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Course Evaluation
Assignments will be given letter grades, augmented by plus and minus as appropriate, based on the following criteria:
A: Project requirements complete, exceptional quality in terms of graphic presentation, participation, effort expended, design process,
and design resolution.
B: Project requirements complete, most graded aspects of project (participation, effort, process, presentation, design) are of high
quality with no aspects of less than average quality.
C: Project requirements complete (or nearly so with no major omissions); most aspects of project of average quality; some aspects
below average.
D: Project incomplete with major weakness in any of the graded aspects of the project.
F: Project incomplete in major ways or most graded aspects of the project exhibit major weakness, or the project/assignment is not
turned in on time.
Your grade for the course will be based not only on the in-class exercise grades, and the project grades, but also on your attitude,
participation in group activities, use of class time, and response to instructor review and commentary. The rough schedule of projects
and estimated weights of the semester is shown below:
Project one: 15% 2 weeks
Project two: 30% 5 weeks
Project three: 40% 7 week
Participation 15% (over entire 14 weeks)
Total 100%
As an integral part of project three, we will be taking a field trip. We intend to travel by bus to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Cincinnati and
Columbus leaving on Thursday, October 18th and returning on Sunday, October 21st. Students will be responsible for hotel room
charges and the admission fees for the museums we will be visiting. Information regarding the cost will be available as soon as it is
known. This is a required field trip and will be a part of your grade for the third project, and thus the course.
The participation grade includes in-class exercises, class participation, attendance, effort and improvement. We expect you to be on
time for all classes and to be productively engaged during the entire class period. University regulations allow five unexcused
absences for this class. You may be administratively dropped from the class with a failing grade if you exceed this number. Excused
absences must be documented. If you fail to show up within the first half-hour of the class without a valid excuse, you will be
considered absent for the day. Experience shows that lack of engagement (absences and failure to keep up with assignments) is the
most common reason for poor class performance.
From time to time course updates and progress grades will be posted on your FAMU web site. It is your responsibility to check the site
prior to each class.
Course Contacts
Contact information for the course instructors is as follows:
Beth Lewis
Enn Ots
Gretchen Miller
B – 310 Architecture Building, 599-3163 Office hours: MWF: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, others by appt.
elizabeth.lewis@famu.edu or Elizabeth.lewis1@yahoo.com
B - 318 Architecture Building, 599-3845 Office hours MWF: 10:00 – 11:00 AM, others by appt.
enn.ots@famu.edu or ennu@aol.com
B – 222 Architecture Building, 599-3979 Office hours: MWF: By appointment.
grem311@hotmail.com
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