College Option for Zicklin Students (BBA Degree)

The following table explains the College Option requirements for Zicklin School students (BBA degree), 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 four courses (all three-credit) of the Zicklin School College Option:

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 the liberal arts minor 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

Note:

Review the list of liberal arts minors and capstone courses for more details on available courses
For BBA-Economics and BBA-Industrial/Organizational students: 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.