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Expository Writing
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
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Foundations of Scientific Inquiry

 NYU's integrated general education curriculum in the liberal arts known as MAP.

  • The academic foundation and common experience of all NYU undergraduates.
  • Named for Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor, artist, professor of fine arts from the founding of the College.
  • Taught exclusively by regular faculty members.
  • All lectures have recitation and/or lab sections.
  • Quadripartite:
    • Expository Writing
    • foreign language study
    • Foundations of Contemporary Culture
      • World Cultures
      • Conversations of the West
      • One of many courses in the social sciences
      • One of many courses in the arts
    • Foundations of Scientific Inquiry
      • courses in natural and quantitative sciences
  • MAP requirements may be satisfied in a number of ways.
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