C
LA
SS
A
TT
E
NDA
NCE
/AB
SE
NCE
As
s
ta
ted
i
n
the
S
tudent
Handbook,
clas
s
att
endance
is
r
equir
ed
at
Southwestern
University
.
S
tudent
s
a
re
expe
ct
ed
to
at
te
nd
all
r
egul
ar
ly
scheduled
classes,
laboratories,
stud
ios,
rehearsals,
e
tc
.,
for
w
hic
h
c
re
dit
i
s
granted.
The
ins
tructor
i
n
each
course
will
sta
te
an
attendance
policy
in
the
c
ourse
syl
labus
.
Student
s
are
res
pons
ibl
e
f
or
being
famili
ar
with
the
attendan
ce
policy
for
eac
h
cour
se
in
whic
h
they
are
enrolled.
Authorization
to
make
up
work
or
examinations
missed
be
ca
use
of
a
bs
e
nce
is
granted
only
as
outlined
in
the
instructor
’
s
syllabus
or
as
d
escribed
under
“Cl
as
s
A
tte
ndanc
e
a
nd
Abs
ence
Poli
c
ies”
in
the
Student
Handbook.
I
NV
OL
U
NT
AR
Y
WI
T
HDRA
W
AL
P
ROCESS
When,
pr
ior
t
o
the
e
nd
of
the
ninth
week
of
class,
excessive
absence
s
for
any
r
e
a
son
jeopardize
a
stude
nt’
s
w
ork
in
any
cours
e,
the
ins
tructor
m
ay
inf
orm
the
Director
of
Academic
Success
and
Advis
ing.
N
otic
e
w
ill
be
s
ent
to
the
student
as
a
warning
that
further
absence
ma
y
le
ad
to
failure
or
wi
t
hdra
w
al
f
rom
th
e
cours
e.
If
continued
absence
ma
kes
the
student
unable
to
complete
a
cours
e
s
ati
sf
a
c
tori
ly
,
the
instr
uc
t
or
makes
a
written
recommendation
to
the
Direc
tor
of
Ac
a
de
mic
Suc
ce
s
s
a
n
d
Advis
ing
that
the
student
be
dr
opped
from
the
course
with
a
gr
ade
of
“F
.”
A
s
tudent
may
a
ppeal
an
involuntary
withdrawal
from
a
cour
s
e
by
submitting
a
letter
of
appea
l
to
t
he
D
ir
ec
tor
of
Academ
ic
S
uccess
and
Advising
within
five
calendar
da
ys
of
the
noti
fic
at
ion
of
w
it
hdr
awal.
The
Director
will
f
orward
all
r
elev
a
nt
documentation
to
the
Provost,
who
w
ill
de
c
ide
t
he
merits
of
the
appeal
and
inf
orm
the
student
and
the
instructo
r
of
the
r
e
sult
of
the
a
ppea
l.
The
Pr
ovos
t’
s
deci
sion
is
final.
I
nvoluntary
withdrawals
must
be
f
inalized
by
the
end
of
t
he
10t
h
we
e
k
of
clas
s.
OFF
IC
IA
L
T
RAN
SCR
IP
TS
T
r
ans
cr
ipts
of
the
ir
permanent
record
are
issued
to
students
and
former
students
of
Southwestern
or
m
ay
be
se
nt
di
re
ctly
to
other
i
nstit
utions
upon
wr
itte
n
r
equest.
All
requests
f
or
transcr
ipts
mus
t
be
in
w
rit
ing
to
the
Re
gis
trar
’
s
Of
f
ice
and
signed
by
the
stude
nt
or
former
s
tudent.
T
ele
phone
re
ques
ts
are
not
ac
cepted,
but
signed
fax
r
equests
will
be
honored.
Th
ere
is
generally
no
c
har
ge
f
or
tr
ans
cr
i
pt
s.
No
trans
cript
of
credits,
statement
o
f
sta
nding,
diploma
,
or
application
fo
r
a
tea
c
her
’
s
c
e
rti
ficate
will
be
granted
to
individuals
who
are
financially
in
ar
rear
s
with
the
Unive
rs
ity
.
