Marymount College, Palos Verdes
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Marymount College, Palos Verdes is an independent, Catholic, coeducational and residential college that offers a liberal arts program that leads to associate degrees and bachelor's degrees. Situated along the coastline of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Marymount College is one of two Catholic, co-educational colleges in Los Angeles County and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. The College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The campus occupies 26 acres (10.5 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean, approximately 25 miles (40.2 km) to the south of Los Angeles, CA. In summer 2011, Marymount College opened the Waterfront Campus in San Pedro, California.
. Marymount Junior College opened as an all-women's school on the Westwood campus of Marymount High School
in 1933. Mother Gertrude Cain, R.S.H.M., served as the first president of the junior college and guided its development into a four year college in 1948, assuming the name Marymount College of Los Angeles. In 1948, the College received accreditation as a four-year college. In 1960, having outgrown its shared Westwood campus, Marymount College moved both its two year program and its four year program to the campus of a former girls High School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula south of Los Angeles.
Marymount was the first Catholic junior college in California and began as a liberal arts college for women. In the mid-1960s discussions began on admitting women to the undergraduate program at Loyola University. The affiliation of Marymount College and Loyola University began in 1968 when Marymount's four year program relocated to the Loyola University campus in Westchester, CA. Marymount maintained its two-year program on the Palos Verdes campus. The merger of Marymount College and Loyola University was completed in 1973 forming Loyola Marymount University.
The two-year program remained incorporated as a separate institution having received accreditation as such in 1971. In 1975 the College moved to its present location in Rancho Palos Verdes,CA. The College offers two-year Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees and a four-year Bachelor's Degree program. Arts.
The Waterfront Campus encompasses first floor of the former Northrop-Grumman facility at 222 W. Sixth St., which will be transformed into classroom space and offices to accommodate upper division business majors and students majoring in global studies. Those students also will expand their use in the coming year of the Warner Grand Theatre
, the Grand Annex in the 400 block of West Sixth Street and student artists will also show work this year in gallery space at the historic Arcade Building.
Residential Communities includes Palos Verdes North Drive Residential Community. Marymount also recently upgraded the 30-unit Pacific View West on 24th Street, which is its other residential community proper .
There are three Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Marymount College:
History
The history of Marymount college dates to the establishment of an elementary school and high school for women by seven sisters of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of MaryReligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary are a global Roman Catholic community of about 900 apostolic religious women, connected by personal contact, local, provincial and general meetings, telephone, e-mail and many websites to one another with a hope of promoting the integral development and...
. Marymount Junior College opened as an all-women's school on the Westwood campus of Marymount High School
Marymount High School
Marymount High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls, college-preparatory high school located in the Holmby Hills/Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. It sits across from the University of California, Los Angeles campus at 10643 Sunset Boulevard....
in 1933. Mother Gertrude Cain, R.S.H.M., served as the first president of the junior college and guided its development into a four year college in 1948, assuming the name Marymount College of Los Angeles. In 1948, the College received accreditation as a four-year college. In 1960, having outgrown its shared Westwood campus, Marymount College moved both its two year program and its four year program to the campus of a former girls High School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula south of Los Angeles.
Marymount was the first Catholic junior college in California and began as a liberal arts college for women. In the mid-1960s discussions began on admitting women to the undergraduate program at Loyola University. The affiliation of Marymount College and Loyola University began in 1968 when Marymount's four year program relocated to the Loyola University campus in Westchester, CA. Marymount maintained its two-year program on the Palos Verdes campus. The merger of Marymount College and Loyola University was completed in 1973 forming Loyola Marymount University.
The two-year program remained incorporated as a separate institution having received accreditation as such in 1971. In 1975 the College moved to its present location in Rancho Palos Verdes,CA. The College offers two-year Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees and a four-year Bachelor's Degree program. Arts.
Campuses
The Main Campus encompasses 26-acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Catilina Island in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.The Waterfront Campus encompasses first floor of the former Northrop-Grumman facility at 222 W. Sixth St., which will be transformed into classroom space and offices to accommodate upper division business majors and students majoring in global studies. Those students also will expand their use in the coming year of the Warner Grand Theatre
Warner Grand Theatre
The Warner Grand Theatre is an historic movie palace which was opened on January 20, 1931. It is located in San Pedro, California, at 478 West 6th Street in the United States of America....
, the Grand Annex in the 400 block of West Sixth Street and student artists will also show work this year in gallery space at the historic Arcade Building.
Residential Communities includes Palos Verdes North Drive Residential Community. Marymount also recently upgraded the 30-unit Pacific View West on 24th Street, which is its other residential community proper .
Degree Programs
There are 30 Associate Degree programs at Marymount College:- Anthropology
- Biology/Biochemistry
- Business /Business Administration
- Chemistry
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Early Childhood Education
- Economics
- English
- Ethnic Studies
- Fine Art
- Foreign Languages
- Geography
- Graphic Design/Illustration and Animation
- History
- Human Development
- International Relations/Global Studies
- Mathematics
- Movement and Exercise Science/Kinesiology
- Music
- Nutrition/Food Science
- Philosophy
- Pre-Architecture
- Pre-Engineering
- Pre-Health/Pre-Medicine
- Pre-Nursing
- Psychology
- Religious Studies/Theology
- Sociology
- Theatre Arts
- Women’s/Gender Studies
There are three Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Marymount College:
- Business
- Media Studies
- Liberal Arts
Student Body
- Total Undergraduate Enrollment:793
- Female: 51.58%
- Out of State: 9%
- International: 6.68%
- Freshman Enrollment: 447