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Welcome Letter

Dear new students!

Welcome to NYU! I want to congratulate you on your acceptance to NYU's International Education Program. We look forward to your joining us.

A full time course load during your first semester consists of three or four courses (a total of 12-15 credits).  A total of 12 credits, or 3 of the required courses, which are 4 credits each, meet the full-time course load requirements for student loans, scholarships, and visas. There are five required International Education courses that all students must take as part of the program, and most students take all five courses during their first year. We will be offering four of the required courses during the Fall semester and three of them during the Spring semester. E53.2007 Comparative Education I:  Qualitative Analysis and E53.2008 Comparative Education II:  Quantitative Analysis will be offered in both the Fall and Spring Semesters.
For your first semester of study in the fall, you should register for:

All of the required courses consist of a lecture once a week, which is taught by a core member of the faculty,  and a small recitation section or workshop that meets one hour a week and is taught by a Teaching Assistant or an Instructor.  Your enrollment in these courses is guaranteed in the course of your first year of study.  However, as Comparative Education I & II are taught in both the Fall and Spring, and both involve workshops, there is a cap on enrollment in both of those courses during the Fall semester.  You must register both for the large lecture class and a discussion section for each of the core courses.
For most students, we recommend enrolling in an elective course for an additional 3 credits.  The following electives are offered by our program in fall 2009:

Note: International Perspectives on Gender and Education is a new course which has not yet been assigned a course number.  If you are interested in enrolling in this course, please check back later in the summer.

For students who have any concerns about their outside work or personal obligations, or for international students for whom this is the first semester of study, we recommend enrolling in only the three of the core courses in the fall.  Please don't hesitate to speak with an advisor during summer advising (see dates, below) if you have any questions about your course enrollment.

You should join our list-serve by going to our Website. This list-serve serves as a medium for exchange among our students and alumni and provides information on jobs within the field. To join, go to the following website, type the password "discourse," add the required information, and, finally, create your own password. Our Information Technology Coordinator, Jonathan Winters, can assist you if you encounter any difficulties.  Once you begin your coursework in the fall, he will add you to a second list-serve for all MA students in the program.
http://lists.nyu.edu/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=intl-ed

Should you choose, you may begin your studies in the summer, though the course selection at NYU is limited. There are a number of study abroad programs that may also be of interest. Among these is a three week program on Education and Diversity in Accra, Ghana. This program is co-sponsored by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and you can take up to 6 credits, which may be applied to your internship and area studies requirements. Other programs include Conflict and Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Education and Social Reform in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, Media and Globalization in Hong Kong and Beijing, China, and a program on Mediterranean Studies in Sicily and Southern Italy. You can take up to 6 credits in these other programs, which can be applied to either your area studies or your specialization in international education. Information about these and other programs is available at the following Website: http://www.nyu.edu/summer/2009/abroad/.

You can register on your own now that you have received this letter.  Once the semester begins, you will be assigned to an official advisor who will discuss your coursework with you in detail.  For immediate issues regarding fall registration, if you need to contact an advisor, you can sign up for an advising session on one of the following days during the summer:  For appointments on May 20 (Wednesday) and June 2 (Tuesday), please contact our internship coordinator, Carly Einstein (212)992-9408, cse3@nyu.edu, to make an appointment.  New Student Orientation will be held on Thursday, September 3 and Friday September 4 in the lobby on the 1st floor of Kimball Hall, 246 Greene Street. All new students are required to attend this orientation, during which you will receive information about program requirements, internships, and the degree process. You will meet with the program faculty and advisors, as well as with the second year students, and you will be assigned a specific advisor with whom you can discuss your career goals.

Information about housing at the University is available on the following Website: http://www.nyu.edu/housing/. You can find information about financial aid at http://www.nyu.edu/financial.aid/. We also maintain a list of internship sites that may be of interest on the International Education Website under the heading "internships."  You can connect with current MA students in our program by joining our Facebook group:  NYU International Education Graduate Program.  You can also stay connected to current students and alumni through our Linked-In group: NYU Steinhardt Alumni Network.

I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,

Philip M. Hosay
Professor and Director, International Education.