Grading

Your grade in this course will be based on your completion rate of Assignments averaged across the five categories: Film Analyses, Reading Responses, Summative Reflection, Blogging, and In-Class Writing. For students enrolled in GEOG 520, there is also an additional project.

• An average completion rate of 93-100 is an A.
• An average completion rate of 90-92 is an A-.
• An average completion rate of 87-89 is a B+.
• An average compeltion rate of 83-86 is a B.
• An average compeltion rate of 80-82 is a B-.
• An average compeltion rate of 77-79 is a C+.
• An average compeltion rate of 73-76 is a C.
• An average compeltion rate of 70-72 is a C-.
• An average compeltion rate of 67-69 is a D+.
• An average compeltion rate of 63-66 is a D.
• An average compeltion rate of 60-62 is a D-.
• An average completion rate of below 60 is an F.

Note that Attendance & Participation can also affect your final grade.

Finally, I reserve the right to make grade adjustments on the basis of demonstrable improvements in engagement and learning over the term, i.e., if you start the term slowly or by falling behind, but catch up or show substantial improvement, I may adjust your final grade to reflect this trajectory independent of your self-assessments.

You can track your progress towards completion of assignments via Moodle (420 & 520). All assignments, except Blogging, will be credited on a binary basis, with a 0 or 1 depending on whether you submitted an assignment (1) or not (0). Blogging will be credited with a 0-2 per week, based on the number of comments you contribute following assignment requirements.

For your reference, there will be: ten (10) Reading Responses, five (5) Film Analyses, one (1) Summative Reflection, twenty (20) blog comments for the term, based on two (2) per week, and five (5) In-Class Writing assignments. For 520 students there is also the additional project, which may be a single assignment or broken into multiple, related assignments, depending on your preferences and what I think will work best for your interests.