The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication (MCC) welcomes your interest in the major. Please note that MCC only accepts transfers for the Fall semester.
Students interested in internally transferring to MCC can visit the MCC Academic Advising offices during our in-person drop-in advising hours, which are Monday-Thursday between 10-4 pm. Our office is located on the 8th Floor of 239 Greene Street (East Building). Online appointments for internal transfer questions are not available at this time.
Transfer Process
The transfer process depends on your home school:
- Students transferring from within Steinhardt must fill out the transfer application by April 1.
- Students transferring from another school within NYU must fill out the internal transfer application through NYU's Office of Undergraduate Admissions (due March 1). Note: Students transitioning from the Liberal Studies program have a separate process; please consult with your home school advisor for more information.
- Students transferring from an institution outside of NYU must fill out the external transfer application through NYU's Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
- External transfer applicants are encouraged to consider our MCC in London program.
All students transferring to the MCC major from within Steinhardt or elsewhere at NYU must have completed MCC-UE 0001 and MCC-UE 003 before applying to transfer/transition, receiving a grade of B- or better. The Department also recommends that such students have a B (3.0) cumulative grade point average. We ask that current students who wish to transition or internal transfer to MCC make every effort to take both classes before applying.
For consistency, the MCC department follows the same policy as undergraduate admissions, listed here: The latest semester/term for which you can apply for transfer admission is the end of your second year of study at NYU. The latest students can begin their study at a new NYU school, college or campus is the first semester of their junior year. Typically applications to transfer between NYU schools, colleges, or campuses are not permitted during or after the junior year. In addition, students are rarely permitted to transfer between campuses when their intended major (or a similar major) is already offered at their current campus.
With the exception of external transfers, students entering the Media, Culture, and Communication major may not study abroad in their first semester. This allows new majors to participate in orientation and advisement activities organized by MCC's advising team.
*MCC has three core courses. Majors must take all three; minors take any two. Any student taking an MCC core course (MCC-UE 001, 003, or 014) must earn a B- or better to use that course toward the major or the minor. If a student receives a grade lower than a B-, that student may retake the course to improve the grade, but only one retaken course is allowed. Additionally, students may only retake a course once. This means that students receiving below a B- in two or more MCC core courses (even if taken in the same semester) will have to explore with their advisor other options for majoring at NYU.
Students entering the MCC major must complete the MCC core by the end of their first semester as a junior. This deadline for completing the core encourages external transfers who are early in their college careers, and it encourages transfers/transitions from Steinhardt and elsewhere in NYU who have already had successful experiences in the MCC core. The deadline also ensures that all majors will have completed the MCC core prior to enrolling in a senior seminar.