The following attendance policies are in effect:

1. Regular attendance at courses, laboratories, and clinicals is required.
2. When a student’s number of absences (excused or unexcused) for any course exceeds 20% of the total course appointments, a grade of “F” may be given for that course.
3. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor if class appointments have been missed.
4. All arrangements for an excused absence must have the instructor’s approval. In the event of an illness, instructors may require verification from a primary healthcare provider.
5. Students are allowed to consider up to five days off for bereavement as excused absences if the death was an immediate family member (spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent). Other family members such as aunts, uncles, and cousins are usually not in this category unless they were part of the immediate family. Additional time must be requested by the student and agreed to by the instructor. Verification must be provided at the time of the student’s return to class. All coursework must be made up within a time frame agreed upon with the course instructor.
6. The student is considered to be enrolled in the course until the appropriate forms for dropping the course are submitted to the Registrar’s Office. It is the student’s responsibility to complete these forms as soon as the decision to drop has been made.
7. Failure to drop a course may result in the grade of “F” being given for the course.