| Points | Who | Option |
| 100 | ? | Winner of the contest to find a new textbook for the fall term next year. |
| 100 | ? | Report on a conference that relates to emerging IT. |
| 100 | ? | Detailed suggestions for improving the emerging IT course sequence. |
| 100 | ? | Extensive evaluation of and suggestions for improving the course website. |
| 100-300 | ? | Evaluation of an emerging IT product. |
| 500-600 | ? | A survey paper on an emerging IT area such as pen computing applications, voice applications, artificial intelligence or a subarea of AI, wearable computers, virtual reality, etc. |
| 500-600 | ? | Design and create an interesting application in an area of emerging IT (e.g., VoiceXML). |
| 500-600 | ? | A research paper or class presentation on an emerging IT topic. |
| ? | ? | Propose an option and obtain instructor's approval. |