Grading

It is unfortunate that the university compelles undergraduate grading criteria at the graduate level. Grades are a vulgar reduction of knowledge aquasition that have been fetishised for the last two centuries in education. Nevertheless, institutional norms and behaviorial modificiation inisists that on their use. For example, a graduate student must maintain a 3.0 to remain in good standing with the graduate school. Major assignents are all assigned points which will then be calculated with the according scale.” During this course, you will recieve summative feedback more in line with academic publishing feedback: accept, accept with revisions, reject. This feedback will be submitted with a point score. Total point scores will be calculated at the end of the course for a course grade with the following scale.

GPA scale

Late/Incomplete Work:

By taking this course, you agree to submit (completely and on time) all work and assignments expected of you (see moodle). This means that you complete the assignments by fulfilling the labor expectations listed in the assignment description. You may submit some assignments late. Work is considered late if submitted after the due date/time but before a 48 hour time period has elapsed. Work that is not available in class or to peers diminishes in value to those who would benefit from seeing it. Weekly Reading Synthesis may not be made up or submitted late.

Missed Work:

Worked submitted after the 48 hour period following a due date is considered “missing,” and will recieve a grade of zero. Delayed engagement with assigned work delays feedback from the instructor which then delays the application of that feedback to future work. These cascading delays cause the learning value of that work to diminish as the delays impede your ability to engage in future work and with the class. This work will be considered “unsatisfactory.”

Incomplete (IN) Grades

Information regarding incomplete (IN) grades, including recommendations on when and how to utilize them can be found at https://registrar.ncsu.edu/faculty-guidelines-for-incomplete-grades/

Requirements for Auditors (AU)

Information about and requirements for auditing a course can be found at http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-04.

Major Assignments (700 points)

• Weekly Reading Synthesis (100 points, total): Weekly writing where you will trace ideas across readings from the class
• Time Self Study (100 points): a two week self-study recording and analyzing your habits of labor.
• Article presentation (50 points): A presentation and paper where you describe the theories and methods in a single academic article in technical communication.
• Journal Presentation (150 points): A presentation and paper where you describe the theories and methods in a single journal in technical communication over the last five years.
• Annotated Bibliography (200 points): 25 to 30 page paper that establishes a criteria for selection and evaluation that provides a list of cited sources accompanied by brief summary, synthesis, and analysis of each article.
• Final (100 points): a take home exam meant to measure the cumulative skills acquired during the course.