Final Post: Final thoughts, and Final Grades

Thank you for an excellent semester. You are talented group: with sufficient diligence, I have no doubt that you have the ability to excel as designers.

I have finished marking all of your Projects, and have submitted your final grades. Note that I am not permitted to deliver your final grades directly to you.

Project Two was an exciting experiment. I appreciated the wide variety of representational styles on display, and I hope the Project caused you to consider the nature of your own personal style. I was disappointed in your co-ordination as a class, and this is reflected in the grades.

Project Three was consistently well executed, though very few of you excelled in all areas. There were a few standout drawings and models, as reflected in the grades. Some projects were successfully site specific and responsive to the forces at play; others were successful formal experimentations, sculptural in their own right. Very few were both.

Feel free to keep in touch, and have a great 2009.

-Jesse

Midterm Grades - Corrected

Please review your midterm grades, posted below (click to enlarge). If you feel that there's an error, contact me by email (this is not an invitation to debate your grade). Please note that the final academic withdrawal deadline is Oct 31st at 4:00PM. Please see the online Calendar for specific details.

Project One Marking Scheme Summary

The marking scheme for Project One is summarized below.

Annotated Observations: /5
Force Maps: /5
Base Map: /3
Quality of Information Collected: /3
Representation Style, Craft and Care: /3
Group Co-ordination: /3
Insights Derived: /3

Total: /25 (25% of your final mark)

Note that in order to promote creativity and permit flexibility, the marking scheme does not explicitly differentiate between Parts One, Two and Three, nor does it explicitly differentiate between group and individual activity. For example, your Base Map may improve between Parts Two and Three, and your Annotated Observations may have been a group effort.

Exercise Marking Scheme

As discussed in class, Exercises will be marked as follows.

1) Each Exercise will be marked out of 3. Exceptional completion of an exercise will result in a mark of 3; adequate completion of an Exercise will result in a mark of 2; inadequate completion of an exercise will result in a mark of 1, and non-completion of an Exercise will result in a mark of 0.

3) Exercises will be weighted at the end of the term, to reflect their relative time commitment. For example, an Exercise that takes most students 4 hours will be assigned approximately 4 times as much weight as an Exercise that takes most students 1 hour.

4) Exercises constitute 15% of your final grade.

5) Exercises may not be submitted late for any reason other than a documented illness.

5) You will not receive regular feedback on Exercise results. An anonymous list of marks to date will be posted peridocially throughout the term.