All exams are closed-book, closed-notes exams. Acquiring any information relevant to the test from any source (other than the course instructors) during test will be considered an act of Academic Dishonesty. All such acts will be reported immediately to the appropriate judiciary committee.
There will be 3 (section) exams during the semester and a comprehensive final exam. Each section exam will consist of approximately 25 multiple-choice questions about the material covered since the previous exam (including videos). The final exam will also have approximately 25 questions; it covers all course material.
If you have an excused absence you will be given an 'E' for the test; the 'E' will be replaced by the final exam score. A missed exam is given a score of zero UNLESS the absence was excused. An excused absence will require documentation. For example, suppose you are involved in a traffic accident while you are driving to the University to take an exam; a copy of the accident report is generally sufficient to have the absence excused.
Here is the grade curve for the course:
A [95, 100], A- [90, 95), B+ [85, 90), B [80, 85), B- [75, 80), C+ [70, 75), C [65, 70), D [55, 65), F [0, 55), here [85, 90) means greater than or equal to 85 but less than 90.
Your numerical course score (used in the grade curve above) = 4*[ the sum of your best three test scores ]/3 + extra credit points; scores will be ‘rounded’ to the nearest whole number (using MS EXCEL) This formula assumes that each test has 25 questions..
Problems worked in class: