Attendance Policy
Attendance Requirements:
Three credit hours equals three contact hours per week for fifteen weeks for 45 contact hours.
Preparation, Core, & Elective Course
Students’ attendance throughout the courses will be monitored and moderated. Windsor University obligates all Instructors to carefully record students’ attendance during the courses’ webinars as they should meet each course’s attendance requirements as follows:
- Core and Elective Courses: 50%
- Thesis: 50%
Capstone Course
Students should follow up with their supervisors and instructors during the allocated online review sessions. Attendance will be measured based on how many sessions the students attend. The minimum attendance rate for the capstone course is 50%.
Academic Program
Students’ attendance throughout the academic program will be monitored and recorded. Therefore, they should have an overall minimum attendance rate of 50%.
Evaluation Due Date
All assignments, quizzes, course works, or any other assessment of similar nature will be evaluated within 21 days.
Consequences for Absences:
Students who frequently violate the University’s policies and codes of conduct will be dismissed from the program. Furthermore, Students must meet the minimum requirements for all courses respectively while fulfilling the program’s graduation conditions. Therefore, students who failed a course or are unable to graduate due to their lack of grades or attendance should re-enroll in the required courses by the next intake to achieve the graduation requirements. However, students who failed only the capstone course may request an extension that will be decided upon case-by-case; proportional tuition fees will be charged. Students may enroll/re-enroll a total of 3 times. Afterward, they will be dismissed. Dismissed students may be readmitted after three years from the date of dismissal. These students will be under a prohibition period, which will be decided case-by-case.
Leave of Absence
Windsor University identifies the following types of absences:
- Excused: Absence due to death of a family member, sickness, or catastrophic event.
- Death: students may be required to submit a copy of a notarized death certificate to the Student Affairs Department.
- Sickness: students may be required to submit a copy of a notarized medical report to the Student Affairs Department.
- Catastrophic event: students may be required to submit the necessary supporting documents to the Student Affairs Department.
- Unexcused: Absence that cannot be excused Students who do not show up at the return date will be dismissed from the program, and no refund will be allowed.
- Late Arrival: Students joining classes 15 mins after a webinar has begun.
- Early Dismissal: Students leaving classes 15 mins before the end of a webinar.
- Class Absence: Not having access to the Internet is not an excuse students may use to justify their tardiness. Every four late arrival/early dismissal is counted as an absent day.
Windsor University obligates all students to meet the minimum attendance requirements. Students who fail to do so, regardless of their grades, should re-enroll with the next intake. Students have only three trials to meet the said requirements.
Granting Leave of Absence
Students requesting a leave of absence should e-mail the Student Affairs Department with the purpose, supporting documents, and the leave duration. The Student Affairs Department will forward the student’s e-mail to the President, the Chief Academic Officer, or both. The maximum allowed leave of absence is four consecutive weeks per semester. Students who do not show up at the return date will be dismissed from the program, and no refund will be allowed
Excused Absences:
Students requesting a leave of absence should e-mail the Student Affairs Department with the purpose, supporting documents, and the leave duration. The Student Affairs Department will forward the student’s e-mail to the President, the Chief Academic Officer, or both. The maximum allowed leave of absence is four consecutive weeks per semester.
Late Work & Extensions:
Late Work: All assignments, quizzes, coursework, or any other assessment of a similar nature will be evaluated within 21 days. Two assignments will be held during the course and weigh one-sixth of the course’s grade each.
Deadlines: Windsor University establishes clear deadlines for the submission of coursework, including assignments, projects, and exams. These deadlines is set by the instructor and communicated to students at the beginning of the term or specified in the course syllabus.
Penalties for late submission: Windsor University imposes penalties for late submission of coursework. These penalties may include a deduction of points or a percentage of the assignment grade for each day or hour that the work is late.
Extensions: Students may request an extension of up to two weeks per semester to their academic assessments after e-mailing the supporting documents to the corresponding instructor, their Academic Advisor, and the Chief Academic Officer for approval.
