Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

Your final portfolio grade should match your final grade for the semester, as it is a reflection of what you learned for the semester. The exception would be late work. IF YOUR WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT GRADES ARE LOW BECAUSE OF LATE WORK, RE-SHOOTING WILL NOT IMPROVE THE GRADE, AND THE LOWER GRADES WILL BE AVERAGED INTO YOUR FINAL PORTFOLIO GRADE. Grading Scale: A (90 – 100%) B (80 – 89%) C (70 – 79%) D (60 – 69%) F (below 60%) Attendance: If you aren’t in class, you aren’t learning the material. ONLINE STUDENTS—The main advantage of online courses is that you can “attend” class whenever you want. This is also one of the largest disadvantages to online education because, without a set meeting time, it takes a great deal of self discipline to make sure you log in and get your work done. The online system tracks your log in time and, if you don’t log in enough hours, you cannot pass the class. Credit hours are based on a certain number of hours spent in the classroom, you are required to have a certain number of hours per credit in order to pass. Photography Program Internship/Field Study Guidelines (Practicum): • Student’s in Dakota College at Bottineau’s (DCB) photography classes will do internship or field study experiences as part of their educational training. These applied experiences will help them to be “job ready” when they enter the profession. The classes for which internship or field study instruction will be provided are as follows: PHOTO 180 PHOTO 292 PHOTO 190 PHOTO 234 PHOTO 240 PHOTO 232 PHOTO 250 PHOTO 290 PHOTO 285 PHOTO 289 PHOTO 210 • The DCB photography program will not assertively or opportunistically promote its services outside of the campus environment in order to not be in competition with the private sector. The program will take measures that will help prevent it from requisitioning work otherwise accomplished by persons in the profession. • Pictures taken by photography students as part of their course of study will not belong to them. Ownership rights will lie with the parties for whom the