Study Away Course List

Global Pathways for the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis with majors and minors in Africana Studies, American Studies, Asian/Pacific/American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Latino Studies, Metropolitan Studies, AND Social & Cultural Analysis.

SCROLL DOWN FOR COURSES BY SITE: ABU DHABI, ACCRA, BERLIN, BUENOS AIRES, FLORENCE, LONDON, MADRID, PARIS, PRAGUE, SHANGHAI, SYDNEY, WASHINGTON DC  

SCA majors and minors study away at many different sites. Almost all of NYU’s global sites offer several courses for our majors/minors, and some have four or more.  For a complete list of courses by site see below. Note that not all courses are offered every semester; check the relevant Global Academics site for the semester you hope to attend. 

Here is an example of Accra as a study away site for various majors and minors. You can use this example and our list of courses to explore and create your own pathway at your chosen site, whether it is Madrid, Buenos Aires, or Berlin.

Accra is an ideal global pathway for majors and minors in Africana Studies, Metropolitan Studies, and Social & Cultural Analysis. At least one Gender & Sexuality Studies course is offered. 

NYU's study-abroad center offers a rare opportunity for undergraduates to study in Africa. A range of courses has been developed and are offered at NYU Accra; see this link for details. Here is a sample of recent offerings. 

If you have questions about what counts at different sites, please email sca@nyu.edu.

Africana Studies and Social & Cultural Analysis

Faculty Electives

  • Grammy's  Afrobeats & Hiplife: African Contemporary Music (SCA-UA 9120)
  • Documenting the African City (SCA-UA 9124) 

Cross-listed electives – note that SCA minors can only take faculty electives.

  • Cocoa and Gold: Ghana's Development in Global Perspective (SCA-UA 9852)
  • Society, Culture, and Modernization in Ghana (SCA-UA 9776)

Gender & Sexuality Studies – cross-listed electives

  • African Women Playwrights (ITHEA-UT 743)

Metropolitan Studies

Faculty Elective

  • Documenting the African City (SCA-UA 9124)

Cross-listed Electives

  • Globalization and the Developing World (SOC-UA 9970)

Internship Program

Get out of the classroom and into the community!  Immerse yourself in Ghanaian culture, gain invaluable hands-on experience, and learn how policy issues relate to the development process.

There are MANY options for internships in Accra. To count as a cross-listed elective for a major/minor in SCA, the placement must be in an NGO or government agency and focus on your program of study, i.e., GSS students must do a gender-related internship, Met Studies, and urban-related internship, and so forth. 

STUDY AWAY COURSE LIST BY SITE

THESE COURSES ARE NOT ALL  OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER. CHECK THE AWAY SITE OR ALBERT FOR THE SEMESTER YOU WILL STUDY AWAY TO SEE WHAT WILL BE OFFERED. 

Majors: maximum of three courses are taken at the away site, even if faculty electives.

Minors: maximum of two courses are taken at the away site, even if faculty electives.

Majors & Minors: maximum two courses cross-listed whether away or in NYC.

American Studies and Social & Cultural Analysis (SCA) minors may ONLY take SCA faculty courses.

If you have any questions regarding which courses count towards which majors/minors in SCA, please email sca@nyu.edu.

ABU DHABI

  • Africa in the World  HIST-UH 1105  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • African American Freedom Struggle  HIST-UH 3319   (counts as a cross-listed elective fo: Africana majors & minors and American and SCA majors, not minors)
  • African History through Film and Literature  HIST-UH 3316  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • African Politics POLSC-UH 2414  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • African Popular Music MUSIC-UH 1662 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • African Women Playwrights THEAT-UH 1514 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana & Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Family and Gender in the Arab World  SRPP - UH - 1813X  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Gender CCOL-UH 1034  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Gender and Representation CCEA-UH 1015   (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Gender and Society  SRPP-UH 2410   (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Gender Parity   POLSC-UH 2316 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Global Women Writing  LITCW-UH 1160 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Humanitarianism in Africa: A Critical History  HIST-UH 3310 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Immigration, Ethnicity, and Public Policy SRPP-UH 2616 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for American & SCA majors, not minors)
  • Women and Work in the Gulf RPP-UH 2614X (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

ACCRA

  • African Women Playwrights COLIT-UA 9851/ITHEA-UT 743 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana, Gender & Sexuality majors & minors, and SCA majors, NOT minors)
  • Cocoa and Gold: Ghana's Development in Global Perspective SCA-UA 9852 same as IDSEM-UG 9050 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and SCA majors, NOT minors)
  • Community Psychology PSYCH-UA 9036/ASPY-UE 9005 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana, Metropolitan majors & minors, and SCA majors, NOT minors)
  • Cultures & Contexts: The Black Atlantic CORE-UA 9534 (Counts as INTRO for Africana majors & minors and SCA majors, NOT minors)
  • Documenting the African City  SCA-UA 9124 same as ANTH-UA 9087 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Africana, Metropolitan, SCA)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Globalization and the Developing World SOC-UA 9970 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana, Metropolitan majors & minors, and SCA majors, NOT minors)
  • Grammy's  Afrobeats & Hiplife: African Contemporary Music (formerly: African Popular Music) SCA-UA 9120 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Africana, SCA)
  • Intensive Twi Language Course (one semester of an African language can count toward the Africana major/minor.)   SCA-UA GHAN  (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Africana, SCA)
  • Journalism and Society: Cultural Contexts and African Media SCA-UA 9838 same as JOUR-UA 9503 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and SCA majors, NOT minors) 
  • Society, Culture, and Modernization in Ghana  SCA-UA 9776 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana, Metropolitan majors & minors, and SCA majors, NOT minors)

