Student Handbook

Class meetings per week 1 2 3 4 5 5 (block) Summer Session
Absences allowed 2 3 4 5 5 1 1
Additional university-authorized
absences possible
1 3 5 4 4 1 1
Absences While on Academic Probation
Students on academic probation may take absences only for illness and/or to
attend the funeral of an immediate family member.
Lates
Students are expected to arrive on time for each class. Students will be counted
“late” if they arrive in the first 20 minutes after the class has begun and “absent” if
they arrive after the first 20 minutes of class. Three lates to the same class during a
semester will equal one absence for that class.
Students are also expected to attend classes for the entire class period. Unless a
student makes prior arrangements with his professor to leave a class early, he will be
counted absent from the class if he leaves before the end of the class hour.
Double Absence Days
Missing class at the beginning of a semester results in a double absence. Consult
the Calendar of Events for the “double absence” dates.
Appealing Class Absences
If a student is marked absent from a class but was not absent, he is responsible
to contact the professor within one week to appeal the absence. If a student
is marked for an absence when the absence was university-authorized, he is
responsible to contact the dean of men’s/women’s office or the Records Office to
appeal the absence. Students withdrawn from class because of absences may appeal
in writing to the registrar.
Dropping a Class
Contact the Records Office before missing a class you want to drop.
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