College Option Liberal Arts Minor
College Option concentrations (liberal arts minors) and their communication-intensive capstones allow students to focus on a single area in the liberal arts. Capstone courses must be taken at Baruch College.
Additional Information:
- Not all 3000- or 4000-level courses will fulfill liberal arts minor requirements, especially in disciplines that include distinct tracks. Students must follow the minor requirements in place at the time they declare their programs. See the relevant Undergraduate Bulletin for details.
- 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.
- For the Pathways Curriculum, there is no GPA stipulation attached to the College Option courses, but in order to graduate with the liberal arts minor, 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.
Field of Study Options
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Minors (2 courses at the 3000 level or above)
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Capstone Course(s)
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| American Studies | AMS 4900 |
| Anthropology | Any 4000-level SOC/ANT course |
| Art (4 tracks) | |
| Asian and Asian American Studies | AAS 4900, AAS 4907, or AAS 4040
Note: AAS 4005 (cross-listed as JPN 4005), AAS 4905 (cross-listed as CMP 4905), and AAS 4906(cross-listed as CMP 4906) may be used as electives within the Asian and Asian American Studies minor, not as the capstone course. |
| Black and Latino Studies | BLS 4900/LTS 4900
Note: Neither BLS/LACS/LTS 4901 nor BLS/LACS/LTS 4902 serve as the capstone course for this minor. |
| Black Studies | BLS 4900/LTS 4900
Note: Neither BLS/LACS/LTS 4901 nor BLS/LACS/LTS 4902 serves as the capstone course for this minor. |
| Chemistry | Any Chemistry (CHM) course at the 4000-level or above |
| Chinese | Any 4000-level Chinese (CHI) course |
| Communication Studies | COM 4900, COM 4901, COM 4902, COM 4905, COM 4906, or COM 4907 |
| Comparative Literature | Any 4000-level Comparative Literature (CMP) course except CMP 4907
Note: CMP 4907(cross-listed with AAS/FLM 4907 may be used as an elective within the Comparative Literature minor, not as the capstone course. |
| Computer Science
Offered by the Department of Mathematics |
MTH 4300, MTH 4320, or MTH 4330 |
| Economics | Any ECO course at the 4000 level or above except ECO 4000, ECO 4091, ECO 4092, ECO 4150, and non-CIC sections of ECO 4093 (please check schedule of classes) |
| English | Any 4000-level English (ENG) course |
| Film Studies | FLM 4900
Note: FLM 4907 (cross-listed with AAS/CMP 4907 may be used as an elective within the Film Studies minor, not as the capstone course. |
| French | Any 4000-level French (FRE) course |
| Global Studies | GLS 4900 or ENG 4615 |
| Hebrew | Any 4000-level Hebrew (HEB) course |
| History | HIS 4900 |
| Humanities with Honors | See honors advisor |
| Information Studies | LIB 4900 |
| Information Technology and Social Responsibility | CIS 4910 |
| Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Sustainability | ENV 4005 or ENV 4900 or IDC 4010 or IDC 4010H |
| Italian | Any 4000-level ITL course |
| Japanese | Effective Fall 2024 (Declared 6/10/24 or later):
Summer 2024 or earlier (Declared prior to 6/10/24):
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| Japanese Studies – New Minor Effective Spring 2024 | AAS 4905 / JPS 4905; AAS 4906 / JPS 4906; or AAS 4907 / JPS 4907 (formerly CMP 4905, 4906, and 4907) |
| Jewish Studies | JWS 4900 |
| Journalism | Any JRN course at the 4000-level or above except JRN 5050, JRN 5051, and JRN 5052 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies | BLS/LACS/LTS 4901 or BLS/LACS/LTS 4902 |
| Latino Studies | BLS 4900/LTS 4900
Note: Neither BLS/LACS/LTS 4901 nor BLS/LACS/LTS 4902 serves as the capstone course for this minor. |
| Law and Policy (NOT the optional Business Law minors offered by the Zicklin School of Business) |
LAW 4900, LAW 4905, LAW 4906, or LAW 4907 |
| Mathematics | Any 4000-level MTH course except MTH 4009, MTH 4119, MTH 4230, MTH 4250, MTH 4300, MTH 4320, MTH 4325, MTH 4330, MTH 4350, MTH 4355, MTH 4360, or MTH 4410
This minor is not open to students majoring in mathematics, actuarial science, financial mathematics, or statistics (BA). Changes Effective Fall 2023: The following Computer Science courses may be used as electives within the Mathematics minor, but not as capstone courses: MTH 4230; MTH 4250; MTH 4300; MTH 4320; MTH 4325; MTH 4330; MTH 4350; MTH 4355; and MTH 4360. |
| Multilingual Translation | ENG 4800 |
| Music (4 tracks) | MSC 4900 |
| Music Theory | MSC 4905
Note: This minor is not open to students in the Music/Management of Musical Enterprises majors. |
| Natural Sciences (multiple tracks; see faculty advisor in the Department of Natural Sciences) |
Any 4000-level course in Natural Sciences |
| New Media Arts | NMA 4900 |
| New York Studies
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SOC 4400/ANT 4400
Note: This minor is not open to students in the Macaulay Honors Program. |
| Philosophy | PHI 4900 or PHI 4905 |
| Physics | PHY 4004, PHY 4130, PHY 4140, or PHY 4201 |
| Political Science | POL 4900 |
| Psychology | One of the following courses: PSY 4010; PSY 4012; PSY 4013; PSY 4039; PSY 4051; PSY 4080; PSY 4084; PSY 4181; PSY 4182; PSY 4183; PSY 4184; PSY 4185; PSY 4900; or with departmental permission, PSY 5000 |
| Public Service – New Minor Effective Fall 2024 | PAF 4403 / POL 4403 |
| Religion and Culture | REL 4900 |
| Sociology | Any 4000-level SOC / ANT course |
| Spanish | Any 4000-level Spanish (SPA) course |
| Spanish-English Translation | SPA 4004 |
| Theatre | FPA 4900 |
| Women’s and Gender Studies | WSM 4900 or ENG 4525 |