COURSE GRADE

Tests, homework assignments and CPS keypad responses will go into making up your final grade. There are three semester tests and a final.  Each of the three tests is weighted 100 points.  Part 1 of the final (a 4th test over the material covered after the 3rd exam and the final) is weighted 100 points.  Part 2 of the final (comprehensive over the material of the first 3 tests) is weighted 100 points.  Homework is weighted 100 points. Keypad quizzes are worth 100 points  Note that this means NO grade is dropped.

1.  Test 1 100 points
2.  Test 2 100 points
3.  Test 3 100 points
4.  Test 4 (part 1 of final) 100 points
5.  Comprehensive (part 2 of final) 100 points
6.  Homework 100 points

I WILL DROP YOUR LOWEST SCORE FOR TESTS 1-4 (THE FINAL EXAM WILL NOT BE DROPPED). Thus there are a total of 600 points. Each of the categories above will be individually curved.There is NO extra credit in this course.

Grading scale:  The numbers below represent the percentage of the 600 possible points. For example, a grade of 90 means 90 percent of 600.

98-100  A+
93-97.99   A
90-92.99   A-
87-89.99  B+
83-86.99  B
80-82.99  B-
77-79.99  C+
73-76.99  C
70-72.99  C-
67-69.99  D+
63-66.99  D
60-62.99  D-
Below 60  F

However, to earn a C or better for the course a student must earn a score of 70 or higher on at least one test (this could be test 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or the comprehensive) and have an overall average of 70 or higher.

Tests will be curved, if necessary, to fit the above scale.  Do not miss class and do not miss a test!  If you miss either of tests 1, 2, or 3 then the cumulative part of the final will be worth 200 points for you. There will be no make-ups for tests missed!

There are no make-up homeworks and there are no make-up keypad exercises.  If you miss class then you have a zero for that day's clicker no matter what the reason is that you missed class.  If you miss a homework deadline (no matter what the reason) then you can submit late homework up to 48 hours.  However your score is reduced by the Mastering Physics system gradually over the 48 hour period to zero.  I am OK with giving HW extensions, but email me your reasons and I will accommodate.

If you drop the course then please let me know.  Sometimes I do not get this information and this can lead to grade difficulties at the end of the semester.

According to the UNM Schedule of Classes (see link to Final Exam Schedule at http://www.unm.edu/~unmreg), the final exam is scheduled for Friday, December 13^th from 10AM - noon in the regular classroom. There is no excuse for missing the final exam or for taking it at a different time except for a real emergency.  For example, leaving for the holidays early is not a real emergency.  Students who have many finals on that Friday or who have a conflict in the times of finals should read the discussion in the Final Exam Schedule link at http://www.unm.edu/~unmreg of the UNM Office of the Registrar.