Grading Policy
If you have a problem with your grade
The grader will grade all assignments other than the midterm and final.
If you have a problem with a grade that the grader gave you - see the grader first.
Only if you can't work out a solution with the grader, then come see me.
If you have a problem with your midterm grade or your final grade, send me email or come to my office to see me about it.
Missed Assignments
- Any missed assignment or test, without my written pre-approval, will receive a grade of zero.
- To get my approval to miss or reschedule an assignment or test, see me with written, verifiable documentation of your excuse at least one week before the assignment is due or test is scheduled.
Typically, I will not give such approval unless the reasons are undeniably justifiable and the circumstances are immutable.
- In case of unforseen emergency, provide me with written, verifiable documentation and I will decide on a case-by-case basis.
Computing the Grade
Using the weights of the exams and assignments specified in the syllabus, and the table of numeric grades and letter grades below, you can calculate where you stand grade-wise at any time.
There are no other considerations or values which enter into the calculation of your final grade.
Grading Scale
Numeric grades are not rounded up or down.
The following table gives letter grade assignments to numeric ranges.
If a numeric grade lands exactly on a boundary, you will receive the higher letter grade.
Scores are not curved.
If an unusually difficult test is given, I will add a constant value to everyone's grade and inform you at the time I return the papers in class.
This usually does not happen.
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93-100: A
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90-93: A-
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87-90: B+
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83-87: B
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80-83: B-
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77-80: C+
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73-77: C
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70-73: C-
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67-70: D+
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60-67: D
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00-60: E
Grades Are Non-Negotiable
Grades are non-negotiable.
You get what you get.
If you need a certain grade to graduate or keep some kind of status, then I suggest you work for it during the quarter.
Don't come to me at the end of the quarter when it is apparent you are not going to make a grade that you 'need' and then ask for extra credit work, or an extension, or just a gift of a certain grade.
Such gifts are not fair to the students who actually earned their grade.
Any extensions or other considerations will only be given (if at all) on a class-wide basis.
Extra credit work and extensions make more work for me (and, therefore, are not available).
Last update 3/23/06