Attendance

Students are expected to actively engage in courses to achieve the required learning outcomes. Absences in excess of 20% of the course (e.g., five absences for a 10-week course that meets twice per week) result in the student receiving a failing grade, unless the student withdraws from the course in accordance with the withdrawal policy. Absences due to late registration are included in the overall absences permitted for the course.

For on-ground courses, students are expected to attend and participate in all scheduled class sessions. Tardiness, early departure, or other time away from class in excess of 15 minutes per class session is considered an absence for that class session.

Students enrolled in SCADnow courses are required to check the online course site regularly and academically engage in the daily work of the course. Students earn attendance in SCADnow online courses through active participation in live class sessions and/or asynchronously by participating in academically related activities on a minimum of two separate days per unit/week.

SCAD faculty monitor and measure attendance for SCADnow online courses by documenting each student's weekly academic engagement. Academic engagement is defined as participating in live class sessions, demos, or critiques; posting to discussion forums or blogs; submitting assignments; completing quizzes or examinations; attending extra help sessions, office hours, or midterm conferences; and/or corresponding with professors regarding course content via phone, email, text, etc. Absences in excess of 20% result in the student receiving a failing grade for the course.