Section 3 Coursework and evaluation
¶Subsection 3.1 Course components
There are several different evaluation components that contribute to your grade. The ones you see right now are place-holders until we decide on a grading scheme.
| Component | Number | Total Weight |
| Online Homework | 12 | 10 |
| Assignments | 8 | 20 |
| Quizzes | 20 | 20 |
| Tests | 3 | 50 |
Subsection 3.2 How are letter grades calculated?
Each of the grade components above will be assigned a numerical score. These will be added to get a score out of 100 using Table 3.1. Your score out of 100 is converted into a letter grade according to the following table.
| A+ | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | F |
| 96-100 | 90-95 | 86-89 | 82-85 | 76-81 | 72-75 | 69-72 | 63-68 | 60-62 | 56-59 | 50-55 | 0-50 |
Subsection 3.3 Description of course components
- The online homework will be delivered via our WeBWorK online homework server, and accessed via Moodle. There will be a new problem set every week.
- Assignments will be a combination of work done in class and on your own time.
- Each class will start with a short quiz. Quizzes will consist of a reading question (provided in advance) and an exercise. You can expect the exercise to be similar to a suggested homework problem. The exercise portion of each quiz will be completed once individually, and once as a group. Each quiz will receive a grade out of 10, as follows: 3 points for the reading question, 5 points for the individual solution to the exericse, and 2 points for the group solution.
- There will be three tests. The first two tests are tentatively scheduled for January 31st and March 7th, respectively. The third test will take place during the exam period. The relative weights of the test will be 15%, 15%, and 20%, with the highest weight assigned to the test with your best score.
Note: There will be 20 quizzes in total, and I will count your best 16. So if you miss the occasional class (for whatever reason) this should not impact your quiz grade. If illness or other circumstances conspire to keep you out of class more than 20% of the time, you will need to see me to make alternate arrangements.