Bachelor of Science Degree (BS)

This degree may be earned in a four-year course of study by students who:

  • Choose as an area of concentration: accounting, biology, business management, computer information systems, criminal justice, earth and environmental studies, finance, health service leadership, music, music therapy, nuclear medicine technology, nursing, psychology, science-oriented interdisciplinary studies or speech-language pathology/audiology.
  • Choose to become teachers in biology or earth science in grades 7 to 12 (Adolescence Education).
  • Choose to become Childhood Education school teachers with an area of concentration in biology, communications, English, history, mathematics, psychology, sociology, Spanish.
  • Choose to become PreK-12 teachers in the Special Subjects of Music Education or Visual Arts.

Graduation requirements for all BS degrees are:

  • A minimum cumulative average of 2.00 (“C” average). “C” is the lowest acceptable grade for any major or minor requirements. (Some majors require higher grades and GPAs for overall and/or major and related requirements.)
  • Completion of FST 1000, unless waived for transfer of 30 or more credits from another college.
  • Fulfillment of the General Education requirements for the Bachelor's degrees.
  • Completion of all major, related and special requirements for the program of study.
  • Completion of the minimum of 120 credit hours. Some departments may require more.
  • Completion of a minimum residency requirement of 30 credits, including the last 30 credits, completed as a matriculated student at Molloy.
  • Completion of the liberal arts and sciences requirement of 60 credits for Bachelor of Science degrees.
  • File an online Application for Graduation within the deadlines published in the Academic Calendar.