GRADING CRITERIA
Physics 231C, Spring 2011
Grading Scale:
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4.0 |
92% |
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3.5 |
84% |
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3.0 |
76% |
|
2.5 |
68% |
|
2.0 |
60% |
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1.5 |
52% |
|
1.0 |
44% |
Grading weights:
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3 Midterm Exams (15% each)
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45 % |
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Final Exam |
30 % |
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Homework (LON-CAPA) |
25 % |
- The weights for the class add up to 100%.
- Midterm exams: Maximum score on each midterm: 50 points. The mid term exams are closed book. However, you may use a single 8-1/2 x 11 inch or smaller sheet of hand-written notes and equations (you may use both sides of the sheet). The midterm exams will have
correction exams as a homework. 30% of the positive difference between the correction exam
and the original exam will be added to your original exam score as a bonus.
Only students taking the original exam will have access to the correction exam. Scores on the original exam will not be available until after the correction exam due date.
- Final Exam: Maximum score on the final: 100 points. The final exam will not have a correction exam.
The exam is closed book. However, you may use four 8-1/2 x 11 inch or smaller sheets of hand-written notes and equations (you may use both sides of the sheets).
- This grading scale might be lowered slightly in your favor, but it will not be raised.
- No extensions will be given for HW without exceptional circumstances. Students are responsible for finding a site from which they can enter their answers. "The net was down when I tried to enter my problems from Ohio" or "I couldn't get LON-CAPA to work from my parent's computer" are not valid excuses.
- Scoring system and final average formula for the course
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