Grades in the course will be determined by
I will send you mail with detailed feedback on your work over the
course of the term as it is completed. In many cases I'll be
bucket-sorting individual components of your grade based on on a scale
of the sort {great 100%, good 89%, ok 78%, poor 67%, zero 0%},
although the exact weighting may vary. Note that poor is not a passing
mark in a graduate class.
By 10am (2.5 hours before class starts), students must send me email
with a set of questions about the material being covered that day, one
per reading (typically between 3 and 5). I
encourage you to also bring a printout of these questions with you to
class, and use them as a springboard for discussion. Your email
must have the subject line
Attendance in class is expected. If you must miss class you should
send me email with an explanation. In this case, you may send your
questions to me via email, but you will only be given credit if they
arrive by 10am on the day of class.
Your submitted questions/comments should be thoughtful, and clearly
show that you've done the reading and reflected on it. They do not all
have to be phrased in the form of a question, a comment is fine. If
you genuinely are confused by some aspect of the reading, then it's
useful and legitimate to ask for clarification. However, simply asking
something that you could trivially look up yourself is not a good
question. As with any written work that you hand in, I expect correct
grammar and spelling. Do be concise: a few sentences per question is good, with a
maximum of one paragraph per question.
Below are examples of graded questions from the
Navigation/Zooming week in a previous course, ranging from great to
poor.
Participation
Students should do the core readings before the lectures and
participate in class discussions during both lectures and student
presentations. 18% of your total grade is based on the required
reading questions you submit before class. 7% of your total grade is
based on class discussion - both during the professor's lectures, and
during your classmates' presentation.
Subject: 533 submit Qnum
where num is the lecture number (01-15).
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