Degrees Offered

Mount Saint Mary College offers courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS).

Students may choose from the following majors: accounting; allied health (concentration offered in science & health or healthcare management & administration); biology; business management and administration (concentrations offered in advertising and public relations, finance, marketing, and sports management); computer science, criminology (concentrations offered in criminal justice system, juvenile justice, restorative justice, and mental health and crime), cybersecurity; data science & artificial intelligence; digital media production; education; english (concentration offered in writing); exercise science; game development; general science; healthcare management (concentrations offered in advertising and public relations, finance, marketing, and sports management); history; human services (concentration offered  in health care advocacy); information technology; interdisciplinary studies; mathematics (concentration offered in actuarial science); nursing; psychology; social sciences; sports management (concentration in advertising and public relations); visual communication graphic design.

In conjunction with an academic major in a liberal arts and sciences content area, the Division of Education offers courses that will permit students to complete academic requirements for initial New York state certification in the following areas: Childhood Education (1-6); Childhood Education with middle school extension (grades 7-9); Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities (grades prek - 12 - All grades) with emphasis on inclusion and pupils with mild disabilities (mild/moderate emotional disturbance, learning disabilities and developmental disabilities; Childhood (grades 1-6) and Early Childhood (birth-grade 2); Early Childhood (birth-grade 2), Childhood (grades 1-6) and Students with Disabilities (preK - 12 - All grades); Adolescent Certification (grades 7-12); Adolescent Education (grades 7-12) with middle school extension (grades 5-6); and Adolescent Education and Students with Disabilities - Generalist (preK - 12 - All grades).

Students interested in obtaining an educational background for careers in environmental studies may select a major in social sciences with electives in the natural sciences; or a major in biology with electives in the social sciences.