632-428 COM S  211
Computers and Programming
Fall 2001
680-002 ENGRD 211   3 credits


Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:10AM - 11:00AM, Olin Hall 155

 

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Here is a rough guide to how your final grade will be calculated

prelim 1 20%
prelim 2 20%
final 25%
homeworks, program assignments 30%
quizzes 05%

However, please note the following:

  • The course is graded on a curve, so that at least a certain percentage will receive A's and B's. Where the cutoff is cannot be determined until the end of the semester.
  • Anyone who does A work throughout the semester will receive an A, regardless of curving the grades. If everyone does A work, everyone gets an A.
  • The course grade will not be determined only by the guide shown above. After calculating a final weighted total for everyone and determining cutoffs for letter grades, we may make adjustments for any person. Points to be considered: Are there personal reasons for a bad performance on some part of the course? Did the person do poorly in the beginning of the course but then improve steadily (in which case we might count the beginning of the course less)? Did the person do well only on the homeworks and poorly on the exams?
  • Note that the exams are important. Generally, getting an A average on assignments but a B average on the exams will result in a B in the course. Anyone should be able to spend enough time on the assignments to do well, but the exams show real understanding.
  • The final is optional. At the end of the semester, we will give you a course grade based on everything except the final. You will be asked either to accept the grade or say that you want to take the final. Taking the final may lower and well as raise your grade. Our experience is that taking the final does not change the grade of most people. Further, taking the final lowers the grade of about the same number of people that it raises.