Grades

In order to be clear about grades and for all of you to have a sense of where you might stand as of post-bus-ride, I am reposting the part of the syllabus that refers to grades. If anyone is concerned about their grade, please meet with me before the end of the semester.

Class Participation

Projects will be evaluated based on their originality, as well as technical and conceptual qualities. All exercises must be completed in order to pass the course. Late assignments will reduce the assignment's grade.
Students will be measured by their ability to work, communicate and share knowledge. In-class presentations and overall student participation are an essential part of the process of understanding and integrating the material. Every effort will be made to help prepare students for formal presentations and to facilitate informal participation. Therefore participation is an important factor in assessing the student’s grade.

Attendance and Lateness Policy

Attendance Policy: There will be a sign-up sheet for each class meeting; it is the students’ responsibility to sign up to this list. More than two unexcused absences without the instructors’ permission (medical certificate might be requested) will decrease the overall grade by one unit for each additional missed class. Five absences will result in a failing grade for the course. If you are going to be absent, please inform us by email at least 24 hours in advance. ABOVE ALL: KEEP US INFORMED BY EMAIL. If you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to contact another student who took notes on that day, and to make up any work in a timely fashion.

Lateness Policy: Three times arriving late will be considered as one unexcused absence. Being more than 10 minutes late will be counted as an absence. If you are late, it is your responsibility to let the teachers know when you come into class that you are here, and to make sure you have been marked as present..

Grading

Research, attendance and participation: 35%
Various short assignments: 30%
Final Project: 35%

The reading list

Garden of Forking Paths
Baudelaire
Metaphor: or, the Map, the Writer is an Explorer
Carto-city by Denis Cosgrove and Mapping the Homunculus by Steve Deitz, from Else/where: Mapping, Janet Hall + Peter Abrams, eds. University of Minnesota press.
Connected Creatures from William J. Mitchell, Me + +: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City ,MIT Press, 2003
Body, Memory, and Community
Krystzof Wodizcko, Crictical Vehichles

Nov. 14th Bus Schedule

10:00 am

Walk to Love Park:

Lisa, James

hop on bus to:

11:00 Terminal Market

Keith

11:30 Art Museum

Josh, Katie

12:45 Penitentiary

Kali, Dell

1:45 Italian Market

LUNCH

Effie, Karin, Cheryl

3:30 Rittenhouse Square

Nick, Kevin

4:30 Fish Town

Cait, Tyler

On the Bus:

Kane, Bob

Not specified: Ahmad

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT

DUE NOV. 7

PRODUCE OR DIE...

Final Assignment Locations

1. Center City:

Love Park - Lisa, James
Terminal Market - Keith

2. Rittenhouse Square:

Nick, Kevin

3. Art Museum:

Josh, Katie

4. Italian Market

Effie, Karin, Cheryl

5. Penitentiary:

Kali, Dell

6. Fish Town:

Cait, Tyler, Adam

7. The Bus

Kane, Bob