Assignments and grading
Your final course grade will be calculated as follows:
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Quizzes | 15% |
| Problem Sets | 10% |
| Midterm Exam 1 | 25% |
| Midterm Exam 2 | 25% |
| Final exam | 25% |
Your final letter grade will be determined based on the usual thresholds:
| Letter Grade | Final Course Grade |
|---|---|
| A+ | >= 97 |
| A | 93 - 96.99 |
| A- | 90 - 92.99 |
| B+ | 87 - 89.99 |
| B | 83 - 86.99 |
| B- | 80 - 82.99 |
| C+ | 77 - 79.99 |
| C | 73 - 76.99 |
| C- | 70 - 72.99 |
| D+ | 67 - 69.99 |
| D | 63 - 66.99 |
| D- | 60 - 62.99 |
| F | < 60 |
These thresholds will not change, and they will be applied exactly. This means that the final grades will not be curved, and a 92.99, for example, will not be rounded up to an A.
Quizzes (15%)
We will have six ten-minute in-class quizzes, which will be announced ahead of time. Grading scheme to be determined.
Lowest scores…. will be dropped (to be determined)
Problem Sets (10%)
Mathematics is like everything else in life; if you practice, you improve. As such, the problem sets are really the heart of the course. They must be handwritten either on paper or on a tablet and uploaded to Gradescope as a single .pdf file. Grading scheme to be determined.
Your lowest problem set score will be dropped at the end of the semester.
Exams (25% each)
There will be three exams. The dates, times, and locations are firm, so mark your calendar now:
- Midterm 1: Tuesday October 6 during lecture;
- Midterm 2: Thursday November 19 during lecture;
- Final: Thursday December 10 from 2 PM - 5 PM in Gross Hall 103.
These will be old school, pencil-and-paper, in-class exams. Exams are closed-book and closed-notes. No online or electronic resources are permitted.
If you seek testing accommodations, make sure the Student Disability Access Office sends me a letter, and then please make your appointments in the Testing Center as soon as possible.
If you do better on the final exam than you did on one of the midterms, we will replace your lowest midterm exam score with your final exam score.
If you are absent from one of the midterms for whatever reason, there will not be a make-up. Pursuant to the above policy, we will simply replace the missed midterm score with the final exam score. If you miss the final exam, you get a zero unless you have a Dean’s Excuse.