Class Attendance Regular and punctual attendance is expected at all classes, laboratories and other activities for which a student is registered. For those classes where attendance is a factor in the course grade, the instructor shall inform the students and maintain an accurate record of attendance. It is University policy to excuse students from attendance for certain reasons. Among these are absences related to health, family emergencies and student participation in University-sponsored events. Students with acceptable excuses will be permitted to make up work for absences to a maximum of three weeks of a semester or one week of a summer term.
Students are responsible for providing satisfactory documentation for an excused absence.
Such documentation may include forms verifying visits to the Student Health Service, a statement from a private physician, or an official University listing of excused absences. Stephen F. Austin State University will allow a student who is absent from classes for the observance of a religious Holy Day to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time after the absence if, not later than the 15th day after the first day of the semester, the student notifies the instructor of each class the student had scheduled on that date that the student would be absent for a religious Holy Day. Notification of planned absences must be in writing and must be delivered by the student personally to the instructor of each class, with receipt of notification acknowledged and dated by the instructor or by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the instructor of each class. For those classes where absences are a factor in determining grades, the instructor shall make his or her class policy known in writing at the beginning of each term. The student's grades are determined by daily work, oral and written quizzes, and final examination.