I currently taking csc 201(computer programming) and there is a possibility that I could fail the class. According to the syllabus in order to pass the class I have to have at least a 70% on all coding projects in order to pass. My current average is 66% because most of my projects were turned in late due to my severe procrastination. My overall class grade(including coding projects) would be a C or B depending on how well I do on the final. I wanted to know if a professor could fail me on not passing one portion of a class even though my overall grade is above passing?
If it’s on the syllabus, that’s fair game. The whole class was warned equally far in advance that this policy would be in place.
Procrastination does not work in college.if are going to start it finish it ahead of time. Everything about due dates and whatnot are on the syllabus.
Whether you end up failing or not, try to learn from this situation that you find yourself in and work on reducing procrastination. It is having a negative affect on your functioning. Your academic support center may have some strategies to try.
Also when you get a job, there is a customer waiting on the software your company has promised on a certain date. So it isn’t professors just being annoying, they are training you for what will happen in the workforce.
Also talk to your professor about this…it may be that you are competent at programming even if you are not at scheduling.
Time management! Faculty are neither responsible for or responsive to your severe problem with procrastination.
Are you also planning to do poorly on the final? You said you would pass depending on how well you did on the final. Your final grade has and will depend on your performance on the final and programming projects. The faculty will record the grade you earn, but is not otherwise responsible for the grade you EARN. Once had a student who failed an exam. Hey, man, I was wasted all weekend. As faculty, I was supposed to…Faculty grade your performance.
Procrastination is not irrelevant to letters of recommendation or to performance review at work. Readers of your post do not know how many projects you completed to earn 66 per cent. Are you assessed time penalties, but are otherwise performing well on projects? Another consideration. Are you proficient at coding but late turning in projects? Are you slow and procrastinate because programming is challenging? Please separate concerns with time management and deadlines from automatically and accuracy of programming. They are separate but related. This consideration is sorta like computing subtraction word problems. The better you solve arithmetic problems accurately and automatically, the less time you will need.
So, please set and stick to schedules and deadlines. Then work on improving your proficiency in programming. Grades and credits are only relevant to your future life and work.