Advising

As a school of individualized study, Gallatin places a great deal of emphasis on providing superior, personalized advising to each student. With more than 2,500 New York University courses from which to choose and the opportunity to develop their own internships, independent studies, and tutorials, students will find that one of the most important people in their life at Gallatin is their academic adviser. Students will be teamed with an NYU faculty member who has expertise in their area of concentration.  The adviser will help students plan their schedule and ensure that their program has depth, breadth, and coherence as well as the elements that will help them reach their educational and professional goals. The academic adviser will become the student’s guide, teacher, and, above all, intellectual mentor.

The key to Gallatin’s approach to individualized education is a multi-tiered method of advising. Each Gallatin student is assigned to work with a faculty adviser, and undergraduate students have the additional support of a class adviser.  Class advisers work with the members of a specific cohort (e.g., first-year students); in addition to being a resource for each individual student, these advisers become acquainted with a class as a whole.

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The Concentration

At Gallatin, students work closely with a faculty adviser to develop a unique concentration that reflects their academic and professional interests and goals. Creating a concentration means thinking about their education in ways that are fundamentally different from the more traditional approach of selecting a major from a list of options.  Students can organize their concentration around a theme, period of history, area of the world, or an interdisciplinary study of two or more subjects. While they are exploring diverse academic opportunities, students draw on a variety of perspectives and build a range of skills that prepare them for graduate study or a fulfilling career. Students may take related courses in a number of departments in other schools, as well as in Gallatin; they may engage in independent study or internships as part of the work. The concentration typically constitutes from one-fourth to one-third of their undergraduate studies. The academic adviser will guide them through the many possibilities to discover the most meaningful way to explore their interests, deepen their knowledge, hone their skills, and help them prepare for the future.