Attendance 

Required Attendance

All undergraduate students are required to attend 30 programs a semester, including Chapels, Forums and Co-Curricular Choices. 

• Chapels and Forums Minimum. Of the 30 required programs, students must attend a minimum of 12 Chapel and Forum programs each semester. These are held every Thursday at 11:30 a.m.  
• Co-Curricular Choices Minimum. The remainder of the 30 required programs can be selected from the Co-curricular Choices offered throughout each week.  Undergraduates living in residence halls must attend a minimum of 10
  Co-Curricular Choices each semester offered in their residence hall as part of their 30 required programs.
• Changes Credit.  Co-curricular credit is now offered for learning through out-of-class experiences involving 10 or more hours of supervised work in a student organization, campus ministry, workplace, church, etc.  Five credits a semester will be given to those who have completed the Changes Learning Contract and Assessement.  These credits will not reduce any existing minimums and the Contract must be initited by the end of the first month in the semester.  Click here to learn more about the Changes program.   

* Non-traditional undergraduate students, defined as students 25 years and older or parents with a pre-school child(ren), are required to attend only 15 programs a semester. These may be drawn from any of the offered programs.  The opportunity to view and report on chapel programs online is available to all non-traditional students.  A parent under the age of 25 caring for a pre-school child(ren) must deliver a copy of the birth certificate to the Student Life Office.  Students turning 25 during the course of the semester will be granted non-traditional status the entire semester.   

* Undergraduate students registered for fewer than seven (7) credits,those pursuing a second bachelor's degree or those who have earned 120 credit hours or more by the beginning of a semester are welcome but not required to attend any programs.

* Marital status or work conflicts do NOT exempt students from attendance.

* Students in clinicals may be granted temporary non-traditional student status for the appropriate semester only.  This reduced status is in effect only after a student has sought and received approval from the Student Life Office.

* Students engaged full-time academic activities such as all-day student teaching or internships (five days per week) that take them away from the campus community, will be excused.  This excuse is in effect only after a student has sought and received approval from the Student Life Office.

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