- B.Any student improperly registered for a course will not receive credit for that course.
- C.A processing fee is assessed beginning the first day of dasses of a term (summer session/semester) for any change in registration, with the exception of those caused by University cancellation of courses or other University-initiated adjustments to course schedules.
- D.See Section IX for regulation no on withdr awal from a course.
- E.The chairperson and/or deanwill inform the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Office of the Registrar, and the instructors of all course cancellations no later than two (2) working days after the end of late registration.
- F.When a course is canceled, any student enrolled in that course may change his/her final registration in order to replace the canceled course. Such adjustment must be completed and no later than Saturday of the second full week of classes during an academic semester or no later than Saturday of the first full week of classes during a summer session.
XIII. Class Attendance
- A.There are three mutually-exclusive types of absences for purposes of classification:
- Service-related absence
- (a)due to documented re-quired mi litary service
- (b)due to documented university service or off-campus representation of the University
- (c)due to documented jury duty
- Excused absence, non-Service related
- (a)due to documented illness,
- (b)due to documented se rious il lness or death in the student's immediate family
- (c)due to documented court appearance
- (d)due to documented attendance at a university-sponsored field trip
- Unexcused absence
- (a)due to lack of documentation of an otherwise excused absence
- (b)due to excessive excused absences (exceeding the number of class meetings in one week)
- (c)due to university-activity a bsences in - curred when the student's performance in class is below a "C" average
- B.Provided the student is doing satisfactorily in the course, any class absence incurred while a student is performing university-patriotic service (participating in an ac tivity whereby the student represents the university off campus) is to be excluded from the total number of allowed excused absences.
- sents the university off campus) is to be excluded from the total number of allowed excused absences.
- C.Absence(s) from class(es) because of univer sity-patriotic duty or university-sponsored academic class activ ities mu st be report ed to the Vice President for Student Affairs two (2) weeks prior to the date of the absence. The Vice President for Student Affairs will inform faculty members BEFORE the student’s absence from class(es) in these cases.
- D.In order for a class absence to be excused, the student must submit documentation of the absence(s) to the Vice President for Student Affairs within one week of the absence(s).
- E.The number of excused absences may not exceed the number of class meetings during a week of classes during a semester, or two class meetings during one full week of classes during the summer session. Absences in excess of the allowed number of sessions will be considered unexcused.
- F.The number of unexcused absences per semester or summer session may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class.
- G.For each unexcused absence over the maximum number allowed, the instructor may lower the course grade one full grade level.
- H.For any excused absence, all make-up assignments must be completed within a time period determined by the instructor.
- I.If an individual instructor or academic unit adopts more stringent attendance policies, those policies must appear in a conspicuous location in the course syllabus and must be announced to the class on the first day it meets.
- J.Regulations on class tardiness are determined by the instructor of the class.
XIV. Academic Honesty
- A.The University expects that students will conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.
- B.Academic Offenses
1. Cheating: 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 on any academic work which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade.
2. Plagiarism: 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, pub-