Grading Method: PH 101

All grades for PH 101 will be available on the WebAssign web site, so students can access them using the same password that they use for submitting homework. We will periodically upload quiz, in-class lab or worksheet, and midterm exam grades to WebAssign -- this will be announced in class, or you can check the main web site to see when a new batch has been uploaded. After the final exam, an email will be sent out when grades are available.

Grades are computed by first averaging all the assignments in each category: quizzes, in-class, midterm, homework, and final exam. Each item is graded on a 0-100 scale, which is converted to a letter grade on a linear scale. The scale is specified by giving the numerical grades for the lowest passing grade (D-) and the lowest A-. For the standard scale, these numbers would be 60 and 90. All other cutoffs can be obtained by interpolation.
As of 3/10/06, the scales (lowest D-, lowest A-) are:
Homework: 50 and 90 (i.e., slightly more generous than standard, on the low end)
Quizzes: 45 and 90
In-class: 52 and 90
Midterm: 1st: 30 and 70; 2nd: 27.8 and 65.3
Averaging these with the current weights (11,7,5,20) gives overall D-=40.1, A-=79.6.
Note that the lowest 2 quizzes and the lowest 2 in-class assignments are dropped (at the end of the semester).
For the midterm grades (as of 2/20 or 3/10), this is prorated: 1 quiz and 1 in-class assignment have been dropped.

For future assignments, the scales may be different, depending on the difficulty.