Student Attendance Policy for all Chemistry Classes.

The Department of Chemistry has agreed on a common attendance and absence policy for all of our courses. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and labs and are responsible for any work missed. Failure to attend will lead to a warning, grading penalties, and/or dismissal from the course with a failing grade.

The Department of Chemistry supports college-sponsored activities or events (e.g., musical performances or athletic competitions) and recognizes that they may infrequently conflict with a class or lab. Students should never miss class or lab for an athletic practice. It is the responsibility of students to communicate directly with their instructors during the first week of class to resolve scheduling conflicts. Athletic schedules are available on the web (http://www.colby.edu/athletics). Students on academic probation may not be excused from any class because of extracurricular or athletic activities.

Students that have a critical emergency or illness are not expected to attend class or lab. We do request that, after the fact, the College Health Center or Dean of Students Office verify the emergency or illness.

Instructors will notify students in writing of attendance policy violations. The notification will detail the nature of the violation and the consequences of a repeat violation.

Students who are dismissed from a course due to unsatisfactory attendance through the mid-semester deadline (with the exception of first-year students) will receive a grade of WF. Students dismissed after mid-semester day will receive a grade of F in the course, with the exception of first-year students who will be dismissed with a mark of WF.

Policy on Missed Exams.

Make up exams are not given. If you will miss an exam for a medical or psychological reason, you must request communication from your medical/psychological professional directly to the course instructor. If you miss an exam for a family emergency, you must request communication from the Dean of Students Office directly to the course instructor.

Policy on Time Extensions for Exams.

Exams are designed to be completed during the class time allotted. Some students may have approval from the Dean of Students Office for time extensions on exams. It is departmental policy that these students must establish with the Dean of Students and the Chair of Chemistry an appropriate time extension.

Policy on Academic Honesty

Any work submitted by a student is to be her/his own work, except that each student may exchange experimental details and data with her/his lab partner and classmates if permitted by the instructor. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or deception in any written material, including laboratory notebooks, constitutes scientific misconduct and will be dealt with in an appropriate manner by the instructor, which may include expulsion from the course with a recorded grade of "F." This policy is consistent with that of the College outlined in the Academic Procedures section of the Colby catalogue.