About Baruch Honors
Welcome to the Baruch College Honors Program site. We hope that it will prove informative and useful to students who might apply to the Honors Program as well as those currently participating in it.
Since its inception in 1978, the Honors Program has attracted outstanding students and offered them an intellectually challenging and culturally enriched education. The program is committed to developing well-rounded individuals, engaged citizens, effective leaders, and graduates who are prepared for successful careers in all fields.
Contact Information
137 East 25th Street, Suite 306
One Bernard Baruch Way,
New York, NY 10010-5585
Phone: 646 312-2120
Baruch.Honors@baruch.cuny.edu
What constitutes an honors experience at Baruch College?
The Baruch College Honors Program is designed to immerse students in a challenging and stimulating intellectual environment during their undergraduate years. It emphasizes academic and cultural enrichment as well as a strong sense of community and social responsibility.
The classroom experience stresses excellent teaching, academic rigor, and active learning. Courses often emphasize primary source reading, detailed case studies, group projects, and vigorous discourse; assignments develop communication and critical thinking abilities.
Outside the classroom, students are introduced to a rich array of cultural programming both at Baruch and throughout the city. This includes artists, writers-in-residence, visiting performers, Baruch’s Mishkin Gallery, and a broad range of lecture and panel presentations. In conjunction with some courses, students are exposed to the unrivaled cultural and scientific resources of New York.
In addition, the Honors Program requires students to engage in community service — either at the college or in the outside community. Through service, students develop leadership skills and an awareness of the essential relationship between privilege and responsibility.
