Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-10 - Policy on Attendance of Students › Section 3339-10-01 - Attendance and absence of students

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every student is expected to participate in academically
				related activities and attend every class session for which the student is duly
				registered.
It is the prerogative of the individual faculty member to set
				attendance policy for each individual course, and it is the responsibility of
				individual faculty to inform students in the course syllabus or other written
				document at the first class meeting of the semester, term, or sprint part of
				semester or term.
There are no university-recognized excused absences except for
				religious observances that require absence from a class session and other
				required class activities (see list of religious
				holidays). For a full semester or term course, students must give written notification to their
				instructor within the first two weeks of class of
				the religious event which prohibits class attendance and the date that will be
				missed if officially known. Students enrolled in sprint
				or part-of-term courses must give written notification to their instructor
				within the first week of class. Instructors will, without prejudice,
				provide such students with reasonable accommodations for completing missed
				work. However, students are ultimately responsible for material covered in
				class, regardless of whether the student is absent or present.
Faculty are required to excuse a student's absence due to
				pregnancy or related conditions, including recovery from childbirth for as long
				as the student's doctor deems the absences to be necessary. When the student
				returns to classes the student must be provided the opportunity to make up any
				work missed. Alternatives include allowing the student to take an incomplete
				and complete the course at a later date, or retaking the course or taking an
				online course. For additional information go to:
www.2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/pregnancy.pdf
.
				The university senate also recognizes the need for flexibility when childcare
				responsibilities impact a student and urge instructors to accomodate students
				with childcare responsibilities.
It is the sense of the university senate that faculty, student
				groups and organizations, and the university athletic coaching staff are
				sensitive to the academic needs of students and the need for students to comply
				with the attendance policies in their respective courses. In general, class
				absence should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. If a student is involved
				in activities that result in class absence (such as intercollegiate athletics,
				band, debate, other class activities, etc.), it is the student's responsibility
				to negotiate specific arrangements with individual instructors about any
				absences.
The senate also recognizes the fundamental value of extra- and
				co-curricular activities and their significance in the students' overall
				educational experience. Instructors should recognize that participation in such
				activities is an integral part of students' education and helps to fulfill the
				comprehensive mission of the university. Therefore, instructors are urged to
				accommodate students who participate in extra- and co-curricular activities as
				far as may be compatible with academic requirements.
Whenever a student is absent from class to such an extent as to
				make the student's work insufficient or to impair the morale of the class, the
				instructor may direct the office of the university registrar to drop the
				student. During the first twenty per cent of the course no grade will be
				recorded; after the first twenty per cent is completed but before sixty per
				cent of the course is completed, a grade of W will be recorded. After sixty per
				cent of the course is completed, a grade of F will be recorded. The instructor
				shall notify the student of this action no later than the time he or she
				notifies the office of the university registrar. (See academic calendar)
A department instructor may, at its discretion, drop from a
				course any student who is absent from the first class meeting of a semester
				term or sprint part of semester or term unless the student notifies the
				department or instructor by the end of the day (eleven fifty-nine p.m.) of the
				first class meeting of his or her intention to take the course. When possible,
				departments and instructors should reinstate a student who, for reasons beyond
				his or her control, was unable to contact the department or instructor by this
				deadline.
The determination of individual class attendance requirements
				and their enforcement at the European center is governed by the attendance
				policy of the center.