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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

Q: What are the demographics of the Tisch Center graduate student body?

A: Tisch Center graduate students and graduate certificate students hail from all over the world. They are bright, energetic, and passionate about their fields of study. We find that most successful applicants have at least three-to-five years of full-time professional experience in hospitality, tourism, or sports management following completion of their undergraduate degrees. Some students are career changers who are returning to higher education. Tisch Center graduate students are personally and professionally motivated to lead and advance their industries well into the twenty-first century.

Q: What graduate degrees are offered? Are these full time or part time programs?

A: The Tisch Center offers an MS in Hospitality Industry Studies, an MS in Tourism and Travel Management , and an MS in Sports Business . Master’s degrees are full-time or part-time programs consisting of 42 credits each. Also offered are a Graduate Certificate in Hospitality Industry Studies , a Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Travel Management , and a Graduate Certificate in Sports Business, each comprised of five classes.

Q: New York City and New York University are both highly populated. Will I even get to know my faculty or advisor?

A: Students tell us that they feel the Tisch Center is an inviting and intimate experience within the much greater institution and bustling city. Thanks to personalized academic and career advisement specific to the Tisch Center graduate student body, the Center is a community of energy, advice, and support for those students who seek it.

Q: Where and when are most classes held?

A: Tisch Center graduate courses are taught at the NYU Midtown Center at 11 West 42nd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues–within walking distance of eateries, shops, and libraries. The facility is also home to the SCPS Office of Graduate Student Life. Most graduate classes meet after business hours, Monday through Thursday.

Q: It’s my first semester. What programming occurs during the first weeks?

A: Among the highlights of welcome week is the Tisch Center new graduate student intensive, where students meet faculty, administrators, and current students. We review policies, discuss paths to academic and career success, hold workshops that assess and bolster professional skill sets, and answer questions on your transition to your new status as a Tisch Center student at NYU. During this time, students move into NYU Housing, and the NYU Student Resource Center and SCPS Office of Graduate Student Life offer student life activities daily.

Q: Do teaching assistants (TAs) teach Tisch Center classes?

A: No. Tisch Center courses are taught by a dedicated full time and adjunct faculty.

Q: Are internships required?

A: Internships are a required and essential element across Tisch Center degree programs, affording students an opportunity to build professional portfolios of experience, networking, and critical thinking. Graduate students complete a 300-hour internship of learning, shadowing, working, and developing professionally. Because of the Tisch Center’s unique setting, internships flexibly occur in the fall, spring, and summer. Some students elect to intern while enrolled full-time, mirroring the multitasking required both in business and in life. Students engage with faculty in concurrent internship coursework that compliments and coaches their practical field experience.

Q: As a student in a professional program of study, what attire and technology should I possess?

A: When visiting hospitality, tourism, and sports management organizations in the city, as well as when leaders of those organizations enter our classrooms, Tisch Center faculty require students to wear pressed and formal dark business attire. New students should bring their professional dress when they arrive on campus. While the Tisch Center has no specific computing requirement, both Windows and Macintosh technologies are largely supported campus-wide by NYU ITS.

Q: How is assistance provided to international applicants?

A: International applicants and students receive advice, guidance, and programming on visa status, legal matters, and cultural issues by the NYU Office of International Students and Scholars.

Q: As a graduate certificate student, is matriculation into the graduate degree automatic or guaranteed?

A: While Tisch Center graduate certificate students are welcome and encouraged to apply to a Tisch Center graduate degree program, admission remains both competitive and selective, and is therefore neither automatic nor guaranteed.

Q: How do I contact the admissions office and learn more about testing, financial aid, and housing opportunities?

A: The SCPS Office of Admissions, located at 145 Fourth Avenue at 14th Street, is your first step in the process, assisting with questions about GRE and GMAT test requirements, financial aid, billing, and housing. Once students commit to the Tisch Center, advisors provide dates for the intensive orientation and assist with registration so that students are pre-registered in advance of their first term.