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My graduate marketing class was exactly like that. We have one essay exam and one huge project/presentation at the end. If you mess up in the slightest way, you will end up with a C easy.

Yes, i had that before and it was painful experience because it was one exam and then one project, which was a group project. I was in a group where other people are not contributing enough and we ended up getting a B- for the project and dragged my grade down.