To qualify for the MA, students have a maximum of 5 years in which to:

• Complete 32 credits (or “points”) of course work, of which 16 must be from XE courses with the CEH-GA prefix. All credits outside of XE must be graduate-level courses. Note that students may not exceed 32 credits.
  
• Satisfactorily complete a master’s project in consultation with a faculty advisor and with the program’s approval.
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA

Of the 16 XE credits, 4 credits are required:

• CEH-GA 3015: Interdisciplinarity (3 credits, normally in the first semester)
• CEH-GA 3005: XE Master’s Project (1 credit, normally in the last semester)

A list of our current course offerings can be found at this link. Please check back each semester for updated course offerings.

Our courses are intended to offer models of interdisciplinary scholarship that are not readily available in other parts of the university, and they cover a range of fields including: literary theory, gender studies, anthropology, critical race studies, digital humanities, art history, urban studies, and environmental studies.

XE students are encouraged to take elective courses in any department or school at NYU, pending approval from the course instructor. If you have found a course that interests you and you are unable to enroll directly, please reach out to the professor to request permission to enroll, most often via an advance email. Some graduate-level courses are intended for doctoral students only, as in cases when professors seek extensive background in a given subject area. There is also a selection of courses in certain schools or programs, such as Tisch and Creative Writing, which are in high demand and are often difficult for outside students to access. But most courses are otherwise open to all masters and doctoral students, and you should find a wide variety of courses with which to customize your course of study.

When you email the instructor in advance, be sure to include an explanation of how the course fits into your academic plans. While some departments require permission codes to register for their courses, for many you may register directly on Albert. As you reach out to faculty and staff across the university please remember to be kind, courteous, and respectful in all of your communications. If you have any questions or concerns as you proceed, the faculty and staff at XE will be able to assist and support you.

Courses offered through GSAS, NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science, which includes XE, are normally 4 credits. The program actively encourages students to draw widely from all of NYU’s resources. Note that many graduate courses on offer from other divisions, however, such as Steinhardt, Tisch, Tandon, or Wagner bear different credit amounts. Students should pay careful attention as they move through their program and work closely with their faculty advisor to organize the right balance of credits (at least 16 from XE; 32 total) toward the degree.

Instinctively, most turn to the websites of departments and programs aligned to their interests. GSAS alone has a wide range of graduate programs. However, the full range of current offerings can be found more quickly and easily via Albert.

Instructions:

1. Choose: “Public Course Search”
   
2. at right, select the term in which you are interested. Wait for the wheel in the upper right corner to reset information;
3. for GSAS courses, choose “Graduate School of Arts and Science” in the School menu, and wait for the page to reset again;
   
4. from there, you can either survey all classes by clicking on the name of a given department or program, or you can do an expedited keyword search at top;
   
5. many students get this far and stop there. Instead, note that you can use this same system to search for a far wider range of courses in Steinhardt, Tisch, Wagner, and elsewhere.
   
6. For courses taken at SPS, or the School of Professional Studies, please consult in advance with your advisor, as the changing audience for these often-one-time offerings invites a wide range of both course form and content. Begin by ensuring that any course carries the -GC subject code (rather than the more common -CE code), which signals that it is a graduate-level course.