Attendance Policy

Course instructors determine attendance policies for their classes. They should explain their attendance policy on the first day of each class, and should include the attendance policy in the course syllabus.

Instructors may notify the Graduate Office of students who are absent excessively. The Graduate Office will inform those students that additional absences will result in their being dropped from the course. If the students continue to be absent from class, the instructor notifies the Graduate Office, which informs the students that they have been removed from the course. (Grades of “W” will be assigned if students are dropped before the term’s published withdrawal date; if students are dropped after the withdrawal deadline, grades of “F” will be assigned.)