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Students are expected to attend and be on time for all scheduled classes and labs. Students should refer to the course syllabus for individual course attendance requirements. At instructors’ discretion, students may make up work missed. When students must be absent, it is vital that they remain in contact with their instructors.
Any student who has not attended at least one face-to-face class meeting or completed one assignment/activity for an online class by the date in which 10% of the class has passed will be reported by the instructor as “never attended.” A student who has never attended a class by the 10% date is no longer enrolled in the class.
Under extenuating circumstances, a student who has never attended by the 10% date may petition for reinstatement in the class and earn course credit. The student should notify the instructor, in writing, of the extenuating circumstances prior to the 10% percent date of the class and provide compelling documentation to support the request for reinstatement. Reinstatement will only be considered by the instructor when the absences were due to unforeseeable and uncontrollable circumstances. An instructor’s decision regarding reinstatement may be appealed to the appropriate Dean within two (2) business days. The Dean’s decision is final.
Any student who has been absent for 20% or more of the total contact hours prior to the withdrawal date of the course may be administratively withdrawn from the course. A student in an online or hybrid course may be administratively withdrawn following two consecutive weeks in a 16-week term (or one week in shorter academic terms) of missed assignments, missed attendance, and lack of communication with the instructor regarding course participation. Consistent with policies establishing attendance in online courses, logging into a course site but failing to perform the assignments does not constitute attendance. A grade of “WP” will be assigned for any course from which the student is administratively withdrawn. Administrative withdrawals will be allowed up to the published Administrative Withdrawal deadline each semester (the 80% point of the semester). Thereafter, the earned grade will be posted.
Under extenuating circumstances, a student may petition, in writing, the instructor, for reinstatement in the course upon demonstrating the capacity and likelihood of satisfactorily completing requirements as indicated on the course syllabus. Tuition refunds or credits will not result from an administrative withdrawal.
Field Trips: A student’s absence while participating in a College-sponsored or approved activity or field trip will be considered an excused absence for participating students. Such excused absences will not be considered in the students’ class attendance for drop purposes, nor will excused absences be included in the determination of a grade for “participation” of which class attendance is a part. The responsibility for making up class work rests entirely with the student. All assignments, tests, labs, class time, and final exams to be missed due to College sponsored or approved activity will be rescheduled prior to the excused absences or otherwise rescheduled at the discretion of the instructor.
Religious Observance: The College provides reasonable accommodations, including a maximum of two (2) excused absences each academic year, for religious observances required by a student’s religious practice or belief. Such reasonable accommodations must be requested in accordance with the procedures for this policy and include the opportunity for the student to make up any tests or other work missed due to an excused absence for a religious observance. An accommodation request imposes responsibilities and obligations on both the College and the student requesting the accommodation. College faculty are required, as part of their responsibility to their students and the College, to adhere to this policy and ensure its full and fair implementation by reasonably accommodating students’ religious practices or beliefs. Regardless of any accommodation that may be granted, College students are responsible for satisfying all academic objectives, requirements, and prerequisites as determined by their instructor and the College.
For more information, consult Policy 5.2.1 - Attendance at alamancecc.edu/policies
June 13, 2022
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