Late Work Policy

This policy on late work pertains to an in-class exception on a weekly due date. If the student needs a course extension, they should refer to the Course Extension Policy.

Discussion Questions/Journal Entries

Students are required to submit substantive weekly initial discussion posts/journal entries and peer replies. To receive credit, initial discussion posts/journal entries and peer replies must be submitted by their respective due dates. If the student has an exceptional reason why the discussion posting/journal entry could not be submitted by the due date (i.e. death of a family member, military orders, jury duty, personal illness, or local disaster), the student can petition the instructor for an exception to the late penalty. Proof of exceptional circumstances must be submitted with the petition. For cases of these exceptional circumstances, approval is at the discretion of the faculty member.

Weekly Assignments

All weekly assignments must be submitted no later than the due date unless prior alternate approval is established with the instructor. If a student submits an assignment after the due date without having first communicated with the faculty and received alternate approval, a 10% late penalty will be deducted for each week that the assignment is late. Exceptions will only be considered in situations of extreme mitigating circumstances (military duty, hospitalization, disaster, etc.) when documentation is provided. Faculty have the ability to decide to accept and grade late work or not. Approval is at the discretion of the faculty member. This decision is not appealable to the Dean or Program Director. Students should communicate with their faculty, whenever possible, prior to the assignment due date if they are not able to meet the assignment deadline. All assignments must be submitted before the end of the course date.