Participation and Attendance

All students are expected to be physically in Hangzhou and an active member of the China Center learning community between the dates of operation listed under Important Dates. Exceptions to this rule will be made only for Advising Semester students, and second semester students who have made arrangements with their Faculty Adviser to conduct research elsewhere in China. Students who have completed all their courses, submitted a quality portfolio of learning reviewed and assigned full credit, and have made arrangements to deliver an oral presentation to the learning community may, with the permission of the Faculty Adviser and Academic Director, petition to leave the country prior to the end of the term.

Attendance is an important part of all courses offered at the China Center. Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to arrive promptly and to stay for the entire duration of each class. Attendance will be recorded within the first fifteen minutes of class. Students who arrive after attendance is called, but arriving within the first fifteen minutes, will be marked as late. Students who arrive later than fifteen minutes three times will be counted as absent. Students with perfect attendance and students with more than three unexcused absences will have their attendance recorded in the narrative evaluation on their permanent record. Students who miss more than one-third of the classes may receive partial credit and students missing more than half of the classes may receive no credit.

Third and fourth semester students enrolled in the intensive Mandarin language courses will be held to the local attendance policy established by the host university. Attendance for these courses will be called and recorded within the first ten minutes of class. Students who arrive after attendance is called, but arriving within the first fifteen minutes, should speak to the instructor after class to report the reason of tardiness and record her or his name. Students who arrive later than fifteen minutes will be counted as absent. Students with more than three unexcused absences will be unable to take the placement test required to progress to the next level. Students will be excused in cases of illness, but it is the responsibility of the student to provide medical records within three days following the illness. In cases of family emergency, students will be counted as absent half the number of classes missed only, but it is the responsibility of the student to provide a note to each language instructor stating the purpose of an extended absence. If the student will miss an Intensive Mandarin language class due to a schedule conflict with another class or fieldtrip organized by China Center faculty, the student should inform the language instructor forty-eight hours in advance and make arrangements with the instructor to make-up missed assignments.

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