- Students who are scheduled to return from a Leave of Absence must attend no later than the start of the first day of the course they are scheduled to attend. Students who do not attend class on their scheduled return date will be considered as having withdrawn unless they have been approved to return the day after their scheduled return date due to special circumstances or an additional leave has been requestedand approved.
- Students who do not attend any portion or show academic activity (if blended) during week one or week two of a course will receive a failure for the course. Students will be required to retake the course and pay any applicable fees.
- Students are responsible for keeping track of their own attendance during each course. The school will notify students regarding course status, including failures, via emailed progress reports the week following a course end date.
- Graduation dates are subject to change when students fail a course, take a Leave of Absence, or otherwise experience an interruption during their program of study. Students will be advised of graduation date changes during advising sessions on the aforementioned items .
Academic Standards and Grading
The purpose of technical education is to prepare graduates for employment in their chosen careers. For this reason, academic evaluation is administered to relate a student’s progress in terms of employee proficiencies expected by business and industry.
Grading is based on lab work, classwork and professionalism, and, in blended programs only, Online Academic Activity, Interactive Online Learning and Threaded Discussions. Student progress reports are issued at the end of each course period. Sponsoring agencies are mailed copies of progress reports, where permitted by FERPA, on a regular basis. In order to successfully complete a course, students must achieve at least a 70% numeric grade in each course performance factor (classwork, lab work, and professionalism, Online Academic Activity, Interactive Online Learning), as well as a 66.67% in Threaded Discussions. In the event of a failed course, a satisfactory grade of 70% or better for a retaken course will replace the previous unsatisfactory grade in the Cumulative Grade Point Average and on the transcript.