Cross Registration Guide

The Tisch Open Arts Curriculum consists of a series of Tisch School of the Arts courses open to all undergraduate and graduate students at New York University.

These courses span several disciplines from filmmaking to screenwriting to photography to acting and beyond.

For more information contact:
Office of Special Programs
721 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Phone: 212 998 1500
Fax: 212 995 4578
tisch.special.info@nyu.edu

Fall 2009 Courses:
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/Xregmain.html

Department of Drama
Broadway, 3rd floor south
212.998.1850
tisch.drama.ug@nyu.edu

Dept. Website: http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

Overview:
The Department of Drama at Tisch School of the Arts is unique in the nation for its combination of rigorous conservatory training and broad-ranging academic education. Using the incomparable theatrical resources of New York City as well as the superb intellectual resources of New York University, the department has created a uniquely balanced B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) program that aims to establish the artistic and intellectual foundations for a successful professional life in the theatre and allied disciplines.

Registration:
The Tisch Drama department offers a number of courses open to non-majors. These coures range in topic from performance technique to studies of contemporary playwrights and foreign forms of drama.

Most non-performance related theatre studies courses (i.e. courses about dramatic literature, dramaturgy, criticism, etc.) should be open to non-majors. If presented with problems registering please contact the department at (212) 998-1850 for any assistance that you require. Theatre Studies courses are linked below.

http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_curtheatre.html

Special Information:
Students interested in taking Private Voice lessons through Tisch require a special form, located here:

http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_forms.html

Gallatin students are not eligible to audition for Tisch Drama-sponsored plays and performances.

***NEW MINOR BEING OFFERED***
A minor in Performance Studies is now being offered. The Performance Studies Minor is intended for students who are interested in delving into the impact that performance can have on culture. It will enable students to develop a greater understanding of how performance has meaning to daily life and how it can shape both a social and political landscape.

For more information consult the following link:
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/PSMinor.html

***OPEN ARTS STUDIO***
Only offered in the Spring Semester, the Open Arts Studio provides students with an 8-credit professional studio course of study similar to what Drama majors receive through their studio education. Applications for admission are due in early Fall preceding the Spring semester in which a student wishes to enroll in the studio. More information can be found here:
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/satnyu.html

The department offers the course "The American Musical" H81.1002/H81.2002 which is open to all undergraduate and graduate students regardless of major. A description of the course can be found below.

What is The American Musical? What are its roots? Where is it going? How do words, music and drama mesh to create something greater than each element alone? What made the magic of the fabled collaborations? These questions and many others are explored through a survey of the history of the “American Musical.” The course will focus on landmark works and writers, utilizing audio and video recordings, and script analysis. Included are the works of Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jonathan Larson and others. This course counts as TSOA and Gallatin Humanities Requirement, (except for TSOA Drama Students).

If presented with any issues registering for the course, Please contact the department at (212) 998-1830 for any assistance that you require.

For general questions: 212-998-1600

For specific registration questions (i.e. about a particular course):

Ken Sweeney, Program Administrator
kcs1@nyu.edu
or
Melanie Daly, Department Coordinator
melanie.daly@nyu.edu

Dept. Website:
http://cinema.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home

Overview:
The Department of Cinema Studies is one of the first university departments devoted to the history, theory, and aesthetics of film and the moving image. The approach to cinema is interdisciplinary and international in scope and is concerned with understanding films in terms of the material practices that produce them and within which they circulate. Film has been the primary object of study in the past; however, in recent years, the department has expanded to include other media that fall within the realm of sound/image studies (e.g., broadcast television, video art, and on-line technologies).

Special Information:
Approximately 3 undergraduate courses each semester are open on Albert to all students.
The majority of Cinema Studies classes open to outside students are restricted with access codes. Interested students should come to the department between 10 am - 4 pm to get an access code.

A list of courses available to non-majors in Spring 2010 is linked below.
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/xregcinemastudies.html

Please be aware that if a course is described as restricted to cinema studies students it is not open to any students outside the program, regardless of whether their concentration involves cinema studies. Students should not e-mail individual faculty members for permission to register for such courses. Questions or comments about this should be directed to the Program Adminstrator, Ken Sweeny.

