Grading for exams and for homework will be done
on separate curves
Three one-hour exams plus a final exam
Grading Criteria is the following:
Each of the three semester exams:
15% (total is 45%)
Final Exam: 30%
Homework: 25%
Late homework will not be accepted. If a student
cannot attend the class when the homework is due, he or she should give
the homework to the TA or the instructor BEFORE the class time. In extenuating
circumstances, please contact your TA and make suitable arrangements.
Incentives;
Students that maintain a grade average in the
top 15% of the class will have the option of keeping that grade average
and not taking the final exam. This means the grade average of the
three semester exams and the homework.
For purposes of determining the semester grade,
the lowest of the three regular exams will be dropped. The final exam grade
is not dropped.