Class Attendance Class attendance is not compulsory. However, the nature of this course is such that your ability to understand next week's material depends heavily on you understanding this week's material. My own research indicates that class attendance is a good predictor of the difference among individual students' grades. Draw your own conclusions. Arrivals and Departures You should arrive in class on time.
Late arrivals disturb the class.
However, some of you may have to come from the other side of campus. If this is so, please inform me. If you ever need to leave prior to the end of class, please tell me and seat yourself near an exit so that you'll disturb people as little as possible when you depart. It is assumed that you come to class to attend to the lecture. Activities like reading the newspaper, preparing for another class or chatting with your neighbor are not part of that and will not be tolerated.