Limitations and Exclusions

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

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.
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.
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. If a student earns a D or F in the same major class twice, only with approval from the department chair and after signing a statement of awareness of the impact of the decision on financial aid may a student take a course in their major a third time; students must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0 in order to be eligible. In no case may a student take any one elective or General Education course more than twice during their entire career at MMC.
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 WRIT 009 (Effective Thinking Lab). If a student places into WRIT 009, it must be taken as part of the student’s first semester program. Neither of these courses earns credit toward graduation. Students who are required to complete MATH 109 (Introductory Algebra) must do so within their first 30 credits at the College. MATH 109 does not satisfy the college-level math requirement for all degrees.
The following requirements apply to all transfer students:
1. At least 63 credits must be completed at Marymount Manhattan College. These will not include credit for internships, independent study, or prior learning experience;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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 (57) will be able to complete the degree requirements, including the Residency Requirement, within the remaining 63 credits;
5. Students must complete a minimum of 60 credits at MMC to be eligible for academic honors at Commencement.