Exercises, tests and quizzes will be graded on a point scale, and those portions of your final grade will be based on the number of points you accumulate as a percentage of possible points. The penalty for missing a deadline is a reduction of one grade level, plus an additional reduction of a grade level for each class that passes before you turn in the assignment. Your final grade for the course may be adjusted up or down based on your participation in class discussion, your improvement during the semester and your attendance. If you actively participate in class discussion, and thus contribute to the learning experience of the entire class, you will gain an additional one or two percentage points on your final grade. If your grades late in the semester are significantly better than early in the semester, I will give greater weight to the later grades.
Attendance is important .
You may not make up in-class assignments. Excused absences will be granted only for university-authorized trips, for hospitalization or serious illness, or for equally compelling reasons, and then only upon written request with documentation . One absence will not affect your final grade. A second absence will cost you one point percentage point. The penalty doubles for each succeeding absence.