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New York University Bulletin 2007-2009 Graduate School of Arts and Science http://gsas.nyu.edu Message from the Dean he Graduate School of Arts and Science is an advocate for advanced inquiry and Tcreativity. As such, we prize the graduate student who can combine curiosity, strong capabilities, and a mind drawn to the highest challenges of history or economics or neural science or the interdisciplinary exploration of social thought or any other big field. Our bulletin tells faculty, students, and others about our intellectual vision and the programs and people that embody that vision. Our offerings demonstrate that graduate schools are the academic nerve center of the contemporary university. Here, ground-breaking discoveries are made, ideas (old and new) investigated, and the next generation of scholars, researchers, thinkers, and faculty educated. New York University has been a pioneer in graduate education. In 1866, it became the second university in the United States to offer an earned doctorate. In 1886, the Graduate School of Arts and Science opened to a wide variety of able students. Today, we house 53 programs that offer doctoral and master’s degrees and certificates. They balance disciplinary and interdisciplinary work. We enroll over 4,700 students each year. I hope that we stay true to an experimental and fluid spirit. In order to do so, we call on the abundant creative energies of New York, that greatest of global cities, and of our faculty, which will grow by 25 percent by the end of this decade. Together, faculty and the students who choose to work with them are the brains that power our school. So, buoyed by the city and rooted in our faculty, we are happy to share this bulletin with those who care about an intellectual community with the core values of rigorous yet imaginative inquiry, the incessant exploration of ideas, and a commitment to the ethics of scholarship—freedom of inquiry, mutual respect among teachers and learners. Sincerely, Catharine R. Stimpson Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 2007-2009 Graduate School of Arts and Science ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 122ND AND 123RD SESSIONS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 WEB SITE: http://gsas.nyu.edu Notice: The policies, requirements, course offerings, schedules, activities, tuition, fees, and calendar of the school and its departments and programs set forth in this bulletin are subject to change without notice at any time at the sole discretion of the administration. Such changes may be of any nature, including, but not limited to, the elimination of the school or college, programs, classes, or activities; the relocation of or modification of the content of any of the foregoing; and the cancellation of scheduled classes or other academic activities. Payment of tuition or attendance at any classes shall constitute a student’s acceptance of the administration’s rights as set forth in the above paragraph. Contents Graduate School of Arts and Science: Italian Studies 208 Administration, Departments, Programs 5 Journalism 212 History of the Graduate School 6 Latin American and Caribbean New York University and New York 7 Studies, Center for 219 Academic Calendar 9 Law and Society 223 Departments and Programs Library Science 236 Linguistics 237 Africana Studies 11 Mathematics 242 American Studies 15 Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 251 Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies 18 Museum Studies 257 Anthropology 22 Music 263 Atmosphere Ocean Science, Center for 35 Near Eastern Studies, Hagop Kevorkian Center Program in 270 Basic Medical Sciences 37 Neural Science, Center for 276 Bioethics 48 Performance Studies 280 Biology 52 Philosophy 286 Biology/Research Track in Oral Biology 62 Physics 291 Biomaterials Science 64 Poetics and Theory 297 Biomedical Sciences 68 Politics 299 Chemistry 70 Psychology 309 Cinema Studies 75 Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis 320 Classics 85 Religious Studies 323 Comparative Literature 90 Russian and Slavic Studies 326 Computational Biology 94 Sociology 329 Computer Science 102 Spanish and Portuguese Languages Culture and Media 111 and Literatures 335 East Asian Studies 114 Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Economics 119 Studies 342 English 129 Admission, Registration, and Creative Writing 132 Degree Requirements 344 Environmental Health Sciences 139 Financing Graduate Education 351 European and Mediterranean Studies, Services and Programs 356 Center for 150 Community Service 359 Fine Arts, Institute of 153 French 161 University Directory 360 French Studies, Institute of 169 Degree and Certificate Programs as Registered by the New York State German 175 Education Department 363 Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Skirball Department of 179 Travel Directions to the Washington Square Campus 366 Hellenic Studies, Alexander