Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Type	Public Arts and sciences school
Established	1968
Parent institution	Baruch College (CUNY)
Dean	Jessica Lang
Location	Manhattan, New York City , New York , United States
Website	weissman.baruch.cuny.edu

The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences (commonly known as Weissman) is the arts and sciences school of Baruch College. Named after George Weissman, former president of Philip Morris, and his wife Mildred, the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences is one of the three schools that comprise Baruch College and offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in various disciplines. While the Zicklin School of Business is the largest school at Baruch College, Weissman offers a majority of the courses in the required core curriculum for undergraduates.

Undergraduate programs

Weissman offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in:

• Actuarial Science
• Art
• Biology/Pre-Medicine
• Business Communication (with specializations in Corporate or Graphic Communication)
• Economics (BBA option offered by the Zicklin School)
• English Literature
• History
• Journalism (with specializations in Journalism/Creative Writing or Business Journalism)
• Liberal Arts and Sciences Ad Hoc Major
• Management of Musical Enterprises
• Mathematics
• Music
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Spanish
• Statistics

Graduate programs

Weissman also offers several programs leading to a Master's Degree:

• Corporate Communication (MA)
• Arts Administration (MA)
• Financial Engineering (MS)
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA)
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology (MS)
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology (PhD)

In October 2009, the MS program in Financial Engineering was ranked as one of the top ten in North America by QuantNetwork.[1] In 2023, it was ranked the top program for the fourth consecutive year.[2][3]

References

1. Financial Engineering Program Rankings
2. "2024 QuantNet Ranking of Best Financial Engineering Programs". QuantNet Community. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
3. Perlberg, Heather (15 December 2022). "School of Quant: At $29,000, a Public NYC College Outclasses Princeton". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Baruch College
• The City University of New York Homepage

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