Participation Guidelines and Assessment

For the most part, Mondays will be a lecture that gives the technical content. You can prepare
for this by reading the associated chapters in advance. Wednesdays will be an industry guest
lecturer who demonstrates applications of the content. This will give you an opportunity to ask
questions, engage, and differentiate yourself with industry leaders. Fridays will be students'
case study analysis and presentations, for which you will be participating in learning activities
that are being facilitated by your peers.

You are expected to participate wholeheartedly in these activities during class or afterwards in
the discussion forum.

Your participation will account for 15% of your final grade in the course, depending upon your
preparation, frequency, depth and quality, and listening.

Marking Rubric
4 3 2 1 Grade

Preparation Excellent, evidenced Good, evidenced Adequate, Poor, evidenced /4

(level of by insightful ideas by logical and evidenced by by mostly
understanding of and questions ideas and somewhat disconnected
pre-class questions predictable ideas ideas and
content) and questions questions

Frequency Regularly and Adequately, yet Occasionally, yet Infrequent, and /4

(Prevalence of extensively, without succinctly, mostly often requires only if prompted
contribution prompting without prompting prompting
without
prompting)

Depth & Ideas and questions Ideas and Ideas and Ideas and /4
Quality are comprehensive, questions are questions are questions are
(level of detail innovative thorough, logical simplistic, superficial, trivial
and original predictable
thought)

Listening Always Usually Somewhat Rarely; may inhibit /4

(Attentive and others from
respectful of speaking
others’ ideas,
opinions, points
of view)

In-Class Participation Mark: /16

CME 694 / 494: Quantitative Risk Analysis