Grade Policy, Homework, Exams

• Take all your quizzes, remove the worst one, average the result.
• Take your three midterms and quiz averages computed above, remove the worst number, average the result.
• Take the resulting number, multiply it by 0.55, add your Homework grade, multiiplied by 0.15 and add your final, multiplied by $0.3$.
• Alternatively, take the resulting number, multiply it by 0.65, add your homeworks, multiplied by 0.15 and add your final, multiplied by $0.2$.
• Your numerical grade is the larger of the two numbers.
• Extra Credit : Final Project, 10 percent, limited availability.

The final grade will be assigned based on the following:
$90\le g\le 100$ is A
$80\le g<90$ is B
$70\le g<80$ is C
$64\le g<70$ is D
$g<66$ is F

Grades modifiers will be used: $0\le g\le 3$ is “-”, $3<g\le 7$ has no modifier, $7<g$ is “+”. Homeworks and exams may contain problems for extra-credit.

There is no “make up” policy for homeworks or quizzes.

Midterm make up policy If you miss one midterm, you will get grade zero for that midterm, and that would be the grade that is removed from your score as described in the grade policy. The make up policy for the second missed midterm is a Russian-style oral exam on the material covered. You are randomly given one paragraph title to present, and, after given time to prepare (20 minutes or so), you present the material of that paragraph to the professor. You are asked questions to probe the level of your understanding, and then you are given a problem to solve.