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Policy Title: Excused Absence
Effective date:9/1/2003
Pertains to: All students, faculty and staff
Policy Index: www.stthomas.edu/policies

EXCUSED ABSENCE

Students have the responsibility to attend their classes. If a student wishes to be excused from the equivalent of one full week of class or less per semester due to illness, a family or parenting-related emergency, or a UST-sponsored event, it is the responsibility of that student to inform his or her instructor(s) of the absence as soon as possible. The student must also comply with verification requests/requirements that the instructor(s) may have. If the student complies with verification requirements, that student is expected to make up coursework missed (or an appropriate equivalent) without grade penalty for late submission.

In the case of numerous and excessive absences (total absences amounting to the equivalent of more than one full week of class per semester), students must inform their instructor(s) of the situation responsible for the absences as soon as possible and comply with verification requests/requirements that the instructor(s) may have. Students should also notify the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Advising at (651) 962-6300. Instructors should use their own discretion to determine whether the absences warrant a grade penalty, an incomplete status, a recommendation of withdrawal from the course, or the completion of coursework missed (or an appropriate equivalent) without grade penalty for late submission.