Student Handbook - Southern University New Orleans

CLASS ATTEDACE REGULATIOSClass attendance is regarded as an obligation as well as a privilege. Allstudents are expected to attend, regularly and punctually, all classes inwhich they are enrolled. Failure to do so may seriously jeopardize a student’sacademic standing. Implicit in these regulations is the notion thatstudents must assume a major responsibility for informing instructors ofexceptions.Each instructor will check the roll at each meeting and shall keep a permanentattendance record for each class. These records are subject toinspection by appropriate Dean, College or University officials.A student who is not present when attendance is checked in a class is consideredabsent. Tardiness is treated as an absence unless an excuse isobtained from the instructor at the end of the period. The initiative in obtainingan excuse rests with the student.Faculty members are required to state in writing and explain to their students,at the beginning of each term, their expectations in regard to bothattendance and make-up work.Each instructor shall report to the Center for Student Retention and Successall cases of absences from class which, in the opinion of the instructor,jeopardize the student’s chances of satisfactorily completing thecourse.A student required to be absent from class because of illness or other unavoidablecause should promptly report the reasons to the instructor and,when required, present excuses. If the student has prior knowledge thathe or she will miss certain classes, justification should be submitted tothese instructors in advance of the absences. Instructors should makeclear that excuses explain absences, but do not remove them.Extended absences due to illness or other circumstances beyond the student’scontrol should be reported to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairsand Enrollment Services. Instructors will be notified of the circumstancessurrounding the absence.Excuses for participation in University-sponsored activities will be initiatedby the sponsoring unit and approved by the College Dean and theOffice of Academic Affairs.Absences from a class which the student plans to drop carry the samepenalty as any other absence. A student does not withdraw from a classby failing to attend.30