Absences
UW-EAU CLAIRE CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY
(From the UW-Eau Claire 2008-2009 Catalogue, Page 31)
All Students are expected to attend all class sessions of courses in which they are enrolled. Each faculty member should inform each class in writing at the beginning of the course regarding the use of student attendance in relation to student evaluation procedures.
If a student fails to attend the first class meeting of any course without previously notifying the instructor or the department chair, the student may be dropped from that course so that the vacancy may be filled by another student from a waiting list. It remains the student's responsibility to determine his/her own enrollment status. Each department has a policy on first-day/first-week class attendance. *
*Students should contact the instructor, the department secretary, or the Dean of Students office (836-2003) for any first-day class absence.
Top ABSENCES
The Dean of Students office will inform instructors of an absence for certain circumstances. They are:
First-day/first-week absence: Illness, death in the family, personal or family emergency or mandatory employment. It is the student's responsibility to contact instructors or the department secretaries for other reasons.
Fewer than three days: Death in the family, personal or family emergency. If the absence is fewer than three days for another reason, it is the student's responsibility to contact instructors or the department secretaries.
More than three days: Illness, injury, personal or family emergency.
Absence Notification Procedure: Contact the Dean of Students office by calling 836-5626, by stopping in Schofield 240, or completing the Online Class Absence Form. Students are responsible for contacting their instructors.
AUTHORIZED ABSENCES
(2008-2009 Student Services and Standards Handbook - Page 21)
A student's absence from class is authorized by the Dean of the School for
(1) participation in an approved field trip listed in the catalogue as a requirement for a course in which the student is enrolled,
(2) participation in an authorized extracurricular activity on the regularly approved calendar of University events. Such absences are reported by the Dean to each instructor at least 48 hours in advance of the trip or event, or
(3) Illness, injury, or emergency of such severity as to prevent the student from being able to attend class.
The Office of the Associate Dean of Students will assist students who are unable because of illness or emergency to provide information or documentation to their instructors, and to establish that an authorized absence has occurred. Absences may also be reported online.
Instructors are obligated to furnish students with an opportunity to make up any course work missed during authorized absences.
EXCESSIVE ABSENCES (for instructors information)
In the event a student is found by an instructor to be absent without explanation for an extended period, usually in excess of one week, and the instructor is unable to communicate with the student after attempting to make contact, the absence is to be reported directly to the Associate Dean of Students. The Dean of Students office will make efforts to contact the student and to inform the instructor of their findings.
In matters of student absence, the Associate Dean of Students is available to assist instructors where there is genuine concern regarding the excessive absence of a student. The Associate Dean of Students can be of greatest assistance when referrals are made early in a semester.
