Students are advised to consider the following when making decisions about study options outside of MMC in their senior year of study:

• Study Abroad /Hunter or Pace Consortium – It is recommended that students do not take study abroad courses or courses taken at Hunter College/Pace University in their final semester. Transcripts from Study Abroad institutions, Hunter College, or Pace University, which often follow a different calendar from ours, may be received after the graduation deadline. Should a transcript not be received on time, the student’s graduation date will be postponed to the next graduation period.
• Course waiver and course substitutions must be approved by the appropriate authorities (Division/Dept. Chairs, Dean, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs) and submitted before the graduation deadline date. Any delay in the submitting these documents may postpone a student’s graduation date.
• Students, who are completing their final semester of study should not request a grade of INC for any course in her/his program. Delay in resolving an incomplete grade may postpone graduation to the next graduation period.

Before you Apply for Graduation

You should review your program evaluation in MMC Connect to determine your expected date of graduation.

Under Academic Planning select Program Evaluation.

The Program Evaluation is a tool to assist the student and faculty advisor in monitoring the student’s progress towards a degree. The degree audit is an internal document for advising purposes and is not an official document of your academic record. Click here to view Sample Program Evaluation(opens in a new tab) or Program Evaluation in MMC Connect(opens in a new tab) if you need assistance in understanding your program evaluation (EVAL).

If the program listed on your Program Evaluation is not the program you intend to complete, request to have your program changed officially by submitting a Major Declaration Petition(opens in a new tab) and/or Minor Declaration Petition(opens in a new tab) form to the Office of Academic Advisement.

If you are planning to graduate this year, you need to apply for graduation.

• Apply for graduation by selecting “Application for Graduation” under Academic Planning in MMC Connect. Follow the prompts as they appear on the screen and click “Submit”:
• Confirm your degree program
• Enter your name on the diploma (legal name only-no titles or nicknames)
• Select Diploma Delivery Option -Enter the mailing address for your diploma.
• Confirm your Anticipated Graduation Term (last term at MMC)
• Choose your plan for commencement
• Acknowledgment of a graduation fee, which will be posted to your MMC account.

After submitting your Graduation Application, you will receive an email acknowledgment that your application was received. All correspondence and subsequent notices on the status of your application will be sent to your MMC e-mail address.

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  Planning for Your Degree Completion

  You are expected to follow your degree program as outlined in the catalog in effect at the time of the initial program declaration. Once the Office of the Registrar receives your online graduation application, a degree audit will be done in a timely manner. The graduation evaluation is the official graduation degree audit. A degree audit is an analysis of degree requirements for a particular degree, major, minor, and/or concentration. The degree audit matches a student’s academic history and in-progress courses against the requirements for a program. This audit supersedes other offices or staff who assisted in mapping the student’s degree program.

  All bachelor’s degrees must meet the basic graduation requirements in their catalog year. In addition to your academic program requirements, there are degree requirements that need to be fulfilled. You should review the degree program pages of your catalog and the degree requirements for graduation. It is strongly recommended that you meet with your faculty or academic advisor to review your Program Evaluation before applying for graduation. There may be outstanding documents that need to be addressed (i.e. course substitutions, AP credit, transfer credit, etc) in order for you to graduate on time. For graduation requirements, click on the Degree Requirements tab above.

  You will be notified if you are cleared for degree conferral. Students who have outstanding requirements are considered ineligible for graduation and will be deferred to the next degree conferral date in that academic year. If the requirements have not been completed after a semester, the student will need to re-apply for graduation and may need to file a re-admit application.

  Degree Requirements

  In order to complete an undergraduate degree at MMC, students must fulfill the following requirements:

  1. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 120 credits at the 100-level or above

  • including at least 30 credits at the 300-level or above,
  • at least 3 credits of which must be at the 400-level.

  2. A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above in courses taken at MMC based on the grading scale currently published in this catalog.

