Faculty will be notified of students who have officially withdrawn from courses. Faculty are responsible for reporting students to the Office of Academic Affairs who are enrolled in a course but not attending. It should never be assumed that a student has withdrawn from a course because he or she is not in attendance or has claimed to have withdrawn from a course. If a student notifies faculty of withdrawing from a course, the student must also submit the appropriate form for dropping or withdrawing from a course. Faculty are not responsible for submitting a drop or withdrawal form to the Office of Academic Affairs on behalf of a student. Only students officially withdrawn should receive a “W” grade at the end of the semester. All others who fail to meet the course requirements should receive an “F” grade.
The last day to add or withdraw from a course is published with each current semester schedule. Requests to add a course after the final “add” date has passed will not be approved.
VII. COURSE EXTENSIONS (REQUEST FOR INCOMPLETE) Requests for extension of courses (a request for an “Incomplete”) will be considered on a case by case basis. The appropriate form must be completed and submitted (contact the Registrar’s Office for guidelines and form). If approval is granted, students will be assessed a surcharge for each course involved. VIII. REQUEST FOR INCOMPLETE PROCEDURE 1. The student should submit a Request for Incomplete Form when requesting consideration for an extended deadline for coursework to be submitted. (One form per request is required.) 2. An Incomplete is granted only in extreme circumstances such as a major illness or emergency. Incompletes granted for any other reason will incur a minimum 10% reduction in the final grade. 3. The student must complete Part I of this form and request instructor approval and the final due date (to be set within thirty days of the last day of the semester). 4. If the instructor grants his/her approval and completes Part II, the student must bring the form back to the Office of Academic Affairs for the approval of the Vice President of Academic Affairs. 5. Upon the Vice President of Academic Affairs’ review of the form and Part III, the Registrar will contact the student regarding the outcome of the request. IX. WITHDRAWAL POLICY Students who find it necessary to withdraw from school (all classes) must complete an official withdrawal form. Forms may be acquired from the Office of Academic Affairs. Failure to officially withdraw will result in a loss of any financial rebate, plus failure of all courses for that semester. X. CLASS ATTENDANCE Students are expected to participate in the course regularly and are encouraged to attend all classes. Faculty are not required to adhere to an institutional attendance policy but are free to implement attendance and/or participation policies in their individual courses that may or may not affect a student’s grade. Please see individual course syllabi for class attendance and/or participation information. XI. DAVIS ONLINE LEARNING (DOL) PARTICIPATION POLICY Students are expected to participate in the course regularly. The course runs each week from Monday – Sunday. Any work submitted after Sunday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the designated week will be considered late and be subject to a 10% deduction the first week and 20% the second week. No assignments will be accepted after the second week of being late unless planned in advance with the professor. After 3 weeks of non-participation, a grade of non-participation failure will be applied. Students are expected to maintain an online presence each week, which includes actively posting to the discussion boards, taking exams, and submitting papers.
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