Students are expected to attend all classes to receive these important communications. In order to benefit from a class, regular attendance is required. Students who do not attend class will miss important discussions, assignments, and group interactions. This means whether or not the student explains their absence to the instructor, the absence will be recorded. Non-attending students will be penalized in the attendance portion of the grade.
Students are responsible for all material presented in the lectures, even if the student is absent.
Should a student miss class for any reason, it is the student's responsibility to retrieve missed information from other students. The instructor will not provide notes for students who miss class. Some of the material that is presented in class cannot be found in the textbook. Make-up exams create equity problems and are strongly discouraged by the instructor. If the instructor does deem a make-up exam necessary, it will be a comprehensive essay exam.