Attendance Requirements:
Three credit hours equals three contact hours per week for fifteen weeks for 45 contact hours.
Preparation, Core, & Elective Course
Students’ attendance throughout the courses will be monitored and moderated. Windsor University obligates all Instructors to carefully record students’ attendance during the courses’ webinars as they should meet each course’s attendance requirements as follows:
- Core and Elective Courses: 50%
- Thesis: 50%
Capstone Course
Students should follow up with their supervisors and instructors during the allocated online review sessions. Attendance will be measured based on how many sessions the students attend. The minimum attendance rate for the capstone course is 50%.
Academic Program
Students’ attendance throughout the academic program will be monitored and recorded. Therefore, they should have an overall minimum attendance rate of 50%.
Evaluation Due Date
All assignments, quizzes, course works, or any other assessment of similar nature will be evaluated within 21 days.
Consequences for Absences:
Students who frequently violate the University’s policies and codes of conduct will be dismissed from the program. Furthermore, Students must meet the minimum requirements for all courses respectively while fulfilling the program’s graduation conditions. Therefore, students who failed a course or are unable to graduate due to their lack of grades or attendance should re-enroll in the required courses by the next intake to achieve the graduation requirements. However, students who failed only the capstone course may request an extension that will be decided upon case-by-case; proportional tuition fees will be charged. Students may enroll/re-enroll a total of 3 times. Afterward, they will be dismissed. Dismissed students may be readmitted after three years from the date of dismissal. These students will be under a prohibition period, which will be decided case-by-case.
Leave of Absence
Windsor University identifies the following types of absences:
- Excused: Absence due to death of a family member, sickness, or catastrophic event.
- Death: students may be required to submit a copy of a notarized death certificate to the Student Affairs Department.
- Sickness: students may be required to submit a copy of a notarized medical report to the Student Affairs Department.
- Catastrophic event: students may be required to submit the necessary supporting documents to the Student Affairs Department.
- Unexcused: Absence that cannot be excused Students who do not show up at the return date will be dismissed from the program, and no refund will be allowed.
- Late Arrival: Students joining classes 15 mins after a webinar has begun.
- Early Dismissal: Students leaving classes 15 mins before the end of a webinar.
- Class Absence: Not having access to the Internet is not an excuse students may use to justify their tardiness. Every four late arrival/early dismissal is counted as an absent day.
Windsor University obligates all students to meet the minimum attendance requirements. Students who fail to do so, regardless of their grades, should re-enroll with the next intake. Students have only three trials to meet the said requirements.
Granting Leave of Absence
Students requesting a leave of absence should e-mail the Student Affairs Department with the purpose, supporting documents, and the leave duration. The Student Affairs Department will forward the student’s e-mail to the President, the Chief Academic Officer, or both. The maximum allowed leave of absence is four consecutive weeks per semester. Students who do not show up at the return date will be dismissed from the program, and no refund will be allowed
Excused Absences:
Students requesting a leave of absence should e-mail the Student Affairs Department with the purpose, supporting documents, and the leave duration. The Student Affairs Department will forward the student’s e-mail to the President, the Chief Academic Officer, or both. The maximum allowed leave of absence is four consecutive weeks per semester.
Late Work & Extensions:
Late Work: All assignments, quizzes, coursework, or any other assessment of a similar nature will be evaluated within 21 days. Two assignments will be held during the course and weigh one-sixth of the course’s grade each.
Deadlines: Windsor University establishes clear deadlines for the submission of coursework, including assignments, projects, and exams. These deadlines is set by the instructor and communicated to students at the beginning of the term or specified in the course syllabus.
Penalties for late submission: Windsor University imposes penalties for late submission of coursework. These penalties may include a deduction of points or a percentage of the assignment grade for each day or hour that the work is late.
Extensions: Students may request an extension of up to two weeks per semester to their academic assessments after e-mailing the supporting documents to the corresponding instructor, their Academic Advisor, and the Chief Academic Officer for approval.