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Regular attendance at class sessions affords students maximum educational benefit through engagement with their instructors, peers, and course material. While instructors may or may not include attendance in grade-related assessments in their courses, students are expected to attend all sessions of the courses in which they are registered that require real-time attendance, such as courses delivered through in-person, synchronous online, and hybrid modalities.
Instructors and/or departments are responsible for establishing course- and/or section-specific attendance policies related to the evaluation of students’ academic performance. Only the primary instructor(s) assigned to a course, in accordance with any departmental policies, can grant an excuse for student absence. Whenever an attendance policy or evaluation criteria applies, it must be presented in the course syllabus or the section’s learning management system materials.
Students are responsible for knowing the attendance policies for all course sections in which they are enrolled, as well as university-level policies related to attendance and participation. Students should contact instructors as soon as possible ahead of anticipated absences and after unanticipated absences.
Except where prohibited by policies related to established degree requirements, program accreditation or licensure, or government regulations, course attendance policies must accommodate or excuse student absences related to:
- The cancellation of class sessions in accordance with the University Closure Policy.
- Disabilities or conditions documented in accommodation notifications by the Access Center.
- Required military service for students on active status, as documented by armed services authorities.
- Required appearance for jury selection/duty or other court service, as documented by legal authorities or government entities.
- Religious or spiritual holidays and observances; it is the responsibility of the student to communicate anticipated absences resulting from sincerely held religious or spiritual traditions as far in advance as possible.
- Participation in intercollegiate athletic events, as documented by MSU Denver Athletics; it is the responsibility of the student and representatives of MSU Denver Athletics to communicate anticipated absences as far in advance as possible.
- Competitions, conferences, or workshops organized or recognized by MSU Denver in which student participation is expected or required; it is the responsibility of the student and representatives of the sponsoring or supervising MSU Denver entity to communicate anticipated absences as far in advance as possible.
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