Grades

Students learn in different ways. Each assignment has a due date (see the schedule). The assignments will be graded and handed back for potential resubmission. Each assignment may be corrected and resubmitted once for a better grade.

Grades are assigned as points based on a combination of the quality and quantity of work completed. Quantity of work is not merely a measure of the number of words or pages, but of the brevity and appropriateness of the words and pages used. Quality is a measure of the scientific clarity, content choices, arrangement, grammar and general presentation.

Grades

500 points are possible

• 475-500 points (with completion of all 9 elements) = A+
• 450-474 points (with completion of all 9 elements)= A
• 425-449 points (with completion of all 9 elements) = B+
• 400-424 points (with completion of all 9 elements) = B
• 350-399 points in any combination = C
• 300-349 points in any combination = D
• below 300 points = F

Extra Credit. No extra credit work is given. However, students taking the final exam (notice that it is not listed in the points above) may use it as a means of increasing their scores if problems have happened along the way.

Students with special needs for class or assignments should contact the instructor early in the course so that special arrangements may be made.