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EVALUATION & GRADING

 

• Calculating Your Grade: worksheet for calculating your grade.
• Quiz & Exam Grade Distributions: grade distributions and letter grade cutoffs.
• Class Grade Book: a record of all your grade information (updated after every test).

Your grade in this class is based on 3 unit exams, 5 lab quizzes, lab exercises and assignments. These are weighted as follows::

Exams

Exams 1 and 2 will take place during a lab period and exam 3 will take place during finals week. There are 75 questions on each exam, which you will have two hours to complete. Exam questions are based on material covered in lecture, lab, the textbook, and any other required readings or assignments. Exams consist of multiple choice and true/false questions. This question will require you to solve problems and to apply what you know. You will be required to think about what you have learned! Always bring a calculator; you are not allowed to share calculators with neighbors during an exam and you are not allowed to use a cell phone during an exam. Always bring a #2 pencil and an eraser. Exams are always collected at the end of the exam period; you may not keep your exams. Answer keys will be posted for approximately two weeks in one of the glass-covered bulletin boards on the third floor of the Science Building.

Lab Quizzes

Quizzes will take place during the first hour of lab on the designated day. There are 25 questions on each quiz and these are based on material covered in lab exercises. There are multiple choice and true/false questions that will require you to solve problems and apply what you know. The problems will be similar to ones in the lab exercises. Always bring a calculator; you are not allowed to share calculators with neighbors and you are not allowed to use a cell phone. Bring a #2 pencil and an eraser. Quizzes are always collected at the end of the quiz period; you may not keep your quizzes. Answer keys will be posted in one of the glass-covered bulletin boards in the Geography/Geology Department for approximately two weeks after the quiz.

Lab Exercises & Assignments

There are approximately 25 lab exercises and assignments. These contain examples and applications of concepts and ideas discussed in lecture. You may work together with your lab partner or other students in the class, and you may request as much help from me as you require. Exercises are due at the end of lab class unless otherwise stated. Lab exercises and assignments are graded as either complete or incomplete: you either get full credit for completing the exercise, or no credit if you do not complete the exercise. Answer keys to all exercises will be available in class, and will also be available on the course web site after the lab is completed. You are responsible for checking your own answers, correcting your mistakes, and asking for help when needed!

Letter Grades

Letter grades are based on the following cutoffs: