---

For any questions please send e-mail to: NDSU.Policy.Manual@ndsu.edu

---

SECTION 333: CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY AND PROCEDURE

SOURCE: NDSU University Senate Policy

1. GENERAL PHILOSOPHY

1. Attendance in classes is expected. Only the course instructor can excuse a student from course responsibilities. (The term course includes class, laboratory, field trips, group exercises, or other activities.)



2. If class attendance is a component of the course grade, the course instructor must clearly communicate this to the class in writing in the syllabus.

2. FACULTY RESPONSIBILITY

1. The course instructor must clearly inform students on the first day of class and in writing in the syllabus (1) of their policy regarding class absence and (2) policy, if any, for making up missed assignments. It is recognized that sometimes an assignment is impossible to make-up.



2. Although the course instructor should exercise a fair and consistent standard for resolving questions of missed assignments, the type, extent, manner, and time frame of the make-up assignments shall be at the discretion of the instructor.

3. STUDENT REPSONSIBILITY

1. Students are responsible for informing course instructors of absences. If absences are known (e.g., university sanctioned activity), course instructors shall be informed with written notification as far in advance as possible (preferably a two-week notice). Where advance notification is not possible (e.g., illness, family emergency, etc.), students should contact their course instructor as soon as possible about the absence.



2. When a student misses class for any reason, the student is expected to make arrangements with the course instructor to follow the course instructor's policy in making up any missed assignments, if permitted.

HISTORY: May 20, 1970; Amended December 12, 1977; April 1992; October 2004; June 2007