Daily class attendance is required. In order to ensure a high-quality learning environment in this class, you are allowed to miss three (3) class periods without documentation without repercussions. Your fourth undocumented absence will result in a lower course grade by one grade (i.e., if you have an A and miss four (4) sessions undocumented, your final grade will be a B). If you miss more than five (5) classes unexcused, you automatically fail this class and will receive an F as a final grade. 

Students who are absent because of participation in approved Institute activities (such as field trips, professional conferences, and athletic events) will be permitted to make up the work missed during their absences. Approval of such activities will be granted by the Student Academic and Financial Affairs Committee of the Academic Senate, and statements of the approved absence may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar: http://catalog.gatech.edu/rules/4/  

To document absences, students must bring documentation from a doctor’s office on official stationery, your clergyman, or your supervisor in the military. The document must state the date and time of your appointment explicitly, as well as the duration of your absence and a contact information of the issuing body. Please be on time: being late once or twice is understandable, but 1% will be deducted from your final grade for each additional occurrence of lateness. Please let the instructor know at the start of the semester if you have a class before or after the German class on the other side of campus.