Your grade will be based on the following assignments: 

1. Community inventory (20%)
2. Seminar report (oral or online; 30%)
3. Term project (30%)
4. Reading log (15%)

For general guidelines, review the Requirements page before submitting your assignment.

Interpretation of grades: A grade of B on an assignment in this course will mean that you have met the basic requirements for the assignment; your performance would be acceptable on a professional level. A grade of A will mean that your performance is not only acceptable, but distinguished. A grade of C for graduate students indicates failure to perform at an acceptable level for graduate credit.

Individual assignments will be graded according to rubrics on a scale of 1 (Little Evidence of the Standard) to 5 (Well Above the Standard). 

Q. Why do the rubrics on the assignment pages go only from 2 to 4?

A. The instructor does not expect any of you to score below a 3 (that is, a B); and to earn a 5 (or an A) implies that you go beyond the mechanical attempt to do what the instructor wants and make the assignment your own, distinguishing yourself in ways that may be quite unpredictable but recognizably excellent.