Guidelines —
A: Exceptional, innovative and well organized. Content, clarity, depth and conciseness are in upper 10% of expected student performance. Work that is publishable.
B: Above average with some revisions or additional work needed.
C: Average. Meets basic expectations, but may need work on structure, story concept, content, clarity, etc. May also contain grammar and spelling errors or be sloppy and unfocused. Student shows potential
to improve.
D: Weak, unfocused. Requires more surgery than can be done on deadline. Organization is murky. Spelling and grammar errors are extensive. Work may reflect laziness or a lack of understanding of the assigment. Factual errors may also be present.
NP: Unacceptable. Contains serious errors in grammar, spelling, and organization, focus and facts.
An F grade will also be given for any work that isturned in late or not at all, that contains gross factual errors such as misspelled names or proper nouns, for three or more misspelled words, or for plagiarism.
Percentages —
Class participation: Showing up for every class and lab, showing up on time, meeting
deadlines, doing the reading and engaging in a bit of discussion
are all minimal requirements of every student. Merely meeting
that standard earns a C in class participation. Failure to meet
it risks a D or NP. A's and B's in class participation are earned
only by students who significantly surpass that minimum. A willingness
to accept constructive criticism and to incorporate it into revised
work is another component of class participation.
Optional rewrite: The profile may be rewritten after receiving your grade; this is optional. This is optional and the deadline will be announced in class. Each project should be treated as the final version and given your very best effort. The grades will be averaged.
GTFs will specify details and will average the two grades, although there is no guarantee that the rewrite grade will be higher. You must rework structure, clarity, and focus, as well as technical details such as punctuation.
If you take the rewrite option, write REWRITE in the upper left
hand corner. Staple the rewrite on top of the marked-up original
and turn them in together.
"House rules" affect grading:
• Attendance is mandatory in lectures & labs. You must attend the lab you sign up for. If you must miss a class because of sickness or a true emergency, you are responsible for catching up on all details. Please do not contact me or your GTF and ask, what'd I miss? Instead, take the initiative to contact fellow students; I would get notes from at least two reliable sources. Then, if you have any questions whatsoever, by all means contact me or your GTF right away.
If you miss a lab, fail to pick up an assignment, and then show up unprepared for the next lab, you have effectively missed two opportunities to enhance your class participation grade.
• Coming to lectures or labs late or unprepared is considered rude and unprofessional.
• If you are late to lecture, please enter through the second door near the middle of the room and take the nearest seat as quietly and as unobtrusively as you can. Once the front door is closed at the beginning of the class, please do not pass through it on the way in.
• Please do not talk while I am trying to talk.
• Please fill up the seats from front to back. Thank you.
• There will be no makeup for assignments, except in cases of documented hardship or a medical problem. Written excuse required.