BERLIN

  • Berlin's Modern History & Culture: A European Perspective  HIST-UA 9984 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Global Connections: Berlin Spaces (Formerly Berlin Trends)  SCA-UA 9634 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Metropolitan, SCA)
  • Place - Building - Time: The Architecture of Berlin  SCA-UA 9853  same as ARTH-UA 9651/SOC-UA 9941 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and SCA majors only) 
  • Topics in Environmental Values & Society: Cities on the Move SCA-UA 9863 same as ENVST-UA 9450/SASEM-UG 910 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and SCA majors, not minors) 
  • Transnational Migration, Identity, and Citizenship SCA-UA 9616 same as SOC-UA 9943/EURO-UA 9943/ANTH-UA 9076/AGT-UF 9301 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for Metropolitan, SCA majors/minors) 
  • Urban Greening Lab: Berlin SCA-UA 9650 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and SCA majors, not minors)

BUENOS AIRES

  • Art and the City: Buenos Aires, New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Mexico City SCA-UA 9866  same as ARTH-UA 9650/SASEM-UG 9650  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Metropolitan majors & minors and for American & SCA majors, not minors)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Inter-America Relations: Latin America & the US  POL-UA 9780 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Latino majors & minors and for American & SCA majors, not minors)
  • Queer Cultures and Democracy SCA-UA 9844  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality, Latino, Metropolitan majors & minors and for American & SCA majors, not minors)
  • Reporting Buenos Aires JOUR-UA 9204  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

FLORENCE

  • Culture of the City: Italian Urban Life  SCA-UA 9620 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Metropolitan, SCA)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • History of Immigration in Europe & U.S. From WWII to Present   HIST-UA 9186 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Africana, American, SCA)
  • Italy During the Renaissance: Florence SCA-UA 9867 same as HIST-UA 9123/MEDI-UA 9123 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors) 
  • Topics in Africana Studies: Di colore: Race, Difference & Resistance in Italy SCA-UA 9180 fall 2022 will be 
  • SCA-UA 9872 in future (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors: Africana, Gender & Sexuality, SCA)

LONDON

  • Cultures & Contexts: The Black Atlantic CORE-UA 9534 (Counts as INTRO for Africana majors/minors and SCA majors, not minors but students need to email sca@nyu.edu to request this.)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.))
  • Expressive Culture: Architecture in London Field Study CORE-UA 9722  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors, but students need to email sca@nyu.edu to request this.)
  • Fashion, Culture and the Body IDSEM-UG 9254 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and SCA majors, not minors)
  • History of London SCA-UA 9882 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Immigration SCA-UA 9864 same as SOC-UA 9452/IDSEM-UG 9250 /HIST-UA 9452/ANTH-UA 9075 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors) 
  • Modern Imperialism: 19th and 20th Century  SCA-UA 9883 Counts as a cross-listed elective for Africana majors & minors and SCA majors, not minors)
  • Seeing London's Architecture  ARTH-UA 9674 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Writing London SCA-UA 9886 same as ENGL-UA 9182 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

MADRID

  • Current Social, Political and Urban Challenges to European Cities  SCA-UA 9890 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for these majors/minors:  Metropolitan & SCA)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Madrid Stories: Engaging with the City Through Documentary Film   SPAN-UA 9661  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Madrid: Urban Visions SOC-UA 9970/SPAN-UA 9360 (in Spanish) (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors) 

PARIS

  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Expressive Culture: Architecture in Paris Field Study CORE-UA 9722 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors) 
  • France: Gender, Class, Race (in French) SCA-UA 9870 same as FREN-UA 9903 (Counts as SCA cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors/minors and for SCA majors, not minors) 
  • Gender & Sexuality in France (in French) SCA-UA 9869 same as  FREN-UA 9936  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors/minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Urban Ethnography  SCA-UA 9868 same as ANTH-UA 9901/IDSEM-UG 9357 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

PRAGUE

  • Czech Art and Architecture ARTH-UA 9662   (Counts as a cross-listed elective for MET majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • History of Czech Architecture  ARTH-UA 9660   (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

SHANGHAI

  • Gender, Sexuality, and Culture  HUMN-SHU 240 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Gender & Sexuality majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Global Connections: Shanghai  SCA-SHU 9634 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Asian/Pacific/American, Metropolitan majors & minors, and SCA majors, not minors)
  • Shanghai Stories HUMN-SHU 266 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Street Food & Urban Farming  INTM-SHU 250  (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)
  • Where the City Meets the Sea CCEX-SHU 116 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)

SYDNEY

  • The Australian Experience SCA-UA 9809 (Counts as SCA faculty elective for Asian/Pacific/American, Gender & Sexuality, SCA majors and minors)

WASHINGTON DC

  • Black Lives Writing Washington, DC SCA-UA 9186 (Counts as a faculty elective for Africana, American, Metropolitan, SCA majors & minors)
  • Experiential Learning Seminar (ONLY IF INTERNSHIP & SEMINAR PAPERS ARE RELATED TO SCA MAJOR OR FOCUS)  NODEP-UA 9982  (MAY count as a cross-listed elective depending on internship, email sca@nyu.edu for more information.)
  • Urban Greening Lab: Washington, DC SCA-UA 9650 same as ENVST-UA 9495/ANTH-UA 9465 (Counts as a cross-listed elective for Metropolitan majors & minors and for SCA majors, not minors)