Class Participation and Engagement (formerly Attendance)
Trevecca's adult education and graduate programs are highly concentrated, and weekly participation and engagement are important prerequisites for student success in coursework and personal and small group relationships within class sessions.
While weekly class attendance is not required, each student must start the course and establish course eligibility by the end of Day Seven of Week One by participating in an academically-related activity specific to the course, such as attending a face-to-face class session or synchronous course activity, submitting an academic assignment, taking an assessment or exam, participating in an interactive tutorial, webinar, or computer-assisted instruction, participating in a university-assigned study group or group project, participating in an online discussion assigned by the instructor, or initiating interaction with the instructor about academic matters. Students who fail to engage in the course in one or more of these avenues within the first seven days of the course will be automatically dropped from the course.
NOTE: This policy does not apply to programs in Graduate Counseling, Education, and Physician Assistant. Please review attendance policies for these programs in the appropriate program section of the graduate catalog.
Late Instructor
Should an instructor be late for a class session, students are expected to wait a minimum of 30 minutes and contact their student success advisor before leaving. If the instructor does not arrive within the 30 minute period, the students may leave and arrangements will be made to make up those class hours sometime during the time frame of the course or additional assignments will be given.
Cancellation of Onsite Classes
A decision to cancel class due to inclement weather, faculty illness, or other reasons is made by The Office of Graduate and Adult Education. Announcement of cancellation will be posted on the TNU website by 3:00 PM for evening classes. If class has not been cancelled by 3:00 PM, students should report to class at 6:00 PM for evening class. If conditions change after 6:00 PM, the class and faculty member jointly decide appropriate action.