Attendence Policy for IRLS 504

IRLS 504 is the required first course to start the SIRLS program. It consists of a reading period, a mandatory SEVEN day residency, and a short period of electronic participation following the residency.

To receive credit for the mandatory residency, and thus for IRLS 504, you must check in for the class (consult the Session Home Pages, bottom left for dates and times) Required activities are scheduled solidly every day until 6:00 pm the last day of class. Full attendance is required at all sessions in order to receive credit; and you should expect to be occupied in class work from 8:00am until 6:00 pm, and also to have about 2-2½ hours of homework each night. There will also be a mandatory dinner session one day.

This course is an intensive experience which requires your complete attention, but when it’s done, your residency requirement for SIRLS is completed. Students do fuss occasionally at having to make this space in their lives to start their graduate program, but when it is all over, almost universally students are glad they did it.

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