Attendance is expected at every lab session and you must be ON TIME. That being said, you are an adult and are responsible for your own attendance. If you miss a lab for an excusable reason please follow the directions given below:

Missed Lab Policy: The missed lab report will automatically become the dropped report. If you miss a second lab you will need to provide documentation for BOTH missed laboratories in order for the second missed report to be pro-rated by averaging the rest of your lab report grades and substituting that average for the missing lab grade. Pre-lab assignments should be completed as usual since they are available all the time not just on the day of the lab.
Labs missed without a reasonable excuse (after the first one dropped) will receive a grade of zero. Students missing 3 or more laboratories for any reason (excused or unexcused) will recieve a failing grade for the lab. If the absences are for illness or another excusable reason, students are encouraged to withdraw from the lab. Incomplete grades will no longer be issued for excessive absences.

University Attendance Policy: Excused absences include documented illness, deaths in the family and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. These absences will be accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students who have a valid excuse. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.

Reasonable Excuses (Documentation) Include: Illness (Note from Doctor or Thagard) Jury Duty or Court Date (Copy of Summons) Car Accident or Breakdown (Accident report or bill including time of incident) Death in Family (Copy of Obituary or service Document). This is not an all inclusive list but should give you a general idea of the magnitude of an acceptable excuse and the type of documentation required to substantiate it. Other problems will be dealt with on an individual basis. Students should provide documentation to their TA at the next lab meeting.