Final Project: Some Good News, Some Bad News

Here's the good news: I received final project drafts from many of you by the 9 a.m. Monday, July 24 deadline.

The bad news is, not everyone sent me a draft. Worse yet, some have yet to send me a proposal for the final project.

This is a huge problem.

Why? Refer to the syllabus. The final project is 25 percent of your final semester grade. But your aren't just graded on the actual final project; you are being graded on both the final project pitch (5 percent of your final semester grade) and the draft (10 percent of your final semester grade) in addition to the actual final project (15 percent of your final semester grade).

One reason for that is that the final project is such a huge part of your semester grade, we wanted to spread out the grade into multiple segments, so that one bad day wouldn't necessarily kill you.

But two probably will. And I must warn you now, not turning in an adequately-reported final project on a topic preapproved by me by the deadline of no later than 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15 will make it virtually impossible for you to pass this class.

Please see me ASAP is you have any questions or concerns.