Talk:Gallatin School of Individualized Study

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I just added the advertisement cleanup template. "Advertisement" is not quite the right word, but the article reads like something written by the school's P.R. department. Unfortunately, I know nothing about Gallatin, so I can't do much of anything to improve the article, but someone who knows more about the school should rewrite it more or less from scratch. Elliotreed (talk) 20:46, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I completely concur. I found that it was much of the "Curriculum" section at least was ripped word-for-word from http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/prospective/ba/program.html . Can anyone describe the school in more neutral terms? J1.grammar natz (talk) 22:32, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Horrendous article. Needs a complete re-write. Can't believe that 4 years on it still hasn't changed at all. I'm going to take an axe to it one day and strip it of all the superfluous rubbish. In the meantime I've cn'd a lot of the unreferenced points and slapped a refimprove on it.


 * As the Director of Communications at Gallatin (been here about a year and a half), I'd like to suggest edits large and small to this article, both to more accurately represent what Gallatin is and to give more information about academics including curriculum, requirements, and the colloquium. I also have new information about Gallatin's Urban Democracy Lab, annual events, and notable alumni. I am wondering how best to suggest these edits while being transparent about my role and the conflict of interest here. Thank you for any help/guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ac1780 (talk • contribs) 14:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Undergraduate Core Requirements
While developing their individualized concentrations, students take at least a quarter of a their course work within Gallatin. Options include interdisciplinary seminars, writing and arts workshops, tutorials, internships, and independent studies. Students also complete Foundation requirements, which are comprised of the Liberal Arts Foundation (8 Humanities credits, 8 Social Science credits, 4 Mathematics or Science credits) and the Historical and Cultural Foundation (4 Premodern credits, 4 Early Modern credits, and 4 Global Cultures credits). Ac1780 (talk) 21:04, 11 August 2015 (UTC)ac1780
 * First year requirements: Students take a First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar, a First-Year Writing Seminar, and a First-Year Research Seminar (numerous topics are available).
 * Second year requirements: The student writes their Intellectual Autobiography and Plan for Concentration (IAPC), an essay which charts their studies thus far and describes the plan for their continuation and refinement.
 * Third year requirements: The student writes their Rationale, an essay describing their planned course of study for their final year accompanied by a list of 20-25 books that will be discussed during the Colloquium (see below). The Rationale is reviewed and approved by two faculty members.
 * Fourth year/graduation requirement: The student must successfully pass their Colloquium, an oral examination during which the student engages with a panel of three faculty members for approximately two hours about their concentration and associated literature.