Course grades are determined by the submission and grading of weekly problem sets. These problem sets correspond to assigned problems from the book and/or in-class assignments.
Grades are calculated as a simple percentage of all assignment grades (as calculated by the ANGEL system). Each assignment is worth 100 pts, of which there will be 14 during the semester.
All course assignments are listed on the ANGEL site for this class.
If you miss class for any reason... check ANGEL regularly for any class assingments you may have missed.
Course
projects and problem assignments will be given throughout the semester.
These will range from short, data submissions to fairly
complex
spreadsheets.
All will be submitted in
the appropriate format via
the ANGEL dropbox system (this allows for easy grading and tracking of
assignments).
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE TURNED IN ON TIME;
FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ASSIGNMENT IN THE DROPBOX (for whatever reason)
WILL RESULT IN A 'ZERO' FOR THAT ASSIGNMENT.
The scale for point distribution follows:
A = 95 to 100; A- = 90 to 94.9;
B+ = 87.9 to 89.9; B = 83.33 to 87.8; B- = 80 to 83.32;
C+ = 75 to 79.9 C = 70 to 74.9;
D = 60 to 69.9 and F = 59.9 and below.
The Penn State grading scale does not allow the option of awarding grades of C-, D+ or D- grades.
It is the policy of the University that class attendance by students be encouraged. Student should attend every class for which the student is scheduled and will be held responsible for all work covered in the courses taken. In each case, the instructor will decide when the class absence constitutes a danger to the student’s scholastic attainment and will make this fact known to the student. A student whose irregular attendance causes him or her, in the judgment of the instructor, to become deficient scholastically, may run the risk of receiving a failing grade or receiving a lower grade than the student might have secured had the student been in regular attendance.
Instructors should provide, within reason, opportunity to make up work for students who miss class for regularly scheduled, University-approved curricular and extracurricular activities (such as field trips, debate trips, choir trips, and athletic contests). However, if such scheduled trips are considered by the instructor to be hurting the student’s scholastic performance, the instructor should present such evidence for necessary action to the head of the department in which the course is offered and to the dean of the college in which the student is enrolled.