Class Schedules and Procedures

Class Schedules

Class schedules are prepared on a year-by-year basis. Course offerings for each year are presented to the Registrar through the respective Dean. Schedules are due as announced by the Registrar. The Registrar will then submit all offerings to the Provost, who will confer with the Deans before final approval.

Class Attendance

All students are expected to attend all classes they are registered for and be on time for each meeting.

The instructor is responsible for checking attendance at each class meeting beginning with the first day of classes and recording each student’s absences. Instructors will explain attendance regulations at the first meeting of each class and include them in their written syllabus.

The student is responsible for knowing his/her attendance record in each of his/her classes.

Day/Hybrid Classes

Students are expected to attend all classes.  For unexcused absences, the student’s grade may be penalized as specified in the course syllabus. A student will only be excused from class to fulfill military duty, for verified health reasons, for university-sanctioned events, and/or for the death of an immediate family member or close friend as defined in the full attendance policy. Course instructors will determine what constitutes a reasonable time to make up the assignments, tests, or examinations missed. If a student is going to miss a graded assignment, they must make arrangements with the professor prior to missing class and/or assignment.

Online Campus

Students are expected to communicate with the professor frequently. In the

Online Program, students are required to participate in Canvas at least once a week; the mode of contact is determined by the instructor.

• Modes of contact for online classes include but are not limited to email, online submission of an assignment, online discussion, or virtual face-to-face discussion.
• If after two consecutive weeks, a student fails to have any activity in a course, the student may be assigned a grade of “F” at the end of the course.

For complete details on the student attendance policy, please refer to the Academic Catalog.

Class Periods

The Provost must approve any changes in class meeting times. If the faculty member has not arrived within fifteen (15) minutes of the specified starting time, the class will be considered canceled.