School (if applicable)

Academic Regulations and Procedures and Student Policies   

The following updates to the Certificate Programs page have been made:

Removed:

Gerontology, Management, Marketing and Substance Abuse Counseling within paragraph titled, Certificate Programs Offered.

Fall 2022

The following updates to Faculty of Instruction have been made:

Added:

School of Business:

Howard Cohen

Emily Goldman

School of Education:

Eva M. Fernández

School of Liberal Arts:

Tamara Roose

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences:

Linda Bastone

Carol Bennett-Speight

Jacqueline Fisher

Yu-Huaang Lin

Yvette Page

Miranda Montez

Removed:

School of Business:

Stanley Chu

Tara Foley

Pedram Khoshakhlagh

Illya Mowerman

Wayne L. Ciofiari

Benjamin B. Weisman

School of Health and Natural Sciences:

Deborah Hunt

Sandra Dave

School of Liberal Arts:

Austin Dacey

Eileen M. McMahon

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences:

Minerva Guerrero

Carolyn Hanesworth

Regina Kaishian

Sara Martucci

Maureen Clements

Judith Liebman

Updates:

School of Business:

John Power-Assistant Professor

Timothy Allport-Emeritus

Andrew Joppa-Emeritus

Louis Lopilato-Emeritus

Alfred Romeo-Emeritus

School of Education:

Amanda Gunning

Kathy-Anne Jordan

Eric Martone

JungKang Miller

Victoria Núñez

Aki Ohseki

Gulizar Bahar Otcu-Grillman

School of Health and Natural Sciences:

Oren Abramowitz

Andrew Arniotes

Sheila Chatman

Helene Dill

Diane Dleikan

Miriam Ford

Kara J. Giustino

Ruth Lyons Hansen

Susan LaRocco

Samantha Matzio

Ashley O’Rourke

Sylvie Rosenbloom

Helen Cronin Buhler

Jack Burke - Emeritus

Jean Burke - Emerita

Claudia B. Fenderson - Emerita

Sara McGlinchy - Emerita

Mary Dawson McGuinness - Emerita

James F. Melville, Jr. - Emeritus

School of Liberal Arts:

Ben Abelson

Cheng “Jeff” Chang

Saul Fisher

Sophie “Sisi” Li

Maureen Macleod

David Wang

John P. Yoon

Jason Matthew Zalinger

Miriam Dick - Emerita

Barbara Dodsworth - Emerita

Thomas Guglielmo - Emeritus

Nancy Harrison - Emerita

Frank McCluskey - Emeritus

Richard Medoff - Emeritus

Rosemarie Murray - Emerita

Martha Nochimson - Emerita

Nagaraj Rao - Emeritus

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences:

Siliha Bava

Illya Lichtehberg

Jack D. Simons

William Lindsey - Emeritus

Stanislaw Wiktor - Emeritus

Moddie Breland

Agnes Cameron - Emerita

Donald Ray - Emeritus

The following update has been made:

Added:

Liberal Arts Core

English 112- English Composition II

(was missed when 2022-2023 catalog was originally published)

The following update to Mercy College Administration has been made: 

Added:

Eva M. Fernández, Ph.D
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Susan LaRocco, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Nursing

Removed:

Annette Piecora, M.S.
Director of Human Resources

Andrés Matías-Ortiz, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, School of Liberal Arts

Updated:

Moddie Breland, Ed.D.
Director of Libraries

Whitley Humes, B.A.
Interim Director of Human Resources

Eric Martone, Ph.D.
 Dean, School of Education

Matthew Presser, Ed.L.D.
Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research and Innovation

Scorpio Rogers, Ph.D.
Vice President for MercyManhattan

Peter West, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Liberal Arts

The following updates to the Public Accounting program have been made:

Added:

ANLC 250 Introduction to Data Analytics

ACCT 300 Intermediate Accounting I (formerly ACCT 240)

ACCT 301 Intermediate Accounting II (formerly ACCT 241)

Behavioral Science and Childhood Education, Grades 1-6, B.S. and M.S.  

Behavioral Science and Early Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 2, B.S. and M.S.  

Psychology and Childhood Education, Grades 1-6, B.S. and M.S.  

Psychology and Early Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 2, B.S. and M.S.  

Biology and Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12), B.S. and M.S.  

Mathematics and Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12), B.S. and M.S.  

English and Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12), B.A. and M.S.  

History and Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12), B.A. and M.S.  

Spanish, B.A. and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) PreK-12, M.S.   

The following update to nine School of Education programs has been made:

Removed:

New York State requires completion of the following undergraduate Prerequisites for students seeking the Childhood Education, Grades 1–6 Certification, which will fulfill part of the General Education requirements:

Mathematical Processes 6

Scientific Processes *6

Historical and Social Sciences 6

Language other than English 3

Information Retrieval 3

Communications/Humanities/Written Analysis and Expression 3

Artistic Expression 3

A course in Child Development is required. PSYN 254 is acceptable.
*Coursework in Environmental Science, Evolution, Nutrition or Plants and People is not acceptable for teacher certification requirements.

Accelerated Second Degree Nursing, B.S.  

Accelerated Second Degree Nursing, B.S. (Weekend Program)  

The Admissions Committee has approved the following update to the Admissions Requirements in the ASDBS program: 

Updated:

Admissions Requirements

GPA of 3.0 or above is preferred.

Grade of B- or better in all Nursing Prerequisites:

A&P II with Lab
Chemistry or Genetics, 
Human Development or Psychology,
 Microbiology

The following update to the Traditional Nursing program has been made:

Updated:

Progression Criteria

Once accepted as a B.S. Nursing major, students are required to achieve a ‘B-’ or better in all nursing (NURS) courses and a grade of ‘B-’ or better in prerequisite courses: BIOL 117, BIOL 130/BIOL 130A, BIOL 131/BIOL 131A, CHEM 140/CHEM 140A, BIOL 265/BIOL 265A, ENGL 111, ENGL 112, MATH 116.  Students may only repeat one prerequisite course.

Updated:

Department of Natural Sciences

Lee Warren, Ph.D., Chair

Health Science, Pre-Physical Therapy Concentration, B.S.  

Health Science, Pre-Physician Assistant Studies Concentration, B.S.  

Removed:

HLSC 400 - Health Sciences Capstone

Updated:

Purpose

Students who complete a concentration in English will have the English B.A. degree and also the concentration listed on their transcript. 

Updated:

Mathematics 131-Foundations of Computing I

Prerequisites have been removed

Updated:

Communication and the Arts

Michael Perrota, M.F.A., Chair

Updated:

Humanities

Maureen MacLeod, Ph.D., Chair

Updated:

Literature and Language

Kristen Keckler, Ph.D., Chair

Updated:

Mathematics and Computer Sciences

David Wang, Ed.D., Chair

CNR Teach Out Liberal Arts and Sciences, B.A.  

Updated:

POLS 271-Law & American Society

Credit(s): 6

6 hours lecture, 6 hours contact

Updated:

Behavioral Science/Health Services Management, B.S. and M.P.A.

Corrected title of program