Attendance Policy - CAS and Pre-licensure Nursing

CAS undergraduate and SON Pre-licensure students are expected to attend all sessions of classes for which they are registered. Official excuses may be given by the Associate Dean for Student Engagement Life Calling and Integrative Learning or the Dean of School of Nursing for absences due to university-sponsored activities* (see below), for illness requiring hospitalization, death of a first degree relative, or other emergencies. University and World Impact groups taking students on off-campus trips which require those students to miss class shall notify and gain approval of the Academic Affairs Office/School of Nursing prior to final arrangements for the trip. Faculty may not give a penalty for a university approved absence. The student is responsible directly to the instructor for all classes missed and to see that all work is made up. A student failing to attend classes and not withdrawing officially may receive a grade of "F." Students may not attend classes for which they are not registered.

Students may be administratively withdrawn from any registered class that is not attended by the last day to drop a class in any term. Please see Academic Administrative Withdrawal policy.

* Policy on Excused Absences for Organizational Activities

Students participating in one or more student organizations may receive only one excused absence per semester for each course (evening courses excluded) in order to participate in an approved activity.

1. Requests for the student to be excused must come from the faculty advisor of the student organization on the prescribed form and include written justification for the absence based upon the university's World Changer outcomes.
2. Organizations without a faculty advisor must submit the same form, including justification and approval from the Associate Dean for Student Engagement Life Calling and Integrative Learning/School of Nursing, at least one week prior to the activity.
3. This form must be received by the instructor of the class prior to the missed class period.
4. A student may request to be excused from evening classes; however, the decision in these cases will be at the discretion of the course professor.
5. Faculty must be notified of the anticipated absence during the first week of classes for the term.

Graduate students should consult their relevant graduate program handbook for applicable attendance policy.