NDSCS College Catalog
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| Attendance Policy for Technologies and Services Division |
| Attendance is critical to success in college, just as it is to future success at work. NDSCS wants students to succeed, and past experience, has dictated that chances of success are best when a student makes every effort to attend class. |
| Attendance is especially critical in technology programs at NDSCS because learning environments are specialized. Because of the special equipment and facilities needed to provide students with a quality education, it is often impossible to make up work missed due to absences from class. |
| Therefore, the Technologies and Services Division has instituted a division attendance policy that applies to all courses offered by the division. The policy is as follows: |
| 1. Any student absent more than 10 percent of a course’s total contact hours automatically will have one letter grade deducted from his or her current grade; |
| 2. Any student absent more than 14 percent of a course’s total contact hours will have an additional letter grade deducted from his or her current course grade; or |
| 3. Any student absent more than 18 percent of a course’s total contact hours will be dropped from the course if that rate is reached before the last day to drop classes. If the 18 percent absence rate is reached after the drop date, the student will receive an “F.” |
| Excused absences are allowed only for the following circumstances: |
| a. Serious illness verified by a doctor’s statement or the campus nurse; |
| b. Participation in school-sponsored activities which are documented on official college field trip forms; |
| c. Mandatory military duty (verified by the campus Veteran Certifying Official); or |
| d. Verified family emergencies (verified by the division academic counselor). |
| Inclement winter weather that does not result in classes being canceled, but still provides hazardous driving conditions for commuters in certain areas, will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis; |
| Individual departments within the division have the option to impose stricter attendance policies than the above. The division policy sets a minimum standard for the departments to follow or adjust; or |
| As always, students are to be referred to the division academic counselor after three consecutive absences. |
| Students receiving sanctions as a result of this policy can file a written appeal with the division academic counselor, Technologies and Services dean’s office, 115 Old Main. The appeal will be reviewed by the student’s advisor, the appropriate department chair (or his or her designee), the division academic counselor and the division dean. |
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