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BS, Media, Culture, and Communication

Studying away brings your NYU Steinhardt education into a new global context, giving you the opportunity to experience your field from a different perspective, build connections across cultures, and make the world part of your classroom.

Your program’s Global Pathways show you when and where study away fits best within your degree, with recommended courses to keep you on track toward graduation. You may also explore other NYU global locations, provided your study away plans align with your degree requirements and academic progress.

Explore your pathways below, review Steinhardt's Core Equivalencies for global course offerings, and connect with your academic advisor to start planning your global experience.

Gain a global perspective on media and technology at NYU’s international campus.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Communications Lab (IM-UH 1011)
  • Introduction to Interactive Media (IM-UH 1010)
  • Performing Robots (IM-UH 3117) (Fall)
  • Media in the UAE: History Gender and Contemporary Practice (GEN-UH 1010) (Spring)

MCC - Abu Dhabi Course Equivalencies

Engage with media in Latin America through coursework and visits to major media organizations.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Global Media Seminar: Latin America (MCC-UE 9455)
  • Journalism and Society (JOUR-UA 9503) (Fall)
  • Tango and Mass Culture (SCA-UA 9280 or SPAN-UA 9401) (Fall)

Study media in a global city shaped by politics, culture, and international industries.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Postcolonial Visual Culture (MCC-UE 9403)
  • Global Media Seminar: Britain and Europe (MCC-UE 9457)

Explore media in one of Europe’s cultural capitals while developing language and cultural fluency.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Fashion and Power (MCC-UE 9345) (Spring)

     

Study media in a rapidly evolving democratic and cultural landscape.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Advertising and Consumer Society (MCC-UE 9015)
  • Global Media Seminar: East-Central Europe (JOUR-UA 9505 or MCC-UE 9453)
  • Social Media Practicum (MCC-UE 9032)

Examine media in one of the world’s fastest-changing global cities.

Recommended Fall & Spring Global Courses:

  • Creative Coding (INTM-SHU 103)
  • Chinese Cyberculture (INTM-SHU 193) (Fall)

NYU Shanghai Course Equivalencies

Plan Your Adventure

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Study Away Year and Term

  • Sophomore Fall
  • Sophomore Spring 
  • Sophomore Summer 
  • Junior Fall
  • Junior Spring
  • Junior Summer
  • Senior Fall
  • Senior January

Internal transfers are not permitted to study away their first semester

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MCC in London

Through MCC in London, students enrolled in either the NYU Global Gateway Program or as an external transfer to NYU, can enter the Media, Culture, and Communication major.
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Global Media Scholars Program

Our Global Media Scholars program immerses students in the study of global media through NYU's academic sites in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Questions

Have questions about taking your degree global? Reach out to your academic advisor at comm.advisors@nyu.edu to start planning your study away adventure today!