Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

providers) are required to report information about such discrimination and harassment to the College Title IX Coordinator. This means that if you tell a faculty member about a situation of sexual harassment or sexual violence, or other related misconduct, the faculty member must share that information with the College’s Title IX Coordinator. If you wish to speak to a confidential employee who does not have this reporting responsibility, you can find a list of resources on the Title IX website. www.dakotacollege.edu/student- life/safety/title-ix GRADES: Grading Philosophy: Please understand that I do not care about your grades, I care about your education. My job is to teach you, your job is to learn what I teach you, and hopefully more. If we both do our jobs, grades shouldn’t be necessary. The best way to succeed in my class is to NOT focus on - “what’s my grade,” or “what do I need to get an A?” - but instead focus on - “how much can I learn.” If you embrace this, you won’t be doing assignments for grades, you’ll be doing them in order to learn, and the grade will become secondary and take care of itself. Weekly Assignments: ALL assignments must be created for this class. You MUST create new work every week. Work created for other classes, or created in the past will NOT be accepted. Every assignment will be graded on the following categories. Each of the following four categories are worth 50 points each for a total of 200 points on each assignment. Aesthetics - We are learning to create professional images that would sell to a magazine, stock photography house, or hang in a client’s living room or art gallery. EVERY assignment should be done with this in mind. While aesthetics can be purely subjective, there is still a professional standard that we are striving for. Principles of art and design – Composition and design are basic visual rules that apply to all 2 dimensional art. This part is not subjective. A strong composition is a strong composition. Intent – What was the photographer’s intent and did they successfully create an image that expresses that intent?