Absences

BJU attendance policy is in effect. Here is a pertinent excerpt: "Personal Absences are not provided so that students can prepare for other classes or extend official university breaks or simply because they do not feel well. Students should use Personal Absences only for genuine emergencies or contagious or debilitating illness."

Planned Absences

Scheduled tests/quizzes should be taken before your planned absence; please contact your professor to make arrangements for doing so. You are personally responsible for getting notes from your classmates and discussing the missed material with them. You should not expect your professor to privately re-teach you the material you missed. Your professor is always available to help you with specific questions. If an unannounced quiz/assessment is taken during the class that you miss, you will NOT be allowed to make it up, and you WILL receive a zero on the assignment. Work may always be completed early (see your professor if you wish to take a test early).

Failure to Attend 

Missing an in-class test because you feel you are not prepared to take it is not acceptable. Work missed for this reason will not be made up and you will receive a zero on the assignment.

Incapacitating Illnesses and Emergencies

For absences due to incapacitating illness or emergency, you should contact the instructor as soon as you realize you will not be in class to make arrangements to make up any missed work. See late policy for details on missed assignments.

Excessive Absences and Late Arrivals

Students who must be reinstated due to excessive absences or late arrivals may earn at most a B+ in the course.