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45 Master's degrees offered by the university
Fashion Studies
The Fashion Studies MA program offered at The New School investigates the material and visual dimensions of fashion as dress, image, and bodily practice and as a major cultural industry that positions the individual within society and the world.
Global Political Economy and Finance
The MA in Global Political Economy and Finance from The New School is a 30-credit program that provides students with a sophisticated understanding of the world economy in historical context, the political economic analysis of the dynamics of contemporary world capitalist society, and state-of-the-art tools of political economic and financial analysis.
Liberal Studies
The 30-credit MA in Liberal Studies from The New School offers practical writing tools and guided in-depth study in cross-disciplinary courses taught by renowned faculty, who share the values of rigorous critical inquiry and thoughtful expression.
Textiles
The Textiles MFA program offered by The New School was launched in 2018 and enables you to explore these dynamics creatively and reflectively, dissolving the boundaries between technology and craft.
Master of Science in Strategic Design for Global Leadership
Developed specifically for seasoned executives and entrepreneurs, the Master of Science in Strategic Design for Global Leadership gives innovative professionals the tools they need to transform their industries while continuing to work at their jobs. Graduates emerge as creative leaders who are ready to employ design as a key business and problem-solving tool.
Sociology
The MA in Sociology from The New School is a 30-credit program providing students with a thorough grounding in the historical, theoretical, and methodological development of sociology and gives students the tools to apply this knowledge in the world around them.
Data Visualization
The Data Visualization Master's Degree at The New School offers an innovative curriculum designed to equip students with essential skills for the modern data landscape. This full-time programme can be completed in one year, providing a comprehensive education in data analytics through a design-focused lens.
Gender and Sexuality Studies
The Gender and Sexuality Studies program offered by The New School is a university-wide program that brings together faculty and courses from across The New School.
Architecture and Lighting Design
Explore issues related to public space, housing, neighborhood integration, traffic and pedestrian safety, and other matters of key importance to urban centers at The New School's Architecture and Lighting Design program.
Design and Technology
The Design and Technology MFA program offered at The New School provides a dynamic, challenging, and idea-driven environment in which to address these challenges.
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing MFA program offered by The New School is designed to help you develop your craft in workshops and literature seminars led by an internationally recognized faculty and renowned authors.
Photography
The Photography MFA program offered by The New School prepares students to become practicing artists and scholars who redefine the creative role of photography within contemporary culture.
International Affairs
The International Affairs from The New School is designed for students exploring career paths in international affairs, the program integrates theoretical foundations, methods, policy, and a thematic concentration.
Public and Urban Policy
The Master of Science in Public and Urban Policy from The New School prepares you to go out in the world-and change it.
History of Design and Curatorial Studies
This History of Design and Curatorial Studies MA program offered by The New School is offered jointly by Parsons and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, brings an object-focused, practice-based approach to the study of European and American decorative arts and design dating from the Renaissance to the present.
Strategic Design and Management
The Strategic Design and Management MSc program offered by The New School is both academically rigorous and practice-oriented, providing hands-on learning experiences.
Anthropology
The MA in Anthropology from The New School is a 30 credit program combining the theoretical and methodological foundations of social and cultural anthropology with an emphasis on the critical exploration of how ethnographic sensibilities matter in the world today.
Transdisciplinary Design
The Transdisciplinary Design MFA program offered by The New School employs a collaborative, systems-oriented approach to design and social thought, emphasizing design-led research. This program functions as an academic laboratory in New York City where you develop creative practices to address emerging and complex challenges.
Architecture
The Architecture MArch program at The New School is a three-year NAAB-accredited professional degree for students holding a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture or a four-year non-architecture degree.
Sustainability Strategies
The Sustainability Strategies program offered at The New School prepares students to play a crucial role within organizations by implementing, promoting, and monitoring environmental strategies.