Attendance will be tracked via daily Canvas quizzes and will constitute 5% of the total course grade. In addition to any GT-approved absences, up to two absences will be automatically “dropped” (i.e., they will not affect the course grade). 

General Late-work policy:

Each student will be permitted a maximum of two late-submitted assignments from the “In-class/Homework Activities” categories (up to 5 days beyond the original due date). This is intended to accommodate absences due to illnesses or other unavoidable issues, but you do not need to submit any documentation (e.g., Dean of Students/Office of Student Life letters). You’ll simply need to submit the late assignment to its original submission portal and, as long as you have not already had two late submissions, the assignment will be accepted.

For assignments from other categories, no late submissions will be accepted.

GT-Approved Absence Policy:

I will also allow you to make up work that is missed due to GT-approved absences (http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/students/formlanding/iaabsences.php). The institute may approve absences due to some of the following circumstances: students missing class to deliver a paper at a conference, students attending a seminar or conference related to their studies, students participating in an athletic event for Georgia Tech, students attending a conference related to a leadership group of which they are members and officers, or students attending a meeting or conference as Georgia Tech representatives. As with the general late work policy, submissions that are more than 5 days late will not be accepted. 

PLEASE NOTE: Notes from the Dean of Students’ Office or the Office of Student Life that document an absence for medical reasons do not constitute a GT-approved absence and is not applicable to this policy.