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Fall Semester 2015

August 3

Fall 2015 tuition payment due

August 28

New resident students arrive

August 28-30

Fall Welcome for undergraduate students

August 28-30

Returning resident students arrive

August 30

Last day to register before classes begin

August 31

Classes begin

September 2

Mass of the Holy Spirit

September 7

Labor Day Holiday - university closed

September 8

Last day to withdrawn from a class with a 100% refund of tuition and fees

September 8

Last day to late register or add a class

September 25-27

Homecoming Weekend

October 2

Last day to withdraw from a class without academic record

October 12-13

Fall Break, university closed October 12

October 23

Midterm grades due

October 26

Spring 2016 Registration begins

Oct 31-Nov 1

Family Weekend

November 6

Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W or enroll for Continuous Registration

November 25-29

Thanksgiving Holidays, university closed

November 30

Classes resume

December 14

Last day of classes

December 15-19

Final exam period

December 22

Final grades due to the Registrar’s Office

Spring Semester 2016

January 4

Spring 2016 tuition payment due

January 10

Last day to register before classes begin

January 11

Classes begin

January 18

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, university closed

January 19

Last day to withdraw from a class with a 100% refund of tuition and fees

January 19

Last day to late register or add a class

February 12

Last day to withdraw from a class without academic record

February 15

Registration for summer 2016 begins

March 4

Midterm grades due

March 7-13

Spring Break

March 14

Classes resume

March 14

Registration for fall 2017 begins

March 18

Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W or enroll for Continuous Registration

March 24-28

Easter Holidays

April 20

Student Research Conference - no classes

May 2

Last day of classes

May 3-7

Final exam period

May 10

Final grades due to the Registrar’s Office

May 14

Recognition Day, Baccalaureate Mass, and Graduation Reception

May 15

Commencement Day

Summer Semester 2016

Summer Sessions also are referred to as SS.

May 9

Tuition payment due for SS I and SS III

May 23

Summer Sessions I and III begin

May 25

Last day to register or add an SS I class

May 27

Last day to late register or add an SS III class

May 30

Memorial Day Holiday, university closed

June 1

Last day to withdraw from a class without academic record for SS I and SS III

June 3

Make up day for Memorial Day holiday

June 4

Last day to withdraw from an SS I class with a grade of W

June 24

Last day to withdraw from an SS III class with a grade of W

June 25

Summer Session I ends

June 20

Tuition payment due for SS II

July 4

Independence Day Holiday, university closed

July 5

Summer Session II begins

July 6

Last day to register or add a class for SS II

July 8

Make up day for Fourth of July Holiday

July 8

Last day to withdraw from an SS II class without academic record

July 15

Last day to withdraw from an SS II class with a grade of W

August 6

Last class for SS II

August 9

Final grades for all summer sessions are due

NOTE: These calendars are subject to change. The latest academic date and calendar information is available on the Registrar's Office web page at www.marymount.edu/Academics/Services-Resources/Registrar-s-Office.

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Academic Information and Policies

University Requirements and the Liberal Arts Core

Academic Opportunities

Undergraduate Programs

Course Descriptions

Accounting Courses

Applied Arts Courses

Astronomy Courses

Biology Courses

Business Law Courses

Center for Career Services

Chemistry Courses

Communication and Media Design Courses

Criminal Justice Courses

Economics Courses

Education Courses

English Courses

EN 090 Introduction to College Reading

EN 100 Introduction to College Writing

EN 101 Composition I

EN 102 Composition II

EN 150 Introduction to American Sign Language

EN 200 Elements of Literary Study

EN 201 World Literature: The Ancient World

EN 202 World Literature: The Middle Ages

EN 203 World Literature: Renaissance through Enlightenment

EN 204 World Literature: Romanticism through Post-Modernism

EN 205 American Literature I

EN 206 American Literature II

EN 207 Theater History

EN 211 Principles of Language

EN 212 Topics in Acting

EN 220 The Movie or the Book? Narrative Adaptation in the Cinema

EN 225 Literary Superheroes

EN 227 Short Fiction

EN 230 American Multicultural Literature

EN 240 Introduction to Visual and Cultural Studies

EN 250 Introduction to Shakespeare and Elizabethan Literature in London

EN 270 Approaches to Creative Writing

EN 280 Perspectives on Language Acquisition

EN 290 Literary Theory and Practice

EN 301 The Writing Process: Theory and Practice

EN 303 Literary Nonfiction

EN 305 Topics in Creative Writing

EN 308 Style and Revision

EN 321 Modern Drama

EN 322 19th-Century British Poets

EN 323 Modern Poetry

EN 330 Chaucer and the Courtly Love Tradition

EN 340 Major Women Writers

EN 350 The American Dream

EN 351 Literature of Childhood and Adolescence

EN 355 Shakespeare

EN 357 Topics in Literature Before 1800

EN 385 Approaches to Teaching Secondary English

EN 400 Internship

EN 421 Project

EN 424 Senior Seminar

EN 426 Studies in the Novel

EN 428 Studies in Contemporary Literature

EN 429 Topics in Performance

EN 433 Research

EN 490 Major Author(s)

Finance Courses

Fine Arts Courses

First-Year Seminar Courses

French Courses

Geography Courses

Geology Courses

German Courses

Global Scholars Courses

Health And Human Performance Courses

Health Care Management Courses

Health Information Management Courses

History Courses

Honors Courses

Human Resource Management Courses

Humanities Courses

Information Technology Courses

Interdisciplinary Studies Courses

Interior Design Courses

Legal Administration Courses

Liberal Studies Courses

Literature Courses

Management Courses

Management Science Courses

Marketing Courses

Mathematics Courses

Multidisciplinary Studies Courses

Nursing Courses

Philosophy Courses

Physical Science Courses

Physics Courses

Politics Courses

Psychology Courses

Sociology Courses

Spanish Courses

Theology and Religious Studies Courses

University Leadership

Notices to Students

Index