Liberal Arts Minor

Most students who enter Baruch College with 30 or fewer credits must complete a liberal arts minor as part of the College Option Requirement of the Pathways general education curriculum. Students may declare a second minor, but no more than two; they are advised to plan their minors early and to complete them over several semesters. For additional information, please refer to the Undergraduate Bulletin.

The minor consists of three liberal arts courses (9 – 12 credits) in a discipline or program outside the student’s major. Two of the courses must be at the 3000-level or above, and the third is the capstone, a research-oriented and communication-intensive course at the 4000-level or above. In most cases, the capstone may be taken only after the student has completed the other two courses in the minor, and it must be taken at Baruch College. There is no GPA requirement for College Option courses, but to graduate with a 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 minor.

Interdisciplinary Minors

The Weissman School offers both single-discipline and interdisciplinary minors, which include courses from two or more departments. The interdisciplinary minors are listed below:

American Studies
Arts and Sciences (Honors)
Asian and Asian American Studies
Black and Latino Studies
Environmental Sustainability
Film Studies
Global Studies
Information Technology and Social Responsibility
Japanese Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Law & Policy
Multilingual Translation
New Media Arts
New York City Studies – Not available to Macaulay Honors students
New York City Studies (Macaulay Honors)
Public Service – New Minor Effective Fall 2024
Religion and Culture
Spanish-English Translation
Women’s and Gender Studies

Students may declare a minor by filing a Minor Declaration Form with the Registrar’s Office. Please see the Registrar’s Office Forms and Applications page for the current form.