Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 14 schools that make up New York University (NYU).

The school was founded in 1965. It has 2,700 undergraduates (in 7 programs) and 500 graduate students (in 10 programs). Tisch is best known for its impressive film program (often erroneously being called the NYU Film School) and its renowned acting program. Students of the school are sometimes called "Tischies", a nickname used by both Tisch students and those from other NYU schools.

History

The School of the Arts at New York University was founded in 1965 to provide rigorous conservatory training in theatre and film in the context of a large research university. The School quickly established itself as one of the leading art schools in the country, creating additional departments of dance, theatre design and lighting, and cinema studies within a few short years. The undergraduate Department of Drama was founded in 1974. The establishment of the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) (1979), the Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing (1980), the Department of Performance Studies (1980), the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (1981), the Department of Photography and Imaging (1982), the Department of Art and Public Policy (2002), the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program (2003) and the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music (2003) rounded out an extraordinary period of growth in terms of enrollment and breadth of programs of study. In 1982 a gift from Laurence Tisch and Preston Robert Tisch made possible the acquisition and renovation of 721 Broadway, where most of the School's programs are currently housed; in recognition of the Tisches' generosity, the School was renamed the Tisch School of the Arts.

Currently Tisch is best known for its film and acting departments. In 2004 the Independent Film Channel followed four graduate film students at Tisch in a documentary series called Film School.

Mary Schmidt Campbell, B.A., M.A., PH.D.; HON.: D.F.A., PH.D., has been Dean of Tisch School of the Arts since 1991. She also serves as Associate Provost for the Arts.

Programs

Tisch offers BFA, MFA, MA, MPS, and PhD degrees.

Tisch is comprised of five divisions:

• The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
• The Skirball Center for New Media
• The Institute of Performing Arts
• The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music
• The Department of Art and Public Policy

Alumni

For more information about Tisch graduates, see List of New York University People or List of NYU Tisch People

See also

• Laurence Tisch
• Stern Tisch Entertainment Business Association

External links

• Tisch School of the Arts website
• New York University website