A cooperative program between Mount St. Mary’s and the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is available to students who seek to pursue a career in nursing and who also want a solid liberal arts education.

This dual-degree program will allow a student to earn undergraduate degrees from both participating institutions over a five-year period. The program provides that an undergraduate student will attend Mount St. Mary’s for three academic years and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing for two academic years. After completing the academic requirements of Mount St. Mary’s, usually at the end of the first year at Johns Hopkins, the student will receive a bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Mary’s. Upon meeting all the requirements in the School of Nursing, a B.S. degree in nursing will be awarded by Johns Hopkins.

The dual-degree requirements at Mount St. Mary’s are completion of the Mount core curriculum; BIOL 110, 111, 201, 300 and 303; CHEM 101 and 102; MATH 105; PSYCH 100, 206 and 207; SOC 100; and a nutrition course. A student who satisfies these requirements at Mount St. Mary’s with grades of B or above in the three upper-level biology courses and a grade point average of at least 3.0 in all science courses, all pre-nursing courses and overall, will have priority for admission to the dual-degree program at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.