Seminar Policies
Format: The course meets on Mondays from 5-7
PM. The time from 6-7 PM will be reserved for one 60 minute or two 30 minute formal
presentations. The 5-6 PM slot will be dedicated to administrative issues (announcements) and
short, informal presentations of research in progress.
Formal Presentations: Every student participant in
the seminar is required to give a formal presentation of research in computer science or
mathematics. This presentation must be at least 30 minutes in length. Seniors are
expected use this as an opportunity to present senior project prospectus talks. Underclassmen
are encouraged to present the results of their summer research and/or develop new research projects
this semester with a Bard faculty member. On the other hand, a junior or sophomore may give
an expository talk on some advanced topic, but this also needs to happen under the watchful eye of
some Bard faculty member.
A student who presents poorly and appears to have a poor understanding of their topic will not
receive credit for that presentation. Any student who is absent for their own formal
presentation will receive a failing grade for the course.
Informal Presentations: The informal presentations
are an opportunity for students to receive feedback on their research and hone their presentation
skills. Senior project students are encouraged to make informal presentation a regular part
of their process of choosing and investigating a project topic. There is no fixed length for
informal presentations.
Attendance: Since skipping someone else's
presentation cannot be "made up", student attendance at meeting times is mandatory. Of
course, extenuating circumstances often arise, so each student is allotted three free
absences. Moreover, no one is allotted four absences. Simply put, anyone missing
as many as four meetings has missed too much of the course to receive credit.
Hence in order to satisfy the attendance requirement of this course, a
student must attend all but at most three full meeting times. In other words, anyone missing
at least four meetings will receive a failing grade.
Grading: This course will be graded Pass/Fail.
A Pass will be granted to precisely those who have met the attendance and formal presentation
requirements.
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