New Master in Fine Arts!

Beginning in fall 2006, the fine arts department will offer a Master of Fine Arts degree designed for students who wish a professional, advanced degree from an internationally recognized department with a tradition of excellence in the arts. The Fine Arts faculty are active members of professional organizations such as Siggraph, The American Institute of Graphic Arts and the International Sculpture Center. As a student in the new MFA program, you will be working with individuals who have pioneered new technologies and techniques and have notable records of exhibitions, publications and service to their professions and the NYIT community.

For more information, please visit:

http://iris.nyit.edu/finearts/programs/mfa.html

Media Management

Media management, a specialization of the communication arts master's degree program, is offered at the Manhattan campus, which is surrounded by scores of major companies dedicated to media creation, production, advertising, distribution and sales. Our students have secured top positions in some of the largest media corporations in America. This specialization is also offered at some of our off-site campuses.

Chinese

The emphasis of Beginning Chinese I is to develop conversational skills in Chinese. The course teaches Modern Standard Chinese, the official language of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. The dialect taught in this course is Mandarin. The course also provides opportunities for students to develop basic reading skills needed to function in contemporary China. Background information on China's history, culture and society will be introduced as an element of the course. No pre-requisite required.

Arabic

The Arabic course is a semester-long elementary course of Arabic as a living language. It introduces students to the four language skills—listening, speaking, reading and writing. Instruction includes initiating and responding to a conversation, reading short passages and writing simple compositions. The course touches on aspects of the culture and exposes students to authentic materials such as audio, video and text. Previous knowledge of Arabic is not required.