Attendance and participation are essential.
Attendance and partcipation will be tracked and will account for a portion of the student’s grade.
If a student does miss class, it is the student’s responsibility to catch up on any related material. While every student is encouraged to use office hours to gain a better understanding of class material, office hours are NOT for helping students catch up on material they missed because they were absent.
ICA completion and class attendance are typically interrelated. Students who are not present in class will find the ICAs difficult to complete. Consequently, students may miss / skip two classes without penalty. Your lowest two attendance grades will be dropped. Please note that this applies to “excused” and “unexcused” absences. There is no distinction between “excused” and “unexcused” for the purposes of your attendance grade.
Students who are more than 15 minutes late for class will be considered absent for that class. The student may still complete the ICA if they are less than 30 minutes late but the absence will count against their attendance grade. After 30 minutes late, the ICA will not count.