Classroom Expectations

Admission to Class

Instructors are required to admit to class only those students with appropriate documentation of enrollment as verified by the Registrar.

Class Attendance

Each student is expected to exercise reasonable judgment regarding class attendance and is accountable for all work missed because of absence. Students are expected to notify instructors about absences and to know from the instructor’s syllabus what is required. Short-term absences (one week or less for illness, funerals, accidents, etc.) should be reported directly to the instructor. Long-term absences (more than one week) should be reported to the Center for Undergraduate Advising. Medical or other documentation may be required.

Classroom Conduct

Consistent with the University’s core values and as members of a community of scholars, Immaculata University expects students and faculty to treat one another with civility, mutual respect, and common courtesy, accept personal accountability, and willingly contribute to the effective functioning of the University.

To this end, students are asked to comply with instructor requests to silence cell phones and refrain from other distracting behaviors in the classroom.

No person (administrator, staff, faculty, student, or visitor) shall be permitted to make an announcement during scheduled class time without the express consent of the instructor.

Should a student become disruptive during class, the student shall be asked politely, but firmly, to leave the classroom by the instructor. If the student refuses to leave the classroom, the Department of Campus Safety and Protection and the Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost shall be notified.

University Approved Guidelines (attendance, course drop/withdrawal)

1. Students are expected to attend all classes. It is the student's responsibility to complete all course requirements even if a class is missed. If a student misses’ class for an officially excused reason, the student is entitled to make up the missed work but only at the discretion of the faculty member. Responsibility for materials presented in, assignments made for, and tests/quizzes given in regularly scheduled classes lies solely with the student.
2. The University policy is that faculty may excuse absences for the following reasons:
   • personal illness
   • death or critical illness in the family
   • participation in a university-sponsored activity
   • jury duty
   • military duties
   • religious holidays
3. Faculty judge the validity of student absences from class within the University's approved guidelines and may require non-family, third-party, documentation for excused absences. Faculty will evaluate any reason, other than those listed above, for a student missing class and determine whether the absence is justified. In these circumstances, a student may make up missed work at the discretion of the instructor.
4. In the case of foreseeable absences, students are encouraged to notify the faculty member in advance. A student who will miss class due to participation in an official University activity must notify the instructor well in advance of the activity to assure that the absence is excused.
5. Students are responsible for dropping or withdrawing from a class which they are no longer attending. Deadlines are included on the academic calendar. Students who do not properly drop/withdraw from a class will be responsible for the grade earned and the tuition and fees incurred.

Course Syllabi

A copy of the syllabi (current and past), which shows the day and hour the class meets and the instructor’s name, as well as a calendar of topics shall be available to students and the appropriate college offices at the beginning of each term.

The offices of the appropriate college deans shall maintain permanent files of all course syllabi and class schedules. These files shall be available for inspection and comparison with the courses described in the catalogs of other institutions.

It is the student’s responsibility to read, comprehend and act on the syllabus’ objectives, content and requirements. Should there be any question or need for reasonable interpretation or clarification of the syllabus, the student must contact the instructor.

All faculty shall follow the syllabi and outline for each course as closely as possible; students should recognize that adaptations/adjustments in syllabi may occur at the discretion of the instructor in order to create the most effective learning and teaching environment possible.