Welcome to CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies (CUNY BA), CUNY’s most interesting and flexible degree route. Why should you apply to this individualized degree? ■ DEVELOP areas of concentration (individualized majors)Students pursue one or two Areas of Concentration (AOC), and can use…
Admissions Criteria
CUNY BA Applicants must meet the following admissions criteria: Credits and GPA: 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 they have recent academic work…
Proposing Your Area(s)
“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 Area of Concentration …
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?
CUNY BA offers highly motivated, academically strong students a flexible, challenging, and individualized way to earn their degrees by granting students greater responsibility for the design of their course of study, relative to students earning traditional undergraduate degrees. The program…
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?
Almost anywhere! In CUNY BA, each student has a home college in the CUNY system. This is typically a senior college, though some students with fewer than 68 credits are based at community colleges for a time, and it’s where…
How Do I Apply?
How do you apply to CUNY BA? It’s pretty simple! Here’s what we need from you: The Application Form, which includes your Area(s) of Concentration Proposal The first page of the form is pretty standard: biographical data, contact information, and…
Degree Structure
“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…
Transfer Credit Policies
“If academic creativity is what you seek and limitlessness is what you yearn, CUNY BA is the answer.” – Heylan Tsumagari, Globalization / Sustainability and Health One of the many advantages of transferring to CUNY BA is that your…