Attendance

Students must attend the first class meeting and arrive on time or risk being dropped from the class to make room for another student. Students taking online courses should log in to the course on the first day of class. Directions for logging in are located at www.miracosta.edu/cybercosta .

Instructors are required to drop any student who stops attending class prior to the census date (generally the first day of the third week of the semester or approximately the 20% point for short term classes - see course syllabus for actual dates). After that, instructors establish their own attendance policies, defined in their course syllabi, which may include dropping students for excessive absences up until the "drop" deadline (see class schedule for the drop deadline).

If a student chooses to drop a class, it is his/her responsibility to do so using the SURF online enrollment system or in person at the Admissions and Records Office.

Instructors are allowed to drop students for non-attendance through the 75 percent point of the course, but they are not required to do so. A student who does not take responsibility for dropping a class may receive an "F" as a final grade.

(Source: MCCCD Administrative Procedure 5075)