GR
A
D
ING
SY
STEM
Gra
de
s
indic
a
te
qua
lity
of
work
done
by
student
s
as
follows:
A
S
chola
rs
hip
of
excellent
quality;
B
A
bove
sta
nda
rd
mastery
of
the
subject
m
atter
in
a
course;
C
S
tanda
rd
m
a
stery
of
the
s
ubject
mat
ter
i
n
a
course.
All
required
work
is
expected
to
be
c
omple
te
d
for
this
grade;
D
B
el
ow
s
tan
dar
d,
but
of
s
uf
ficient
qual
it
y
and
quantity
to
receive
credit;
F
F
ail
ure
.
The
f
ollow
ing
gr
ades
do
not
af
fect
s
tudents’
grade
point
aver
ages:
P
P
as
s
in
a
Pa
s
s/D/F
cour
se;
denotes
C-
or
better;
S
S
ati
sf
ac
tory
per
formance
in
an
audit
or
noncredit
course;
U
U
nsa
tis
fa
ct
ory
performance
in
an
audi
t
or
noncredit
course;
A
U
A
udit;
C
R
C
re
dit
by
exa
mination
or
in
a
credit/
no
credit
course;
denotes
C-
or
better
;
N
C
N
o
c
re
dit
in
a
credit/no
credit
cours
e.
24
I
A
n
Incom
plet
e
gr
ade.
The
grade
of
In
complete
shall
be
given
only
in
the
case
of
me
dica
l
e
me
r
ge
nc
y
or
s
ome
ot
her
emer
gency
situation
beyond
the
student’
s
control.
T
he
gr
a
de
of
Inc
omplete
may
not
be
given
for
the
sole
reason
of
permitting
additional
ti
me
t
o
c
omple
te
a
s
s
igne
d
cours
e
work.
If
the
Incomplete
has
not
been
replaced
by
5
p.m.
o
n
the
las
t
da
y
to
add
cours
e
s
of
the
next
regular
semester
,
the
grade
becomes
an
F
.
Upo
n
pet
ition
in
writing
by
t
he
s
tudent
and
approval
by
the
faculty
member
,
e
xte
nsion
of
the
de
adline
may
be
gr
anted
by
the
Registrar
.
W
H
onor
abl
e
withdr
awal
fr
om
a
cour
s
e
(without
evaluation)
after
the
end
of
the
first
one
-th
ird
of
the
s
e
mes
ter
(t
he
end
of
the
fifth
week
for
a
regular
semester
course
)
.
W
ithdra
w
a
l
privile
ges
ter
minate
at
t
he
e
nd
of
the
10th
week
of
a
regular
seme
ster
.
T
he
gr
ade
s
of
A,
B
,
C
and
D
may
be
awar
de
d
w
ith
a
plus
or
minus.
In
determining
grade
point
a
ver
age
s,
l
ett
e
r
gra
des
are
given
the
follow
ing
grade
point
values:
A+,
4.00;
A,
4.00;
A-,
3.67;
B
+
,
3.33;
B
,
3.00;
B-,
2.67;
C
+,
2.33;
C,
2.00;
C
-,
1.67;
D+,
1.33;
D,
1.00;
D-,
0.67;
F
,
0.00.
G
ra
de
s
a
re
ava
il
able
to
s
tudents
online
at
t
he
en
d
of
each
semester
.
R
e
pe
ate
d
Cours
e
s
C
ours
es
may
be
r
epeated,
but
credit
hours
are
counted
only
once
unless
othe
r
wis
e
specified,
and
the
mos
t
re
c
ent
s
a
tisf
actor
y
compl
eti
on
of
t
he
c
our
se
is
the
one
that
grants
hours
on
the
student’
s
de
gre
e
pl
an
or
tr
ans
cript.
In
computi
ng
st
udent
s
’
cumulative
grade
point
averages,
the
grades
for
r
e
pe
at
ed
c
ourse
s
in
which
no
hours
were
earned
are
included
in
the
average.
In
counting
grade
point
s
f
or
a
ny
one
semes
ter
,
s
tudents
who
have
a
grade
of
at
least
C-
in
a
course
completed
prior
to
t
hat
s
em
es
ter
ma
y
not
agai
n
present
grade
points
in
that
course
to
meet
minimum
r
e
quir
e
m
ents
for
c
ontinuanc
e
in
the
Universi
ty
.
