Second Bachelors Degree

Requirements for the BA and BS Degrees*

Degree requirements are as follows:

  1. completion of at least 120 credits of college-level work approved by the college;
  2. completion of the college’s General Education requirements;
  3. a minimum of 30 credits in residence at Queens College during the student’s undergraduate career for each degree;
  4. a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 or better based only on work done at Queens; and
  5. completion of the requirements in the major area of concentration, as determined by the appropriate Queens College department or program. At least one-third of the credits in the concentration must be taken in residence at Queens College, except when a departmental waiver is given. Some majors have additional residency requirements.

*Students majoring in Elementary & Early Childhood Education should consult the department’s section in this Bulletin for special curriculum requirements.
**Transfer students with an AA or AS in liberal arts and sciences from a CUNY college are considered to have fulfilled the lower-level General Education requirements.

Requirements for the Second Baccalaureate Degree

Queens College may award a baccalaureate degree to students who have already earned one.

  1. The student must have completed a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. college or university, or from a foreign institution of equivalent level, with a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.0, and must satisfy the college’s admission requirements.
  2. The second baccalaureate degree will be in a field of study different from the major of the student’s first degree.
  3. The student must be accepted by the academic department or program of the second major, subject to the recommendation of the dean of the division or school in which the new major is offered.
  4. The student will complete at least 30 credits of coursework at Queens beyond those credits applied to the first degree.
  5. The student must complete all requirements in the second major area of concentration as defined by the appropriate QC department or program.
  6. The student must achieve a grade-point average of at least 2.0 at the end of the first semester (or first 10 credits) to remain in the program; thereafter, the student must maintain a 2.0 average. Departments may define a more stringent grade-point average requirement.
  7. Students who have earned a bachelor’s degree from an institution that is accredited and recognized by a regional accrediting U.S. agency, who transfer to a CUNY baccalaureate college, will be deemed automatically to have fulfilled all the general education requirements.

Please fill out the Declaration-of-Major-2nd BA form and send it back to the Undergraduate Admissions.