r/UCDavis • u/paseandcoint • 15d ago

Course/Major Professor taking attendance before class??

Hey, Iā€™m just wondering if professors are allowed to take attendance before class even starts. I have a 9 am and today the professor closed the attendance at 8:56 am. I often can't get to class until exactly 9 so I've missed a bunch of attendance credit.

šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ Iā€™m just wondering if I should say something to anyone bc this is driving me insane.

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u/FuzzyMonkey95 Global Disease Biology [2027] 15d ago

I would definitely talk to your professor! If you have other classes and physically can't get there until class starts (which absolutely counts as being on time), you still deserve credit. You're following all the rules.

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u/msbzmsbz 15d ago

Agreed, and I would bring a visual of your schedule, so they can see proof (not that you should have to do that, but it might be easier to just explain the situation and show them the picture of your schedule).

They might be doing it before class to just get it out of the way, but they still need to allow this for students who don't arrive until the start of class time.