Students will submit a request form online (only available during registration). Please review Important Dates for when requests are reviewed. Eligible students will be notified via Baruch email.
Criteria
To qualify for a unit overload, students must have earned a 3.5 Baruch GPA or higher and have no unresolved grades (e.g. PEN or INC).
- Spring/Fall semesters: maximum overload is 3 units for a total of 21 units.
- Summer sessions: maximum overload is a fifth course.
- Maximum three courses in a session.
- A summer session III course counts as a summer session II course.
- Winter intersession: No overload allowed.
Once classes begin, students are not allowed to add/drop/change any courses during the semester they are approved and enrolled in unit overload. There are no exceptions to this policy.