Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts Degree

The Bachelor of Arts curriculum consists of the following:

  • core curriculum (at least 54 credits)
  • major (at least 24 credits)
  • elective courses (42 credits, 12 of which must be at the 3000 level or above)
  • additional degree requirements (13 credits, which are included in elective courses)

A combined total of at least 120 credits and a minimum C (2.0) average -- cumulative, in the major and in the minor -- are required for graduation. Seventy-five percent (90 credits) of a student's total credits must be in arts and sciences courses.

At least 60 percent of the credits in the major must be taken at Baruch. Transfer students must complete at least 30 credits at Baruch.

NON-ARTS AND SCIENCES Courses IN BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

The Bachelor of Arts degree is defined by having 75 percent (90 out of 120) of the credits toward the degree in arts and sciences courses. Students may include up to 30 non-arts and sciences credits.

Additional Course Requirements for the BA Degree

In addition to the core curriculum for the bachelor of arts degree, the following courses are required:

Foreign Language

6-8 credits

Students who have studied a foreign language in high school for three years must choose one of the following options:

  • Continue the language on an intermediate or advanced level for one semester and take one course in literature in the target language
  • Continue the language on an intermediate or advanced level for two semesters
  • Start a new language on the elementary level for two semesters.

Students who have studied a foreign language in high school for three and a half or more years must choose one of the following options:

  • Take six credits of literature in the target language
  • Continue the high school language on the advanced level for two semesters
  • Take one semester of advanced foreign language and one course in literature in the target language
  • Take two semesters of a new language

Natural Sciences

4 credits in addition to the 4 credits of the common core

This second laboratory science course must be in a different area from the one taken to fulfill the common core requirement. For this purpose, ENV and BIO courses are considered to be in the same area. Students select one of the following:

  • BIO 1003 Survey of the Living World
  • BIO 1005 General Biology-Structure and Function- A Human Orientation
  • BIO 2010 principles of Biology I
  • CHM 1000 Chemistry and the Environment
  • CHM 2003 General Chemistry I
  • ENV 1020 Principles of Ecology
  • ENV 1021 Environmental Conservation
  • PHY 1003 Classical and Modern Physics
  • PHY 2003 General Physics I

Social Sciences

3 credits of cultural studies

One course must be chosen from each of the following areas:

Black Studies (BLS)
Hispanic Studies (HSP)
Latin American Studies (LAS)
Asian and Asian American Studies (AAS)

DOUBLE AND DUAL MAJORS

Students in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences who wish to complete double or dual majors within the arts and sciences disciplines must file two separate major/specialization forms. Read more.

SECOND DEGREES

Students may earn a second baccalaureate degree provided that they complete 30 additional credits at Baruch, that they meet all the requirements for the Baruch BA degree, and that they choose an entirely new major. None of the courses in the second major can have previously been applied to the major.

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