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Come join us this summer and explore cutting edge, urban, cultural and political issues, and the trendiest neighborhoods in the country's largest city. See first-hand how a city of 9.2 million goes about its daily life. Visit the brand new World Trade Center memorial site, the new High Line park, and learn about attempts to "green" the city, and its spectacular success in reducing crime. Hear how the "Big Apple" is dealing with its challenges as the largest public school system in the country, and discuss the changing role of museums. View the latest architecture, and visit Chelsea, the largest Contemporary Art gallery district in the world. Learn about the new world of journalism, newspapers, television and magazines. See how the film and television industry and Broadway and today's contemporary theater works, and hear first-hand about the turbulent history of Spiderman, the most expensive Broadway show ever. Visit the United Nations and learn about New York as a global city.
The program combines seminars and on-site visits led by some of the major experts in the city, including:
•Night at Broadway with a Broadway show, dinner & "after-show" private meeting with the actors, led by tv journalist Dick Oliver and Broadway marketing executive Kate McGrath
•New York Times senior editor, Connie Rosenblum
•Sotheby's Senior Lecturer, Andras Szanto
•NYC Art Commissioner, Michele Bogart
•NYC Landmarks Commissioner, Anthony Tung
•Singer/Songwriter, Cheryl Engelhardt
•Chief Engineer of the Highline, Peter Mullan
•Meat-packing Historic District Co-founder, Jo Hamilton
•Harlem tour led by McArthur award winning photographer Camilo Vergara
The course meets four days a week at The American Institute of Architecture, in Greenwich Village, one of the trendiest and most exciting parts of New York City. Students live within walking distance in nearby NYU dorms. There are no prerequisites for the course. You will earn 10 quarter units--Sociology 191NY: Urban and Suburban Sociology and Sociology 191R: Sociology of Culture. Also, you may take an optional course: 4 quarter units Sociology 199: Directed Research