***NEW MINOR BEING OFFERED***

A new minor in Documentary is being offered. The Minor in Documentary will be the first of its kind offering a structured curriculum that delves into the history, practices the hands-on mechanics of production, and explores the means in which to distribute the final film.

For more information consult the following link:
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/DocMinor.html

Brianne Powell
212.992.8408
brianne.powell@nyu.edu

Dept. Website
http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

Overview:
The Recorded Music B.F.A. undergraduate program is designed to provide professional training for students who aim to succeed as creative entrepreneurs in the music industry. A creative entrepreneur is a driven, passionate individual who starts and runs an innovative business enterprise.

Registration:
Please consult the link below to review the procedure for registering for Recorded Music courses as a non-major.

http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ReMuNonMajorRequest.html

Starting with spring 2010 registration, the dept will no longer publicize classes as available for non-majors. Instead, everything will be listed as "For Majors Only" but if a non-major would like to take any courses, he or she must simply follow the steps on the link above, and will be placed on an in-house manual wait list. All classes will be available, pending space remaining after majors have all registered.

Special Information:

For Spring 2010 registration, these courses may become available to you. FOR NON-MAJORS INTERESTED IN TAKING ONE OF THESE COURSES, PLEASE
COMPLETE AN ONLINE NON-MAJOR REQUEST, linked above.

H85.1205 MUSIC MARKETING
#75543 4 credits
MW 3:30 PM-4:45 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: H85.1202 Introduction to Music Business

H85.1223 CONTRACTS & DEALMAKING
#75544 4 credits
W 6:20 PM-9:00 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: H85.1202 Introduction to Music Business

H85.1239 THE BUSINESS OF ELECTRONIC & DANCE MUSIC
#TBA 4 credits
T 6:20 PM-9:00 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: H85.1202 Introduction to Music Business

H85.1260 THE BUSINESS OF ARTIST MANAGEMENT
#TBA 4 credits
M 6:20 PM-9:00 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: H85.1202 Introduction to Music Business

H85.1272 ENTREPRENEURSHIP: DEVELOPING THE MUSIC BUSINESS VENTURE
#75545 4 credits
W 6:20 PM-9:00 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: H85.1202 Introduction to Music Business

H85.1150 MUSIC RECOMMENDATION & DISCOVERY: HISTORY, CRITICISM &
CULTURE
#75656 4 credits
W 3:30 PM-6:10 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: None

H95.1281 TOPICS IN RECORDED MUSIC: BHANGRA, BOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND
#TBA 2 credits
T 2:00 PM-4:45 PM
Pre-requisite for Majors: None
*This class meets: 3/9/10-4/27/10
*You may register for this class on Albert. No need to complete an online request.

Randy Martin
Department of Art & Public Policy
665 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-992-8200
tisch.arpo@nyu.edu

Dept. Website:
http://app.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

Overview:
The courses offered by the Department investigate the social, ethical and political issues facing contemporary artists and scholars, and examine public policy issues that affect their ability to make and distribute their work. The courses are interdisciplinary and may be team taught, may include a practicum as well as theoretical and historical investigations, and may be available to graduate as well as undergraduate students. (Courses are designed to fulfill general education requirements for Tisch undergraduates in all disciplines.) While these courses are primarily for students at Tisch, students from other divisions of New York University are welcome to enroll with permission of Randy Martin, Chair of Art & Public Policy.

Registration:
Most courses are open to non-majors and are restricted only by class standing (i.e. Sophomores and Juniors only, Juniors and Seniors only, etc.)

Brenda Burton
Coordinator of Academic Support Services
725 Broadway, Room 1106
Phone: 212-998-1814
brenda.burton@nyu.edu

Department website:
http://filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home

Overview:
The mission of the undergraduate film and television department is to educate our students in the art, craft, and technology of film, television video, animation and sound production. Our program offers intensive hands-on production experience coupled with a broad exposure to the liberal arts. We nurture individual talent and skills, and encourage students to become creative, and thoughtful practitioners in the world of media.

