associate degree program - Instituto de Banca y Comercio

additional costs if his/her objective is to reach the grade point average of 2.00 that is required forgraduation.CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESWe consider it highly important for students who attend an academic institution to have the opportunity toparticipate in activities related to their field of study or general interests; as well as the opportunity tomake new friends.Some of the events that are part of the collegial lifestyle of our students include field trips, conferences,debates, exhibits, wellness clinics, community services, blood donations, job fairs, dances, bands,concerts, and sports and cycling events.UNIFORMSStudents are responsible for using the uniforms designated for the program during class, including labsand practices (internal and external).PROFESSOR TARDINESS OR ABSENCEStudents are obligated to wait for professors in the classroom for 15 minutes for each class hour (1) and ifthe class has a two (2) hour duration, then students must wait for 30 minutes.ATTENDANCE POLICYInstituto de Banca y Comercio recognizes that classroom attendance is fundamental to the developmentof the educational and formative process. For this reason, classroom attendance is mandatory. If a studentis absent on two consecutive occasions, his/her case will be referred to the Counseling Office.If a student is excessively absent, this may be cause for suspension from financial aid programs, asstipulated in the Federal Regulation. In cases where students lose their eligibility for financial aid due toattendance, they will assume all responsibility for payments not made against their debt.The counselor or professor is authorized to justify absences when a student presents a written excuse; thismay be for an illness, death in the family, military service, citation to a court of justice or other legitimatereason.In the extreme case where an absence cannot be avoided, an experience or task of a similar characteristicfrom the one missed will be assigned by the professor of the area of study. This way, if a student is unableto attend one or more classroom meetings, s/he is responsible for completing a written assignment or apractice on the stipulated dates. Absences replaced by make-up work are considered as accumulated hoursand will negatively impact the classroom attendance grade. Each professor will submit the classreplacement plan to the Counselor’s Office on a weekly basis for the corresponding data entry ofreplacement instruction hours in each one of their courses.In the case where a student does not make up the assigned experience or task and accumulates more than30% of the total course hours as absences, the final course grade may be a deficient (D) or fail (F), inwhich case the student will have to repeat the class at a later time. Each professor will inform students, atthe beginning of the course, how s/he will calculate the attendance and course grade in each of his/hercourses.[62]