Academic Catalog
Manhattanville College provides all students with a full array of online services through the College’s WebAdvisor system. WebAdvisor is available 24 hours a day on and off campus and is accessible on the College website by visiting the "MyMville" link button. Students access WebAdvisor to register and drop classes, view schedules and grades, communicate with advisors, order transcripts, and access financial aid and tuition bill information.
Registration for our main Fall and Spring terms opens online as per the dates published on the Academic Calendar. Online access appointments are assigned to students. Online access appointments are visible on WebAdvisor, emailed to students and are available on a schedule on the Registrar’s Office website.
NOTE: Registered courses are NOT REMOVED AUTOMATICALLY from a student’s schedule if they decide not to attend Manhattanville College. Please follow the course drop instructions above. You will be held liable for tuition charges and fees for classes that remain on your registration after a term begins.
All students, including those planning to take music lessons, write senior papers or complete comprehensive examinations, independent studies or internships, must register before each fall and spring semester, each summer session and intersession. A pre-registration period for undergraduates is held during each preceding semester for scheduling convenience. Note that space availability is sometimes limited for classes and that pre-registration is strongly advised. Students can register on the web. A mail-in option for registration is available for graduates and part-time undergraduates.
The College has a cooperative arrangement with the State University of New York at Purchase which allows undergraduate students to cross-register for certain courses and to use the specialized library holdings (with the approval of the academic advisor and Academic Advising Office.)
Manhattanville College reserves the right to make changes at any time in admission requirements, fees, charges, tuition, regulations and academic programs, if deemed necessary, prior to the start of any class. The College also reserves the right to divide, cancel, reschedule classes or reassign instructors if enrollment or other factors require. If course cancelations occur, students will be notified in order to adjust their schedules. Places in limited enrollment courses cannot be held after classes begin. An instructor has the right to notify the Registrar’s Office to admit someone else to a limited enrollment course if a student fails to attend the first class meeting.
Students are required to check their course syllabus and must follow the attendance policy stated therein to avoid penalty that could include failing or being dropped from the class.
Attending class is vital to academic success. Accordingly, Manhattanville College expects attendance and punctuality at all classes. Students are expected to accept personal responsibility for any absences, and will be held responsible for all course content, requirements, and assignments, whether or not they are present in class. Individual instructors may establish course attendance policies, including penalties for absences and lateness. The responsibility for explaining and/or documenting individual absences rests with the student, who must understand that instructors are not obligated to grant requests for make-up or supplementary work.
The following is a list of student statuses by credit:
Undergraduate Students are considered full-time when they are enrolled in 12 credit hours or more. Undergraduates registered for a total of 6 credit hours are considered half-time, below 6 credit hours is considered part-time.
Graduate students (MA, MFA, SOED students, MS non-module students) are considered full-time when they are enrolled in 9 credit hours or more. Graduate students registered for 5 credit hours are considered half-time, below 5 credit hours is considered part-time.
Graduate students in the MS Module programs are considered full-time when they are enrolled in 6 credit hours or more. Graduate students in the MS Module programs are considered half-time when they are enrolled in 3 credit hours, below 3 credit hours is considered part-time.
Doctoral students As of January 2014, Doctoral students are considered full-time when they are enrolled in 6 credit hours or more or are enrolled in EDAD 8190 for two credit hours. Doctoral students are considered half-time when they are enrolled in 3 credit hours or are enrolled in EDAD 8190 for 1 credit hour, below 3 credit hours is considered part-time.
Manhattanville College complies with Federal (U.S. Department of Education) and Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE) regulations pertaining to degree requirements and credit hours. Manhattanville College undergraduate degrees require the successful completion of a minimum of 120 semester credit hours. The MFA degree in the School of Arts and Sciences is a 36 credit program. Master of Arts in Teaching and Masters of Professional Studies range from 35 to 49 credits, depending on the certificate or certificates that they may lead to. Advanced certificate programs leading to a college recommendation for certification, including the Professional Diploma in Education Leadership, range from 11 to 36 credits. The Master of Education Studies, not leading to certification, is a 30 credit program. The Doctor of Education program is a 59-credit program. All graduate programs in the School of Business are 36 credits, with the exception of the MS in Business Leadership, which is 39 credits.
Manhattanville’s academic year is separated into fall, spring and summer semesters for traditional undergraduate programs offered by the School of Arts and Sciences. The Fall and Spring semester are fifteen weeks in length. Our accelerated undergraduate degree completion program, offered through the Manhattanville School of Business, works on seven week semesters. SOE semesters are separated into fall, winter, spring, and summer. Classes run for fifteen weeks in the Fall and Spring, and begin a week after the School of Arts and Sciences commence in the Fall semester. Summer classes generally run between five and ten weeks. The Winter semester runs three weeks. All formats, including traditional semester-length classes and the accelerated and summer formats, must comply with the university credit hour policy.
All new courses are vetted by the appropriate curriculum committees (School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Business) to ensure requirements meet with credit hour regulations. In addition, existing courses are reviewed periodically by the School Deans, Office of the Registrar, and assessment committees to ensure that the work load is consistent with the potential credits to be earned.
Background
The U.S. Department of Education, at 34 CFR Section 600.2, defines “credit hour” as:
“…an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:
(1) one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or ten to twelve weeks for one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or,
(2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.”
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, in its Credit Hour Policy, effective August 23, 2013, requires institutions to verify compliance with Credit Hour regulations.
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