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ATTENDANCE POLICY Department of Art EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Effective Fall Semester
2001/02: Because the Department of Art considers regular class participation
to be important both to individual and group success in its studio and
lecture instruction, attendance in all ART and IDH courses is required
in accordance with the policy outlined below: Attendance at each regularly scheduled
class is expected. Any students missing class should report their reasons
to the instructor as close to the class time as possible, preferably
before. A student with absences in excess of 15% of the scheduled meeting times can be assigned a failing grade for the course, regardless of other performance: * For a class meeting once a week in a regular semester, 3 absences exceeds 15%; * For a class meeting twice a week in a regular semester, 5 absences exceeds 15%; * For a class meeting three times a week in a regular semester, 7 absences exceeds 15%; *
For other schedules and terms, the instructor will set the limit accordingly. Absences are of two types, excused and unexcused: o Excused absences are those that the instructor agrees can be made up, thereby not directly affecting the student's attendance record and overall grade; o Unexcused
absences are those that the instructor determines cannot be
made up, and therefore will affect the grade and be applied to the 15%
rule above. N.B.: "Unexcused" absences shall include those instances where a student is asked to leave or is otherwise removed from class for disruptive behavior. In such cases the absence(s) cannot be "made-up." The instructor shall determine the validity
and/or acceptability of an excuse to their satisfaction, and report
their determination to the student. A student should not assume that
an absence is "excused" simply because an excuse has been provided.
Instructors may also list frequent tardy arrivals as absences consistent
with the amount of class missed, but they must inform the offending
student of such actions and allow the same latitude for "excuses" and
"make-ups." It is the responsibility of the student
with "excused" absences to approach the instructor for make-up assignments.
"Excused" absences that have not been satisfactorily "made-up" may revert
to "unexcused" and may therefore subsequently affect the grade and be
applied to the 15% rule. Make-up work will be assigned, timed,
and evaluated at the instructor's convenience, but be consistent with
the expressed objectives of the course and the nature of the missed
content. Make-up work should be completed as soon after the absence
as possible. In cases where the extent of absences
generates make-up work that will necessarily continue beyond the end
of the term, both student and instructor should weigh carefully the
issue of an "I" or "Incomplete" grade. Incomplete grades should be assigned
only in cases where students have legitimately lost time during the
term to illness or family emergency, and not in cases where students
simply needed "more time" than others did to do the same work of the
course. Each instructor may also apply more specific attendance policies for their classes, so long as they are consistent with the above. All attendance policies, both departmental and specific, are to be included in the syllabus for each course and distributed at the first day of class. If a student has a question about the policy for a specific course, they should approach the instructor for clarification as soon as possible, but no later than the posting of grades for the course. Once a grade is posted, the exact application of attendance policy can only be questioned through regular grade appeal procedures filed with the Art Department's Academic Affairs Committee. **************************************************************************** |