COURSE GRADE

Tests, homework assignments and I-Clicker/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.  I will drop the lowest grade for these first three tests.  The final exam is weighted 200 points and will be comprehensive. The final exam will not be one of the tests that is dropped.  Homework is weighted 50 points.  Keypad exercises are worth 100 points (you receive credit for participation, not for getting the correct answer). In summary:

1.  Test 1, 100 points
2.  Test 2, 100 points
3. Test 3, 100 points (the lowest grade of tests 1-3 will be dropped)
4. Comprehensive final exam, 200 points
5. Homework (MP), 50 points
6.  I-Clicker/keypad class participation, 100 points.

Thus there are a total of 550 points.  There is NO extra credit in this course.

Grading scale:  The numbers below represent the percentage of the 550 possible points. For example, a grade of 90 means 90 percent of 550 which is 495 total points.  The grades will not be rounded off, so you need 73.000% to get a C.

97-100    A+
93-96.9   A
90-92.9   A-
87-89.9  B+
83-86.9  B
80-82.9  B-
77-79.9  C+
73-76.9  C
70-72.9  C-
67-69.9  D+
63-66.9  D
60-62.9  D-
Below 60  F

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, 2, 3 or the final exam) and have an overall average of 70 or higher.

Tests will be curved, if necessary, to fit the above scale.  You grade will never be lowered by the curve.  Do not miss class and do not miss a test!  If you miss one test of the first three, that score will be dropped.   There are no make-up for tests,  homeworks or for keypad exercises.  If you miss class then you have a zero for that day's keypad no matter what the reason is that you missed class, however I will drop the lowest one out of every 10 keypad grades.  That is, you can click in at 90% of the in-class exercises and still receive 100% of your participation grade.  If you miss a homework deadline (no matter what the reason) then you can submit late homework up to 50 hours.  However your score is reduced by the Mastering Physics system gradually over the 50 hour period to zero.   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 Thursday, 17 December from 6:00PM to 8:00PM 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 Wednesday 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.