Other materials, such as Web pages, computer programs, videos, etc. should also be examined. Calculation of final Grade Calculation of final Grade Beginning in fall semester 2000, the USF Registrar will record plus and minus grades. The following numerical ranges will be used to determine grades in this class. All ranges are based on the caliber of work expected at the graduate level . Students are expected to attend regularly, to be punctual, and to remain for the entire class.
Students lose the benefit of lectures and of class interactions when they are absent.
Since discussion is an important part of a class, absence penalizes the rest of the class because the exchange of ideas is limited. Students are adults who are expected to make their own decisions about class attendance. Absences may affect the class grades, since participationa and in-class writing assignments cannot be made up. Incompletes are a hardship on both student or instructor. Once the class is over, it is difficult for both parties to remember just what the student is to do, and the instructor finds it hard to remember how the work was graded.