Grading

• A+ = 97 % +.
• A = 93 - 96 %
• A- = 90 - 92 %
  • B+ = 88 - 89 %
  • B = 83 - 87 %
• B- = 80 - 82 %
  • C+ = 78 - 79 %
  • C = 73 - 77 %
• C- = 70 - 72 %
  • D+ = 68 - 69 %
• D = 63 - 67 %
• D- = 60 - 62 %
• F = 59% and below

Policy on late work

Deadlines for all work in this course are firm and are announced well in advance; all of them are published in the syllabus and lab manual. If you attend to this information and plan ahead, there should be no need to turn work in late. If you know that you will work in more than one course due at the same time, you should plan accordingly. When a deadline is announced as “in lecture” or “in laboratory”, then the deadline time is considered to be the beginning of the scheduled period. Any work in beyond that time is considered late.

Any work that is turned in late will have its grade lowered by 10% for each day that it is late. For this purpose, any part of a 24 hour period is considered one day. So a paper that would have received a score of 85% turned in at 4 PM instead of 1:20 PM will receive a score of 75%.

This policy is intended to encourage you to plan ahead and to keep in mind the possibility of computer and printer glitches, etc. These are not valid reasons for voiding the penalty. This policy may seem harsh to some of you. In a large course like this one, it is the only way to be fair to the majority of students who plan their time well and are careful to meet deadlines.

The course staff promises that they, too, will abide by deadlines, returning graded work as promptly as is reasonable, given the size of the course.