¹ Peer Assessment: Due to the fact that a significant portion of your time will be spent in teams, each student will anonymously evaluate his/her group members' contributions to the team's output. The average score you earn from your peers will be multiplied by the project grade assigned by your professor. Thus, if your team members' peer assessment of you indicates you expended about 80% level to complete the team project (seminar), your project grade will be multiplied by 80%. While the team grade for the project might be an A (90), your individual grade would be 80% of 90, or 72%. You would earn only 72% of the total points available for this assignment.
² Assignments may include: Weekly reading synopses or quizzes, 1 minute papers, point counter point, observation exercises.
³ No Rounding. Please note that grades will be assigned based on the total number of points earned. , not a percentage of points earned. There will be no rounding up of points. For example, 895 points does not round up to 900 points even though it is 89.5% of the total points available.
⁴ Dr. Rothschild reserves the right to redistribute up to 10% of the total 1000 points to an assignments scheduled but not yet completed, if he deems it contributes to the overall learning experience. 

Individual Exams: You will have two exams over the material from the readings, discussions, tours, and presentations.  The instructor may change scheduled examinations to an earlier or later date. If any exam dates are changed, students will be notified at least one week in advance. It is the policy of this course that no make-up exams will be given after the predetermined test date.

Peer Assessment: Due to the fact that a significant portion of your time will be spent in teams, each student will anonymously evaluate his/her group members' contributions. Each individual will receive a percentage of the score for the team. All "group" assignments will have a Peer Contribution Grade factored in to generate your individual points. If your group received 180 points of possible 200 points on the Training Seminar, and your peers assessed you only contributed about an 80% effort, you would earn only 80% of the 180 points on that assignment. Thus the degree to which you contribute to your group’s performance is very important - you must pull your own weight on the group assignments. Complete the Peer Evaluation Assessment Form by following the link at bb.

Event Analysis: Each student will be required to attend and report on an event held at a public assembly facility, analyzing the event based on factors such as its marketing plan, financial and partnership arrangements, ticket sales and attendance, event production, patron or guest evaluation, and make suggestions for improvement.  See Event Analysis Guidelines link and Benchmark Examples at [bb]

Weekly Quizzes/Assignments: Students are expected to be active participants in the learning process. Thus, mere attendance does not constitute participation. Students should view themselves as active learners, with information and knowledge to share, rather than as passive repositories of information delivered by the professor. Active participation is especially important due to the rapidly changing environment of the entertainment industry. We will have weekly quizzes and assignments to encourage active participation.

Notebook: Due to the fact that we do not have a textbook for this course, we will create our own. Each student will be responsible for maintaining, and turning in a 2-3" "clear-view" 3-ring binder (notebook) at the end of the semester. The notebook should contain copies of all completed assignments, handouts, notes, etc. The notebooks will be evaluated on organization and completeness. At a minimum, the notebook should have a title displayed on the cover and spine of the notebook (use Title Page Creator), a table of contents, and tabs to organize material. Notebook Guidelines, and a link to a Title Page Creator can be found at [bb]

News Summaries: Students will be expected to submit summaries of both news and practitioner based articles from the four subfields of the entertainment industry: music, events, venues, and sports. These will be submitted using web based forms. See link to Guidelines for Writing for EntertainmentManagementOnline.com at [bb].  A Policy on Plagiarism must be signed be each student by the third week of class. Failure to do so will result in a letter grade deduction.

ATTENDANCE POLICY: I reward good attendance. Due to the fact that much of the learning will take place in a discussion format and in-class activities, it is imperative that you attend each class. Almost perfect attendance (defined as only one absence) will add 15 points to your final number of points. On the other hand, for each absence above 3, your final points will be reduced. The following scale applies: 4 absences = reduction of 30 points, 5 absences = reduction of  50 points, 6 absences = reduction 70 points, 7 absences = reduction of 90 points, 8 or more absences will result in a failing grade. Students should always notify professor (through office phone or during class) of anticipated absence PRIOR to absence. When an absence is unanticipated, notification should take place on the day of the absence.  If a student is absent on the day of he/she is scheduled to make a presentation, and the student makes no arrangements for a replacement, the student will receive a zero on that assignment. Consistent early departures and late arrivals may constitute an absence - at the discretion of the professor. In addition, disruptive behavior (verbal or nonverbal) in class may result in the student being asked to leave by the professor, and will result in one absence per occurrence. It is the student’s responsibility to inform the professor (in person and on paper) of a late arrival.

MSU Sponsored Events: On occasion, there are students who must miss class due to participation in official MSU events (i.e. athletics, music tours, etc.). Please examine your event schedule immediately to determine how often you will miss this class. To receive an excused absence for official MSU events, students must follow these procedures: 1. Notify instructor in advance in (hand) writing. 2. Within 7 days of absence, student must provide a copy of official document with signature of sponsor, phone #, and date of absence. When considering deductions for absences, no distinction is made between unexcused and excused absences.

ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments must be turned at the beginning of class, unless otherwise noted. Students may arrange for delivery prior to due date. Assignments will not be accepted after class, and cannot be completed during class. Any assignments not turned in according to the following standards will not receive full credit.

1. Multiple pages should always be stapled.
2. Top right corner of front page should have the following: First Last Name, MGT 410, Date, Assignment Name
3. Use standard 8.5"x11" paper for all quizzes and assignments turned in.

SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS: The Schedule of Activities found on the next page may change over the course of this semester. I will notify you of any changes via email and will give you ample time to complete the assignments. It is important that you check your email on a daily basis.

Schedule of Class Assignments (as of Jan 12 2010)

MGT 410 – Venue Management, Spring 2010, T Th Schedule