Parsons The New School for Design 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 212.229.8950, www.newschool.edu/parsons Parsons The New School for Design is a degree-granting college of art and design offering professional and liberal education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The school focuses on critical thinking skills, social engagement, collaborative methods, and global perspective. Parsons graduates are known for their leadership in creative, management, and scholarly areas of art and design. The school was named in 1936 for longtime president Frank Alvah Parsons, who devoted his life to integrating visual art and industrial design. Professional internships, interdisciplinary collaboration, and international study opportunities augment Parsons’ undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs. Parsons offers the following degree programs: BFA or a five-year BA/BFA dual-degree program in Architectural Design, Communication Design, Design and Technology, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Integrated Design, Interior Design, Photography, and Product Design; BBA in Design and Management; BA in Environmental Studies; BS in Environmental Studies and Urban Design; AAS in Fashion Marketing, Fashion Studies, Graphic Design, and Interior Design; MFA in Design and Technology, Fashion Design and Society, Fine Arts, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Photography, and Transdisciplinary Design; MArch; MArch/MFA (dual degree) in Lighting Design; and MA in History of Decorative Arts and Design and Fashion Studies. The following programs are in development: MA Urban Design Studies; MS Design Management, and MS Urban Design Ecologies. Nonmatriculated students of all ages can participate in a variety of programs, such as Summer Intensive Studies (pre-college and college-level), Continuing Education (for adults), and the Parsons Pre-College Academy (certificate programs and general art and design education for young people in grades 4–12).
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts 65 West 11th Street, New York NY 10011 212.229.5665, www.newschool.edu/lang Eugene Lang College is The New School’s four-year liberal arts college for traditional-age undergraduates. Established in 1985, the school was named in honor of the educational philanthropist and New School trustee Eugene M. Lang. Lang students enjoy the benefits of study in small seminar-style classes and can pursue the BA in the Arts, Culture and Media, Economics, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Science, Literary Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Urban Studies, or Liberal Arts. Liberal Arts majors can complete interdisciplinary programs in Education Studies, Religious Studies, and Social Inquiry; they can also elect a self-designed program of study. In addition, Lang offers a dual-degree program in which students earn a BA from Lang and a BFA from Parsons The New School for Design or The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. The college also offers several bachelor’s/master’s dual degree programs with other divisions at The New School.
Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy 72 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 212.229.5400, www.newschool.edu/milano The J.M. Kaplan Center for New York City Affairs was founded in 1964 as the first academic institution in the United States devoted to the study of a single metropolitan area. In 1975, the Kaplan Center evolved into the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy (later renamed Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy). Today the school trains working professionals for leadership in government, corporations, and nongovernmental and community organizations. Milano’s teachers are world-class theorists and working practitioners who use New York City as a training ground and laboratory for their students. The curriculum focuses on urban policy, nonprofit management, and organizational change. Students can earn an MS in Nonprofit Management, Organizational Change Management, or Urban Policy Analysis and Management; a PhD in Public and Urban Policy; or a post-master’s certificate in Organizational Development.
Mannes College The New School for Music 150 West 85th Street, New York, NY 10024 212.580.0210, www.newschool.edu/mannes Mannes is a leading conservatory of classical music that was founded in 1916 by violin and piano duo David Mannes and Clara Damrosch Mannes. It provides professional training for graduate and undergraduate students of music, preparatory instruction for children ages 4 to 18, and classes for adult students at every level of proficiency. At Mannes, a comprehensive curriculum, a faculty of experienced artists, and the resources of an innovative university support students in their quest for virtuosity. Mannes offers the BM, BS, and MM, as well as undergraduate and professional diplomas. Students can major in every classical instrument, orchestral or choral conducting, composition, theory, and voice. The Mannes community comprises students from every corner of the world and instructors at the top of their fields, including performers and conductors from prominent orchestras, ensembles, and opera companies, as well as renowned soloists, composers, and scholars.
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