Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
Policy statement
and purpose
This university policy is part of the
undergraduate catalog. The undergraduate catalog provides university academic
policies and information about program requirements. The undergraduate catalog
is updated each semester and can be found at http://www.bgsu.edu/catalog/academic-policies.html. Colleges and departments may have additional or more
specific requirements or policies that relate to an individual program.
Students are advised to become familiar with the undergraduate catalog as well
as specific requirements and policies related to their degree
program.
(B)
Policy
Some classes are designated as "first
day attendance"; others are not. The following policy applies only to classes
designated as "first day attendance."
(1)
For
students
As a matter of policy, all students who
register for a class with a first day attendance designation agree to
participate in and abide by the following:
(a)
Students should
attend the first day of class, or consult with the instructor before the first
class meeting regarding any potentially excusable circumstance that will make
it impossible for the student to attend the first class meeting. Students
accept that if they do not attend and do not contact the instructor before the
first class meeting they will be dropped from the class.
(b)
If students wish
to drop the class, they should do so before the first day of class. This policy
should not be used as a mechanism for students to drop classes.
(c)
Students are
responsible for the accuracy of their class schedule.
(d)
Students whose
registration falls below full-time status because of being dropped will be
eligible for only a partial refund of fees if applicable.
(e)
Students high on
a wait list are encouraged to attend on the first day (although they may be
turned away if there is physically not room for them), in the event registered
students do not attend, so that they will not miss material/activities on the
first day of class. However, the department holds the responsibility for adding
students to the class. Priority is given to students on a wait list to get into
that class.
(2)
For instructors:
As a matter of policy, all instructors
who have a first day attendance designation to their class agree to participate
in and abide by the following:
(a)
Instructors
should take attendance using the most accurate roster possible.
(b)
Instructors
should report to the department, within one business day of the first class
meeting, all students not attending the class regardless of class enrollment
level. An exception can be made if the student has an excusable circumstance
and has contacted the instructor prior to the first class
meeting.
(3)
For departments:
As a matter of policy, all departments
that assign a first day attendance designation to a class agree to participate
in and abide by the following:
(a)
Departments are
responsible for dropping students who do not attend on the first day of class.
(Alternatively, they may forward attendance lists to the office of registration
and records for action by the Registrar.) This must be done within two business
days of the first class meeting. Each department shall determine its own
uniform procedure for processing drops in a timely fashion.
(b)
Departments are
responsible for emailing all dropped students informing them of this
action.
(c)
Departments who designate a class as a "first day
attendance policy" class but who repeatedly do not abide by
the policy will not be allowed by
the college office to use the designation in the future.
(d)
Departments are
responsible for filling seats made vacant because of first-day drops. Priority
is given to students on a wait list to get into that class.
Date: January 2015
