<p>~<em>Refer to Topic Title</em>~</p>
<p>Lexis,</p>
<p>I was a phil. major, and I would say the philosophy department at NYU is very top notch. The philosophy department gets ranked very highly (at or near the top) in almost every survey. </p>
<p>This ranking has NYU tied with Princeton for #1 in philosophy (the ranking was done primarily on faculty quality). </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/2004/overall.htm[/url]”>http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/2004/overall.htm</a></p>
<p>NYU’s philosophy dept. has been notorious for poaching top professors from Ivy league schools and was the subject of a whole book on bidding wars for well known profs. amongst America’s elite colleges (the book is “Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education,” its by a Berkeley prof. named David Kirp).</p>
<p>Here is a link to the department itself:
<a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/</a></p>
<p>NYU’s politics dept. is filled with budding politicos and those who plan to go to law school. I’ve heard the politics dept. has a little less grade inflation than some of the other departments, but that the top students are still ridiculously sucessful in getting into great law schools (including NYU) or jobs in either government or the corporate world. Beyond that, I don’t know much more. </p>
<p>Perhaps the best thing for you to do is to check out various rankings like the Gourman Report and check out the website of the NYU politics dept. itself (see the quality of profs. and undergrad program there).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/</a></p>
<p>Thank you immensely for your continued help and advice. I would like to ask a question relatively unrelated to the topic at hand. </p>
<p>As an aspiring lawyer, would it be “appropriate” for me to major in Philosophy as an undergrad?</p>
<p>Absolutely. Any major that improves critical thinking (Math, Philosophy) and/or writing skills is excellent for Law School preparation.</p>
<p>jwblue, if i can double major between stern/cas would finance/philosophy be a good one?</p>
<p>Matt,</p>
<p>Assuming you are allowed to do such a thing, a philosophy/finance double major would be pretty rocking (they are 2 of NYU’s best departments). </p>
<p>However, keep in mind that this is assuming its allowed. As far as I know, it doesn’t seem that Stern students can have CAS majors (Sternies can only do CAS minors). Well thats at least what this link directly from Stern says:</p>
<p><a href=“http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/emplibrary/FAQ_for_Freshmen.pdf[/url]”>http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/emplibrary/FAQ_for_Freshmen.pdf</a></p>
<p>Since it seems like there is a lot of confusion on this issue, I think you may want to call up Stern directly and ask before relying too heavily on anything you hear on this site.</p>
<p>Good luck…I hope its possible for you to actually do a double major like this.</p>
<p>Can CAS students have Stern majors or only minors? I ask only because I’m interested in pursuing a double major in political science and finance.</p>
<p>Only minors Senatorbrooks. Its called a pre-business minor…in my opinion the class worth taking the most is financial/capital markets, its great at prepping liberal arts students for wall st. and i-banking interviews, if thats a career path you choose. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nyu.edu/cas/Academic/Bulletin0204/PreBusiness.html[/url]”>http://www.nyu.edu/cas/Academic/Bulletin0204/PreBusiness.html</a></p>
<p>If you don’t want a pre-business minor, your other possible options may be, just taking a few credits in Stern (ie classes you really want), or majoring in econ.</p>
<p>Thanks jwblue for the website and info…did you pursue a pre-business minor?</p>
<p>No, I did not. I took one capital markets class though (I don’t remember whether it was in Stern or the Econ. dept in CAS)…since I had decided I wanted to work on wall st.</p>