Registration:
Students are encouraged to pursue Film/TV courses specially designated for non-majors here first:

http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/xregfilm.html

All other courses are open to out-of-department students only after all Tisch Film & TV majors have registered for courses. If spots are open after priority registration, non-majors my take courses in the department. In general, courses are open to non-majors only after the first day of the semester’s classes. Any Tisch Film & TV major on any waiting list has priority over non-majors.

Students hoping to be considered for a spot in any Film & TV course should pick up a “Film & TV Permission Form” (the yellow one) from the large Forms Kiosk outside Room 901 in the 721 Broadway building. The department will honor the course requests in the order they receive them, so it is worthwhile to plan ahead.

At the end of the first week of classes, Gallatin students who have not been contacted by the UG Film & TV department are encouraged to return to 721 Broadway, Room 901, to find out if any spots have opened up in the class.

Special Information:
All Undergraduate Film & TV Fundamentals courses are particularly difficult to get into during the academic year. The department encourages out-of-department students to take these courses over the summer. The course names may vary during the summer sessions, but the material covered is the same.

Out-of-department students may occasionally enter an intermediate or advanced level course with the specific permission of the instructor teaching the course. Students may bypass course prerequisites only by permission of the instructor teaching the course.

Important: Please note that all out-of-department students are charged service fees when they register for any class in Department of Film & TV. These fees are non-refundable. (Please refer to the back of the "Film & TV Permission Form" for a list of fees).

***NEW MINOR BEING OFFERED***
A Minor in producing is available. The Producing Minor is a specialized track designed to provide students of any major with a framework for understanding the dynamics of producing as an art form and a business profession.

Please consult the following link for more information.
http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/MinorProducing.html

Liz Andrews
Photography & Imaging
721 Broadway, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212 998 1930
photo.tsoa@nyu.edu OR
liz.andrews@nyu.edu

Dept. Website:
http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

Overview:
The Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch offers a four-year B.F.A. program centered on the making and understanding of images. Students explore photo-based imagery as personal and cultural expression. Situated within a university, our program offers students both the intensive focus of an arts curriculum and a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts. We are a diverse department embracing multiple perspectives, and our 130 majors work in virtually all modes of analog and digital photo-based image making and multimedia.

Registration:
Students are encouraged to take advantage of Photo & Imaging courses for non-majors listed here:

http://specialprograms.tisch.nyu.edu/object/xregphotofall.html

All other courses are listed at the link below and may require special permission. If such restrictions are not already listed in the course description or on Albert, please contact Irene Cho for clarification.

http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/courses.html

The department would like to promote the following courses for non-majors in the spring 2010 semester:

STUDIO COURSES

H82.1030 Dir. Projects: Performing the Problematic W 9:30-1:15

H82.1220 Community Collaboration M 6:00-8:30

H82.1216 Advanced Documentary Strategies W 6:00-9:45

H48.1100 Urban Ensemble T 6:00-9:45

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Directed Projects: Performing the Problematic
H82.1030 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1030 sec 2 #71325 Wafaa Bilal Wednesday 9:30-1:15 721 Bway, 824
Prerequisite: Photography & Imaging: Analog and Digital.
This course will address the problematic historical and theoretical background of an image by re-contextualizing it and placing it in contemporary time. Students will explore performance, photography, theory and history by recreating and performing historical works of art. Re-contextualizing images enables us to revisit history and the original objective of the artist. This process allows us to measure the progress we have made politically and socially since that period. Students will also learn how to manage large-scale projects and gain experience creating sets, lighting, documenting through photo, video and other technical skills. Each student or group will propose and spearhead one project and the class as a whole will participate in the actualization of each project. At the end of the course, there will be a show or public presentation of student works. Film, writing and performance students are highly encouraged to take this class.

Wafaa Bilal’s bio and information about his work can be seen here: http://www.wafaabilal.com.

