Welcome Guide

Your advisor and your instructors, once assigned, will handle all attendance issues. While we have a strict attendance policy with only five meetings in fall & spring and four in summer, we know life happens and one absence per semester may be excused. There will be points taken off the overall grade. Just let your instructors know once classes have begun and they will work with you to discuss implications and possible arrangements. We will encourage them, in such situations, to collect documentation for the reason class needs to be missed.

Policy (as stated in syllabus):
Attendance for hybrid courses requires two aspects of student engagement and presence—in-person and online. Absences from in-person and synchronous virtual meetings are detrimental to the learning community model and are not permitted with few, well documented, exceptions. Class meeting dates are distributed prior to the term and any pre-existing conflicts should be addressed with the instructor immediately. All excused absences require documentation. You are expected to stay abreast of the readings and assignments and to actively participate in class discussions.

The online portion of the class is equally important and can get away from you if not carefully scheduled. Take the time to review your online commitments, schedule regular and consistent times to be online, and stick to the schedule. You are expected to participate in all Canvas activities. Failure to participate in Canvas activities may impair academic performance and result in a lower grade. You must assume full responsibility for an online presence.

• Students are expected to participate in all virtual and in-person class activities. Instructors have the right to assign a course grade of “F” when the student has missed a total (excused and unexcused) of 25 percent of the scheduled virtual and/or in-person class meeting times.
• Students must assume full responsibility for any loss incurred because of absence.
• Module assignments are due on the assigned date.