How the Course Will be Graded

Your course grade will be determined by your performance on five tests and the final exam.

Tests:

There will be five tests. Together, these tests are worth 70% of your course grade.

Tests will be given during class time on the following dates:

  • TEST 1: Friday, September 9           10% of course grade
  • TEST 2: Monday, October 3              15%
  • TEST 3: Thursday, October 27         15%
  • TEST 4: Thursday, November 17      15%
  • TEST 5: Thursday, December 8;       15%

    These dates are fixed. I do not intend to give make-up tests.

    Information concerning what material will be covered on each of these tests will be given in class as the time for each test approaches.

    No calculators or other electronic devices will be permitted for use on tests.

    Final Exam:

    The final exam is worth 30% of your grade.

    The final exam is comprehensive, covering most of the material in the course. Details as to which specific material will be excluded will be given at least two weeks before the end of the semester.

    The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday evening, December 13, 7:00-9:00, in Lecture Hall 01.

    If you have a university conflict with other final exams (another exam scheduled for the same time, or three exams within a 24 hour period) you are entitled to have one of your exams rescheduled. If you have such a situation and wish to take the Math 220 make-up final, you must notify your instructor in writing (email is fine) by Friday, November 18. If you do not notify your instructor by the deadline it is unlikely that you will be accomodated. YOU MUST NOTIFY YOUR INSTRUCTOR BY THE DEADLINE IF YOU WISH TO TAKE THE MAKE-UP EXAM. YOU CAN'T "JUST SHOW UP." The make-up final has not yet been scheduled. It will certainly be AFTER the originally scheduled exam. Do not plan to leave campus prior to the end of finals week if you wish to take the Math 220 make-up exam.

    Extra Credit:

    There are no forms of "extra credit." Don't even ask.

    A grade of "I" (Incomplete):

    A grade of "I" (Incomplete) can be given if the instructor is convinced that a student's situation warrants it. An "I" is intended for a student who (a) is passing the class and (b) is faced with an unavoidable circumstance, after the withdrawal deadline, and this circumstance is preventing the student from completing the course successfully by the end of the semester. An "I" is NOT intended to be a mechanism for simply postponing or avoiding receiving an undesireable grade. It is NOT to be used to put a grade "on hold" while the student retakes the course.