In other words, projects are either acceptable or not acceptable according to predetermined technical criteria. A contract grading process is used to assign final grades in the course based on the number of projects successfully completed. Students have two attempts to produce an acceptable project. Students will be producers, writers, camera operators and editors, hardly ever talent. When students are producers, another student will be camera operator.
Students are to conduct themselves at all times as professionals.
For example, deadlines will be adhered to, efficiency in time and effort will be monitored, behavior on and off the campus will be exemplary, operation within budgets will be expected, etc. Any unprofessional behavior will significantly lower grades. Students also study written materials covering course topics, view related videotapes, and discuss them in class. Students then apply this theoretical knowledge to the specific exercises described above. In other words, students are not merely tested on the course content, but are experientially involved.