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    Pathways at Baruch: College Options

    Pathways College Option

    College Option consists of as many as four courses, depending on how much coursework the student has completed at another institution.

    • For students who started taking classes at Baruch before spring 2015, the requirements for the College Option differed depending on whether the student is pursuing a degree in the Macaulay Honors College, the Weissman School, the Zicklin School, or the Marxe School.
    • For students who started taking classes in spring 2015 or after, there is a single college option for all students except those in the Macaulay Honors College.

    The following table explains the College Option (COPT) requirements for students, based on their entering status.

    Baruch Freshmen 12 College Option (COPT) Credits
    Students transferring from an Associate Degree program to Baruch

    (including non-CUNY regionally accredited colleges)

    • Earned Associate Degree: 6 COPT credits
    • Earned more than 30 credits: 9 COPT credits
    • Earned 30 or fewer credits: 12 COPT credits
    Students transferring from a CUNY bachelor degree program to Baruch
    • 12 COPT credits are required
    • COPT credits completed at and/or received upon transfer to the previous CUNY senior college will transfer to Baruch with the designation
    • Students who have remaining COPT requirements begin taking courses at the top of the relevant Baruch COPT course list
    Students transferring from a non-CUNY bachelor degree program to Baruch
    • 12 COPT credits

    Second bachelor degree students with earned bachelor’s degrees from institutions that are accredited and recognized by a U.S. regional accrediting agency and students from international universities with degrees that are equivalent to a baccalaureate degree as determined by CUNY

    • No COPT credits are required
    Students who transfer multiple times and began first in an associate degree program
    • 6, 9, or 12 COPT credits depending on the student’s status when they first transferred from the associate program
    Students who transfer multiple times and began first in a baccalaureate degree program
    • 12 COPT credits are required
    • COPT credits completed at and/or received upon transfer to the previous CUNY senior college will transfer to Baruch with the designation
    • Students who have remaining COPT requirements begin taking courses at the top of the relevant Baruch COPT course list

     

    The Baruch College Option

    Please see below for the College Option for all undergraduates, except Macaulay students, who began taking classes at Baruch starting spring 2015.

    • Any transfer student with concerns about how completed courses have been evaluated for the Great Works of Literature requirement (course 1), may initiate the Pathways transfer credit appeal process.
    • Any transfer student with questions on how/if completed courses may be applied to their desired liberal art minor (courses 2-4) should consult the relevant faculty advisor. Please see the Weissman site for the current list of major and minor faculty advisors.
    Course 1
    • ENG/CMP 2800, or
    • ENG/CMP 2850
    • Great Works of Literature I, or
    • Great Works of Literature II
    Course 2
    • 4000-level CIC capstone course for one of the liberal arts minors of courses 3 and 4 (directly below)
    • This course must be completed at Baruch
    Course 3
    • 1st 3000-level liberal arts course toward the same liberal arts minor
    Course 4
    • 2nd 3000-level liberal arts course toward the same liberal arts minor
    Notes:
    • The liberal arts minor cannot be within the same area of study as the major. This is also true for students who are required to complete part of the minor for the College Option.
    • There is no GPA stipulation attached to the College Option courses, but in order to graduate with the liberal arts minor on the final transcript, a student must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 in the three courses that make up his or her liberal arts minor.
    • Please click here for the full list of liberal arts minors and capstone courses

    Here are links to the four College Options for students who began taking classes at Baruch before spring 2015:

    • Macaulay Honors Baruch College Options
    • Bachelor of Arts degree from the Weissman School
    • Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Zicklin School
    • Bachelor of Science degree from the Marxe School


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