Absence Policy

The LSUE Catalog contains the following items under the heading Class Attendance Requirements:

1. The student is responsible for attending all classes regularly and punctually.
2. The student must resolve his or her absence and class tardiness with the instructor. The student is also advised to file an explanatory statement of absences with the Office of Student Affairs.
3. When in the judgment of the instructor a student for any reason has missed a class often enough to jeopardize his or her position in the class, the instructor will refer the student to the Office of Student Affairs.
4. After incurring an excessive number of absences, the student may be placed on attendance probation.
5. A student on attendance probation may be dismissed from the University should additional absences occur.
6. A student dropped for non-attendance of classes will not be eligible to reenter the University until after the following semester.

For purposes of this course, absences in excess of 10% of the class meetings are considered excessive. A student who arrives more than 10 minutes late, or who leaves more than 10 minutes early, may be marked absent. If a student is absent for any reason, the student is responsible for making up any work that is missed. If a student misses a test, the student must make arrangements with the instructor for a make-up test. Normally, a student must have a doctor's excuse (or similar compelling reason) for missing a test. Note that employment, family vacations, and personal convenience are not normally considered compelling reasons for missing a test.