Chapel Exemption & Policies FAQ

A student will be placed on chapel alert for a first offense and will be required to participate in community support meetings. Students with a second consecutive offense will be placed on chapel warning and required to participate in individual support activities. If the chapel requirements have not been satisfied for a third semester, the student is placed on chapel probation and a monetary fine of up to $250 is assessed. A student who does not satisfy chapel requirements after being on probation will be placed on chapel suspension and will be suspended from the university for a designated period of time.  

For any student dropping to part-time while living in a residence hall, the attendance requirement remains 18 credits. For students commuting or living off-campus the requirement of 18 will be calculated to two-thirds of those chapels the student was eligible to attend prior to dropping to part-time. The date of the change in the registrar’s date will be the basis for recalculating the attendance requirement.

There are two ways to fulfill the chapel attendance requirement, either attend 18 or more chapels or file a chapel exemption form in a timely manner and receive an exemption if appropriate. Common reasons for pursuing a chapel exemption are working 30 or more hours per week, working during the chapel hours, commuting from outside the city limits of Anderson with no classes on Tuesday or Thursday before 1 p.m., or an internship/practicum.