Global College Class Attendance Policy
Global College courses are primarily asynchronous online courses, meaning they do not have a specific day or time for a synchronous meeting. However, assignments are due on a regular basis and interaction is expected within each module as designed by the faculty. Attendance therefore is connected to either or both an assignment or a discussion that requires interaction with other course participants. Being absent in an online asynchronous course can be failure to submit at least one piece of graded online coursework within a given module. For hybrid courses, students are expected to attend all in-class sessions and to participate in all online sessions as required by the instructor. Failure to do so may be considered an unexcused absence without prior approval by the course instructor. In the case of major emergencies (including but not limited to: serious illness/injury, military deployment and work-related travel) the professor may assign extra course work for the student. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with professor about any circumstances that conflict with class attendance. If a student accumulates two or more unexcused absences during an eight-week term, the final grade can be lowered a letter grade at the discretion of the professor.
Tardiness disrupts the class and disturbs other classmates; therefore, punctuality for all classes is essential.