TAMIU Student Handbook 2019-2020

Page 64 of 86 4. Ineligibility to receive a University-administered scholarship or fellowship when the sanction is in place for longer than one semester. ARTICLE 13. APPENDICES Appendix A: Attendance Rule TAMIU views class attendance as a student’s individual responsibility. Students are expected to attend class and to complete all assignments. Faculty members are expected to give adequate notice of the dates on which major tests will be given and assignments will be due. Graduate students are expected to attend all examinations required by departments or advisory committees as scheduled formally. A. Among the reason absences are considered excused by the University are the following: 1. Participation in University-sponsored activity at the request of University authorities. 2. Death or major illness to the student or student’s immediate family. 3. Illness of a dependent family member. 4. Participation in legal proceedings or administrative procedures that require a student’s presence. 5. Religious Holy days/Days of obligation. 6. A pregnant/parenting student must be granted a leave of absence (LOA) for as long as the student’s physician deems the absence medically necessary. 7. Illness/Injury that is too severe or contagious for the student to attend class. 8. Required participation in military assignment and duties. 9. Mandatory admission interviews for professional or graduate school, which cannot be rescheduled. B. The student is responsible for providing satisfactory evidence (i.e., physician note, medical release, etc.) to the faculty member or as required by the college within seven (7) calendar days of their absence and return to class, to substantiate the reason for absence. If the absence is excused, the faculty member must either provide the student with the opportunity to make up the exam or other work missed or provide a satisfactory alternative to complete the exam or other work missed within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of absence. C. Students who miss class due to a University-sponsored activity are responsible for identifying their absences to their faculty member(s) with as much advance notice as possible. D. If an off-campus licensed physician provides evidence of a student’s illness, the written excuse, orders or documentation must contain the date and time of the doctor’s appointment, the prognosis of illness, doctor’s opinion and

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