VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT

Policies, Rules and Guidelines

 

Attendance policy (Notebooks, textbooks and pens are required period)
When the professor takes role, class has officially begun; arriving after role has been taken is a “tardy” or “late”
If you are more than fifteen (15) minutes late to class, it is at the professor’s discretion whether to mark you as “late” or “absent”
Two (2) unexcused tardies is an automatic “Absence”
After three (3) unexcused absences, your grade may be reduced.  For example, if you have four (4) unexcused absences, and your grade is an “A”, you may receive a “B”.  If you have five (5) unexcused absences, and your grade is a “B”, you may receive a “D”.
Six (6) unexcused absences is an automatic “F” in the class.  
Homework policy 
Excused absences (University provided excuses only)
Any homework due for the day of the excused absence is still due on that day.
If you have a test on the day of an excused absence, and you have previous knowledge of the absence, you MUST ask to take the test prior to the day in question.
If you have a quiz, or other not-previously scheduled work due, on the day of an excused absence, you will be allowed to make it up when you return to class.
Unexcused absences
Any homework due for the day of an unexcused absence is still due on that day.
If you have a test or quiz on the day of an unexcused absence, it is at the professor’s discretion whether to allow you to make up that test or quiz.
Grades
If you have an excused absence, you may turn any work in on the next class day for full credit.  If you turn the work in later, you will receive a reduced grade.
If you have an unexcused absence, it is at the professor’s discretion whether to accept the work.  If the work is accepted, it may be reduced one (1) letter grade for every class it is late.  For example, if your work was an “A” and you were unexcused two (2) days, the highest possible grade you may receive is a “C”.
At any time you may ask to examine and discuss your grades.
Grades are not negotiable.
It is possible to alter an average or grade by the following means, and ONLY at the professor’s discretion and permission:
Extra credit
Re-doing the work
Other options determined by professor