Choose your path. Or blaze a new one.
When the time comes to choose a major, you’ll find there’s plenty to choose from. And if you can’t decide on just one, there is even an option to blend your interests by creating an interdisciplinary major that’s perfect for you.
Many courses of study cross into different areas of interest and there is even an option to customize an interdisciplinary major blending your own interests. Students may also pursue military science/ROTC courses, or choose from a number of dual-degree programs, certificates and special pre-med advising for careers in the health professions. Highly motivated individuals may wish to consider the option to complete their undergraduate degree in three years, saving both time and money. Check out our programs below or contact the Provost's Office with more specific questions.
The Mount's Core Curriculum is the academic embodiment of our Catholic mission. Rooted in the liberal arts, the program is a common and sequential curriculum that prepares students for success in the modern world, while giving them a solid grounding in the Catholic intellectual tradition.
More than just a set of requirements, the core is integrated with every academic major, and includes leadership development and cultural components, giving every MSMU student a true liberal arts education in all of its dimensions—communication skills, cultural content and character formation.
First Year Fall | First Year Spring | Second Year Fall | Second Year Spring | Third Year Fall | Third Year Spring |
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First- Year Symposium (FW) | Foundations of Philosophy (FW) | Philosophy in the Modern Age (FW) | Belief in Today's World (FW) | Encountering Christ (FW) | Ethics and the Human Good (FW) |
World Languages I (CC) | World Languages II & Origins of the West (CC) | The Western Imagination: Renaissance to Great War (CC) | America in the World (CC) | Modernity in Literature, Art, Music or Theatre (CC) | Global Encounters (CC) |
Foundations in Social Science (SMI) | Foundations (either semester) | Mathematical Thinking (SMI) | Math (either semester) | Laboratory Science (SMI) | Lab (either semester) |
Within our Core is a set of tracks that ensures our students have a curriculum that is integrated across disciplines. These courses are strategically sequenced to maximize learning and build upon previously learned concepts.