7.0 Absence Policy Students are expected to attend all class sessions. Common courtesy dictates that you will make every effort to let me know beforehand if you have to miss a class. A simple phone call can often alleviate many problems later. Even though you might be absent, you are still responsible for the material covered. In most cases, absence is no excuse for late assignments.
Every student has an allotment of two non-excused absences.
Each non-excused absence after the first two automatically drops your final grade by five points . Also, after your third non-excused absence I will report you to your academic dean who in turn will or will not contact you. Should you miss another two classes without excuse, I will recommend to your dean that you be dropped from the class. If you want me to count an absence as excused, you will have to provide me with a memorandum similar to the one at the end of this section. In such a typed memorandum you will provide me with the date and the reason for your absence.