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VI. Class Attendance

These regulations do not apply to the School of Law; Law School class attendance requirements are printed in the Law School catalog.

The value of a college education is enhanced by full participation and attendance in class activities. Because classroom activities are intended to assist the students in the learning experience, it is expected that they will attend class sessions whenever possible.

There are certain kinds of class sessions in which it is impossible to carry on the work of the class unless the student is present. For this reason, each member of the faculty has the prerogative of establishing specific attendance regulations which, in the instructor's opinion, are best suited to the course. The faculty member's attendance requirements must be included in a course syllabus that is distributed to the class and/or is subsequently available to class members upon request. There is no University-wide attendance policy.

An instructor, after giving due notice to the student, may request withdrawal of a student from a course because of nonattendance through the same date as the last day a student may withdraw from a course. This would NOT absolve the student of financial responsibility for tuition/fees for the course in question.