Directed Research Topics: Seminar on Cuban Arts takes place during the Spring semester and is only open to NYU students. As part of the online application process for this program, you are required to upload two research topic proposals. Please note that all Directed Research topics are restricted to Cuban Arts and Culture.
Examples of topics explored in prior semesters are:
* Cuban Music
* Cuban Cars
* Cuban Dance
* Cuban Literature [For Spanish Speakers only due to limitations of Scholarship]
* Cuban Cinema
* Visual Arts [Architecture, Painting, Sculpture]
* Relationship between Agriculture and Cuban Culture
* Performing Arts
Note: All library text books in Cuba are all in Spanish.
Instructions
Please list two possible topics you would like to research in Cuba. Follow the guidelines below for each topic and upload your responses in the form of a Word document or pdf file using the “Additional Information” page of the online application. You will only be able to upload one file, so both topics should be combined into one document. The proposals will be reviewed by committee. Students may be contacted with questions about their proposal or topics prior to acceptance into the program.For each topic:
- Describe your topic. Your proposal must include, but is not limited to, discipline, approach to research, key deliverables of research, identify key components of topic, and how your research will be realized – e.g. academic paper & diary, etc.)
- Thesis Statement: (What you intend to argue)
- Your concerns about unique challenges (e.g. to undertaking this research in Cuba.)
- Preliminary Bibliography: MLA style is required. You must list five (5) textbooks sources; other (e.g. website, periodicals and/ or journals, etc.) should not be listed here.
