Laura Cronk

Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students

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The Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students reflects the goal of lifelong higher learning articulated by the founders of The New School in 1919. Today, we continue to dedicate ourselves to that mission in a program that offers exceptional services and an innovative curriculum to nearly 1,000 adult students in New York City and online.

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Academics

The core of the Adult Bachelor’s Program is the Self-Designed Liberal Arts BA/BS degree which gives students the freedom to design their own course of study, choosing from hundreds of inspiring and relevant courses. Whether you choose the flexible Liberal Arts program or one of our eight majors, your studies will prepare you for the demands of an evolving career landscape.

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Faculty

The faculty of the Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students is comprised of a diverse group of scholars and practitioners whose research interests include the 26 subject areas offered by the program. The program's Core Faculty Advisors help students develop a plan of study that assists you in attaining your degree and positions you for what comes next.

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Community

The Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students is a close-knit community of students, alumni, and faculty. In our classrooms — both in New York City and online — you study alongside artists and activists, writers and media-makers, parents and military veterans, career-starters and experienced professionals.

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Outcomes

Graduates of the Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students find success in the many professional areas they study at The New School. Many alumni go on to pursue further education, and some have gone on to become award-winning writers and filmmakers, teachers and professors, performing artists, psychologists, researchers, and activists.

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Admission & Funding

When you apply to the Bachelor’s Program for Adult and Transfer Students, you take an important step toward finishing your degree. Our admission team is available to assist you on this journey, helping you find an academic path that fits your life and your schedule.

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Laura Cronk

Assistant Professor of Writing & Chair of the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program

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cronkl@newschool.edu

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Laura Cronk is the author of Having Been an Accomplice from Persea Books. Her poems have appeared in the Best American Poetry Series and in many journals such as The Seventh Wave, Academy of American Poets, Ecotone, The Literary Review, Locus Point, and WSQ. Her essays have been published at Gawker and LitHub. She is the poetry editor for The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food. For many years she curated the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar.

Current Courses

Creative Thesis & Lit. Project

Essay Writing: Truth & Culture

Independent Study

Riggio Thesis Colloquium

Teaching of Writing Seminar

Writer's Life Colloquium

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Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Assistant Professor of Writing & Chair of the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program

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