ATTENDANCE POLICY for B207 and B208
Attendance in lecture is EXPECTED and will be noted - this could influence me if grades are borderline. Announcements will be made, or activities started, at the beginning of class, so promptness is important. If a student misses a lecture, notes must be obtained from another student. I do NOT make notes available to students. However, Power Point notes can be accessed from the syllabus. Please note that they are not all-inclusive. I will supplement them through lecturing in class.
If a student misses a quiz or exam, credit will not be received.
Exceptions
are the following:
1. Documented illness
(notification on the same day; documentation within one week)
2. Documented personal
tragedy
3. Religious holiday
recognized by university
4. Documented official
University business
There
are certain rules that apply to group work done by the Honors class,
Honors BISC 207 or 208, and they are the following:
1. Anyone who misses group problem work with an
excused
absence will be allowed to do the work on their own, provided
it
is turned in to me before the group's work is returned in class (this
typically
means the individual would have to turn it in before the beginning of
the
next class period - i.e. by 9:05 on Friday for the Honors section). The
individual is responsible for getting the assignment from me in my
office.
Long-term absences will be dealt with on an individual basis.
2. Anyone who has an unexcused absence from a group
quiz or exam is not allowed to
make it up. Documentation must be provided
to show that absence from a quiz or exam was excusable.
3. At my discretion, if extenuating
circumstances caused a student to be absent for reasons other
than those listed as excused (i.e. student had an unexcused
absence), he/she may be
allowed to make up group work,
but with a penalty of 30% deducted from the grade. If the individual's
grade is higher than the group's grade, the lower of the two will be
used
before the deduction is taken.
These situations will be handled on a
case-by-case basis.
4. Remember that in both 207 and 208, you will be doing peer
evaluations. Your attendance and promptness will be noted by your peers
and will factor into their evaluation of you. In BISC 100, poor
attendance for group work could greatly impact your grade.