Interested in designing your own bachelor’s degree through the City University of New York (CUNY)? Join us for an information session to learn more about the program, degree requirements, and the application process.
Application Guide
Download the application guide at this link: Application Guide (PDF) APPLICATION GUIDE A Guide for Students Applying to CUNY BA OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The colleges of The City University of New York have provided a path to personal and professional success…
Eligibility
Eligibility Criteria CUNY BA Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria. Credits and GPA: Applicants must have completed: at least 12 college credits with at least a 2.80 GPA. Candidates with overall GPAs below the minimum will be considered if…
Proposing Your Area(s)
Proposing Your Area I am enormously grateful to CUNY BA’s interdisciplinary approach for affording me the opportunity to explore multiple disciplines – and through that approach, become a widely more dynamic and confident thinker. Catherine Ryan, Social and Political Theory…
What Is CUNY BA?
CUNY BA is the University-wide, individualized degree. It’s an exciting, versatile, rewarding degree route for highly-motivated, self-directed students whose academic goals transcend traditional majors. Students create their own degree plans working directly with faculty mentors and academic advisors.
Who Is CUNY BA For?
The program is intended for students who previously earned at least 12 college credits and have the vision and drive to design, with CUNY faculty mentors, their own “majors,” which are unique and interdisciplinary areas of concentration (AOCs). CUNY BA offers highly motivated,…
Why Should I Choose CUNY BA?
JOIN academically superior studentsChallenge yourself and collaborate with the best of the best. CUNY BA students are highly motivated; the average GPA of our entering students is 3.35. BENEFIT from a comprehensive transfer policyWe accept most credits students have previously…
Where Do I Study?
Since CUNY BA is a program that works through CUNY, each student has a home college in the CUNY system. CUNY BA students can register to study at almost any CUNY college and department.
How Do I Apply?
Want to design your own major in CUNY? Here is the application for CUNYBA and how to fill it out.
Degree Requirements
“I was lost before I found CUNY BA. I had all of these ideas for what I wanted to do, but no way to put them into action.” – Emily Marks, Chinese Language and Literature Studies / International Political Studies…