Collaborative Programs
Mount Saint Mary College offers a number of programs in collaboration with other colleges/universities. The collaborating institutions have designed the programs to meet high quality and rigorous academic standards. The Mount's academic divisions consider only exceptional students for inclusion in collaborative programs: students who indicate a capability for graduate studies before completion of undergraduate studies.
Collaborative programs fall into two categories: articulation programs and affiliation programs. Articulation programs are agreements whereby the Mount student completes undergraduate studies in less than the traditional four-year period and begins graduate studies toward an advanced degree in what would otherwise be the fourth or senior year. Affiliation programs are agreements whereby a graduate institution will give preferential admissions consideration to Mount graduates who have met certain academic conditions.
Mental Health Counseling (master's degree) (3/3 articulation)
Students complete a dual/joint 5-year program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in psychology or human services from the Mount and a master's degree in mental health counseling from Pace University. Students spend the first three years at the Mount taking courses to fulfill the requirements for a bachelor's degree in the psychology or human services major, while establishing eligibility for admission into the master's degree in mental health counseling program at Pace. Students must reserve 12 credits of open electives in order to take four, 3-credit graduate courses during their fourth year at MSMC. Psychology majors may also use six credits for the three electives at the 2000 level or above to satisfy these first year requirements at Pace.. The remaining 48 credits of the master's program are taken at Pace.
Physical Therapy (doctorate) (4/3 affiliation)
Students graduating from the Mount with a bachelor's degree in biology or psychology can be recommended for early acceptance to New York Medical College. Recommended students meeting NYMC's admissions criteria must take the Graduate Record Examination. For more information, contact the Mount's Division of Natural Sciences.
Podiatric Medicine (doctorate) (3/4 articulation)
Students who complete three years of prescribed course work at the Mount toward the bachelor's degree in biology can be recommended for early admission to the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. At the end of their fourth year of study, students earn a bachelor's degree from the Mount and, at the conclusion of the seventh year of study, the degree of Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine (DPM). For more information, contact the Mount's Division of Natural Sciences.
Publishing (master's) (3/2 articulation)
Students take all course work during their first three years at the Mount. In their senior year, students take two to three undergraduate courses per term at the Mount and two graduate courses per term at Pace University. The fifth year of study is exclusively at Pace. Students who successfully complete the course of study earn a bachelor's degree in English from the Mount, and a master's degree in publishing from Pace University in five years.