6. Assignments

The whole course is based on 500 points, simply because that number happened to make the various components work out to nice whole numbers.

All assignments are marked on a 4-point scale, just like your official university transcript.

Every year, some students panic because they see their grade hovering in the 70s, and they worry they are going to get a C.  But with a four-point system, if a particular exercise is worth 40 points, and you get 30 on it, you got 75%, or a B.

I hope to arrange a field trip to Typecraft, the press that prints The Setonian. (We did this about three years ago.) It would likely happen on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon.

• Exercises (175pts)
  
• Ex 1: Professional Goals (25pts)
  
• Ex 2: SHU Opinion (50pts)
• Ex 3: Paper/Digital Opinion (50pts)
• Ex 4: Pro/Con (50pts)
• Portfolios (200pts)
  A lab report (submitted to Turnitin.com), online discussion of assigned readings. plus other brief items as specified (for example, I might ask you to respond to a breaking news story). Portfolios (50pts each) are due:
  
• 23 Feb
• 23 Mar
• 13 Apr
• 04 May
  
• News Feature (125 pts)
  An article appropriate for the Summer Setonian or the Fall Welcome Back issue.
  Final draft due May 12 (the day the final exam is scheduled).
  
  
• No Final Exam.
  We might want to use this day as a make-up class, but for now I have not scheduled any meeting for this day.