Multifaith and Spiritual Leadership (Minor)

Program Description

The minor in Multifaith and Spiritual Leadership is a first-of-its-kind joint program offered by NYU Wagner and the NYU Silver School of Social Work. The minor consists of academically-rigorous, civically-engaged classes that provide students of all faith backgrounds (including those who are unaffiliated with a particular faith tradition) the opportunity to engage purposefully in holistic multifaith dialogue, service, and academic work. It also equips students to better understand their own faith traditions and spiritual beliefs while simultaneously engaging in multifaith learning, in and beyond the classroom. The minor is not only for the religious but it is also for students who are interested in faith and multifaith dialogue as important social phenomena, regardless of their own faith stance.

The minor is open to all NYU undergraduate students.

Minor Declaration

Students can apply for the minor via NYU Albert in the My Academics section of the Student Center.

Program Requirements

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Minor Requirements
UPADM-GP 254	Multi-Faith Leadership in the 21 Century	4
UNDSW-US 81	Social Justice, Religious Literacy & Civic Engagement	4
RELST-UA 1	Theories & Methods in The Study of Religion	4
UNDSW-US 88	Service Learning: Shaping Change: Spirituality, Service and Social Justice	4
or UNDSW-US 114	Diversity, Racism, Oppression and Privilege for Non Social Work Majors
Total Credits		16

Policies

Program Policies

Minor Policies

1. Credit toward the minors is not given for courses completed with a grade of less than C, or for courses taken on a pass/fail basis. 
2. Students can count one course in a minor towards the requirements of another major or minor. Students intending to double count any courses would also need to contact the other major or minor’s department to ask if, and to what extent, that department permits overlapping courses.

Students who have declared interdisciplinary minors in partnership with the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service follow the academic policies set forth by the home school.

See Undergraduate for schools and policies.

NYU Policies

University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.

Undergraduate Silver Policies

A full list of relevant academic policies can be found on the Silver Academic Policies page.