Note:
• Attendance will be taken at all meeting times.
• A class is defined as one (1) lecture, one (1) demonstration or one (l) lab. 
• You may have 3 absences (excused or unexcused) from class without affecting your semester grade (no questions asked). 
• Upon the 4th absence from class your final semester letter grade will be reduced by one letter grade.
• Upon the 5th absence you will automatically fail the course. 
• Extenuating circumstances will be handled on a case-by-case basis. A case will only be considered "extenuating" if the student has contacted the Office of the Dean of Students and requested an explanation of absence be sent to Professor Mohler.

As a student in a college course you will often be expected to do original analyses of your work and that of others - your peers and recognized professionals. Your ability to plan, evaluate, and critically analyze project goals, guidelines, and problems to create a unique, self-generated solution is the central activity of this course. You will be expected to attend class sessions and to turn in assigned work on time. Late work will not be accepted. Failure to do so demonstrates a lack of readiness to handle independent work and may call for individual counseling, loss of course points, or failure.

In the event of a major campus emergency, course requirements, deadlines, and grading percentages are subject to changes that may be necessitated by a revised semester calendar or other circumstances. The following are ways to get information about changes in this course:

• CGT 216's Announcements section (RSS feed) on the front page of the course web site.
• My email address: jlmohler@purdue.edu
• My office phone: 494-9089

• No swearing, or derogatory comments about, or towards, any member of the class will be tolerated in any class period. 
• No food or drinks of any kind will be allowed in any lab sessions. 
• Students are expected to arrive on time for all class and lab sessions. 
• Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Students are expected to be present at each and every meeting of the class. In the event that a student must miss a class period, they must inform the supervising instructor of the course of their absence and NOT a teaching assistant (TA). Should the student not be able to reach the instructor they are to leave a message for him/her at their office with the secretary. Should circumstances not allow this, the student may contact the Dean of Students Office and explain their emergency. The Dean's office will then pass the word along to each of the student's professors for them. Upon your return to Purdue, contact the supervising instructor as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for work, handouts, quizzes, or tests that they may have missed. The supervising instructor has the final word on what work, etc. students may be allowed to make up. Every student has the right to appeal to the university any decision made by their supervising instructor.
• Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Instructor and because of extreme circumstances. (Not coming to lab, or forgetting, doesn't rate as an extreme circumstance.) 
• No student will be allowed to make up any written exam, lab practical, exam, or quiz unless they have an official or medical excuse.
• Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Any student found participating in cheating, plagiarism, copying material from another person's disk, using illegal cribs or other materials during a written examination, lying to course instructors and lab assistants about his or her own work, stealing tests, quizzes, or answer keys, and any such activities will be considered in conflict with the printed academic honesty guidelines as set out by Purdue University and the School of Technology. In such cases the matter will be reported to the Office of the Dean and the appropriate Purdue University administration officers for consideration and possible disciplinary action.
• Students who have special needs, i.e. hearing or visually challenged, etc., or in need of tutoring, etc., may contact the Dean of Students Office located in Schleman Hall, Room 207, 494-1747 for further assistance.

In addition to sketches required prior to executing projects, students will be assigned 6 sketch assignments throughout the course of the semester. Students will receive a pass/fail grade from the instructor for each study on the particular due dates. Sketch assignments should be considered professional submissions, kept in good condition and free of major scratches, tears, eraser marks, etc. Sketches will be graded based on their professional condition as well as on their content and quality.

You will be doing three mini-projects to help you get more familiar with the software, but more importantly, to get you familiar with the three most common methods of creating vector illustrations. These projects will cover photo tracing, extraction and construction methods of illustration creation.

You will be expected to successfully complete 2 projects during the course. Projects and exercises are listed on the weekly layout. Each one will be assigned and discussed by the instructor in lecture. Students are encouraged to ask as many questions as necessary to enable easy completion of the projects and exercises. Students will be responsible for topic selection of their own works, pending the approval of
the instructor. The subject of choice for each project assignment will be very critical for student and instructor in determining a path for a successful piece.

Note: Each project will conclude with an in-class, peer review/ critique as listed on the weekly layout. The peer-review will require that every project be displayed before the class. The class and instructor will discuss the projects and each student will pick 3 projects that they believe show outstanding work. Afterward the top three projects will be discussed in-depth (noting the positives and negatives of each). Each student will then vote for the best project in class. The best project, as determined by the class, will receive 5 bonus points to be applied to the "projects" section of the grade tabulation.  If students are not in lab the day of the peer review, their projects will not be accepted and they will receive a zero for the project.