How many classes are missed for tournament travel?
College debate tournaments are generally three day activities held Friday through Sunday. Speech tournaments are two to three day affairs. We typically leave for a tournament during the morning on Friday and return on Sunday evening. We usually drive to tournaments. Whenever a student misses a class for a tournament, we provide a written notice to each of the student’s professors indicating that classes will be missed for a University sanctioned activity. Speech and Debate at Towson are on par with baseball and football. Students should, however, attempt to schedule as many Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday classes as possible in order to minimize the number of classes missed.
