ATTENDANCE POLICY:

1.  These are your five responsibilities.
    a.  If you are a student taking my classes on campus, please sign the attendance roster at the beginning of each class.  Attendance is a good indicator of success or potential difficulty according to most previous students.
    b.  On campus students and distant learning students should check announcements, email, discussion board, and the daily class outlines available on the 15-Module Calendar for the latest changing information.  Weather, emergencies, and conference interruptions can and do result in changes to normal day-to-day activities.
    c.  Please  use email and discussion board to establish study partners for yourself.  Every PHCC  student is expected to seek out and to discover the necessary resources for he or she to be successful.
    d.  If your course allows you to become part of a team, please treat others as you wish to be treated.  Keep other team members regularly informed of your goals, accomplishments, and concerns.
    e.  Learn to use your BlackBoard account to correspond with your instructor and your fellow classmates using BlackBoard email and BlackBoard Discussion Group found under the blue tab labeled "Communication" on your BlackBoard course homepage. 
(Instructors are told not to respond to personal email messages sent from AOL, Ntelos, Earthlink, Juno, and all other non-BlackBoard sources, in order to reduce the risk of receiving and sending viruses.)

2.  No points are awarded or deducted for attendance.  It is your responsibility to remain fully informed about the activity scheduled during your period of absence or lateness.

3.  If you are absent or late for class, in-class students should:
     a.   contact your study partner(s) regarding what was missed, for any handouts you failed to receive, and for notice of any announcement, email, or discussion board topic which was published..
     b.  review and complete the daily class outline in the 15-Module Calendar on your own.
     c.  contact your instructor regarding your mitigating circumstances.
     d.  contact your instructor and the Division Dean if you intend to make a formal application for an Incomplete or for a Withdrawal from the course.
     e.  If you become part of a team, please treat others as you wish to be treated.  Keep other team members regularly informed of your goals, accomplishments, and concerns.

4.  If you are a distance learning student whose study has been interrupted you should:
     a.  Contact your study partner(s) regarding what was missed, for notice of any announcement, email, or discussion board topic which was published.
     b.  If you become part of a team, please treat others as you wish to be treated.  Keep other team members regularly informed of your goals, accomplishments, and concerns.
     c.  Email the instructor regarding your mitigating circumstances.
     d.  Email your instructor and the Division Dean if you intend to make a formal application for an Incomplete or for a Withdrawal from the course.

LATENESS AND INCOMPLETE WORK POLICY:

1.  Late or incomplete work may or will be rejected if not available for grading by the instructor at 5PM (unless your scheduled class period ends at 9 PM) on the day it is due, if in the opinion of the instructor mitigating circumstances were insufficient or not available.

2.  However, late or incomplete work may be penalized one letter grade, if it is accompanied with an explanation of mitigating circumstances thought to be suitable in the judgment of the instructor.