GRADING POLICY FOR BIOLOGY 100
Grade Based on 1000 Points (with 50 possible extra credit points)
Your grade in this course will be based on a total of 1000 points as follows:
*300 points earned in laboratory – 50
points from quizzes administered at the start
of each laboratory period, 50 points from "exit
questions" (handed in before the end of each lab
period); 100 points from a lab report; 100
points from lab-based exam questions on final
exam.
*450 total points earned from two
midterm exams – each midterm exam will be
include 125 points from multiple choice
questions and 100 points from essays.
*250 points earned from the final exam (this exam will include only multiple choice questions)
Grading Note: If your final exam grade is higher than the sum of the grades for the multiple choice portions of your two midterms, then your final exam will count twice and your multiple choice grades from your two midterms will be dropped. Your grades for the essay portions of both midterms and the extra credit essay exam from recitation will be counted in all cases (as will your grade from the final exam).
In summary:
Lab…………………………………………………………….300
Essays (100 points each from two midterms)……………......200
Multiple Choice (2@125 points from two midterms)……….250
Final Exam (all multiple choice)…………………………..…250
1000
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50 point extra credit essay will be given during the last recitation classes starting Monday 12/7 – Friday 12/11.
There will not be any make-ups given for the multiple choice portions of the midterms. There will not be any make-ups given for the extra credit essay.
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Attendance of lecture and weekly recitation session is highly recommended.
Laboratory Attendance:
Laboratory attendance is mandatory
. You are allowed to miss one laboratory over the course of the semester. If you did not attend your first laboratory period, you may not miss another period for the duration of the semester. Any missed laboratory period (beyond the first absence) must be made-up with another instructor during the week in which that lab exercise is conducted. (The weekly lab schedule is included in the front of your lab manual. Make sure to get a note from the instructor stating that you made up that lab.) If you do not make up labs you have missed in excess of the first absence, your total lab score will be reduced as follows:1 absence= (total lab score) will be multiplied by 0.9
2 absences = (total lab score) will be multiplied by 0.8
3 absences = (total lab score) will be multiplied by 0.7, etc.