Academic Advising

Make an advising appointment via NYU Connect (students can access NYU Connect through NYU Home).

At Performance Studies, the Student Services Administrator, serves as academic advisor to all Performance Studies undergraduate students.  Students may also discuss their academic progress with Department Chair, Ann Pellegrini or Director of Undergraduate Studies, Barbara Browning, at any time. 

Incoming Students

All of the information you need to know in order to register for the fall is contained in your departmental registration handbook, which you can find here. The new student registration handbooks detail registration information, degree requirements, course information, and more. Please read through the handbook and plan your fall schedule using the registration worksheet in the middle of the book. If you have questions, contact performance.studies@nyu.edu.

You will register for courses by using the NYU registration system, Albert, through your NYUHome account. To do this, you first need to activate your NetID.

Policies on Advanced Standing

Tisch may award advanced standing credit for approved standardized tests such as Advanced Placement (AP)International Baccalaureate (IB), certain Maturity Certificate Examinations, and for college courses taken while the student was in high school. Please see the Tisch Advanced Placement Credit page for limitations and a full explanation regarding each type of credit.

Registration Advisement

Important Dates

  • Registration begins in Albert by appointment. Check your registration appointment day and time by signing into your Student Center on Albert and looking at the in "Enrollment Dates" section on the Home page. Appointment days and times are based on the Eastern Time zone. Appointments are prioritized by earned credit amount (excluding credits in-progress).

Undergraduate Advising To-Do List

  • Complete your Registration Form! It is sent each semester in the weekly newsletter. 
  • Sign up! ​Make an advising appointment with your advisor via NYU Connect (students can access NYU Connect through NYU Home).Appointments are optional. 
  • Plan ahead! 
    • Use course bulletins on the PS website here.
    • Consult your academic planner in Albert.
    • Students can view detailed degree requirements here
    • General Education (College Core), including the foreign language requirement
    • Major Requirements 
    • Minor or Second Major
    • Students studying away who plan on substituting an outside course for major credit should submit these for approval on their registration form.

Transfer Students

All transfer students should schedule a meeting with the Student Services Administrator, Alejandra Rodríguez, early in their first semester of study at NYU if they wish to have their transfer credit report reevaluated.  

Advanced Standing and final transfer credit is evaluated and posted early in the first semester of enrollment. All transfers should receive a preliminary notice of transfer credit evaluation at the time of admission. This document should provide enough information to select courses for the first semester. The final transfer credit evaluation should be completed by the end of September of the first semester of enrollment.