Art class outdoors at Marymount College: In 1923, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary first established an all-girls school in Los Angeles. Marymount School moved to a new campus on Sunset Boulevard in Westwood and opened a two-year junior college in 1933. In 1948 the school became Marymount College of Los Angeles and first granted baccalaureate degrees. Marymount College was relocated to the Palos Verdes campus in 1960. Loyola University and Marymount College partnered with St. Joseph College of Orange began affiliation in 1968, and officially merged into Loyola Marymount University in 1973. Even prior to the official merger between Loyola University of Los Angeles and Marymount College in 1973, students were allowed to attend classes at either campus, with male students from Loyola enrolling in classes at Marymount, and female students from Marymount attending class at Loyola.; Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.); Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)