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.

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, Anaheim, and Ontario campuses)

• Students are expected to attend all classes and clinical learning experiences. Ultimately, 100% of the clock hours must be accounted for to graduate from the program. In addition, students must complete all scheduled course hours to progress to the next term.
• Attendance and punctuality are expected in all classes and clinical sessions.
• Any missed time due to approved mitigating circumstances may not exceed 10% of the respective course (exceeding this threshold may result in failure of the course).
• Refer to the Vocational Nursing Student Handbook for additional information and expectations on the attendance policy.