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Attendance is required
and is the single most important
way to ensure success in this course.
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Reading: Reading
assignments in the textbook are required. I expect you to read the text
material and to be able to answer the review questions at the end of
the units.
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Quizzes: There will be
4 quizzes throughout the semester. Only your 3 highest quizzes will
count towards a total 18% of your final grade (you can drop your lowest). The quizzes are
multiple choice questions, identical in format to the exam questions,
but are much shorter in length and will only take 10 to 15
minutes.
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Homework: There will be
6 OWL homework assignments, worth a total of 24% of the final grade.
Check the homework
assignments regualarly; no late homework will be
accepted.
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Exams: The course is
divided into two parts and each covered by a section exam, worth a
total of 58% of your final grade. The exams will be
multiple choice. Exam questions will be drawn from both class material
and reading assignments. Anything discussed in class or in the reading
assignments may appear on an exam. The section exams will be
administered on an optional "pyramid" basis, in which you may take each
exam twice: once in class for 75% of the exam grade, and once at home
to be turned in the following class for 25% of the exam grade.
The final will be a
comprehensive exam covering all of the material covered in the course
and will operate in the same way as the section exams during the
semester. The exam date is scheduled by the university sometime during
the final week.
I will use the highest two
scores of the three exams (2 section exams + the final) to determine
your course grade. The final is "optional" in the following sense:
If you are satisfied with your two section exam scores you need not
take the final.
Please bring your ID and a #2
pencil to all exams, since we will be using machine-graded forms. No
calculators and reference materials allowed in the in-class exams. The
exams will test concepts and some basic math ideas; they are designed
to test your understanding, not your ability to push buttons.
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Makeup exam (or quiz) policy:
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If you miss an exam
because of illness or a family emergency, please contact me as soon as
possible, and I will set up a make-up time. You must arrange to provide
written documentation explaining your absence and
provide me with a phone number of someone I can contact regarding your
absence.
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If you must miss an exam
because of participation in a university athletic event or other
university-related event, you must make arrangements for a make-up exam
at least a week in advance and provide written documentation
from your coach/event organizer.
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For undocumented excuses,
oversleeping, etc., you must contact me no later than 24 hours after
the exam. In general I will allow you to take the make-up exam with a
10% penalty.
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Make-ups may be oral- or
essay-style (my option). Persons who do not contact me will receive a
zero for that exam.
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Extra Credit:
Your may earn an up to
5% credit by expressing what you will have learned in this class
in your own way and/or finishing OWL extra-credit assignments. The
opportunities for extra credit will be announced
throughout the semester.
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You may earn additional up to
5% credit by actively participating in
the in-class and OWL activities.
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Grades A 1000 total
point system will be used.
Summary of Components of
Final Grade (or in the 1000 point system):
3 of 4
quizzes
18% (180)
2 of 3
exams
58% (580)
6 homework
sets
24% (240)
Total
100% (1000)
Your grade = sum (your quizzes, exams, homework, and extra-credit points)/1000. The
corresponding letter grade will be assigned
on a straight scale:
90% A
85% A-
80% B+
75% B
70% B-
65% C+
60% C
55% C-
50% D+
45% D
40% D-
<40% F