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ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE POLICY
Responsibility for class attendance rests with the student. Regular and punctual
attendance at all classes is expected. When a student has a legitimate reason for
being absent, the instructor has the option of permitting the student to make up
work missed and may require an explanation for the absence.
The college reserves the right to evaluate individual cases of nonattendance. In
general, students are graded on the basis of intellectual effort and performance. In
many cases, class participation is a significant measure of performance, and
nonattendance can adversely affect a student’s grade. When, in the judgment of the
instructor, a student has been absent to such a degree as to jeopardize the chances
of success in the course, the instructor may recommend to the Advisement Center
that the student be dropped from the course. However, instructors are not required
to drop students from a course.
NOTE: Developmental students will NOT be dropped by their instructor for any
reason, including nonattendance. A grade of an A, B, C, F, or I/P will be awarded in
ALL Developmental courses.
To provide some consistency to the attendance policy, instructors may drop
students for non-attendance after they have accumulated the following number of
absences:
FALL OR SPRING SEMESTER
9 absences —Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes
6 absences — Tuesday, Thursday classes
6 absences —Monday, Wednesday classes
3 absences — Classes meeting one time per week
SUMMER SEMESTER
2 absences — Classes meeting 2 evenings per week
4 absences — Classes meeting 4 days per week
It is the student’s responsibility to officially drop a course or verify that the
instructor has initiated the drop procedure. Students may NOT withdraw or drop a
developmental course.
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EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS
A student shall be excused from attending classes or other required activities,
including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day, including travel
