The final examination will be comprehensive but will stress material not covered by previous examinations. In this class, using the correct principles and approach is much more important to me than solution details. Any disagreement with homework or exam grading must be settled with Dr. Dave within one week after the graded material is returned. Grading will be adjusted throughout and at the end of the semester with a sliding scale. Cutoff scores between the letter grades will be based on overall class performance and based on the distribution of scores.
Cutoffs usually occur where there are gaps between clusters of similar scores.
No extra credit work will be offered to individuals to improve class grades.