Grading Policy
- Final Grading
policy
- Average of
best n-1 quizzes out of n, all weighted equally, reweighted to get
grade out of 15
- Average of
best n-1 HWs out of n, all weighted equally, reweighted to get grade
out of 15
- Take best of
two midterms out of 20 and multiply by 2: to get grade out of 40
(i.e. do max(mid1*2/3, mid2)*2
- Final exam,
reweighted to get grade out of 30
- Extra:
Matlab assignment will be added to your second worst HW or quiz. Best
if you specify which one you want me to add it to when you submit
- Homeworks
15%
- Quizzes (announced and unannounced) 15%
- Midterm Exams
(2)
20% x 2
- Final
Exam
30%
- Midterm or final exams cannot be missed without a valid excuse
- Tentative Midterm exam dates are posted in Class Schedule
- Homework weightage
will be changed if I find that they are being copied
- Attendance policy
- Atmost ONE class can
be missed without excuse
- This will be indirectly ensured by the quiz policy given below
- Homework Policy
- Atmost ONE late
homework allowed without a valid excuse
- Homeworks will be due almost every Thursday (about 10 homeworks
will be given)
- Quiz Policy
- Atmost ONE quiz can be
missed without a valid excuse (either the announced one or the
unnannounced one)
- There will be an announced quiz every 2 weeks
- There will be a random number of unannounced quizzes - on
randomly selected days
- Unannounced (Random) quizzes
- very simple one question quiz anytime during the class
- goal of these quizzes is to ensure attendance and alertness
in classes
- there will be random number of these quizzes on randomly
selected days
- Announced quizzes:
- Roughly once every two weeks
- Tentative quiz dates are posted in
Class Schedule
- All quizzes and exams
- Will be comprehensive (the material
forces me to do that!)
- Will be closed book but cheat sheets
are allowed
- 2
sheets (4 sides) for midterm 1, 4 sheets for midterm 2 and final
- 2
sheets for quizzes before midterm 1, 4 sheets for all other quizzes