  3. Fulfillment of all the requirements below:

  • a. General Education requirements;
  • b. Requirements in a declared major offered by the College;
  • c. Requirements in a specified minor, if the student has elected such course of study

  4. College Residency Requirement: Completion of at least 30 credits in courses taken in attendance at MMC; these may not include independent studies, prior learning experiences, internships, or exchange credits ( e.g., credits taken in exchange programs with other institutions (such as the New York Institute of Finance)

  5. Major Residency Requirement: Completion of at least 12 credits in courses in the student’s major discipline taken at MMC (excluding independent studies, prior learning experience, internships and exchange credits). These credits may be used in fulfilling the College Residency Requirement.

  6. Liberal Arts Requirement: Marymount Manhattan College defines itself as a college of the liberal arts. Courses in the liberal arts develop students’ judgment and understanding about individuals’ relationship to the social, cultural, and natural qualities of the world in which they live. The New York State Education Department requires a minimum number of liberal arts credits for the following degrees:

  • Bachelor of Arts degree - completion of 90 liberal arts credits
  • Bachelor of Science degree - completion of 60 liberal arts credits
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts degree - completion of 30 liberal arts credits

  All students must declare a major (with a possible field of concentration) upon or before the completion of 60 credits. While MMC encourages all students to explore a variety of fields and disciplines during their undergraduate experience, it is appropriate for this exploration to occur within the first 60 credits. Students transferring to MMC with 56 credits or more must file their Declaration of Major upon admission or before completion of 15 credits at MMC. Students must file Major Declaration Petition Form in the Office of Academic Advisement, lower level Nugent Building, during designated declaration periods.

  Limitations and Exclusions

  The completion of an undergraduate degree is governed by the following limitations and exclusions:

  1. In fulfilling the 120-credit minimum, a student may elect the Pass/Fail Grade Option for elective courses only. The following limits apply: no more than 1 course per term may be taken as Pass/Fail and no more than an overall total of four courses or 12 credits (whichever is fewer) may be applied to the degree. Students may not elect the Pass/Fail Option for courses that fulfill requirements in their major or in General Education.
  2. In fulfilling the 120-credit minimum, no more than 15 credits earned through independent study and/or internships may be applied to the degree. Independent studies or internships do not fulfill either the 30 credit College Residency Requirement or the 12 credit Major Residency Requirement.
  3. D grades will be credited toward the degree, but not toward the fulfillment of requirements in the major or an elected minor. A student receiving a grade of D or below in a required major or elected minor course must repeat the course. When a student repeats a course, both the D grade and the new grade compute in the cumulative grade point average. The credit for the given course is only counted once toward the degree. In the case of required general education and elective courses, the grade of D is acceptable and does not require repetition. A student may elect to repeat such courses to raise his/her grade point average, but credit is only counted once. In no case may a student take any course more than twice during his/her entire career at MMC.
  4. Students entering the college with insufficient writing or mathematical skills will be required to take certain developmental courses. Students needing to improve their writing skills are placed into CAA 099 (Introduction to Writing) or CAA 097 (Introduction to Writing ESL). If either of these courses is required, it must be taken as part of the student’s first-semester program. Students who are required to complete MATH 007 (Developmental Mathematics) and/or MATH 109 must do so within their first 30 credits at the College. None of these courses, except MATH 109, earns credit toward graduation or the college-level math requirement for all degrees.

  Transfer Students

  • At least 30* credits must be completed at Marymount Manhattan College. These will not include credit for internships, independent study, or prior learning experience. (*Students who started MMC on or after Fall 2019 must complete a minimum of 63 credits at MMC)
  • All transfer students must complete a minimum of 12 credits in their major at Marymount Manhattan College regardless of the number of transfer credits awarded within the major.
  • All transfer students must complete the General Education Requirements even if in doing so the total number of credits taken and completed exceeds the 120 credits required for a Marymount Manhattan College degree. Transfer credits may be applied to these requirements.
  • Transfer students must complete the College Residency Requirement and the Residency Requirement for the Major. The College cannot guarantee that a student who transfers into MMC with the maximum number of transfer credits (90) will be able to complete the degree requirements, including the Residency Requirements within the remaining 30 credits.
  • Students must complete a minimum of 60 credits at MMC to be eligible for academic honors at commencement.