Program Specific Requirements

Dental Assisting 

• Students are expected to attend all classes and clinical learning experiences. Ultimately, 100% of the clock hour credits must be accounted for, so any absences must be made up in order to pass the current module.
• Students must complete all required hours for externship modules or clinical courses to meet graduation requirements.
• Make-up hours in the Dental Assisting program must be completed on campus in the scheduled module or course.
• Students may not make up more than 20 hours in any module.

Occupational Therapy Assistant 

• Attendance is recorded for all programs and is tracked by minutes in the scheduled class, lab or clinical session. This includes absence from the entire session, late arrival (tardy), and early departure.  This includes participation in online coursework. 
• Student absent for 15% of any course will receive a written warning and verbal advisement. 
• Students absent for 30% or more of any course will fail that course and will be required to repeat the course in its entirety. 
• Students absent for 3 consecutive scheduled class days, whether within a course or between consecutive scheduled courses will be dropped from the program. 
• Students must complete all required hours for externship modules or clinical courses to meet graduation requirements.
• Attendance is also required for the online portion of each course.

Please refer to the OTA Student Handbook for policies on make-up work and acceptable documentation for absenteeism. 

Associate Degree in Nursing

Attendance in courses is a requirement of the College and linked with student success. The nursing program has established a programmatic attendance policy that will help facilitate the learning of required knowledge and technical skills. The program acknowledges that emergency circumstances can occur; such events will be taken under advisement by the Director or Assistant Director of Nursing. However, students must provide the Director with documentation supporting their reason for being late and/or absent.  It is required that students contact their instructor ahead of time if they will not be able to attend class/clinical or will be arriving late. 

It is expected that students will be on time and will stay the entire time.  All lateness, early departure, or absences will be recorded. Excessive absences may lead to dismissal from the class and the student may be required to repeat the class.

Vocational Nursing (Los Angeles, Orange County, and Ontario campuses)

• Students are expected to attend all classes and clinical learning experiences. Ultimately, 100% of the clock hour credits must be accounted for, so any absences must be made up in order to pass the current module and prior to advancing to the subsequent module.
• Make-up hours in the Vocational Nursing program must be completed on campus, laboratory, or at the assigned clinical sites.
• Students must complete all required hours for externship modules or clinical courses to meet graduation requirements.