Attendance in this class is mandatory. You may miss four classes without it affecting your grade. The fifth and subsequent absences will lower your grade by 1/3 of a letter (For example, if you would otherwise earn a B in the course, 5 absences would make this a B-, 6 a C+, etc.). Late arrivals and early departures—within 15 minutes of the class’s beginning and ending—will be counted as absences. Failure to bring the material necessary to participate in class (for example, the reading for the day, or writing which will be peer-reviewed in class) may also result in an absence for that day. I do not differentiate between “excused” and “non-excused” absences. Exceptions to this policy will be determined on a case-by-case basis. If you know of an absence in advance, I am much more lenient if you contact me in advance to make up the work.

If you are absent, your work is still due. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to contact another student to obtain notes from class. Unless we have made previous arrangements, any work that I do not receive by class time will be counted late.  If a hardcopy of the assignment is due, email me the assignment by the deadline.