The Adult Bachelor's Completion program is available to adult students admitted to Marist through the School of Graduate and Continuing Education. Up to 15 of the 45 required major credits may be transferred from another college. Transfer credits for electives follow general college guidelines. All students in the ABC program are free to design, with faculty advisement, their own individual Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree program. The sequence begins with an initial course that helps students design their programs, assess prior life experiences, and formulate educational goals.
Additional courses focus on the integration of learning across various disciplines.
Capping the sequence is a final seminar in which students consider a significant contemporary issue from a liberal arts perspective. A student's program must include at least 12 credits in each area or a minimum of 21 credits in one area and 24 in the other if only two areas are chosen. 1.1 Transfer Credits Up to 15 of the 45 major credits may be transferred from another institution. Transfer credits for the elective area follow general institutional guidelines. The College requires that the student demonstrate proficiency in writing in order to graduate.