Grade Assignment
Your final grade will be determined by the total number of points you accumulate out of 600 throughout the course.
The distribution of points for various assignments is shown below:
| Item | Points | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Homework Achieve: Initial | 20 |
3.33% |
| Homework Achieve: Main | 60 |
10% |
| Tutorial Quizzes* | 40 |
6.67% |
| Tutorial Worksheets and Participation* | 60 |
10% |
| In-Semester Exams (3) | 100 ea. |
6.67% ea. |
| Final Exam | 120 |
20% |
| Total | 600 |
100% |
Tutorial Grades* Each week your quiz will be graded out of 4 points and 6 points will be given for worksheet and participation. At the end of semester your lowest quiz grade and your lowest grade for Worksheet and participation will be dropped.
Scale For Your Course Grade: The scale at the end of semester will be based on the scales we make for each exam.
The strictest letter grade scale will be according to the standard 90-80-70-60 scale (e.g, B- would be [80%, 83.33%), a B would be [83.33 %, 86.67 %), etc.). This scale will apply to homework and tutorial grades. We may however lower the cutoff scores (usually for the B- grades and below) for individual exams.
In this case the grade cut-off for a grade(say B-) for the scale that determines your course grade (applied to the total points you have accumulated out of 600) will be the sum total of the cut-offs (for B-) for each assignment category listed above.
This allows you to compensate for low scores in one category by stronger scores in another.
Note: In the event that your grade is below but very close to the cut-off for a higher grade, your instructor will decide whether to "bump up" your grade based on various factors such as attendance at lectures and effort to learn.