Class Attendance

Effective fall 2006, the University will no longer cancel students' classes for failure to settle their account with the Bursar; enrolled students must take action to drop/withdraw themselves from any classes.

A student is expected to attend all classes. It is the responsibility of an instructor to inform the student of the consequences of absence from class. It is the responsibility of the student to keep instructors informed regarding absences from classes.

A student who knows of necessary class absences should consult instructors prior to the absence. A student who misses classes is not excused from the obligations to instructors. Instructors are expected to provide the student with an opportunity to meet class commitments, when absences are for good and proper reasons. Further, instructors are expected to maintain attendance records and to report excessive absences to the Registrar's Office.

Administrative Withdrawal for Non-Attendance

Students whose grade may be impacted by their non-attendance in class may be reported by instructors and notified by letter to their mailing address (fall/spring) or by email (summer sessions) of the possibility of their being administratively withdrawn from their class. The students so notified will be given until the end of the sixth week (sixth day for summer sessions), when Progress Report grades are issued, to meet with their instructors to resolve the situation. The instructor of the class may complete the process of an administrative withdrawal of a student if the situation is not resolved. A grade of "W" (withdrawal) will be assigned. A "W" means the student cannot receive credit for the course without future re-enrollment in the course.  NOTE: Merely not attending a course does not automatically remove the course from a student's record. Students who do not accept the responsibility of completing an Add/Drop or Withdrawal form jeopardize their academic record with the possibility of incurring an F in a course not properly dropped. 

Summer Session Non-Attendance

Students who are absent from class meetings during the first three days of a summer session may be notified by email on the fourth day of the possibility of their being administratively withdrawn from their class. The students so notified will be given until the end of the sixth day of the session to meet with their instructors to resolve the situation. If the situation is not resolved by the end of the sixth day, the instructor of the class may complete the process of an administrative withdrawal of the student. A grade of "W" (withdrawal) will be assigned. A "W" means the student cannot receive credit for the course without future re-enrollment in the course.

Administrative withdrawal for non-attendance does not apply to fall/spring classes that meet less than the full term and summer classes that meet less than the standard summer session or do not start at the beginning of a summer session.

Merely not attending a course does not automatically remove the course from a student’s record. Students who do not accept the responsibility of completing a Schedule Revision or Withdrawal from the Semester/Term jeopardize their record with the possibility of incurring an F in a course not properly dropped.