General Education Requirements
Marymount Manhattan College’s General Education program comprises innovative courses and learning experiences that build community among students and faculty. This interdisciplinary curriculum provides students with the knowledge and skills that lead to active and informed citizenship and expanded creative problem-solving. Our approach to learning is rooted in these three components:
- Inspired by the College’s mission, our students engage in a General Educational experience that develops “an awareness of social, political, cultural and ethical issues, in the belief that this awareness will lead to concern for, participation in, and improvement of society.”
- Our General Education invites students to engage in both lower- and advanced-level work in courses that emphasize interdisciplinary study and the diverse areas of interest and expertise of our faculty. Upper-level seminars challenge students to think critically across varied bodies of knowledge, identify connections between ideas and practices, productively engage across difference and diversity of many kinds, and respond to social issues from informed and ethical positions. Students thus learn to engage the larger questions of our changing world from different disciplinary and critical perspectives.
- Our General Education is informed by our location in the heart of New York City. This vibrant urban environment provides myriad opportunities for learning and is deeply fused into our students’ educational experience. A central goal of our General Education is to help our students understand their place in an ever-integrating global community. While much of this preparation for global citizenship happens in the classroom, it also takes place in local communities where students learn, contribute, and cultivate a deeper understanding and appreciation for the many and diverse cultures of New York City.
MMC General Education Requirement has the following components totaling 30 credits: