New York University Bulletin / 2019-2021 New York University Bulletin / 2019-2021 Graduate School of Arts and Science Announcement for the 134th and 135th sessions New York University Washington Square New York, New York 10003 Website: 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. 4 Contents Graduate School of Arts and Environmental Studies . 143 Philosophy . .293 Science: Administration, European and Mediterranean Physics . 300 Departments, Programs . 5 Studies, Center for . 147 Poetics and Theory . 308 History of the Graduate School . 7 Fine Arts, Institute of . 150 Politics . 310 An Introduction to French Literature, New York University . 8 Psychology . 321 Thought and Culture . 156 Schools, Colleges, Institutes & Psychotherapy and French Studies, Institute of . 162 Programs of the University . 8 Psychoanalysis . .338 German . 167 New York University and New York . 10 Religious Studies . 341 Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Academic Calendar . 12 Russian and Slavic Studies . 345 Skirball Department of . 172 Departments and Programs Social and Cultural Analysis . 348 History . 178 Anthropology . 15 Sociology . 354 Interdisciplinary Studies, Art History . 25 XE: Experimental Humanities & Spanish and Portuguese Social Engagement Program in. 191 Languages and Literatures . 361 Atmosphere Ocean Science, Center for . 28 International Relations . 195 Study of the Ancient World, Institute for the . .367 Basic Medical Sciences . 31 Irish and Irish-American Studies . 209 Admission, Registration, Biology . 42 Italian Studies . 213 and Degree Requirements . 370 Chemistry . 51 Journalism, Arthur L. Carter Financing Graduate Education . .375 Journalism Institute Programs in . 219 Cinema Studies . 57 Services and Programs . .379 Latin American and Caribbean Classics . 67 Studies, Center for . .233 Community Service . 382 Comparative Literature . 73 Library Science . 238 University Directory . 383 Computer Science . 79 Linguistics . 239 Degree and Certificate Programs Creative Writing . 92 as Registered by the State Mathematics . 244 of New York . 386 Culture and Media . 95 Middle Eastern and Travel Directions to the Washington Data Science, Center for . 99 Islamic Studies . 261 Square Campus. 390 Digital Humanities and Museum Studies . .267 Contact . 391 Social Science . .104 Music . 273 East Asian Studies . .106 Near Eastern Studies, Hagop Economics . 110 Kevorkian Center Program in . 279 English . 120 Neural Science, Center for . 283 Environmental Health Sciences . 130 Performance Studies . 288 Contents / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2019-21 5 Administration, Departments, Programs ADMINISTRATION Classics Mathematics Associate Professor Andrew Monson, Professor Bruce Kleiner, Chair Phillip Brian Harper, B.A., M.A., Chair M.F.A., Ph.D. Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Dean Comparative Literature Professor Zachary Lockman, Professor Emily Apter, Chair Interim Chair Lynne Kiorpes, B.S., Ph.D. Vice Dean Computer Science Music Professor Denis Zorin, Chair Professor David Samuels, Chair Roberta S. Popik, B.A., M.S., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment East Asian Studies Neural Science Services and Chief of Staff to the Associate Professor Thomas Looser, Professor Eric Klann, Director GSAS Dean Chair Performance Studies Allan Corns, B.A., B.S., M.A. Economics Professor André Lepecki, Chair Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs Professor Sydney Ludvigson, Chair Philosophy David P. Giovanella, B.A., M.A. English Professor Paul Boghossian, Chair Assistant Dean of Enrollment Services and Professor Lisa Gitelman, Acting Chair Physics Director, GSAS Master’s College Environmental Studies Professor Matthew Kleban, Chair Aida Gureghian, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Associate Professor Colin Jerolmack, Assistant Dean, Students Politics Chair Professor Sanford Gordon, Chair Catharine R. Stimpson, B.A.; B.A., M.A. Institute of Fine Arts [Cantab.], Ph.D.; hon.: D.H.L., Hum.D., Psychology Professor Christine Poggi, Director Litt.D., LL.D. Professor Bob Rehder, Chair French Literature Dean Emerita Russian and Slavic Studies Thought and Culture, Professor Phillip Associate Professor Anne Lounsbery, John Usher, Chair GRADUATE Chair German DEPARTMENTS Social and Cultural Analysis Professor Elisabeth Strowick, Chair Anthropology Professor Jennifer Morgan, Chair Professor Bruce Grant, Chair Hebrew and Judaic Studies Sociology Professor Alex Jassen, Chair Art History Professor Paula England, Interim Chair