What Opportunities does NYU Offer for Studying Art History Abroad?
NYU encourages all students to spend a semester abroad, offering a valuable opportunity to examine at first hand the art and architecture of another culture. The NYU Abroad programs in Florence, Paris, and London typically offer several courses in art history and in urban design and architecture studies each semester; in other cities, the offerings in art and architectural history are more limited. Students can earn credit toward the major for 2 courses taken abroad or if a third course is taken (in a different location) then the student can earn major credit for 3 courses. Certain courses given abroad have the same titles and course numbers as courses given in New York; these typically count for advanced credit in Renaissance Art, Modern art, or Urban Design and Architecture Studies, depending on the course. Other courses have no New York equivalent; some of these count as advanced courses, others as electives–and a few carry no art history credit at all. Students taking a semester a