S. Onassis Program in 186 Washington Square Campus Map 367 History 188 General Index 369 Humanities and Social Thought, Schools and Colleges of John W. Draper Interdisciplinary New York University 372 Master’s Program in 203 3 • CONTENTS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Administration, Departments, Programs Catharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A., Malcolm N. Semple, B.Sc., Ph.D. To Be Named Administration M.A. [Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L., Vice Dean Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Hum.D., Litt.D., LL.D. Roberta S. Popik, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Life Dean Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services Anthropology, Professor Fred R. Myers, Economics, Professor David G. Pearce, Music, Professor Michael Beckerman, Graduate Chair Chair Chair Departments Biology, Professor Gloria M. Coruzzi, English, Professor John D. Guillory, Chair Neural Science, Professor J. Anthony Chair Institute of Fine Arts, Professor Mariët Movshon, Director Biomaterials Science, Professor Van P. Westermann, Director Performance Studies, Associate Thompson, Chair French, Professor Denis Hollier, Chair Professor José Esteban Muñoz, Chair Chemistry, Professor Nicholas E. German, Professor Ulrich Baer, Chair Philosophy, Professor Stephen Schiffer, Geacintov, Chair Chair Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Professor Cinema Studies, Associate Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman, Chair Physics, Professor David G. Grier, Chair Richard Allen, Chair History, Professor Lauren Benton, Chair Politics, Professor Nathaniel Beck, Chair Classics, Professor Michael Peachin, Chair Italian Studies, Professor Ruth Psychology, Professor Marisa Carrasco, Comparative Literature, Professor Ben-Ghiat, Chair Chair Nancy Ruttenburg, Chair Journalism, Associate Professor Brooke Russian and Slavic Studies, Associate Computer Science, Professor Margaret Kroeger, Chair Professor Eliot Borenstein, Chair H. Wright, Chair (on sabbatical January Linguistics, Professor Richard S. Kayne, Sociology, Professor Dalton Conley, 15, 2007-January 14, 2008); Professor Chair Marsha J. Berger, Acting Chair (January Chair 15, 2007-January 14, 2008) Mathematics, Professor Yuri Tschinkel, Spanish and Portuguese Languages Chair and Literatures, Associate Professor East Asian Studies, Professor Xudong Gerard L. Aching, Chair Zhang, Chair Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Professor Zachary Lockman, Chair Africana Studies, Associate Professor Computational Biology, Professor Law and Society, Professor Lewis A. Interdisciplinary Awam Amkpa, Director Michael J. Shelley, Director Kornhauser, Director Programs American Studies, Professor Lisa Culture and Media, Professor Faye Library Science, Professor Alice Flynn, Duggan, Director Ginsburg, Director Director (Palmer School of Library and Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Environmental Health Sciences, Information Science, Long Island University) Studies, Professor Mark S. Smith, Director Professor Max Costa, Chair, Department of Museum Studies, Dr. Bruce J. Altshuler, of Graduate Studies Environmental Medicine Director Atmosphere Ocean Science, Associate European and Mediterranean Studies, Near Eastern Studies, Professor Michael Professor David M. Holland, Director Associate Professor K. Fleming, Director Gilsenan, Director Basic Medical Sciences, Senior Associate French Studies, Professor Edward Poetics and Theory, Professor Anselm Dean Joel D. Oppenheim, Director Berenson, Director Haverkamp, Director Bioethics, Professor William Ruddick, Hellenic Studies, Associate Professor Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Director K. Fleming, Director Lewis Aron, Director Biology, Oral, Professor Page W. Caufield Humanities and Social Thought, Religious Studies, Associate Professor Biomedical Sciences, Professor John H. Robin Nagle, Director Angela Zito, Director Morrison, Dean, Basic Sciences and the Latin American and Caribbean Trauma and Violence Graduate School of Biological Sciences Studies, Professor Thomas A. Abercrombie, Transdisciplinary Studies, Professors Director Avital Ronell and Judith Alpert, Codirectors 5 • ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS History of the Graduate School The Graduate School of Arts and ognized the urban environment as both dents enrolled in 53 departments and Science was founded in 1886 by Henry source and inspiration for academic life. programs, as well as in a growing num- Mitchell MacCracken, a professor of He believed that the University’s best ber of institutes and interdisciplinary philosophy and logic and vice chancellor interests lay in its interactions with the research areas. at New York University. MacCracken city. By the early 1900s, the Graduate Mirroring the cultural diversity of believed that universities should School had introduced courses con- New York City, the