The New School Masters Degrees in History & Archaeology

Graduate students at The New School for Social Research ask the kind of questions that challenge the status quo across the social sciences and humanities. Read more

Historical Studies lays the foundation for all social inquiry and for informed debate on the politics and culture of our time. Bridging the humanities with the social sciences, our innovative program trains students in conceptual rigor, archival research, critical analysis, and historical writing. Read more

Through an open curriculum and transdisciplinary approach, the Master's in Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research gives students the intellectual foundation for understanding the powerful ideas and forms of expression that create the backbone of the modern world. Read more

The Department of Politics at The New School for Social Research studies politics in creative and inventive ways.  We emphasize the theoretical dimension of political analysis in both political explanation and normative evaluation. Read more

The prestigious Master's in History of Design and Curatorial Studies , which Parsons offers in conjunction with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, brings an object-focused, practice-based approach to the study of European and American decorative arts and design dating from the Renaissance to the present. Read more

The Master's in Fashion Studies at Parsons Paris is the first master's program in its field in France and one of only a handful worldwide. Read more