Italiano III

Attendance policy

Class attendance is mandatory. Your instructor keeps a written record of attendance, documenting all absences and late arrivals. (Your instructor may elect to have a sheet circulate at the beginning of each class that students will have to sign. Late arrivals will be documented immediately.)

Because of the collaborative and communicative nature of language learning, be aware that absences will not allow you to develop and improve your skills in Italian and will therefore influence the instructor's evaluation of your in-class active oral participation, preparation and homework. For this reason, no distinction between excused and unexcused absences will be made. However, should you be absent or late for class, make sure you tell your instructor, so you can have advanced notice of homework and be prepared when you come back to class next time. Always check your syllabus and Blackboard if you need to be absent from class.

***** If the student experiences extenuating circumstances outside of their control (i.e. death in the family, unforeseen serious illness, etc..) the professor and the department must be notified immediately so that proper arrangements can be made according to school policy. *****

For their own good, we firmly discourage students from joining the course after the first crucial 3-4 meetings (2 meetings for 1-day classes). The first 2 weeks are essential to a good start with a language program. It becomes difficult to catch up after 3-4 missed meetings (or 2 meetings for weekend classes). For this reason, consider joining Italian next semester from day 1.

Absences numbering 7 or more mean automatic failure of the course. Since the classes meet only twice (2x's) per week, 7 absences constitutes approximately one (1) month of missed classes. Understand, however, that more than two (2) absences adversely affects your final grade:

3 absences = loss of A, A-
4 absences = loss of B+, B, B-
5-6 absences = loss of C+, C, C-
7+ absences = Failure

Chronic tardiness (or leaving class early) will also be taken into account for final grade computation by your instructor: if a student arrives late to class 3 times (10-15 minutes into class, or more), the instructor will attribute 1 absence.