Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

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Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
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Type Public
Arts and sciences school
Established1968
Parent institution
Baruch College (CUNY)
Dean Jessica Lang
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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.

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Undergraduate programs

Weissman offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in:

Graduate programs

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

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]

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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.

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