architecture Studies each semester. Course offerings in other cities are more limited; note that NYU programs in Accra, Madrid, Prague, and Shanghai offer few or no courses that count toward the Urban Design and Architecture Studies major. Courses given abroad with the same titles and course numbers as those given in New York generally count for Urban Design and Architecture Studies credit, but be sure to check with your adviser before registering for these courses. Some courses offered abroad have no equivalent in New York, but can be counted toward the Urban Design and Architecture Studies major. All students must meet with a faculty adviser to discuss their Urban Design and Architecture Studies progress before leaving for a semester abroad. back to top 9. What is Advisement?Students are required to meet with the Director or Assistant Director of the Urban Design and Architecture Studies program once a semester, usually during the two to three weeks before registration. At this meeting the student and adviser will discuss the student’s plan of study and assess progress toward the major. back to top 10. Can I Minor in Studio Art?Urban Design and Architecture Studies majors are eligible to take studio art as a minor. The minor consists of studio courses totaling sixteen (16) points, taken in the Steinhardt School of Education. Students must take at least one course in each of three areas: Drawing/Painting/Printmaking; Sculpture; and Media, plus additional electives sufficient to make up the total of sixteen (16) points. The Studio Art minor may require four or five courses, depending on the student’s choice of classes. Students wishing to take this minor should contact Ann Chwatsky, Student Advisement Coordinator in Steinhardt, as AC31@nyu.edu. The main phone number for appointments is 212-998-5700. See also the detailed list of requirements and courses, provided below. back to top 11. Can I Take Urban Design and Architecture Studies as a Double Major or as a Minor?Students often take Urban Design and Architecture Studies as a double major, along with Social Sciences, Journalism, History, or other subjects. The relatively few courses for the major (9) allow most students to complete a double major in Urban Design and Architecture Studies within the normal eight semesters of college. This does require careful planning, however, so double majors should consult with their advisers in both departments. In some cases an Urban Design and Architecture Studies course may be “double counted” for credit in both majors, but CAS generally permits only one course to be credited in this way. Urban Design and Architecture Studies can be taken as a minor in conjunction with another major. The minor consists of four courses taken in the department. In this case the pre-requisites are waived; any four Urban Design and Architecture Studies courses can count toward a minor. back to top 12. How can Transfer Students Receive Credit for Previous Coursework?Students coming into Urban Design and Architecture Studies from other college programs should meet with the Director or Assistant Director of the program to determine if courses previously taken can be counted toward the major. Please bring copies of course syllabi, reading lists, and descriptions to this meeting. Please note that Urban Design and Architecture Studies advisers will determine what previous courses count toward the major, but not how many points the will count toward graduation. Decisions about credit points are made exclusively by the Registrar’s office. Students entering Urban Design and Architecture Studies from the General Studies Program (GSP) should try to complete the pre-requisites while still enrolled in GSP. The Department will offer a section of Shaping the Environment in the spring term to allow GSP students to begin the major in their Sophomore year. back to top 13. What are the Urban Design and Architecture Studies Courses?Pre-Requisites: V43.0019 History of Architecture from Antiquity to the Present V43.0021 Shaping the Urban Environment Urban Design and Architecture Studies Courses: V43.0032 Decision Making and Urban Design V43.0033 Cities in History V43.0034 Environmental Design: Issues and Methods (seminar) V43.0037 Urban Design and the Law (seminar) V43.0104 Greek Architecture V43.0105 Roman Architecture V43.0301 European Architecture of the Renaissance V43.0302 Architecture of Europe in the Age of Grandeur V43.0408 Early Modern Architecture: the 19th Century V43.0409 20th Century Archtecture V43.0622 Urban Options for the Future (seminar) V43.0700 Senior Thesis: Urban Design and Architecture Studies V43.0702 Senior Thesis: Urban Design and Architecture Studies V43.0850.xxx History of City Planning, 19th and 20th Centuries V43.0850.xxx The Layers of the City (seminar) V43.0850.xxx Greening the Urban Environment (seminar) V43.0039 Architecture in Context (seminar) V43.0036 Urban Infrastructure (seminar) V43.0850.xxx Portfolio preparation / Drawing for Architects and Others (2 points) V43.0850.xxx Architectural Criticism V43.0997 Independent Study: Urban Design and Architecture Studies Cross Referenced Courses: MAP V55.0722 Architecture in New York: Field Study Anthropology V14.0044 Urban Society V14.0322 Urban Anthropology Economics V31.0227 Urban Economics Metropolitan Studies V18.0103 Crisis of the Modern City: New York City in Comparative and Historical Perspective V18.0630 City Planning: Social and Economic Aspects V18.0751 Urban Economics V18.0620 Culture of the City Sociology V93.0460 Cities, Communities, and Urban Life back to top |
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