Students requiring a religious or spiritual exemption must gain approval for the absence prior to the Continuing-4 by notifying the coordinator of academic residencies. A residency unit will not be awarded for the day missed, leaving the student with three instead of four units for that particular Continuing-4. Students may not make-up the lost residency unit by attending one day of another continuing or core residency. Exemptions Exemptions from residency policies and procedures will be granted by the coordinator of academic residencies for emergency and severe hardship situations only. Petitions for exemption must be made in writing directly to the coordinator of academic residencies prior to the beginning of the residency.
Attendance is required.
Plenary Seminars follow the university plenaries. Students and faculty members gather in small groups to analyze and discuss the substantive themes of the presentation from multiple professional viewpoints. Groups are composed of individuals from all academic programs to provide for a greater number of perspectives. Attendance is required. Program Colloquia bring together students and faculty members in the same doctoral program to participate in discussions and presentations on contemporary disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research, practice, and pedagogical issues.