Starting Fall 2009, 9 credits is considered full-time

[Andy Nguyen]

The following recommendation of the Graduate Affairs Committee was approved at the Mildred and George Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Meeting on May 13, 2009, and is effective the Fall 2009 semester, pending approval of the Board of Trustees.
Section AI: Special Actions
AI:10.1a. Change in Credit Requirements for Graduate Full-Time Status
RESOLVED, that a program load of three 9000-level courses (9 credits) is considered the minimum full-time graduate course load for the following Weissman School of Arts and Sciences programs: MA in Corporate Communication; MS in Financial Engineering; and MS in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, effective the Fall 2009 semester.
Rationale: This change is being done to bring the Weissman graduate programs in line with standard practices within CUNY and nationwide.
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/Studentstatus.htm
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[Eugene Krel]

Essentially this extends the program by a semester if the full-time course load is adjusted.

 

[dstefan]

The change was done for the benefit of international students across all the programs in the School of Arts and Sciences.

The full-time track in the Baruch MFE Program is still considered to be 3 semesters.

 

[WilliamY]

36 credits

The new rule does not change the fact that students in the program have to complete 36 credits.