As a student, one should remember that they are responsible for all material covered in class. If a class should be missed, it is the students task to find and make-up the missed material. Leaving an electronic mail, voice mail, or written message does NOT fulfill this responsibility. Attendance will count towards the computation of the student's final grade. Students who come to class late or leave early will be counted absent .
Excessive absences can be a reason for failure of the course.
Additional guidelines regarding class room behavior will be announced in class. If you have a problem, inform me as soon as possible, preferably beforehand and in person. If I am alerted early, it may be possible to work out a mutually satisfactory solution to the situation. Delay almost always makes resolution more difficult. I prefer to discuss problems in my office rather than in front of the class and find that the students are usually happier about the decisions made there.