Academic Departments and Programs

In constructing your Gallatin concentration, you are able to select courses from NYU's wide array of offerings. Below are the academic departments and programs where Gallatin students take courses. Please understand that many courses are limited in terms of availability and that you must always meet prerequisites. For information about a specific course, review the notes located on Albert's Course Search page or contact the department offering it.

Please note that students will not receive credit toward the B.A. for any online courses that may be offered throughout the University. In addition, after matriculation at Gallatin students are not permitted to receive degree credit for Liberal Studies courses. The new subject area code for these courses contains “UF” (formerly prefixed with “T”).

NYU Undergraduate Schools and Their Course Subject Areas

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Gallatin School of Individualized Study
• Leonard N. Stern School of Business
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University
• Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
• School of Continuing and Professional Studies
• Silver School of Social Work
• Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development
• Tisch School of the Arts

College of Arts and Sciences

Many CAS departments fulfill a specific area of Gallatin's Foundation requirement. These areas are listed after the course subject area and are abbreviated as follows:

• EAR = Early Modern
• GLO = Global Cultures
• HUM = Humanities
• PRE = Premodern
• SCI = Science/Math
• SOC = Social Sciences

To view the complete list of CAS courses and departments that satisfy the historical and cultural foundation requirement, please visit this page:

CAS Courses and Departments that Fulfill the Historical and Cultural Foundation

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

First-year Gallatin students are not permitted to complete internships, independent studies or tutorials (all of which are types of Individualized Projects) in the Fall semester.

Leonard N. Stern School of Business

No more than 31 credits in business courses can count towards the Gallatin B.A. degree. This includes courses in the Stern School, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and those transferred from other colleges and universities.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: In the fall and spring semesters, Stern opens registration to non-Stern students when registration-by-appointment ends. Please be aware that Stern does not permit students with less than 32 earned units to register for Stern courses.

Keeping this rule in mind, students from other divisions of NYU are welcome to pursue coursework at the Stern Undergraduate College, assuming they have completed all of the required prerequisites. Non-Major sections for Stern's business core coursework are available to students from other divisions. If a non-major section is unavailable, students from other divisions of NYU are not permitted to enroll in a Stern section. The majority of Stern's elective course offerings, however, are open to all NYU students. An updated open course access list can be found in advance of registration at the Stern Undergraduate College website for non-majors. For more information, contact Brandon Bullock at Tisch Hall, 40 West 4th Street, Suite 616. When e-mailing Brandon, please provide your name, University ID number, the course name, the course number and the course's five digit call number.

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Students interested in pursuing study at NYU-Poly should reference Gallatin's Polytechnic course registration policies.

Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Students interested in pursuing graduate study at Wagner might be interested in Gallatin's BA/MPA dual degree program.

School of Continuing and Professional Studies

While SCPS offers courses in many subject areas, Gallatin will allow students to receive credit toward the BA for SCPS courses in applied areas of study, which are generally not offered at the other schools of NYU. Students will not be given credit for SCPS online courses. Below are the only SCPS subject areas and courses for which Gallatin will grant credit, provided the course is not an online course

Silver School of Social Work

Special registration note: Permission to register for some undergraduate social work courses must be obtained from Juan Iturralde in the office of Dr. Dina Rosenfeld, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Program, 1 Washington Square North, 3rd Floor. The Silver School of Social Work recommends that minors take Introduction to Social Work and Skills in Interpersonal Communications.

Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, & Human Development

To view a list of Steinhardt courses  that satisfy the liberal arts foundation requirement, please visit this page:

Liberal Arts Foundation

Tisch School of the Arts

Tisch's Open Arts Curriculum makes certain Tisch courses available to all undergraduate students at NYU. Many other Tisch courses are open only to Tisch students. The other Course Areas listed below are departments in which Gallatin students have had some ability to take courses, although that ability is often limited.