Community Collaborations: New York City Teens Speak Out
H82.1220 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1220 sec 1 # 71334 Lorie Novak Monday 6-8:30 721 Bway, 815
Offered Spring only. Prerequisite: Junior standing, working knowledge of photoshop, community-based art teaching experience, or permission of instructor.
Community Collaborations (aka CoCo) is a participatory photography project where NYU students teach digital photography to NYC public high school students and use the Web for exhibition, self-expression, and community building. In this Photography & Imaging and Art & Public Policy Course, the NYU students work in teams of two or three and co-facilitate workshops with small groups of teens that meet twice a week from 3:30-6:00 on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. Cameras and all supplies are provided and the workshops take place in Photography and Imaging’s digital labs. The teens are given digital cameras to photograph their families, friends, and communities to create photographic essays exploring their day-to-day lives, dreams, concerns, and social-political challenges. During the course time for NYU students, focus will be on workshop development, supervision, discussion of challenges and what it means to work in community engaged projects. There will also be guest speakers, visits to other community-based art programs, and assigned readings. Final projects will be published at the end of the semester on the Community Collaborations (CoCo) website, http://photoandimaging.net/coco. Please note that although this is a demanding course, it does not involve working on your own photographic projects. If you have any questions, please email lorie.novak@nyu.edu.

Community Collaborations started in 1996 in the Photography and Imaging Department. To see past work created in this course, visit http://www.photoandimaging.net/coco and see the CoCo books from 1996-2007 in the Photography and Imaging library. Also visit the course resource blog, http://photoandimagingcoco.blogspot.com, and the high school students blog, http://coconyu.blogspot.com. Community Collaborations is co-directed by Lorie Novak (founder) and Erika deVries. Funding is provided by the NYU Office of Civic Engagement and the Department of Photography & Imaging.

Advanced Documentary Strategies
H82.1216 Studio 4 Credits
H82.1216 sec 1 # 71333 Joe Rodriguez Wednesday 6-9:45 721 Bway, 815
Prerequisite: Photojournalism or Documentary Strategies, or permission by the department.
This course will explore conventional and alternative methods in documentary photography that have been used to explore a variety of subjects. Models such as the early Life magazine, the Farm Security Administration, collaborations between writers and photographers such as “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” by Walker Evans and James Agee, the divergent coverage of the Vietnam War and the work by collectives will be among the many strategies discussed from a variety of cultures and political points of view. We will examine the variegated structure of the picture essay and contemplate the new potentials for it on a digital platform. While there will be readings assigned, the class concentrates on the student’s ability to conceptualize, carry out and produce one small and one large documentary project during the semester.

Joseph Rodriguez's bio can be seen here: http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/object/RodriguezJ.html

Urban Ensemble
Professor Erika deVries
H48.1100.001 (Undergraduate)
H48.2100.001 (Graduate)
Tuesdays, 6:00 – 9:45pm
Undergraduate and Graduate
4 points

This course affords opportunities to learn how to teach in community-based arts settings. Class meetings will be devoted to expanding students' knowledge of teaching methods; exploring techniques and strategies for working with people in diverse situations; reading about and discussing selected collaborative and community projects; and brainstorming responses to challenges that arise at the internships. Emphasis is given to interdisciplinary tools-the combined use of photography, theatre, video, dance, and writing-although one form is usually prominent in any given situation. Guest lectures will be given by artists working with theater, photography, storytelling, and video.

In addition to a weekly class session, students participate once or twice a week in an arts-based internship with a community-based artist or organization. Internships are available in all disciplines with opportunities for students to lead their own groups or assist a practicing artist in the field. Sites include an after-school program for kids at a housing project, institutions that use the arts for healing, an arts for literacy project, programs dedicated to self- growth and community building, and local NYC public schools. A once a week internship for 10 weeks is required for 2 credits. To receive more than 2 credits, a more intensive internship must be arranged.

This course will count toward Elective credit for TSOA Students.

David Ranghelli
Program Director, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
Tisch School of the Arts
212 998-1943
david.ranghelli@nyu.edu

Department website:
http://ddw.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

Overview:
The undergraduate program in dramatic writing, which leads to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, is divided into four parts: writing/text analysis, production/performance, general education and electives. Acceptance into the Department enrolls all students in the Division of Playwriting and the Division of Film and TV Writing. Students study in both divisions, concentrating in at least one medium as their studies advance.

