Grading policy
| The classes will have two parts: during the first part one section of the
book will be taught. In the second part the instructor will choose
at random several students to go to the blackboard and solve some of the
problems from the problem list. This performance will be graded in the
following fashion: if the student solves the problem, will get one point;
if he is not in class at that moment or does not want to go to the blackboard,
he will get minus one point; if he doesn't perform well he will not get
a point, which means that it will never hurt to go to the blackboard, because
the most that can happen is that the student may be treated as if he was
never called to the blackboard.
At the end of the semester, the instructor will grade the attendance
in the following fashion:
Note that all students with negative points will get an F The grading of the course will be based upon the quizes, final and attendance grades, and will be the higher of the following:
Grading Scale for Final Course Grade: 90% - (A); 87-89% (A-); 84-86% (B+); 80-83% (B); 77-79% (B-); 74-76% (C+); 70-73% (C); 67-69% (C-); 64-66% (D+); 60-63% (D); 57-59% (D-); 0-56% (F) The grades of any exam will be posted as soon as are available to the Blackboard. |