Tisch Center Undergraduate Programs

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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

A: Tisch Center undergraduates hail from all over the world and are typically 18 to 21 years old. They are bright, energetic, and passionate about their field of study. We find that most successful applicants held a part-time job in hospitality, tourism, or sports management during high school, excelled academically in a rigorous course of study, participated in and led extracurricular activities such as community volunteerism or sports, and are personally and professionally motivated to lead and advance their industries well into the twenty-first century.

Q: What undergraduate degrees are offered? Are these full-time, four-year programs?

A: The Tisch Center offers a B.S. in Hotel and Tourism Management and a B.S. in Sports Management. Both are full-time, four-year programs consisting of 128 credits each. The mix of liberal arts and professional courses begins early–in the first semester of the freshman year.

Q: Why are Tisch Center undergraduate programs in the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies? Are they admitted separately?

A: As a leader in professional education, SCPS is the institutional home of the faculty and students of the Tisch Center within NYU. Like all undergraduate applicants to NYU, Tisch Center undergraduates are admitted through the NYU Office of Undergraduate Admissions and are considered and weighed equally among NYU’s competitive standards for admission.

Q: Do Tisch Center students take classes with other NYU students? Are their roommates only Tisch Center students?

A: Tisch Center undergraduates, throughout their liberal arts and campus life, are exposed to students, peers, and friends from all undergraduate programs at NYU. Major classes are, of course, among fellow Tisch Center undergraduates.

Q: New York City and New York University are both highly populated. Will I even get to know the faculty or my 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 undergraduate student body, the Tisch Center can be a community of energy, advice, and support for those students who seek it.

Q: Where and when are most classes held?

A: Tisch Center and liberal arts courses are taught in and around historic Washington Square—within walking distance of most NYU housing options and the Tisch Center—as well as campus facilities such as the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life and the NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development. Most undergraduate classes meet during the day from Monday through Thursday.

Q: The curricula are almost evenly split between the professional programs and the liberal arts. Isn’t this different from other institutions?

A: Yes, the Tisch Center’s academic mix of 60 liberal arts credits and 68 professional credits is indeed unique and educationally enables the well-rounded, responsible, creative, global, and critical thinker interested in leading hospitality, tourism, and sports management organizations. The divisional dean, in concert with an industry advisory board, regularly reviews Tisch Center undergraduate curricula to ensure that the latest trends and technologies are being taught.

Q: Both undergraduate majors feature concentrations. Do I have to commit to a concentration as an incoming freshman?

A: No, Tisch Center students need not select a concentration until their junior year. This schedule better affords students both time and experience to reflect on their professional goals with their advisor.

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

A: No. Tisch Center courses are taught by 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. Undergraduates complete a total of 700 hours of industry internship in two experiences 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 multi-tasking required both in business and in life. Students engage with faculty in concurrent internship coursework that compliments and coaches their practical field experience.

Learn more about career development as a Tisch Center undergraduate.

Q: Can I study abroad?

A: Participation in NYU Study Abroad is highly recommended and competitive. Tisch Center academic advisors work closely with undergraduate students to determine the best semester to study abroad. Because all campuses are NYU, there is no “transfer” process–credits are seamlessly earned and posted. Matriculated Tisch Center students contact NYU Study Abroad directly to apply.

Q: Once admitted, I’m thinking of transferring to another NYU school or program. Is this typically done?

A: Students who apply to Tisch Center programs with the intent to transfer to another program or school within NYU are often disappointed. Because academic programs across NYU are competitive and selective, many prefer to matriculate students from the first semester. The Tisch Center recommends that students elect their intended program of study on their NYU application with care.

Q: As a college athlete, I am concerned that my practice schedule might conflict with classes. What can I do?

A: While Tisch Center faculty and academic advisors are proud of our student athletes, they do not adjust course schedules or syllabi expectations, and remind advisees that academics remain the foremost priority.

A: It’s my first fall semester. What happens on campus during the first weeks?

A: Among the highlights of welcome week is the Tisch Center's new student orientation, where students and parents meet faculty, administrators, and current students. We review policies, hold workshops, administer math placement tests, discuss your summer readings, and answer questions on your transition from high school 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 offers dozens of student life activities daily. More information for parents.

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

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: I'm ready to apply. How do I contact the admissions office, arrange a campus tour, and learn more about financial aid and housing opportunities?

A: The NYU Office of Undergraduate Admissions, located at 22 Washington Square North, is your first step in the process, reserving your campus tour and assisting with questions about financial aid, billing, and housing. Once students commit to the Tisch Center, advisors provide orientation dates and assist with online registration over the summer so that students are preregistered when they arrive on campus for their first fall term.