Required Core is composed of four courses, which must be taken in three different areas. At Baruch College, the courses that satisfy the Required Core are detailed in the chart below. Each area has distinct learning goals.

Any transfer student with concerns about how completed courses have been evaluated for Pathways credit may initiate the Pathways transfer credit appeal process.

English Composition (two courses required)

Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (one course required)

Important Notes on Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Courses

1. The following courses are no longer offered at Baruch but do appear on students’ transfer evaluations. Any of these courses may be used to satisfy the Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning requirement of the Pathways curriculum without appeal: MTH 2000; MTH 2300; MTH 2300; MTH 2301; MTH 2100; MTH 2150; MTH 2006; and MTH 2206.   MTH 3010 Calculus II is considered a STEM Variant course and may also be used to satisfy this requirement without appeal.
2. (*) Zicklin students must not take MTH 2140 or MTH 2160, which do not meet the mathematics requirement for the BBA degree. Please refer to the Zicklin website for information regarding their admission criteria and mathematics requirements.
3. MTH 2140 and MTH 2160 are not appropriate for students within the Weissman students whose majors require a statistics course or additional math courses (such majors include: Actuarial Science, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Economics-BA, Financial Mathematics, Mathematics, Natural Sciences ad hoc, and Statistics-BA).
4. Students who wish to pursue a BA in Psychology or in Business Communications (Business Writing, Corporate Communication, or Graphic Communication) may use MTH 2140 or MTH 2160 to satisfy the Pathways requirement, but might be required to complete MTH 1023 Intermediate and College Algebra or MTH 1030 College Algebra, to satisfy the prerequisites for these majors’ required statistics or CIS courses. For more information, please consult the Office of the Associate Dean (WSAS.AssocDean@baruch.cuny.edu; room 8-265 of the Newman Vertical Campus; telephone: 646-312-3890).
5. (**) Students who entered Baruch prior to Spring 2022 may request permission to use BIO/ENV 2100, PSY 2100, or STA 2000 to satisfy their Pathways Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning requirement by emailing the Pathways Appeal Officer at Pathways.credit.appeal@baruch.cuny.edu or the DegreeWorks Audit unit at DegreeWorks@baruch.cuny.edu. Neither BIO/ENV 2100 nor PSY 2100 are applicable to Zicklin School of Business admissions requirements. These courses cannot serve as prerequisites for statistics (STA) courses offered by the Zicklin School.

Life and Physical Sciences (one course required)

NEW effective Spring 2024: Students are not required to take matching sets of lecture and lab courses as co-requisites. Students may select one course from the Life and Physical Sciences list and one course from the Scientific World list.  These courses may be in different disciplines (BIO, CHM, ENV, etc.), and they may be taken in different semesters.

1. Students who have satisfied neither the Life and Physical Sciences nor the Scientific World requirement at the time they entered Baruch must take courses offered by the Department of Natural Sciences to satisfy these Pathways Common Core requirements.
2. Please see below for notes on STEM Variant courses (for science majors and minors)

NEW effective Fall 2024: Students may select one course from the Life and Physical Sciences list and ANY course from the Scientific World list.

Note: The following courses are no longer offered at Baruch, but do appear on students’ transfer evaluations. Any of these courses may be used to satisfy the Life and Physical Sciences or the Scientific World requirement of the Pathways curriculum without appeal: BIO 1003; BIO 1005; CHM 1000; ENV 1020; ENV 1021; and PHY 1003. One course may not be used to satisfy both requirements.

Stem Variant Courses

1. The following courses may be used to satisfy either the Life and Physical Sciences or the Scientific World requirement (one course may not satisfy both requirements).
2. Students who wish to pursue a major or minor in the Natural Sciences should satisfy the Pathways science requirements with STEM Variant courses.