T
he
c
ours
es
used
for
the
maj
or
,
m
inor
or
area
of
concen
tration
mus
t
have
at
least
a
C
(2.00)
a
ver
age
and
no
g
ra
de
below
C-.
P
ass
/D
/F
Cou
r
se
s
A
ll
non-
gra
de
d
cour
ses
,
whe
t
her
student-el
ected
or
requir
ed
by
the
catalog,
whether
int
roduc
tory
l
eve
l
or
above
introductory
l
evel,
are
evaluated
Pass,
D
or
F
.
Pass
indica
tes
a
level
of
C-
or
be
tte
r
a
nd
is
not
included
i
n
the
s
tuden
t’
s
grade
point
average,
but
a
D
or
F
is
included
in
t
he
s
tude
nt’
s
gra
de
point
average
.
S
tudent
s
ma
y
take
up
to
12
total
s
emester
hour
s
of
elective
credit
in
their
junior
and
senior
years
a
t
Sout
hwe
st
er
n
on
a
“Pass
/D/F”
bas
is;
how
eve
r
,
these
cour
ses
cannot
replace
regularly
required
c
ours
es
of
the
ma
jor
,
minor
,
or
the
Gener
a
l
E
ducation
or
University
Re
quir
ements
for
the
de
gre
e.
C
er
ta
in
other
cours
es
have
been
des
ign
ated
“Pass/D/F
only
.”
These
designated
cour
ses
a
re
tre
a
ted
t
he
sam
e
as
graded
cour
ses
for
maj
or
,
minor
and
degree
requirements
and
do
not
c
ount
a
s
pa
rt
of
the
12
s
emes
ter
hours
of
Pass
/D/F
courses
students
may
elect
to
take.
Students
ma
y
not
c
hange
gra
ded
regist
ration
of
an
el
ect
ive
course
to
Pass/D/F
registration
or
Pass/D/F
r
egis
tr
ati
on
to
a
gra
ded
elective
cours
e
a
fter
t
he
last
date
for
dr
opping
a
course
without
record
(
the
e
nd
of
t
he
f
ifth
week
of
class
es)
.
F
inal
Evalu
atio
ns
F
inal
eva
lua
tions
a
re
required
in
all
courses
at
the
close
of
each
semester
.
Students
who
find
it
ne
ce
ss
ar
y
to
ta
ke
a
final
examination
out
of
s
chedule
may
do
so
only
with
the
consent
of
the
ins
tr
uctor
and
of
the
Regis
trar
and
after
paym
ent
of
a
special
r
escheduling
fee
to
the
Business
O
f
f
ic
e.
P
eti
tions
for
the
approval
of
a
final
examination
out
of
schedule
are
available
in
the
R
egi
str
ar
’
s
Of
fice
.
Re-examination
or
s
peci
al
projects
to
raise
grades
are
prohibited
for
students
w
ho
ha
ve
f
ail
ed
the
cours
e
or
the
f
inal
exam
ination
except
in
extraordinary
cases
as
approved
by
the
Pr
ovost.
T
he
publis
hed
F
inal
Exam
inat
ion
Schedule
may
not
be
altered.
Students
who
ha
ve
t
hre
e
f
inal
e
xa
minations
in
one
day
may
reschedule
only
the
middle
examination.
(T
ake-
home
fi
nals
do
not
count
in
determi
ning
whethe
r
a
student
has
three
finals
in
one
day
.)
There
is
25
no
f
ee
for
re
sc
hedul
ing
the
exam,
and
the
student
and
the
faculty
member
may
work
out
the
ti
me
f
or
t
he
r
es
che
duled
exam
without
administrative
intervention
or
approval.
(Students
may
take
thre
e
e
xa
m
inat
ions
in
one
day
if
the
y
so
choose.)
Students
with
two
finals
in
one
day
may
not
r
es
che
dule
.
Students
must
reques
t
that
a
final
exam
be
r
escheduled
at
least
one
week
before
fi
nal
exa
mina
tions
begin,
otherwis
e
they
must
f
ollow
their
examination
schedule
as
it
stands.
S
tudent
s
w
ho
w
ish
to
res
chedule
fi
na
l
examinations
for
personal
reasons
must
file
a
Petition
for
F
inal
Exa
mina
tion
Out
of
Schedule
form
and
pay
the
specif
ied
fee
for
each
exam
rescheduled.
