This class may be taken for a letter grade only. (No pass/fail registration; no auditing.)

Your course grade will have three components:

• 40% Class Participation
• 30% Assignments (4 Individual, 1 Group)
• 30% Final Project

There is no final exam for this course.

Class Participation

Your class participation will be graded based on the quality (and not quantity) of your comments. Quality means rigorous insightful comments that are succinctly delivered at an appropriate time. Delivering quality comments requires a careful preparation of the case and a thorough reading of the conceptual material for the day.

Because this is a discussion-based class, we will observe the following etiquette regarding electronics during the portion of the class devoted to discussing the case; no laptops or smart phones to be open and/or in use during this time, not even for taking notes (the point is to listen intensely and participate, not to take notes). More than two offenses on this will lead to an automatic B grade in class participation.

Also, we will start promptly at 9:10am. Late attendance is disruptive to class. A habit of attending late will result in a B grade for participation.