Grading

I use a fairly complicated scheme to determine the final grade. The first part of the final grade comes from assignments, the second part of the final grade comes from examinations.

Assignments make up one third of the final grade. In other words, if you submit all assignments on time and all assignments are 100% completed, it'll make up 33.3% of the final grade. Similarly, if you answer all questions correctly in all examinations, they'll make up 66.7% of the final grade.

For example, consider the following scores:

• assignment 1: 70/100
• assignment 2: 100/100
• assignment 3: 170/200
• midterm 1: 7/10
• midterm 2: 9/10
• final: 18/20

The proportion in 33.3% is (70+100+170)/(100+100+200). In other words, out of a possible 33.3%, this student gets 340/400 of 33.3% or 28.30%. Similarly, the proportion in 66.6% is (7+9+18)/(10+10+20), 34/40 of 66.6% is 56.61%. The combined percentage is 28.30%+56.61% or 84.91%.

The combined percentage is from the grade point of an A (4.0). The grade point in this case, therefore, is 84.91% of 4.0 or 3.40. Technically, 3.40 is a little better than a B+ (3.30 is B+).

The final grade point (a number from 0.00 to 4.00) is then converted to a letter grade at the end of the semester using the following table:

Table 1: Final grade point to letter grade

less than 0.5	F
at least 0.5 but less than 1.5	D
at least 1.5 but less than 2.5	C
at least 2.5 but less than 3.5	B
at least 3.5	A

I reserve the rights to change the grading scheme throughout the semester. I will make the changes public to the entire class whenever changes are made.

In order to receive your grade, you should sign up for a ZIP account if you have not done so already. You must sign up at on-campus, although you can access your account via the internet once you have an account. Visit http://zip.arc.losrios.edu to sign up for an account. Your midterm grade and final grade are both sent to this account. I will also send emails to your ZIP accounts regarding course materials and homework assignments.