Your final grade will be determined via the following percentages:
- Reading quizzes from zybooks: 10%
- 9 weekly quizzes: 18% (2% each for 9 quizzes)
- PA: 45% (9 PAs with each PA worth 5%)
- Weekly interviews: 12% (1.5% each for 8 interviews)
- Final exam: 15%
We will use a standard scale for assigning letter grades:
- A>=90
- B: 80-89.99999
- C: 70-79.99999
- D: 60-69.99999
- F:<60
The instructor has the discretion to assign + or - for a given letter grade, though in general we will stick with the normal scales for + 0r -.
Important Grading Policies:
- You must score at least 55% on the overall PA portion of this course. If you score lower than 55% on the PAs overall, you will receive an F for the course, regardless of your overall average.
- Each student has two slip days and each slip day can give you up to 24 hours to turn in an assignment after the deadline. You can only use one slip for each assignment.
- You have 3 days from the time a PA or in-class quiz is returned to request a regrade. After that, the grade is set in stone. To request a regrade, please contact the person who graded the assignment/quiz originally. You should submit your regrade request through gradescope.com. Submit the regrade request on the corresponding problem and clearly explain why you think there is a grading error. If you submitted a regrade request without clear justification and was simply abusing the regrade system, your grade will be lowered as a penalty.
- The last PA and the final exam has a regrade period of 1 day after the work is released to you. It will ensure that we submit everyone's final letter grade timely. No regrade requests can be made after the regrade period has ended.