P
eti
tion
f
orms
ar
e
a
vailable
i
n
the
Registrar
’
s
Of
fice.
PER
MAN
E
N
T
RECO
RD
A
per
ma
nent
r
ec
ord
of
each
student’
s
course
cr
edit
s,
gr
ades,
degree
plans
and
ac
ademic
status
is
ke
pt
in
the
R
egis
tra
r
’
s
Of
fice.
Acc
es
s
t
o
this
r
ecord
i
s
governed
by
the
Family
Educational
Rights
and
P
riva
c
y
Act
(FE
R
P
A)
of
1974,
as
amended.
A
disc
uss
ion
of
FE
RP
A
may
be
f
ound
in
the
Southwestern
Un
iversity
Student
Ha
ndbook.
Other
rele
va
nt
re
fe
re
nce
s
a
re
“Knowing
the
Rules”
in
the
Southwestern
University
Fac
ulty
Advising
Ha
ndbook
a
nd
“
Student
Rights
and
P
rivacy”
in
t
he
Southwes
tern
University
Fac
ulty
Handbook.
F
ER
P
A
ge
ner
al
ly
re
quir
es
the
s
tudent’
s
perm
is
sion
to
release
anything
other
than
“directory
inf
orm
ati
on”
a
bout
the
st
udent
t
o
any
person
outside
the
Univ
ersity
.
At
Southwe
stern
Unive
rs
ity
,
dire
c
tory
information
includes:
st
udent’
s
na
me
loc
al
a
nd
home
res
idence
addres
s
es
ma
iling
a
ddr
e
ss
voic
ema
il
e-
ma
il
a
ddre
sse
s
loc
al
a
nd
home
phone
numbers
dat
e
a
nd
pla
ce
of
birth
ma
jor
f
ie
ld
of
s
tudy
par
tic
ipa
tion
in
of
f
ici
all
y
recognized
activities
and
sports
w
eight
s
a
nd
heights
of
members
of
athletic
team
s
dat
es
of
a
tte
ndanc
e
degr
ee
s
a
nd
a
wa
rd
s
r
eceived
the
most
re
ce
nt
pr
evi
ous
educational
agency
or
institution
attended
by
the
student
photogr
aphs
o
r
othe
r
pers
onal
“im
agery”
lis
tings
of
c
andidat
es
for
degrees
ful
l-ti
me/
par
t-t
ime
s
tatus
othe
r
s
imila
r
i
nfor
mation
F
ER
P
A
doe
s
a
llow
the
s
tudent
to
specify
that
even
directory
infor
mation
which
a
pplies
to
him
or
her
not
be
r
el
ea
sed.
This
is
done
by
s
igning
a
for
m
available
in
the
Registrar
’
s
Of
fice.
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
poli
cy
generally
prohibi
ts
the
release
of
lists
of
student
s
and
their
dir
ec
tor
y
infor
ma
tion
out
side
the
Southwestern
community
.
It
also
generally
pro
hibits
release
of
addre
ss
infor
ma
tion
for
a
specific
s
tudent
outside
t
he
S
outhwester
n
c
ommunity
.
OFF
IC
IAL
CO
MMUN
ICA
T
ION
Duri
ng
the
a
c
ade
mic
year
,
of
f
icial
Uni
ver
sity
corr
espondence
and
notices
may
b
e
sent
via
tele
phone,
e
le
ctr
onic
mail
or
letter
.
T
hi
s
assor
tment
is
necessary
to
allow
quick,
ef
ficient
and
ef
f
ec
tive
com
munic
ation.
T
he
Univers
ity
provi
des
every
student
with
Internet
access,
a
voic
e
mai
l
ac
count
,
an
e-
mai
l
account
and
a
postal
box
at
the
University
Post
Of
fice.
T
o
all
ow
t
he
U
nive
rs
ity
to
contact
students
as
needed,
each
student
must
maintai
n
records
of
va
lid
a
ddre
ss
infor
mation,
i
ncludi
ng
emer
gency
contacts,
telephone,
e-mail,
SU
box,
local
addre
ss
(if
living
of
f
campus)
and
perm
anent
address.
T
he
lat
ter
two
may
not
be
the
SU
Box
26