Individualized Studies for Independent Minds

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• Individualized Studies for Independent Minds

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What Is CUNY Baccalaureate?

• An individualized, University-wide bachelors
  degree for highly-motivated, self-directed
  students.

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Work with Faculty Mentors

• Students work with CUNY faculty members to
  develop one or two coherent and meaningful areas
  of concentration (similar to majors).

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Individualized Study Energy Resource Policy
Independent Mind Clint Porter

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• Energy Resource Policy
• Baruch EES 4900 Topics in Environmental Science
  
• Baruch P SC 5000 Internship (Solar Electric
  Power Association, Washington, DC)
• CCNY P SC 223 U.S. Foreign Policy
  
• CCNY P SC 236 Latin American Political Systems
  
• CCNY P SC 355 Environmental Politics
• CCNY P SC 310 Independent Study (Domestic
  Energy Policy in Underdeveloped Areas of Latin
  America)
• CCNY P SC 310 Internship (Center for
  Sustainable Energy, Bronx Community College)
  
• CCNY P SC 312 Selected Topics in Political
  Science

His Faculty Mentor Prof. Sherrie Baver,
Political Science, City College
His Next Step Even before graduating, Porter
was offered a job in sales and marketing with
Kaco Solar, Inc., USA, an international company
that manufacturers photovoltaic inverters.
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Individualized Study Theatre and Social
Change Independent Mind Kayhan Irani 

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•  Theatre and Social Change
• Brooklyn THEA 83 Indep.
  Research (Political Theater)
• CCNY ANTH 230 Political Mobilization and Change
• CCNY PHIL 311 Special Topics Theory of Action
• CCNY P SC 312 Seminar in Community Organizing
• CCNY P SC 314 Selected Topics Political
  Science, A Cross Cultural Perspective
• CCNY P SC 324 Politics of Protest
• Hunter THEA 214 Multicultural Perspectives in
  Theatrical Performance
• Grad Center/SPS TACP 602 Theater of the
  Oppressed
• Grad Center/SPS TACP 603 Creating Meaning
  through Community Drama

Her Faculty Mentors Prof. John Krinsky,
Political Science, City College Prof. Dale
Byan, Theater, Brooklyn College
Her Next Step Upon graduation, Irani toured to
promote the book she co-edited, Telling Stories
to Change the World (Routledge, 2008), and
accepted a position with the New York City
Mayors Office of Adult Education as Director of
Outreach/Writer for We Are New York, a new TV
sitcom for immigrant New Yorkers.
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Individualized Study The African Diaspora
in the Americas Independent Mind Easter
Wood 

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• The African Diaspora in the Americas
• Baruch BLST 3024 Women of Color in the Americas
• Baruch BLST 4900 African and Latino Diasporas in
  America
• CCNY BLST 318 African American Literature
• CCNY ENGL 310 Independent Study (Apollo
  Curriculum Project)
• CCNY ENGL 312 Caribbean Ghosts, Colonial Spirits
• CCNY ENGL 318 Blues Aesthetic
• CCNY HIST 377 Comparative Slavery
• Hunter AFST 205 African American Politics of
  Social Change

Her Faculty Mentor Prof. Jo-Ann Hamilton,
English/Black Studies, City College
Her Next Step After speaking on behalf of her
graduating class at the CUNY BA/BS commencement,
Wood traveled back to tour the African continent,
then returned to City College to start her
Masters in History as a New York Life Graduate
Fellow. And she intends to pursue a Ph.D. in
Africana Studies.
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Self-Directed Learning Independent Studies,
Internships, Etc.

• CUNY BA/BS Student Heather McCown
• Focus Sustainable Transportation
• Independent Studies
• John Jay College  
• HIST 389 Independent Study
• Afloat Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Ferry
  Service in NYC      
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• John Jay College  
• SPE  389  Independent Study
• Public Transportation, Public Discourse    

• Heather McCown Professor Amy Green
• Established a nonprofit organization called
  Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance (SRWA)
• Started a petition drive, collecting 2,000
  signatures in support of reinstating the 69th St.
  Pier ferry
• Created an annual environmental festival
• Initiated the SRWA Green Youth Award Program

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Study Abroad

• CUNY offers study abroad programs in 29
  countries, from Antigua to Vietnam
• CUNY BA/BS students are eligible for an
  International Foundation for Study Abroad (IFSA)
  scholarship of 5,500 for full semester study
• CUNYBA/BS holds an informational forum about
  study abroad annually

CUNY BA/BS students have recently studied in
China, Venezuela, Belize, Guatemala, Egypt,
France, Dubai, India, Germany and Austria.
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Thomas W. Smith

• Founder and managing partner of Prescott
  Investors serves on the board of several
  corporate and nonprofit organizations.
• First private benefactor of the program has
  given over 3 million dollars over the last 14
  years
• Funds the highest achieving CUNY BA/BS scholars
• Over 500 students have received the Thomas W.
  Smith Academic Fellowship (full tuition small
  stipend until graduation)

Tom Smith and Smith Fellow, Tyleen Kelly
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Additional Scholarships

• Harriet Brows Scholarship
• Daniel E. Smith Scholarship for Returning Women
• Memorial Scholarship for Students in Education or
  Human Services
• Albert Simic Scholarship for Actors
• International Foundation for Study Abroad (IFSA)
  Scholarship

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Graduates 

• Graduates routinely receive promotions or raises
• Many have begun new careers in public service,
  business, and various other professions
• Nearly 80 hold jobs in fields related to their
  areas of concentration
• Almost 50 continue on to graduate schools, half
  of them attending a CUNY graduate program

According to a recent survey
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Recent Graduate School Acceptances

• CUNY Graduate Center
• Central European University
• Emory University
• Georgetown Law School
• Harvard Divinity School
• London University
• Rutgers University
• Teachers College/Columbia University
• Yale University

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Admissions Criteria

• Matriculated at a CUNY college
• Have passed or been exempted from the CUNY
  Assessment Tests (CAT)
• 15 credits of prior academic history
• Minimum 2.50 GPA
• Well-written Personal Statement
• Strong letter of recommendation
• Coherent area of concentration proposal outlining
  a unique or interdisciplinary course of study

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Contact Us

• CUNY Baccalaureate forUnique and
  Interdisciplinary StudiesThe Graduate Center,
  Suite 6412365 Fifth AvenueNew York, NY
  10016CUNYBA_at_gc.cuny.edu
• Main Office 212.817.8220Registrars Office
  212.817.8227Admissions Office 212.817.8230Fax
  212.817.1512