In Person Excused Absence Information

Absences with In Person Labs

Be successful in lab by following these policies for attendance:

  • Keeping up with lab each week will aid your understanding and progression with the materials in each lab unit.
  • All assignments are due at the start of lab or as indicated on the Lab Schedule.   Late work will only be accepted in a timely manner for extenuating/documented circumstances that are approved by your TA at the time of your absence (not weeks later).
  • Attendance and participation in lab is required.  Please contact your laboratory instructor as soon as possible if you need to miss a lab session, or are otherwise unable to complete any part of lab.  The sooner you contact your instructor, the sooner they may be able to help you to make sure you do not fall behind.
  • It is important that you attend your scheduled lab session each week and participate in group work.  Due to the pandemic, we will not reschedule students into other lab sections for make up labs.  
  • If you are unable to attend your scheduled lab, contact your TA for permission to complete the Online Make Up Lab Module.  You may be asked to verify your absences using the NC State Absence Verification Service in order to be allowed to turn in assignments outside of the regular due dates.  Unexcused late work will not be graded.  All submitted materials must be formatted either in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, JGP images.
  • If you have more than 1 (one) unexcused absence from the laboratory, you will receive no credit for the laboratory portion of your entire BIO 183 course grade.
  • If the University decides we need to move all labs online, we will hold lab live via Zoom during our regular scheduled day and time.  Attendance and participation in these zoom labs will also be required.  More instruction will follow if this occurs.

Please be sure to communicate any absence issues with your Lab TA in a timely manner (24 hours). You may be asked to verify multiple absences using the NC State Absence Verification Service in order to be allowed to turn in assignments outside of the regular due dates.