Graduate Pathway
The Graduate Pathway is designed for international graduate students to earn credits toward their MU graduate degree while strengthening their academic English, sharpening their professional skills, and exploring U.S. culture.
This is an excellent opportunity. International graduate students are permitted to attend Marymount even though they have yet to meet the English language proficiency requirements for direct admission to one of our Master’s degree programs. Within this Pathway, students would be admitted to their graduate program with full admission upon successfully completing the language program requirements.
Graduate Pathway Admission Requirements
Students are required to
- Complete an MU graduate application
- Meet the academic admission requirements in their chosen graduate program
- Submit official documentation from one of the English proficiency examinations
- For entry into the Graduate Pathway
- English proficiency requirement: TOEFL 90, IELTS 6.0, PTE 53, Duolingo 95-104.
- Complete an initial interview and a pre-assessment proctored writing assignment on campus
- For direct entry into a graduate program
- English proficiency requirements are TOEFL 96, IELTS 6.5, PTE 58, Duolingo 105-110
How to progress from the Pathway to a Graduate Degree Program
Students in the Pathway are required to take EAP 500: English for Academic Purposes: Writing, Research and Presentation (six credits) and one 3-credit graduate-level course during their first semester at Marymount.
Once in the Graduate Pathway, students will be eligible to enroll in their chosen graduate degree program after one to two consecutive semesters of course work and upon achieving:
- Minimum grade requirement for the graduate content course (as stated in catalog)
- B or better in the EAP 500
- C or better in the exit comprehensive examination (taken only if B or above is earned in EAP 500 course
Additional steps are needed for students on F-1 visas to transition from a Pathway I-20 to a Degree-Seeking I-20.