Math229/Calculus III Grading Policy
Return to Grading Policy Menu
Course Title: Math229/Calculus III
Instructor: Dr.Ed Conjura
Text: Calculus
Third Edition
by- James Stewart
Syllabus: Selected Topics From Chapters 9-13 of text
Meeting Times & Places : Spring 1999 Semester
Section 01 -T/F 11:00PM-12:20PM-HH204
&
Section 02 -T/F 12:30PM-1:50PM-HH204
===================================
Spring 1999 Schedule - Dr. Ed Conjura
Mathematics & Statistics Department
Office Hours: Holman Hall 222
T/F 9:30AM-10:50AM
&
R 3:30PM-04:50PM
(or by arrangement)
Office Phone: 609-771-2241
Home Phone: 609-737-9382
------------------------------------------------------------------------
========================================================================
Time Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
=========== ============= ========= ============= =============
8:00-9:20
9:30-10:50 Office Office
11:00-12:20 Math229(hh204) Math229(hh204)
12:30-1:50 Math229(hh204) Math229(hh204)
2:00-3:20
3:30-4:50 Math205(hh204) Office Math205(hh204)
5:00-6:20 Math205(hh204) Math205(hh204)
6:30-7:50
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attendance/Grading
Class participation and attendance will contribute towards your grade.
Work missed because of an unexcused absence will be marked late with 20%
of its worth deducted for each class that passes between the due date and
the date on which it is received. Assignments must be submitted in class
unless other arrangements have been approved by the instructor.
Work left in a mailbox or slipped under a door, etc will be considered
late. If you miss class and walk in at the end of class to
hand in work, it will be considered late unless a valid excuse
is provided. If you are not in class to hand in work, but give it to
someone else to submit, the same applies. If you miss an exam, an
acceptable excuse must be provided before a makeup will be given.
You must contact the instructor within twenty-four hours of missing an
exam to provide an excuse.
Each student is responsible for assignments made by the professor
in class whether or not he/she is present during the class period
when assignments are made.
Three or more unexcused absences will result in the lowering of your
grade by one letter. The same is true for five or more times being
late to class without a valid excuse. An unexcused absences will also
count as being late. For example, if you are late three times and
absent twice without excuse, your grade will be lowered by one letter
grade.
Work Submitted/Grading
Your work will be graded on the basis of content (correctness) and other
academic and professional standards (timeliness, neatness, organization,
presentation style and completeness). For example, work submitted should
be stapled, with no rough edges. Also, there should be nothing crossed out
and it should be readable. Credit will be deducted for failure to do any
of the above.
Each student is expected to do his or her own work unless team work is
approved in advance by the instructor. In case of team work, the names
of all team members must be listed in the documentation of the project
along with the percentage of the work that each member contributed to
the final product. In case of equal quality products produced by an
individual and a team, the team may receive less credit for the work
completed. Reference to any outside source must be provided with each
assignment. Failure to do so will be considered as plagiarism.
Acadmeic Dishonesty
Any case of academic dishonesty will be dealt with according to
college policy, with minimal punishment being a grade of 'F' for the
course.
Work Requirements and Grading
Grades will primarily be based on:
Three exams (two scheduled exams and a final exam)
Homework assignments
Quizzes
Class participation and board work may contribute toward
improving your grade.
The percentage weight toward the final grade of each of the above
will be as follows:
Test #1 80 pts (1hr 20min) 2-19-99
Test #2 80 pts (1hr 20min) 3-26-99
Final Exam 120 pts (2hrs) (date set by college)
Homework, quizzes 40/80 pts (with or without notice)
All major tests will be announced at least two weeks in advance.
Homework will be announced at least one class
in advance, but in-class assignments/quizzes may be unannounced.
Homework will be assigned for each chapter. In general, it will
serve as a basis for exams and may be collected as part of the grade.
In all cases exam questions will be based on material found in the
homework assignments, class notes and the text.
Quizzes will generally be based on material covered in class or
from a reading assignment, and it may include handing in work assigned
in class or on the web. Therefore, you should organize your notes and
homework in such a way that thay can be handed in without notice.
Final grades will be based on a 'curve' but cutoffs will not exceed straight
percentage (eg cutoff for an A will be no more than 90% of total points,
no more than 80% for a B, 70% for a C, and 60% for a D). Homework & quizzes
will generally be graded on a straight percentage basis and in-class
tests will be graded on a curve which is <= straight percentage.
The following is an example of how your grade will be determined:
Grade Cut-offs for Tests, HW/Quizzes
------------------------------------
Totals 80 80 120 40 320
test1 test2 final hw/quiz total
A 70 70 108 36 284
A- 67 68 103 34 272
B+ 63 63 97 31 254
B 60 58 91 28 237
B- 58 52 87 25 222
C+ 56 48 84 23 211
C 51 43 79 20 193
C- 48 38 72 18 176
D+ 40 37 66 17 158
D 30 30 60 16 136
So, if your grade on test1 was 60 and on test2 was 63 and on the final
was 98 and you had 30 points on homeworks/quizzes, your final total
would be 251, which would be a 'B'. At this point your grade could
be raised or lowered based on class attendance and class
participation/board work.
All work submitted must contain the
following information at the top:
your name
course name
course meeting time and place
instructors name
assignment name (chapter/section/number, etc)
date due
date submitted
in the case of homework:
the page number, assignment number and problem
statement must precede each answer and problems
must be answered in the order they were assigned
The location of directories on the network will be announced where course
information will be located and assignments will be placed.