Class Attendance
Students
Refer to your department and program for student attendance policies if not listed below.
Unregistered "guests" including children and pets may not attend.
Faculty
absence from class
Faculty are expected to be present at all scheduled class sessions during the semester. However, faculty who find themselves unable to attend their regularly scheduled classes due to illness or personal emergency must follow the procedures below, depending on whether the absence was anticipated or unanticipated:
Anticipated Absence
Any anticipated absence from class (for example to attend a conference) must have prior approval from the Department Chair or Program Coordinator who, after approving the request, must inform the Associate Dean for final approval.
Anticipated absences should never result in class cancellation nor a change in modality, unless under extreme circumstances. The faculty must work with the Department Chair or Program Coordinator to establish a plan to cover the class session by having another faculty member teach the class or by designing a virtual learning opportunity. Anticipated absences should not exceed 10% of total course hours.
- Moving course to remote: If you have received permission from your program coordinator and/or department chair to move a course session from hybrid or in-person TO remote in Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Intersession 2023 or Spring 2023, please complete this form for our records. Also, be sure to email Carole Vineyard (vineyard@usfca.edu) and cc your department chair and an Associate Dean.
Unanticipated Absence
If unexpected circumstances prevent an adjunct faculty from making it to class (such as illness or sudden emergency), they must immediately notify the Department Chair or Program Coordinator. If sending an email is possible, the Associate Dean should be copied on it. Any special instructions for the students should be shared with the Program Assistant. The Department Chair and/or Program Coordinator should discuss with the faculty member a viable plan to provide a substitute for the class, if there is time to implement one. If a substitute is not possible, the faculty member (or Department Chair and/or Program Coordinator given the circumstance) should arrange for a make-up session.
- Moving course to remote: If you have received permission from your program coordinator and/or department chair to move a course session from hybrid or in-person TO remote in Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Intersession 2023 or Spring 2023, please complete this form for our records. Also, be sure to email Carole Vineyard (vineyard@usfca.edu) and cc your department chair and an Associate Dean.