Study Away as a Dual-Degree
One of the best things about NYU is it's broad geographic reach and the resulting opportunities: with fourteen official campuses around the world, study away at NYU is a valuable experience to be taken advantage of. However, as a Dual-Degree student with a uniquely rigorous schedule, access to this opportunity is limited. Fortunately, prior and current Dual-Degree students have been doing their best to secure study away as an option for all others in the program. As it stands not all majors have equal flexibility to study away. Currently, the Tandon administration is trying to make study away easier for engineers, but nothing happens over night.
We hope our advice can help you.
We hope our advice can help you.
Spring Study Away Deadlines Approaching!
Study Away Priority Deadlines for Spring 2019 application and internship application is September 15!
Follow the lnk below for more details.
Follow the lnk below for more details.
General Tips
- Plan Early! and Plan Ahead! Full example schedules are provided on the Dual Degree Website! Plan now to see where you can go, and make sure you can still graduate at the expected time.
- Save your Core and HU/SS for a semester abroad. You'll definitely still want to take a couple major requirements if you can, but it'll really depend on your situation.
- Most abroad sites only offer lower level courses. For example, you won't find ODE or Physical Chemistry abroad except at one of NYU's Degree-granting campuses. However, those campuses may require a language course.
- NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Tel Aviv are supposedly the best sites for Engineering students in general, but since Dual Degreers take most of the courses they offer on the CAS side, you may want to aim for studying away on your CAS major. Most Chem and Bio Majors go to London, but there may be other sites that you can go to.
- You can also study abroad over the Summer! It's usually a more freeing opportunity, because it won't get in the way of your course track and you'll have more time to yourself to explore your new environment!
- You can also try to study abroad after college. The Fullbright Scholarship sends students and college graduates abroad to have both academic and cultural experiences. The best part? You can technically apply for a Fullbright at any time IN YOUR LIFE until you get a PhD. The Office of Global Awards supported 22 successful NYU students last year! *Please note that Fullbright is primarily for U.S. Citizens, but there are other awards non-U.S. Citizens may be able to apply for.
- Be sure to clear your plan with your Dual-Degree advisors. They need to make sure you graduate on time!
- Consult your mentors and peers for help! They are the ones going through it all with you!
Words from a Veteran
Rhea Reyes, a fourth-year Dual-Degree Student and Study Away pioneer, was interviewed about her experience studying at another campus. Here's a few excerpts of what she had to say:
Did your study away program affect your future choices in your career and academics? If so, how?"I think now I really look for travel as a part of work, or travel as a part of study, because it’s a good excuse to get out of the country. I’m interested in research, and therefore I find study away to have really helped me ... embrace that idea that there are people in different cultures that are interested in the same things that I am."
What tips or advice would you give a student to get the most out of their time abroad?"Get out of the classroom. When I studied away, I actually did mostly Core... and it really gave me a better idea of the place that I lived in. We were talking about the place that I lived in while I actually lived there. In my arts class, Expressive cultures: Images, we were literally never in the classroom. We were always at art museums. We even went to other cities to look at art museums, in England, and they were paid for. So it’s really about letting yourself just explore, and, meet the locals, you know, go to different parts of England, or wherever you go, really."
|
What was your favorite experience from your time away?"...staying with a host family for a weekend. Most sites offer this: either you live with a host family or you go away for a weekend, and what’s nice is you really dive into the culture that way. I think my favorite thing was that I called home and my parents said “You’re speaking with a British accent!”"
Do you have scheduling advice for Dual-Degree students that are interested in studying away?"You need to start early. Most dual-degree students who do study away, which aren’t many, study in their first two years. I studied in the second semester of my second year, which is very very early. The reason for this is a lot of the courses that are offered at away sites are ... lower level, so you’ll find Gen Chem or Physics 2, for example, but you won’t find Ordinary Differential Equations, you won’t find most of your engineering electives, or engineering classes even. So you need to really look at what is offered at each site."
|
Want the full interview? Access the full transcript here.