{"id":3843,"date":"2023-04-07T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:05:32","slug":"what-is-considered-an-excused-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/what-is-considered-an-excused-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"What is considered an excused absence?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A summary of the University rules regarding excused absence is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ombud.uky.edu\/students\/academic-policies\/absences\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The General Chemistry Program follows University rules regarding what is considered an excused absence and what is not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel plans and participation in any other activities not specifically allowed by University rules are not automatically approved excuses from class or an exam. Requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and receipt\/documentation showing that non-refundable travel\/events were booked\u00a0<strong>before<\/strong>\u00a0the start of the semester is required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tier 1 (i.e. self-reported illnesses) excuses are not accepted for exams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tier 2 excuses for&nbsp;exams&nbsp;are subject to verification with UHS which may require the student to sign a release form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,1,6,5],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-3843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exam","category-misc","category-lab","category-lecture","tag-absence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3843"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4353,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions\/4353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.as.uky.edu\/genchem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}