The academic
calendar is divided into a 14-week fall semester (September-December),
a four-week winter term (January) and a 14-week spring semester
(February-May). Mount Mercy also offers a summer program, which
includes two, individual five-week sessions that combine to make
the summer semester.
Mount Mercy
employs variable credit. Each course carries its own credit value.
The unit of credit is semester hour. One semester hour of credit
is awarded for each 50-minute class meeting per week per term.
Each two-hour laboratory session per week per semester awards
one semester hour credit.
Full-time
status at Mount Mercy is designated by the enrollment in 12.0
or more semester hours per semester. Part-time status at Mount
Mercy is designated by enrollment in less than 12.0 semester hours
in a given semester. The winter term is not included with either
the fall semester or spring semester for calculation of full-time
status.
For more information
about Mount Mercy's academic policies and procedures, please reference
the Mount
Mercy College Catalog 
(pdf).
