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As attending productions is to be a graded requirement for every Department of Theatre & and Dance major in departmental our majors' courses, all instructors of these courses and students must include a statement explaining the policy in their syllabi. The specific way(s) in which this attendance will impact students' grades is up to each instructor to determine and should also be clearly articulated in the syllabus.
Here is a sample statement for inclusion in your spring semester syllabi for Theatre and Dance majors' courses:
It is the policy of the Department of Theatre and Dance that our majors attend department season productions and that this attendance is a part of the coursework for our majors' classes. Attendance will be tracked and recorded by way of Proof of Attendance Receipts and made available to instructors for grading purposes. The specific list of required productions, the means by which students may receive and submit the receipts, and how our majors may obtain free or discounted admission is available on the Department of Theatre and Dance wiki under the "Student Resources" tab (https://wikis.utexas.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51841138). Proof of Attendance Receipts will not be accepted after the submission deadline listed on the wiki (2/28/14 for Dead Man’s Cell Phone, 3/21/14 for Kinesthetic Imperative, and 4/25/14 for In the Heights).
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