Participation
Students should do the core readings before the lectures and
participate in class discussions during both lectures and student
presentations. At 10am (four hours before class starts), students must
send me email with a set of 5 questions about the material being
covered that day. These questions may be used during discussions.
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.
15% of your grade is based on the required reading questions you
submit before class. 7% on class discussion - both during the
professor's lectures, and during your classmates' presentation.
Evaluation
I will send you mail with detailed feedback on your work over the
course of the term as it is completed. Your project grade will be
based on the following criteria:
- proposal
- update presentation
- final presentation
- final report
- project content
The project grades will be broken down based on the weights proposal
10%, update 10%, report 20%, presentation 10%, content 50%, although
the exact weighting may vary.
In many case 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%}, although the exact weighting may vary.