Attendance Policy

Note:  If you have a legitimate reason for being late or missing class, please contact the instructor as soon as possible via text message.  (In your text identify yourself as an SMU student.)  You should contact the instructor prior to the missed class, if at all possible.  There can be no more than two absences during this course.  Each class is four hours long, so missing two classes means 8 hours of instruction lost.  If you have an important meeting to attend, you are encouraged to come late to class and join in wherever we are in the lesson.  It will be your responsibility to catch up. 

It is up to you to initiate this and follow through with the "make-up" work, which should be equivalent to the instruction and activities missed.  I would rather you come late than not come at all.  If you come late and actively engage, participate, make up missed work, and have a legitimate reason, then it is possible that your participation points will not be impacted.  This is up to instructor's judgment.

If you miss a full four hour class, then earning full participation points, assignment points, and learning log points will need to reflect four hours of your effort.  You will be responsible for writing a rubric for the instructor to assess your make-up work.  However, adjustments to the rubric may be made by instructor's discretion.  It is encouraged that your make-up work include sharing something with your classmates, since your colleagues in this course missed out from not having you in class to help with group work, activities, and discussions.  Remember, type up a brief proposal and submit to the instructor prior to completing the make-up work.