THE PROGRAM

New York Term is designed so that students receive one term of credit — the equivalent of four full courses or one academic semester on the Coe campus. Students earn the credits by completing these courses in New York City:

1. The Core Course: Required. The Core Course covers dance, drama, music and the visual arts, and is required of every New York Term student. Because it is central to the term and requires the greatest amount of the student's time, the Core Course is worth two course credits.
   
   
   
2. Independent projects: The students arrange for an independent project in some area of special interest under the direction of a member of the resident New York Term staff. Regular reports are required. Previous projects have included apprenticeships with New York artists, working with off-Broadway theatre companies and working as an assistant in a Wall Street brokerage firm. The project is normally worth two course credits. If you wish to take individual art courses, music lessons, or dance classes, they can be arranged at your own expense. In that instance, your lessons account for one course credit and your independent project accounts for the other course credit.

   NOTE: New York Term students are required to complete independent projects. Independent study (optional) is approved and supervised by academic departments at the college.

COST

Because Coe College does not charge the off-campus term students board or provide meals, it is necessary for students to eat out or cook their own meals. Just as you do when living on campus, you must determine your personal weekly expenses for New York Term. For some students, New York can be very expensive because there are many expensive things to do in the city. For most students, New York Term does not exceed Iowa costs by much if they budget carefully.

Most students report a budget of $400 per week, but some admitted that if they were active it was difficult to stay within the budget. One student listed the term’s expenses as follows:

Students must include transportation costs to and from New York in their budgets. Details on transportation will be given to registered New York Term students. Students are strongly urged to leave their cars at home.

In most cases, the amount of financial aid from Coe is not changed, except that work grants maybe changed to loans. Students should check with the director of financial aid for details.Most important, you should not disregard New York Term because of the cost. Talk with the New York Term director about any concerns or reservations you may have before you say, "It's too expensive!"

2008 NEW YORK TERM FEES (COE CHARGES)

Coe's charges for the term are paid to the Business Office. (Some students will have already paid these charges in their comprehensive fee.)

HOUSING

New York Term students are housed in the Hotel Belleclaire, 250 West 77th Street. Light housekeeping facilities make it possible to prepare some meals in the room, relieving some restaurant costs.

The hotel is two blocks from the subway and 12 blocks from Lincoln Center. Students are required to live in the hotel.

REGISTRATION

Applications are available in the Hickok Hall secretary's office. To register, simply fill out the application form and return it to the Hickok Hall secretary by October 4. Then, register for New York Term during the regular registration period. Watch for these details concerning New York Term:

NOTE:

1. New York Term participants need not apply through the Office of Off-Campus Studies.
2. New York Term is two weeks shorter than Spring Term on campus at Coe. Consequently, spring recess and other campus holidays are not observed in New York.

WHAT IS NEW YORK CITY?

Subways teeming with rush hour traffic, the Staten Island Ferry, the mystery of the Dow Jones Average, or the glamour of opening night on Broadway?

It's all of that and more...

• An art center that abounds in museums, galleries, concert halls, studios, theatres, lofts and artists.
• A university center that expects scholarship of the highest order.
• A communications center that gives shape and content to world opinion.
• An international and interracial center.

One city resident and writer described New York in this way:

New York City is good and bad and beautiful, impersonal and intensely human, indifferent and surprisingly compassionate, dry and superficial, vital and full of meaning.

New York is all of these things and more. Coe's New York Term offers you the chance to experience the city firsthand. This off-campus opportunity involves 13 weeks of study, work, joy, and stimulation in the largest, most talked-about city in America.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

The first few days include an orientation, a follow-up of independent project leads and two or three core course events. Here is a typical schedule for the first week:

Below is a sampling of other core course events listed on the day of the week that they occur:

Coe's New York Term could be the most exciting semester of your college life. Take a few minutes to set up a short talk with the New York Term Director and ask him to put you in touch with Coe students who have taken part in this marvelous experience.

The Director of New York Term is Richard Hoffman, Room 206, Marquis Hall. His office phone number is 399-8639 and his e-mail address is: rhoffman@coe.edu.