Speeches will be awarded a letter grade of A, B, C, or D. Pluses and minuses will be used. Written exams will be awarded number grades. Therefore, it requires that a student be present for each class session. Absences are defined as non-attendance during the regularly scheduled class periods for whatever reason, illness notwithstanding. Whenever possible, work missed by the student may be turned in or made up at the discretion of the instructor.
Students are responsible for next assignments as though they had been present.
Attendance is expected of all students at all class meetings. An absence during the sequence of speech presentations will count as a double absence. There is no such thing as an excused absence. An absence is an absence for whatever real or imagined reason. The withdrawal date this semester is NLT 4 pm, April 9, 2001.