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GRADING SYSTEM
Grading HORT 202 is a separate course from HORT 201
and will
have a separate 1 hour grade. Grades are
determined as follows:
Weekly
quiz grades = 50%
Lab report
= 50% A. Weekly Quizzes: Weekly quizzes will be given. You will be
allowed to
drop a maximum of 2 quizzes, with your grade being determined from a
minimum of
9 quizzes. Each quiz will be worth 10
points. 80% or 8 points of each quiz
will be based on last week’s lab material.
20% or 2 points of each quiz will be based on the
current week’s lab
material. Therefore, you are
required to read each week’s lab material BEFORE coming to class. (Some weeks we do multiple labs; see
syllabus). Each quiz will be 10 minutes
long and start 5 minutes after class time.
If you arrive while a quiz is in progress, you may take
the quiz but you
must complete it by the standard completion time (i.e., you will not be
given
an extension). If you arrive after the
quiz has been completed, you will receive a grade of 0 for that quiz. Any student departing from lab early will
have his/her quiz invalidated (a grade of 0) and will be considered
absent for
that lab. Clarification:
This policy dictates that there will be no
make-up quizzes given whether the absence is excused or unexcused. This is why drop grades are provided. B. Lab Report:
We will be
conducting a series of experiments
throughout the semester. Your lab report
grade will be based on data collected and questions answered about each
experiment. Data will be collected as a
group and shared in class. If you are
absent, you are responsible for obtaining missing data from the TA. However, answers to questions in your
lab report must be your own and may not be shared.
You are not allowed to work in groups to
develop answers to the questions. Any
duplicated/plagiarized answers that are found between lab reports will
be
considered academic misconduct. If it is
determined that you worked with others in developing answers, this will
be
considered academic misconduct. A grade
of 0 will be assigned to any lab report involved in duplicated or
plagiarized
answers, and a charge of academic misconduct will be entered into your
permanent record. Lab reports will be
due towards the end of the semester.
Your lab TA will inform you of the exact date during the
semester. For lab reports turned in after
the due date,
but before the semester ends, the final coarse grade will be reduced by
one
letter grade. If lab reports are turned
in after the semester ends, but before the next semester starts, the
final
coarse grade will be reduced by two letter grades.
If the lab reports are turned in after the
next semester starts, the final coarse grade will be reduced by three
letter
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