Disruptive student behavior is student behavior in a classroom or other learning environment (to include both on and off-campus locations}, which disrupts the educational process. Disruptive class* behavior for this purpose is defined by the instructor. Such behavior includes, but is not limited to, verbal or physical threats, repeated obscenities, unreasonable interference with class discussion, making/receiving personal phone calls, text messages, or pages during class, leaving and entering class frequently in the absence of notice to instructor of illness or other extenuating circumstances, excessive tardiness, and persisting in disruptive personal conversations with other class members. For purposes of this policy, it may also be considered disruptive behavior for a student to exhibit threatening, intimidating, or other inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates outside of class.