Last week, I attended a CUNY BA workshop. CUNY BA is a program within the CUNY system that allows students to design their own unique majors. Its like Ad-Hoc in that you would be creating something unique for yourself, but different in terms of what the student would be open to. With Ad-Hoc, the student would only have access to classes in his or her college. However, if one were pursuing a CUNY BA, then the entire CUNY campus would be open to choose from. I was interested in this program at first because it was recommended to me because of my indecisiveness as to what I was interested in doing. I know I have time to think about this type of stuff, but the earlier the better, no?

I attended the meeting with one of my friends who was also interested in the program. When we went in I noticed that a lot of the people in there were much older than we are. It made me feel all the more unsure. However, it seemed like the people there were in the same spot as us; not having what they needed and needing more options.

I learned in the meeting that with CUNY BA, one could study virtually anything. They gave me a list of sample ‘majors’ (they call them concentrations, but it means the same thing), and it surprised me to see the uniqueness of what people were able to come up with. I had some worries about the program as well, about how the degree itself would be perceived as when it came to searching for jobs. I was rest assured that CUNY BA degrees are seen no differently than the standard degree. Overall, I was glad I went to this meeting because I know now that there’s a whole world of options out there for me. While it does make things a little more daunting to approach, its nice to know that there’s more.