The Student Leadership Council (SLC) is the sole, student-led organization within CUNY BA. The SLC is committed to: Providing students with the knowledge, support, and resources to lead successful lives; Advancing the program’s local and national presence as a leader…
Our History
The City University of New York was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1961 and thereafter the University was authorized to award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1969, the Board of Higher Education recommended that…
Our University
The City University of New York is the nation’s leading urban public university. Founded in 1847, CUNY counts 13 Nobel Prize and 24 MacArthur (“Genius”) grant winners among its alumni. CUNY students, alumni and faculty have garnered scores of other…
University Committee
A 1971 founding document established CUNY BA and a University Committee to coordinate and guide the development of the new program. On June 23, 2003 the CUNY Board of Trustees approved a resolution, which modified the original founding document and…
Our Mission Statement
Established in 1971, The City University of New York Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly the CUNY Baccalaureate Program) provides students with a flexible, academically challenging way to earn their degree while giving them a major share of the…
Our Commitment to Social Justice
The CUNYBA community joins other voices in CUNY as well as across the United States, and indeed the world, to condemn not only the recent heinous actions in Minneapolis but also the systemic racial, social, and economic divide throughout this…