Undergraduate Degree Program Descriptions
Associate Degree Programs
Through the Associate degree programs on the Doheny Campus and Fully Online, students have the opportunity to develop academic competencies and enhance their self-development through involvement on and off campus. Faculty and staff offer excellence in their specialized fields and show concern for the individual student.
Courses of study are offered which lead to the degrees of Associate of Arts and Associate of Science. Primarily these degrees are offered on the Doheny campus.
All students entering an Associate degree program are required to complete placement tests in reading, writing, and math prior to registering for classes. Four semesters are usually required to complete the an Associate degree; students who require supplemental work in mathematics or English may need one or two additional semesters.
This program is designed to prepare students for transition to a Baccalaureate program on the Chalon Campus or another institution or direct entry into a career after graduation.
Baccalaureate Degree Programs
Mount Saint Mary’s University offers courses of study leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. Primarily these are offered at the Chalon Campus.
Within the liberal arts tradition, the curriculum provides the student with a broad and liberating background in the arts and sciences, and aims at developing his or her ability to communicate knowledge and to apply appropriate principles and techniques to particular problems. During the junior and senior years, the students pursue deeper study in their major areas of concentration and take related elective courses.
Baccalaureate Weekend/Evening & Online College
The Weekend/Evening & Online College on the Doheny Campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University is an innovative approach to learning that provides working adults with the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Applied Psychology, English, English & Business, Film & Media, Liberal Arts, and Religious Studies; Bachelor of Fine Arts with majors in Professional Photography; or a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Business Administration (also available Fully Online), Criminology (also available Fully Online), Film Media & Social Justice, Social Work, and Sociology. Students can earn their degrees while continuing to fulfill their full-time obligations to their careers and families.
The Weekend/Evening & Online College is a complete college experience, based on traditional curricula whose content has been organized in new ways and then redistributed so that classes, which would traditionally be spread out evenly over a full-semester, are concentrated into six intensive weekends. These weekends are non-consecutive and are scheduled in such a way that there is a space of at least two weeks between each class weekend. Adult students, even if they work full-time during the week and have, in addition, family and personal obligations, are nevertheless able to perform comfortably and successfully if they have developed a reasonable degree of maturity and motivation. Those who take three live weekend courses per semester spend the whole day in classes on both Saturday and Sunday on each of the six non-consecutive weekend sessions. We also offer courses in the evening and online in order to meet the needs of our students.
The program is designed for both men and women, part-time or full-time students, and for those who bring with them transfer credits from other colleges as well as students who are just beginning their college education. Teachers who exemplify Mount Saint Mary’s academic excellence Monday through Friday also teach courses with low student-teacher ratios on weekends in the Weekend/Evening & Online College. Students who receive their Bachelor's Degree from the Weekend/Evening & Online College (spend comparable hours in the classroom), receive the same outstanding quality of instruction, and graduate possessing the same high level of knowledge and skills as the graduates of all the programs at Mount Saint Mary's renowned University.