Sign up for a CUNY BA Information Session HERE  

• Tuesday, December 9th at 5 PM

WHAT IS CUNY BACCALAUREATE (CUNY BA)?  

CUNY BA is an Interdisciplinary Studies program that works within the CUNY college system. It has been around for over fifty years!

CUNY BA is for students who want to design a bachelor’s degree (Area of Concentration | AOC) that is not already offered in CUNY.

While the CUNY BA program guides students on requirements, we do not tell students what they should study. Students should know what areas they want to pursue. As part of the CUNY BA application, students propose what they want to study and what CUNY courses they think are suitable for the bachelor’s degree they are creating (it’s a first draft).

CUNY BA students take courses in the CUNY departments and/or colleges to fulfill the AOC requirements. So, students will have to be enrolled in a CUNY college to be part of the CUNY BA program (that will be the student’s home college).  Students will need to be accepted into a CUNY college for the Spring 2026 semester.
Students can start the CUNY college application and the CUNY BA Program application at the same time, as they are separate applications that are submitted to different locations. That will be discussed in the information session.

For Example, A student in CUNYBA would not create an Area of Concentration (AOC) that is just "Computer Science" (since Computer Science is already offered as a traditional major in a CUNY college). Instead, they would create a single AOC named "Computer Science and Cyber Security" or study two disciplines separately and have two AOCs, such as

AOC 1: Computer Science and AOC 2: Cyber Security and Mathematics.

The student searches the CUNY catalogs for courses that are suitable for their Area of Concentration (AOC). The courses listed in the AOC must be from CUNY’s four-year colleges (not community colleges).

Students can search for courses to list in their application by using CUNY Transfer Explorer. The Area of Concentration (AOC) on the CUNY BA application is a first draft that can be edited later.

CUNY BA INFORMATION SESSION DATES

• Thursday, November 13th at 12:30 PM
• Tuesday, December 9th at 5 PM

Sign up for a CUNY BA Information Session HERE 

The CUNY BA info session discusses:

• How CUNY BA works and the application criteria
• The CUNY BA application process and requirements for creating the CUNY BA Area of Concentration (AOC).
• What a CUNY BA Faculty Mentor is
• Also, where to search for CUNY courses for your CUNY BA Area of Concentration (AOC).
• Opportunities and pipeline programs within CUNY BA
• Question and Answer session

Check out the CUNY BA NEWSLETTER!