Grades and Attendance

The effect of attendance on course grades is left to the discretion of instructors. Students are responsible for knowing everything that is announced, discussed, or lectured upon in class as well as for mastering all outside assignments. Students are also responsible for submitting all assignments, tests, recitations, and unannounced quizzes on time.

Instructors are responsible for informing all classes at the first meeting what constitutes excessive absence in the course. Students are responsible for knowing and complying with attendance regulations in all their courses.  Instructors may withdraw students from any course with a grade of W or WF on or before the midterm semester dates or with a grade of WF after the midterm semester dates if, in their judgment, absences have been excessive.

During the attendance verification period at the beginning of the term or session, a student may be dropped from a course for non-attendance.  Once a student has been dropped for non-attendance, it is the responsibility of the student to re-register for the course before the drop/add period is over.

Students who appear on the class list and wish to drop a course must drop the course via SHIP or present a drop form to the Registrar's Office during the drop/add period.  Students may not assume that a faculty member will drop them from the course during attendance verification.