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MU Class Attendance Policy
Overview
Students should make every effort to attend all scheduled class sessions. Students should communicate with their instructor according to the instructor’s policies if they must miss a class. If students have an excess of absences according to department and college-level policies, they may be withdrawn from a course.
Attendance Policies
The current attendance policies in the undergraduate bulletin and graduate bulletin do not recognize illness as an excused absence. At the same time, Marquette University is requiring students not to attend class if symptomatic and requiring that students who test positive for COVID-19 follow isolation guidelines. In courses that require proof of symptoms or a positive COVID test, students should use the COVID Cheq Symptom Screener, which allows students to receive and share a red “stop sign” icon with their instructors if their instructors require evidence of COVID illness. Instructors are expected to provide opportunities for students who miss class for illnesses in a reasonable way with full acknowledgment that not all learning experiences can be replicated or accommodated, and it may be impossible to make up missed class sessions for other reasons (accreditation, external guidelines, etc.).
Medical Excuses
Consistent with the current attendance policy and medical excuse policy, the Marquette University Medical Clinic does not provide medical excuses for short-term absences that result in missed classes, exams, or assignments due to illness or injury. Requiring medical excuses places an additional burden on healthcare systems and diverts resources from patient care. Isolation does not require formal certification by healthcare provider.
Class Withdrawal Policies
In acknowledgement that circumstances may arise during the Fall 2023 semester that require a student to withdraw from a class at various points during the term, the following flexibility on the use of withdrawal grades for undergraduate and graduate students has been approved:
- Students who initiate a request to withdraw from a class after the withdrawal deadline through the last day of class may receive a grade of W, as opposed to WF, with approval of their college dean’s office if the reason for withdrawal is due to needs related to COVID-19. For full consideration, students need to comply with the communication and documentation points outlined in the guidance above.
- When an instructor or college office initiates a student withdrawal after the withdrawal deadline for reasons of excessive absence, a grade of WA may be used, rather than a WF, regardless of student performance at the time of withdrawal.
The updated polices on grading of class withdrawals can be found in the undergraduate bulletin and graduate bulletin.
A more detailed link to complete guidance document and policies is here.