Attendance

Attendance is taken during every lab and lecture meeting. It is worth a substantial portion of the course grade.

Lecture attendance will be taken using your CrimsonCard. Make certain you have your official, active CrimsonCard with you during lectures. All students may receive attendance without their CrimsonCard once throughout the semester.

Lab attendance will be taken manually by your lab instructor.

Errors in attendance do occur, though infrequently. You have one week from the class period to raise a potential attendance error with either the course instructors or your lab instructor depending on if the error was in lecture or lab, respectively.

Absences

All students will receive two (2) absences throughout the semester for lecture and four (4) absences for lab. (Absences cannot be exchanged between course components.) We do not accept documentation to go beyond the automatically-granted absences all students receive. We highly suggest that students do not use these absences frivolously and instead save them in case something beyond their control does occur.

If you have an extended absence due to a situation beyond your control (e.g. long-term hospitalization, concussion), please discuss with the instructors as soon as possible. With documentation, this is the only possible exception to the regular attendance policy where instructors may consider granting an excused absence.

Producing  falsified documents, forged documents, or attempting to falsify attendance in any way will be considered academic misconduct and dealt with accordingly.

The lists of examples below are not exhaustive.

Late for Class

Attendance points will not be given to students who are more than 15 minutes late to lecture or lab, or students who leave early, unless there are special circumstances discussed with the instructor beforehand.

Repetitive lateness of less than 15 minutes may be counted as an absence at the discretion of the instructor.

Participation in Class

Participation in class discussions, activities, and lectures is important to being successful in the course. When you are in class, you are expected to be on task. Attendance points will not be given to individual students who are not actively participating in class and attendance may not be given to groups in class in which member(s) are using electronic devices not related to class material.

This relates to respect.

Attendance for Religious Observances

Students are asked to check for conflicts between class days and religious holidays, holy days, etc. Arrangements will be made, but it is crucial that instructors are aware of them ahead of time.

Religious Observance Policy & Form (OVPFAA)