Syllabus for ATEC 4380

ATEC 4380 Capston Project

Course Credit Hours: 3

Time: by appointment

Instructor Visiting Professor Harold ‘Chip’ Wood

Phone: (972) 883-2785
Office: ATEC 1.708
Email: chip.wood@utdallas.edu

Office Hours M-F by appointment.

Course Culminating course in Arts and Technology. Students will

Description engage in the creation of an advanced creative and/or
research project exploring the interaction of the arts with
digital technology. Restricted to students majoring in Arts
and Technology who are within one semester of
graduation. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor

Course Create a professional portfolio piece.

Objectives
Develop organizational skills to manage a project.

Demonstrate the abilities that has been gained in various

courses.

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Course Students are expected to present their progress weekly.

Methodology
Students are encouraged to complete all work at the
ATEC computer labs in order to benefit from collaborative
learning with your peers. Students choosing to use
"offsite" hardware and software must have their current
working files available for weekly review . Problems with
"offsite" systems and/or incompatibility will not be an
acceptable excuse.

Grading policy Students must demonstrate satisfactory achievement of

course objectives. Course evaluation will be based upon
the completion of the capstone project in a timely manner.

Use of copyrigthed materials or intellectual property of

others will result in a failing grade.

Adherence to deadlines is expected. Students will be

expected to make a presentation of their progress
weekly.

If you need to drop the class for any reason, you are
responsible for initiating the drop procedure. Contact the
Register's Office. If you do not withdraw by the specific
drop date and you do not fulfill the requirements of the
class, you will receive a failing grade.

Grading Scale A+/A 4.00 C 2.00

A- 3.67 C- 1.67
B+ 3.33 D+ 1.33
B 3.00 D 1.00
B- 2.67 D- 0.67
C+ 2.33 F

Textbooks None. (Reading assignments may be provided.)

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Course Notebook/Sketchbook
Supplies Archive Material: CD or DVD

Accommodation It is the policy of UTD to provide reasonable and

Process appropriate accommodations for individuals with
documented disabilities. This University will adhere to all
applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and
guidelines with respect to providing reasonable
accommodations as required to afford equal educational
opportunity. It is the student's responsibility to contact the
appropriate office in a timely manner if s/he desires to
arrange for accommodations.

Scholastic UTD may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a

Dishonesty student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic
dishonesty includes, but is not limited to statements, acts,
or omissions related to application for enrollment, the
ward of a degree, and/or the submission of one's work of
material that is not one's own. Scholastic dishonesty may
involve one or more of the following acts; cheating,
plagiarism, collusion, and falsifying academic records.

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in

an unauthorized manner during an examination, illicitly
obtaining examination questions in advance, copying
computer files, copying internet material, using someone
else's work for assignments as if it were one's own, or
any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the
requirements of a course.

Plagiarism is the use of an author's works or ideas as if

they were one's own without giving credit to the source,
including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a
direct quotation.

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Copyright It is a federal crime to reproduce copyrighted software.

Violations Anyone caught reproducing software from the UTD labs
will be subject to disciplinary action. In addition, anyone
caught reproducing outside software in the lab will
automatically lose all lab privileges and will be subject to
other disciplinary action as deemed necessary.

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