They are not designed to put the instructor and the class in a competitive or adversarial position. They are to be used for obtaining information that will help both the student and the instructor measure progress and achievement in understanding, assimilating and mastering the content of the course. There will be two examinations during the semester and a final examination. Each of these will be accumulative and cover all material presented up to the time the exam is given. Each of the two semester tests counts for twenty-five percent of the course grade and the final exam counts for thirty percent.
Quizzes count for the remaining twenty percent.
To compute the average for the semester, the scores of the tests and the average of the quizzes will be weighted according to the above specification. The averages are then assigned a letter grade based on the usual percentages as specified in the Saint Vincent College Bulletin . There will be no make-up exams given. If a test is missed, the other tests will be averaged according to the previous method with the necessary modifications and then the resulting grade will be dropped by one letter grade. The grade will not be changed if a sufficient reason for missing the exam is presented to the instructor.