GRADING POLICY
Fall 2009
Class Participation: 20 pts
5 quizzes of 4 pts each: 20 pts
Content and Method Paper: 20 pts
Art and Authority Paper: 20 pts
A&V Exhibition Project: 20 pts
Note: Extra Credit opportunities will be offered during the course of the semester. A maximum of 6 points can be earned.
Spring 2010
Class Participation: 10 pts
5 quizzes of 3 pts each: 15 pts
Film Project: 15 pts
Bio and 300 dpi images: 5 pts
Individual Exhibition Component of A&V Research and Exhibition Project: 15 pts
Group Exhibition Component of A&V Research and Exhibition Project: 20 pts
Research Component of A&V Research and Exhibition Project: 20 pts
Grading Legend
Final grade/total points equivalency
| A | 95-100 |
| A- | 90-94 |
| B+ | 86-89 |
| B | 83-85 |
| B- | 80-82 |
| C+ | 76-79 |
| C | 73-75 |
| C- | 70-72 |
| D+ | 66-69 |
| D | 63-65 |
| D- | 60-62 |
| F | < 60 |
Participation policy
As this class involves discussion, attendance and class participation are essential. Absences will result in a lowering of your grade as follows:
| # of Absences | ESTIMATED GRADE | |||||||||||
| A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F | |
| 0-2 | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F |
| 3 | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F | |
| 4 | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F | ||
| 5 | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F | |||
| 6 or More | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
Criteria for Class Participation Grade
1. participation in class discussions
2. participation in virtual class discussion (posting on web A&V Blog, A&V Discussion Board and/or A&V Facebook Fan Page)
3. attendance to class and class excursions
4.
preparation for class
5. concentration in class (no texting, no sleeping, and so forth)
Criteria for Aesthetics & Values Grades
In the Fall semester both the A&V Individual Artist and A&V Group grades are combined into one.
In the Spring semester Student-Curators will earn two separate grades.
A&V Individual Artist Participation
(Contributions in relation to your particular A&V artist)
1. Completion of Task for Individual Student-Curator Groups
2. solicitation of artist
3. communication with artist
4. interview artist
5. retrive information from artist (catalogs, cv, images, artist's statement, etc)
6. photograph artist and environment
7. 300 to 400 word bio of artist
8. select artwroks for A&V exhibition and collect info about those works
9. create labels
A&V Project Participation
(Contributions to the A&V Project)
1. Respective Committee work
2. Contributions to other
A&V Committees
3. Involvement and contributions to CSO Aesthetics & Values Club
4. participation in virtual class discussion (posting on web A&V Blog, A&V Discussion Board and/or A&V Facebook Fan Page)
5. Independent initiatives