College of Fine Arts School of Dance Undergraduate Handbook

Class Attendance Policy

School of Drama students are expected to attend classes regularly.

Students taking a Monday-Wednesday-Friday course are allowed three absences each semester.  Students taking Tuesday-Thursday courses are allowed two absences over the semester. After achieving the total number of absences, the student’s final course grade shall be lowered one letter for each additional absence.

If a student arrives late for class within ten minutes of the class start-time, the student is to be allowed to participate in the class, but is to be marked tardy in the grade book.

Every third tardy, the student shall receive the equivalent of an absence in class and this is to be counted towards the total number of absences allotted for this class.

Students who arrive after ten minutes from the start time of class are to be counted absent for that day.  It is the instructor’s prerogative as to whether the student is allowed to participate in that day’s classroom activities.

Roll is to be called at the beginning of each class and an accurate record of attendance must be kept in each instructor’s grade book.  Sign-in sheets are not acceptable.

Medically documented excuses that are deemed acceptable by the instructor are to be accepted and the attendance record is to be adjusted accordingly.

It is the student’s responsibility to provide instructors with documentation of a medical excuse upon return to class.

Departmentally approved absences are to be accepted by the instructor and the attendance record is to be adjusted accordingly.

It is the policy of the University to excuse the absences of students that result from religious observances and to provide without penalty for the rescheduling of examinations and additional required class work that may fall on religious holidays.