Due to the amount of class time student-athletes miss as a result of team travel, it is very important that they make arrangements with their professors regarding missed assignments. Student-athletes are required to give their professors advance notice of when they will miss class, so plans for making up work can be arranged.
Members of the academic support staff and the coaching staff will regularly check classes to ensure that student-athletes are maintaining good attendance. Any students who are showing repeated absence will be placed on “early-alert” and must meet with academic coordinator for immediate plan of correction. The student-athlete may be removed from athletics competition for a week and will be reported to the coach.
Please be aware of the following University policies regarding class attendance (found in the University catalogue):
The number of unexcused absences per semester or summer session may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class.
Students with excused absences must submit documentation of absences (i.e. doctor's note) to Student Affairs within one week of absence.
The number of excused absences may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class during a semester, or two class meetings during one full week of classes during the summer session. This policy does not apply to students who are participating in university-sponsored or planned academic class activities (i.e. athletics), provided they are doing satisfactory work in their classes.
For each absence (excused or unexcused) over the maximum number allowed, the instructor may lower the course grade one full grade level.
Please read your course syllabi immediately after receiving it to determine your professors' rules regarding class attendance and tardiness.
The University’s policy regarding academic honesty can be found in the University catalogue. The policy reads as follows:
“The University expects that students will conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.”
Cheating is defined as the fraudulent or deceptive taking, giving, or presenting of any information or material with the intent of aiding oneself or another in any academic work which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade.
Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one’s own. It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit. It includes employing or permitting another person to produce, alter, or revise material which the student