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B.
Attendance and Assignment Policy
1.
General
A student must take the courses and examinations for the section in which (s)he is enrolled.
Each student is expected to perform all class assignments and to attend class meetings
regularly and in a punctual manner. Failure to do so may result in exclusion from an
examination, which may result in a grade of No Credit, F, probation, suspension, or
dismissal.
2.
Applicable Absence Limitation
With respect to any course, a student is allowed to miss up to the “Applicable Absence
Limitation” for that course. Students with absences in excess of the Applicable Absence
Limitation shall be excluded from the course, unless such excess absences are excused in
accordance with Paragraph 8, below. The Applicable Absence Limitation shall mean 15%
of the total minutes of instruction required for the credit amount of the course and is defined
by the following table:
Credit Hours/Semester
Applicable Absence
Limitation/Semester
2-credit course, meets once a
week
220 minutes of class, or up to two
class meetings
2-credit course, meets twice a
week
220 minutes of class, or up to four
class meetings
3-credit course, meets once a
week
330 minutes of class, or up to two
class meetings
3-credit course, meets twice a
week
330 minutes of class, or up to four
class meetings
3-credit course, meets three
times a week
330 minutes of class, or up to six
class meetings
4-credit course, meets twice a
week
440 minutes of class, or up to four
class meetings
4-credit course, meets three
times a week
440 minutes of class, or up to five
class meetings
Credit Hours/Summer Session
Applicable Absence
Limitation/Summer Session
2-credit course, meets once a week Up to one class meeting
3-credit course, meets twice a week Up to two class meetings
4-credit course, meets twice a week Up to two class meetings
3.
Year-long Courses
In year-long courses, each of the semesters of a course shall have its own Applicable
Absence Limitation as defined above. Students may not “carry-over” unused absences to
increase the Applicable Absence Limitation in the second semester of a year-long course.