Professor Dennis Geronimus, Chair History Spanish and Portuguese Languages Professor Edward Berenson, Biology and Literatures Interim Chair Professor Justin Blau, Chair Professor Gabriel Giorgi, Chair Italian Studies Chemistry Professor Ara Merjian, Chair Professor James Canary, Chair INTERDISCIPLINARY Journalism PROGRAMS Cinema Studies Professor Ted Conover, Director Professor Anna McCarthy, Chair Ancient World Linguistics Professor Alexander Jones, Director Professor Lisa Davidson, Chair Administration, Departments, Programs / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2019-21 6 Atmosphere Ocean Science European and Mediterranean Studies Museum Studies Professor Edwin Gerber, Director Assistant Professor Stephen Gross, Clinical Professor Bruce J. Altshuler, Director Director Basic Medical Sciences Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, French Studies Near Eastern Studies Naoko Tanese, Director Professor Stephane Gerson, Director Professor Ali Mirsepassi, Director Creative Writing International Relations Poetics and Theory Professor Deborah Landau, Director Clinical Professor Michael John Williams, Assistant Professor Zakir Paul, Director Acting Director Culture and Media Professor Faye Ginsburg, Director Irish and Irish-American Studies Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Professor Kevin Kenny, Director Professor Spyros Orfanos, Data Science Interim Director Professor Julia Kempe, Director Latin American and Caribbean Studies Associate Professor Jill Lane, Director Religious Studies Environmental Health Sciences Associate Professor Angela Zito, Director Professor Max Costa, Chair, Department of Library Science Environmental Medicine TBA XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement Professor Una Chaudhuri, Director Administration, Departments, Programs / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2019-21 7 History of the Graduate School The Graduate School of Arts and recognized the urban environment as and programs, as well as in a growing Science was founded in 1886 by both source and inspiration for academic number of institutes and interdisciplinary Henry Mitchell MacCracken, a professor life. He believed that the University’s research areas. of philosophy and logic, and vice- best interests lay in its interactions Mirroring the cultural diversity of chancellor at New York University. with the city. By the early 1900s, the New York City, the Graduate School Graduate School had introduced courses MacCracken believed that universities of Arts and Science is an urban, concerned with major global issues, should respond to the needs of diverse, and internationally focused and the curriculum reflected movement modernity by giving unprecedented major research center, with students toward progressive values. priority to advanced research and from more than 100 countries. The professional training. New York MacCracken’s new vision of graduate Graduate School still honors the ideal University was the second university training attracted ever-growing numbers expressed by Albert Gallatin, the in America to award a Ph.D. on the of young women and men to doctoral University’s first president, who basis of academic performance and programs. The first female graduate articulated the institution’s primary examination. students entered the University in 1888. goal: “A private university in the Today, women constitute over half of the public service.” n In addition to the emphasis on over 5,000 master’s and Ph.D. graduate excellence in research, MacCracken students enrolled in our departments Washington Square by Fernand Harvey Lungren (c.1890). Private Collection. Photograph courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. History of the Graduate School / NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science / 2019-21 8 An Introduction to New York University The founding of New York University Albert Gallatin, former adviser to In addition, the University has 11 global in 1831 by a group of eminent private Thomas Jefferson and secretary of academic centers: Accra, Ghana; Berlin, citizens marked a historic event in the treasury in Jefferson's cabinet. Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; American education. In the early 19th Gallatin and his cofounders envisioned Florence, Italy; London, England; Madrid, century, the major emphasis in higher a “national university” that would Spain; Paris, France; Prague, Czech education was on the mastery of Greek provide a “rational and practical Republic; Sydney, Australia; Tel