Attendance Requirements

There are no excused absences; therefore, students are urged to avoid absences except in the case of an emergency. When illness or other emergencies cause a student to be absent, it is the student's responsibility to make up the work that has been missed.

Attendance

Punctual and regular attendance in all classes, laboratories, field trips and other class-assigned activities is the obligation of each student. Absences are a serious deterrent to the learning process; an absence in no way lessens the responsibility of the student for meeting course completion requirements.

1. All students must attend a minimum of 80 percent of the hours that the class is scheduled to meet. If the student misses more than 20 percent of the scheduled class hours, the instructor will automatically drop the student from the course.

2. Individual instructors may set higher required attendance standards. In these cases, the instructor must include this attendance requirement in the course syllabus, which must be distributed at the first class meeting.

3. Instructors, at their discretion, may allow make-up work for classes missed.

Tardiness

Tardy students will be admitted to class at the discretion of the instructor. Instructors should notify students during the first class meeting of their regulations on tardiness. A student is considered tardy if not in the classroom at the time the class is scheduled to begin (unless otherwise designated by the instructor). Unless notified otherwise, students may leave class if the instructor fails to appear 15 minutes after the scheduled class time. A class roll should be signed and taken to the Office of the Dean of Instruction.