CS3604 - Professionalism in Computing - McCrickard/Wheaton - Fall 2003

Activities or events officially approved for participation credit for CS3604 class in the past.

Note: Your participation in any of these activities must be confirmed by documentation.

Some participation activities will give you 100% participation credit, plus exemption from the debates (i.e., 100% credit for the debates, too). An example is a full commitment (20 hours or more) to a service learning or CS-Squared project. I want to encourage extra-curricular participation, and I am willing to entertain a proposal from you for a combination of activities that also adds up to either 100% participation credit or 100% of both participation and debate credit. An example that would qualify for the latter is a partial commitment (e.g., 15 hours) to a service learning project plus another activity such as attendance at two career fairs or similar events. Other activities and combinations can qualify. Make your case to me by sending a proposal via email not later than the day when the on-line debates begin (approximately the Wednesday of the 10th week of the semester).

Activity/Event	Type of Participation	Participation Points (% of full credit)	Form of "Proof of Participation"
Service Learning or CS-Squared (20-hours of work).	Take on a full SL or CS-CS project	For a substantial (20 hours) effort, 100% of participation credit, plus exemption from on-line debates	Must hand in a brief writeup about the SL or CS-CS experience near end of semester. (See report requirements.)
Service Learning or CS-Squared (15-hours of work) plus another substantial activity (e.g., attending two career fairs or helping on the CS Career Night Executive Committee).	Take on a partial (3/4) SL or CS-CS project, plus another activity. You must propose this combination to the instructor via email.	This combination can also get you 100% of participation credit, plus exemption from on-line debates	Must hand in a brief writeup about the SL or CS-CS experience near end of semester.
Service Learning or CS-Squared (15-hours of work).	-	For a somewhat less substantial effort (15 hours), 100% participation credit, but still have to do the debates	-
CS Reception Executive Committee (planning). See calendar for associated dates.	Be a volunteer reception planning committee member	100%	Email from Ms. Birch
CS Reception (attendance). See calendar for date. For graduating seniors only	Attend the reception	25%, confirmation required	Your name on an attendance sheet or some kind of signed "receipt"
Terascale Facility Assembly Assistance Volunteerism Stipulation: Must not be wage employee of VA Tech	Sign up on e-sign up sheet: http://mm-server01.multimedia.vt.edu:9000/sign-up/	20%, confirmation required; Sign up for 4-hour shifts	Bring back something with your name on it, signed by a leader at the activity
LEGO League Competition Volunteerism Stipulation: Must not be wage employee of VA Tech. Attend volunteer's meeting on November 11^th.	The Lego League is a contest in Lego Robotics for ages 9 -14. Sites are Blacksburg Middle School (Nov. 15^th) and VA Tech (Dec. 7^th). Contact Jean Kampe for more info, kampej@vt.edu.	20%, confirmation required; Sign up for 4-hour shifts	Bring back something with your name on it, signed by a leader at the activity
Various career/recruiting expo's: Engineering Expo Business Horizons College of A&S Spectrum	Attend any of these career expo's	Maximum of 25% for confirmed attendance at any one of these expo's	Bring back something with your name on it, signed by someone working at the expo
CS-Squared (CS Community Service) Roanoke West-End project (e.g., fixing computers) Franklin County, computer lab (working with 19 minority churches)	-	Varying amount of credit, up to 100%, depending on extent of the project. Examples: 15 hours of effort: 100% Participation credit 10 hours of effort: 80% Participation credit	Email from Ms. Birch
Certain in-class activities for which I call on volunteers for role-playing, problem-solving, leadership in other class activities (e.g., to give answers to a quiz in front of the class)	-	Varying %, up to a limit, usually 10% per occasion	-
Writing about course topics. This choice is designed mainly for students who need to make up some percentage of the total participation credit that they didn't get via other opportunities. If you really get stuck and need a lot of the participation credit at the end, let me know and we can work out something.	Write one or more papers about any relevant topics mentioned on the course website (that we do not cover in detail in class). You get 10% per page. You can write several one-pagers for 10% each, or one paper of several pages for 10% per page, or any combination thereof.	10% per one-page paper, no limit on total	-
Attending CS Department graduate seminars, usually held in McBryde 655 on Wednesdays at 4 PM (announcements are posted in the halls of the sixth floor of McBryde)	-	10% per occasion	Write up a simple statement of your attendance, including the date, and get a faculty member in attendance to sign. Hand in to the GTA.
Participating in approved student-led research studies.	-	20%, confirmation required	Write up a simple statement about the research being conducted, and have the researcher sign the document. Include the date, and hand in to the GTA.