What if a student misses a required in-class essay?
This is at your discretion. You could contact the student, and if there is a valid excuse, you could have the student make it up in the Testing Center. Its helpful if your syllabus includes a statement regarding this situation. For example, you could say, Make-up in-class essays will only be given in the case of a documented emergency. If you have extra in-class essays, a student missing one will not necessarily jeopardize his or her grade. However, if you just assign the three required in-class essays (including the final), you might consider being flexible about the student making up that in-class essay so he or she doesnt automatically fail the class for missing an in-class essay.
