The final grade will be determined
by the total number of points earned during the semester. It is
also possible to earn extra credit points as noted below.
GRADED COMPONENTS
POINTS
(Each)
TOTAL
POINTS
2
Unit Exams
25
50
3
Projects
25
75
Participation (Clickers)
25
SUB-TOTAL (exempt from final)
150
1
Comprehensive Final Exam
50
50
TOTAL (including final)
200
Based on many years of experience, the curve
has been determined to be the most fair method for calculating
grades in this course. It is calculated as follows.
CALCULATING THE CURVE
A
top 10%
B
class median establishes lowest B
C
less than median, greater than
lowest 10%
D & F
lowest 10%
Participation
Even though this is
a large lecture class, all
students are expected to participate during class. There will
be activities, projects and/or quizzes conducted during each
class, and results will be recorded using PRS transmitters.
Records of participation will be maintained
throughout the semester and used to determine this part of
the grade. The three lowest scores will be dropped. Click
Here.
Extra Credit
Four extra credit projects
provide you with the opportunity to improve your grade, or make
up for missed work. Each project is worth a maximum of 5 points,
and each student may attempt up to 4 extra credit projects. Extra
credit points will be added to the cumulative score after the
curve has been calculated.
Record of Grades
The record of all class grades will be maintained
on bblearn.
