Class Attendance

Students are expected to be in class on time and attend all scheduled class meetings. A student will be withdrawn from any course where they have not attended at least 80% of scheduled class meetings.

Attendance is also important for student success in a distance education course. All online courses require completion of an activity each week of the semester. For any week a student does not complete an activity, that week will constitute as an absence. Logging in to Moodle without completing and submitting an assignment is not considered for weekly attendance. As is the case with seated classes, students taking online courses must attend at least 80% of the course. Failure to do so will result in students being withdrawn from the course.

Regardless of whether the course is being delivered in a seated format or online, instructors will provide specific course and attendance requirements in their syllabi.

Students may be granted up to two excused absences each academic year (July 1- June 30) for religious holidays that students are required by their faith to observe.

• The two excused absences may be taken at any time during the academic year either on separate days or on two consecutive days.
• The student must submit a written request to his/her instructor for the excused absences at least 10 days prior to the date the student intends to be absent for the religious observance.
• Instructors are expected to note the excused absences as appropriate in class record documents.

Students granted an excused absence shall be given the opportunity to make up any work or tests missed promptly. No more than one test per day may be given to a student who is making up a test or tests due to the excused absence(s).