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Course Registration and Withdrawal

All Mercy College add, drop, and withdrawal deadlines can be found on the Academic Calendar website located at mercycollege.edu/academics/academic-calendar.

Adding and Dropping a Course

Add and drop deadlines are published on the College’s Academic Calendar. After registration opens and until the end of the first week of classes, students can add or drop courses from the Course Registration link found in the Registration/Schedule menu in their EMPOWER ME account.

No Show

Students who do not participate in any activities, complete any assignments, or attend any scheduled meeting(s) during the first week of an enrolled course may be dropped from the course.  Students dropped in this manner will not be permitted to re-enroll in the same course for that session. Students who are not planning on attending a course should drop the course in their EMPOWER ME account prior to the drop deadline.

Withdrawal from a Course

Withdrawal deadlines are published on the College’s Academic Calendar. Students should contact their advisor and the Office of Financial Aid prior to withdraw from a course so that they can understand the potential impacts to their plan of study or financial aid. (See Return of Title IV in Mercy College Catalog.)

To submit a request to withdraw from a course, students must complete the Withdrawal/Leave Form in the Registration/Schedule tab in their EMPOWER ME account. Once students have been withdrawn from a course, they cannot be reinstated into the same course for that session.

Student transcripts will indicate a “W” (withdrawal) if the withdrawal process is completed prior to the appropriate deadline published on the College's Academic Calendar. Any withdrawals processed after this deadline receive a grade of “WF” (withdrawal fail) depending on the course grade at the time of withdrawal. A grade of “WF” will be calculated the same as a "F" (failed) grade in the student's cumulative grade point average and may impact progress.

Students are not permitted to withdraw after the withdrawal deadline published on the College's Academic Calendar.

Independent Study

An independent study is a course taken with ongoing supervision by a faculty member for rigorous learning and knowledge enhancement in an area of interest beyond the courses offered. The content of an independent study course should not duplicate any course currently available to students except in extenuating circumstances. One to three credit hours will be permitted per independent study.

  1. Students who want to complete an independent study must discuss the course proposal with the Program Director (or Division Dean).
    1. This proposal should include rationale for the topic/project; and
    2. Suggested methods for evaluation of the project.
  2. If approved, the Program Director and/or Division Dean, will refer students to a designated faculty member, who will supervise the independent course of study.
  3. Students and the designated faculty member will identify the course learning objectives, resources, strategies, target dates, how students will be evaluated, a plan for substantive contact hours, and other course requirements.
    1. The substantive contact hour plan, reflective of the credit hours for the course, must be included and approved by the Division Dean.
  4. The Program Director, Division Dean, and designated faculty member must sign the completed Independent Study Proposal Form.
  5. Students submit the Independent Study Proposal Form to the Office of Student Records.
    1. The participating student must be in good academic standing with a GPA of 2.7 or better.

The Independent Study Proposal Form is available on the Student Records Forms website located at mercycollege.edu/academics/student-records/student-records-forms.

Course Audit

Students may audit courses for the purposes of self-enrichment and academic exploration. Courses taken for audit earn zero credit and quality points. Courses are offered only if a space is available and with the approval of the instructor of the course, Division Dean, and the Office of Student Records. Students may not audit the clinical component of any course.

An audit designation (AU) will appear on the transcript. An audit withdrawal designation (WA) will be recorded on the transcript if the instructor certifies that the student has not regularly attended classes.

Students may not change class registration status after the first week of the course. The fee for audited courses is $100 per credit hour.