Class Attendance

Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory college work. Richland faculty will take attendance at least through the midterm of the semester.

At midterm, the College may administratively drop students who have failed to meet the attendance standard as certified by the instructor. See Dropping a Course for more information.

During the allotted timeframe as determined by the President of the College or the President’s designee, an instructor may drop a student who had failed to meet attendance standards or attain sufficient progress in the course but is not required to do so.

Attendance for Online Courses

Online students are subject to the same attendance policy and procedures as traditional students, yet participation must be defined in a different manner. Student attendance in an online course is defined as active participation in that course as described in the course syllabus. This participation may be documented by any or all of the following methods:

Posting to discussion forums
Submission of assignments through drop boxes
Completion of exams or quizzes
Other communication with the instructor

In addition, students who do not contact (by e-mail, phone, or in person) their instructor within seven calendar days after the start of the semester may be dropped from the course.