Attendance Regulations

Graduate Students

It is the responsibility of the student to attend all classes and to take all examinations as scheduled.  Faculty have the right to require a standard of attendance, even if it conflicts with professional and job-related responsibilities of students.  Students whose jobs require that they be absent from class must realize that it is their responsibility to determine whether such absence is permitted by the faculty member involved and to meet the professor's requirements for making up work missed, if the professor allows time to be made up.

Undergraduate Students

All students are expected to attend regularly and promptly all their classes, appointments, and exercises.  While the university recognizes that some absences may occasionally be necessary, these should be held to a minimum.  A maximum of two weeks of absences will be permitted for illness and emergencies.  The instructor has the right to dismiss from class any student who has been absent more than the maximum allowed.  After the last date to drop as published in the academic calendar, a student will receive a failure (F), if failing at that point, or a W, if passing at the time of dismissal. 

If a student is not properly registered with the university, he or she is not permitted to attend classes regularly or take part in the course.

Excuses from classes for participation in extracurricular activities must be arranged in advance by the faculty or staff advisor of the group, with the permission of the instructor.

Students absent from any class are responsible for making up missed assignments and examinations at the convenience of the instructor.