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Attendance: Class attendance
will be checked in every class period. At the end of the semester,
class attendance will be used in calculating the final semester
grade.
Attendance records will be used to determine the final grade of
students who are on the borderline between two grades (i.e., students
who are within one semester point of the higher grade). In the
case of a student who is on the borderline between two grades,
the student with 2 or fewer unexcused absences will receive the
higher of the two grades.
Students with 6 or more unexcused absences will receive the following
penalties: 6-8 absences-minus one letter grade from semester
average; 9-11 unexcused absences-minus two letter grades from
semester average; 12 or more unexcused absences-the grade of F
for the semester.
Students who fall into the penalty range will have the option
of doing an extra assignment to remove the penalty. The assignment
will be a term paper, the length of which will be determined by
the number of absences in class: 6 absences-5 pages; 7 absences-10
pages; 8 absences-15 pages; 9 absences-20 pages; 10 or more absences-25
pages. The term paper must be of C or better quality to remove
the penalty. Students who exercise this option must see the professor
in advance to obtain approval of their term paper topic and instructions
for completing their papers.
The following constitute excused absences: (1) illness, with
a note from a doctor or the dean; (2) death in the immediate family,
with a note from the dean; (3) required appearance in a court
of law, with a note from the dean; (4) representing the college
in an extracurricular activity, with a note from the faculty or
administrative adviser of the activity and the prior approval
of the professor of this course.
Please note that some college extracurricular activities do not
justify an excused absence, so prior approval of the absence by
the professor is required. Athletes
who plan to miss class for a game must notify the professor before
each absence to receive an excused absence.
Students who plan to miss class for such activities as work,
job interviews, job fairs, weddings, vacations, completing work
for other courses, etc., should save their cuts for these purposes.
Students who arrive late to a session
of the class should check with the professor at the end of that
class session to be certain that their attendance has
been recorded. Students who arrive
excessively late to a class period or who leave class early will
receive only partial credit for their attendance that day. Students
who are perennially late to class will receive only partial credit
for their attendance on days they are late.
Auditors: Students who are auditing
the course will receive an audit credit only if they have 11 or
fewer absences in the class. Auditors are not required to come
to class on exam days.
Senior Final Exam Policy: Graduating seniors who will finish their degree requirements in May, 2000, may be eligible for exemption from the third exam. To be eligible for exemption, graduating seniors must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better and an average grade of B or better on all course work completed in History 312 before the third exam. In the case of such students, their grade on the third exam will be estimated in the following manner: (1) the student’s average grade on the first two exams will be calculated, (2) 10 points will be subtracted from this average for each absence from class during the period between the second and third exams, and (3) the remainder will be used as the student’s grade on the third exam in calculating the final semester grade. Students whose estimated class average falls within the range 77-82 or 87-92 may be required to take the third exam to determine their final grade.
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