The class will not be graded on a curve. It
is theoretically possible for the whole class to get an A or an
F.
There is a grade penalty for missed classes.
Every one unexcused absence after the first one results in a 1/3
of a grade penalty. (Hence, with two absences, if my final grade
had been C+, it would be reduced to a C; if C- it would be reduced
to D+).