There is a correlation between regular class attendance and grade earned in a course. If it becomes necessary to miss a class, the student should contact the instructor prior to the absence. Because this is a writing-based course, no final exam is given. Stories submitted for publication in The Spectrum will be graded based the following criteria. Copy is publishable with little or no editing.
Sources are sufficient in number and cited accurately, appropriately and substantially.
Full coverage of the topic. Copy is publishable with minor editing and revisions. Good use of sources. Portions of copy probably need to be rewritten and closely edited before story can be published. Sources used but not sufficiently or effectively.