Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences is a school within Baruch College of the City University of New York, named after George Weissman, former president of Philip Morris, along with his wife Mildred; both were alumni of the school. The Weissman School 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 Baruch's largest school, Weissman offers a majority of the courses in the required core curriculum for undergraduates.
On July 5, 2016, Dr. Aldemaro Romero Jr. was officially appointed as the dean of the school.The Weissman school offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in:
- Actuarial Science
- Art
- Biology/Pre-Medicine
- Business Communication
- Economics
- English Literature
- History
- Journalism
- Liberal Arts and Sciences Ad Hoc Major
- Management of Musical Enterprises
- Mathematics
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Anthropology
- Spanish
- Statistics
Graduate programs
The Weissman School also offers three programs leading to a Master's Degree:
- Corporate Communication
- Financial Engineering
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
In October 2009, Baruch's MS program in Financial Engineering was ranked as one of the top ten in North America by QuantNetwork
