University of Calfornia, Riverside
Mathematics 5A
The Principles of Calculus I
Fall 2025
University of Calfornia, Riverside
Mathematics 5A
The Principles of Calculus I
Fall 2025
Grading Policy
Graded Materials
Your grade is determine by your final exam grade, quiz scores, homework scores, and participation credit.
Final exam: 50%.
Quizzes: 20%.
Each lecture, you will have one quiz on MyOpenMath. You can drop 4 quiz scores. Half credit is for taking the quiz and half is determined by your grade on the quiz. Quiz questions are "Pass-Level" questions and will appear as such on your final exam.
Homeworks: 20%.
Homework questions will all be completed on MyOpenMath. You have unlimited attempts on each problem each week, but the homework is due each Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Your grade is based on completion, not correctness. You will know your own performance and should take that performance seriously.
Participation Credit: 10%.
Your participation credit will come from the following sources.
Peer engagement exercises in discussion section.
Midterm 1 and its review.
Midterm 2 and its review.
To obtain participation credit:
You must complete at least 75% of (1) to obtain credit.
Midterm 1 must be completed along with the revision.
Midterm 2 must be completed along with the revision.
Note that you must complete all work in these participation categories to obtain participation credit. Participation credit is awarded on a pass or fail basis. You must have participation credit to pass the course.
Grading Scheme
Barring unforeseen issues and up to minor modification, we will use the standard 90-80-70 grading scale with which most of you are well acquainted, with ± cutoffs at the ±3% level.
score ≥ 97% is an A+
93% ≤ score < 97% is an A
90% ≤ score < 93% is an A-
87% ≤ score < 90% is an B+
83% ≤ score < 87% is an B
80% ≤ score < 83% is an B-
77% ≤ score < 80% is an C+
73% ≤ score < 77% is an C
70% ≤ score < 73% is an C-
67% ≤ score < 70% is an D+
63% ≤ score < 67% is an D
60% ≤ score < 63% is an D-
score < 60% is an F.
Academic Honesty
Academic Honesty
Students are required to take their quizzes and final exam without help.
Students are not required to do other activities in isolation but they must write up their own solutions. Failure to submit their own work may result in disciplinary action by the University as dictated by the University guidelines regarding plagiarism.
Students caught cheating on an exam will automatically fail the exam. Students who engage in academic misconduct will be referred to the Student Conduct and Academic Integrity Programs and will incur consequences as mandated by the University, normally in the form of Disciplinary Probation, Suspension, or Dismissal from the University.
https://conduct.ucr.edu/policies/academic-integrity-policies-and-procedures