Registration:
Courses in this department are highly restrictive, and it is all but impossible for students not matriculated in the program to register for courses during the academic year. However, chances of taking courses in this department may be increased if the student has taken a summer course in Dramatic Writing.

Out-of-department students are encouraged to take advantage of the Dramatic Writing courses offered in Tisch’s Open-Arts Curriculum. These courses are often taught by the Dramatic Writing Adjunct Faculty, the same faculty who regularly teach students matriculated in the Dramatic Writing Program.

Frank Lantz
Interim Director
NYU Game Center
frank.lantz@nyu.edu

Overview:
The NYU Game Center is a pioneering new University-wide academic initiative for the research, design, and development of digital games. Drawing on a faculty that teaches nearly 70 courses related to game design across NYU, the center would have as its long term goal graduate and undergraduate degrees. The Center will be a collaboration of faculty members in computer science, engineering, new media theory, and the arts.

The NYU Game Center has been initially funded with an anonymous gift of $ 1 million and a $200,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation’s NYC Cultural Innovation Fund, a new initiative that supports creative engagement with the issues shaping the City’s creative future. The Center’s initial home will be in the Skirball Center for New Media in the Tisch School of the Arts. An advisory committee made up of NYU faculty and staff is presently conducting a search for a director of the Center. A related effort, the Games for Learning Institute, was launched in October 2008 with $1.5 million in funding from Microsoft. The Institute will provide the fundamental scientific evidence to support the potential of games as learning tools for math and science subjects among middle-school students.

“Digital games are becoming more and more a part of our mainstream culture the world over,” said Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. “Not only are they enormously popular, but the appeal of digital games cuts across all ages and gender. The Tisch School is proud to participate with Steinhardt, Courant, and NYU Poly in this important initiative to establish a multi-school center for game study and development. ”

David W. McLaughlin, provost of NYU, said “Modern video games are, at heart, cross-disciplinary creations that draw on talents from across a university community: mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, artists, dramatic writers. The mission of the NYU Game Center, to be sure, will be to produce the next generation of game designers, entrepreneurs, and researchers, and to advance the science, technology, and practice of gaming through research. Beyond that, we also look to this new center as a laboratory for innovation, intellectual risk-taking, and cross-disciplinary collaborations.”

The Center is a partnership between several NYU schools and affiliates: the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; the Polytechnic Institute of NYU; the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; and the Tisch School of the Arts. Beginning in spring 2009, the Center will offer a series of talks and panel discussions that will be open to the public and featuring leading game designers. In fall 2009, it will offer undergraduate courses to 10-12 students a year who may choose a minor, major or double major. Graduate courses are slated for fall 2010. Approximately six graduate students a year will be admitted to the two-year Master’s program or certificate program.

The NYU Game Center’s interim director is Frank Lantz, adjunct assistant professor in the Tisch School’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. “I am excited to be a part of this historic new initiative in gaming at New York University," he said. “The work going on across the University in this field has made NYU one of the most vibrant gaming institutions on the east coast.”

Lantz, a game designer who has worked in the field of game development for 20 years, is also creative director and co-founder of the game development firm area/code. He has taught game design at New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and the New School. His writings on games, technology and culture have appeared in a variety of publications.

Members of the advisory committee for the NYU Game Center are: Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean, Tisch School of the Arts; Sheril Antonio, associate arts professor, associate dean of Film, TV, and New Media, and interim chair, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the Arts; Bonita Engel, area manager for Skirball Center for New Media; Alexander R. Galloway: associate professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; Leslie Greengard, professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and director of Courant; Katherine Isbister, associate professor, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, with an affiliation at the ITU Copenhagen Center for Computer Games Research; Frank Lantz; Yann LeCun, professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; Rosanne Limoncelli, director of production for Film& New Media, Kanbar Institute of Film & Television; Ken Perlin, professor, Media Research Laboratory, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the Center for Advanced Technology; Ron Robin, professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Dan Shiffman, assistant arts professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School.