Logistics
Teaching Team
Kristina Inouye
(she/her)
Head CA
Cat Davis
(she/her)
CA
Katherine Gjertsen
(she/her)
CA
Shana Hadi
(she/her)
CA
Taylor Lallas
(she/her)
CA
Khuyen Le
(she/her)
CA
Yuyu Lin
(she/her)
CA
Pablo Ocampo
(he/him)
CA
Jianna So
(she/they)
CA
Emily Yang
(she/her)
CA
Morgan Zagerman
(she/her)
CA
Office Hours
Grading
This class must be taken for 5 units. Only graduate students may take this class for anything less than 5 units for financial purposes. The workload is the same regardless of the unit count.
The grading breakdown is as follows:
- Group project: 8 assignments + team contribution (60%)
- Midterm (20%)
- Individual assignments & individual presentation (10%)
- Class/studio participation: exit tickets and attendance (10%)
Notes: There's no final, grades are not curved. No late group assignments will be accepted. Individual assignments lose one letter grade/day late.
Assignment Grading Buckets:
- ✔++: Far exceeds expectations. This is an A+, often a perfect or > 97% score.
- ✔+: Fulfills the expectations in the spec and some elements exceed expectations. Strong engagement with the design process. Excellent presentation of the work. This is an A range grade (93 - 97%).
- ✔: Fulfills the expectations in the spec. Students engaged with the design process, though maybe some small issues remain. Presentation understandable. This is a B+/A- range grade (88 - 92%).
- ✔-: Relatively complete, but there are components of unsatisfactory quality. Presentation may fall short (e.g., poor image resolution, too much text). This is a B range grade (83 - 87%).
- ✔--: Incomplete or multiple parts are of unsatisfactory quality. Shows sub-par engagement with the design process. Presentation likely falls short in many ways. This is a C+/B- range grade (78 - 82%).
- -: Missing substantial assignment components and/or mostly poor quality. Does not represent engagement with the design process. This is a C range grade or lower (< 78%).
Assignments
Students complete most of their work in teams. There are 10 total group assignments with 4-5 presentations, 3-4 write-ups, a video, a pitch-slide and a poster. Additionally, there are 1-2 individual assignments and an individual presentation grade.
More detailed course timeline and assignments overview available for download.
Studio
Studio is a key component of this class. Students are required to attend their assigned studio on Thursday or Friday. Students are allowed one pre-excused absence. Second pre-excused absence can be removed with make-up assignment. Late arrival or early departure of studio will count as a half absence.
Lecture Time & Location
Lectures (when in-person) are held in 320-105, Geology Corner of Main Quad, on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 - 3:30 PM. CAs will communicate with students about weekly studio locations and times.