Main Campus
Students are expected to attend all class and laboratory sessions. Absences may be permitted for reasonable causes, including but not limited to, illness, disabling injury, death or serious illness in the immediate family. Participation in University-sponsored activities shall also constitute a reasonable cause for absence from class. Written documentation of the reason for absence may be required and, in the case of University-sponsored events, such documentation will be provided by the University sponsor.
It is the student’s responsibility to discuss pending absences (field trips, athletic competitions, etc.) with his/her professor prior to the missed class period. The faculty member may require the student to complete any work due prior to the absence. Class or team lists distributed via e-mail do not excuse a student from class or laboratory sessions, but rather provide confirmation to the faculty member that the activity is indeed University-sponsored.
If there is a death in the immediate family, please contact the Office of Student Success and Retention. Under these circumstances a student will be excused from class attendance for up to seven calendar days. When the student returns to class he/she should confer with the professor.
It is the instructor’s responsibility to present a class attendance policy to each class at the beginning of the semester. Decisions regarding submittal of assignments will be at the instructor’s discretion, but students may not be penalized for absences due to reasonable cause.
Online courses follow the CGPS attendance policy as stated below.