Grading

Turning in work and late policy
Late work will receive no credit. You will turn in project milestones and homework via Canvas.

Cheating policy
I have a no tolerance policy on cheating, which includes copying from friends and plagarism. If you get caught cheating, you will get an F in this class and I will turn you into the univerisity's academic integrity group.

Quizzes
I will give you full credit on your two lowest quiz grades for the quarter. That way, if you need to miss a class or two and there is a quiz, you won't be penalized. If you take all of the quizzes, I will replace your two lowest quiz scores with full credit.

Grade breakdown
Your grade will be composed of the following items:

Item Percent Description
Quizzes24% 8 quizzes worth 3% each
Research project28% project idea and group 5%, milestones 10%, final presentation 5%, final project 5%, participation 3%
Homework24% We will have eight homework assignments this quarter, each worth 3%.
COVID-19 bump24% We're going to give everyone 24 points this quarter as a way to recognize the difficulty of taking classes online and to compensate for our inability to teach as well without being in person.

Grade scale
I grade on a straight grade scale. Although most of the points in this class will come towards the end of the quarter, the milestones will help give you a sense of how well you are doing on the final project.

Grade Score
A[93, 100]
A-[90, 93)
B+[87, 90)
B[83, 87)
B-[80, 83)
C+[77, 80)
C[73, 77)
C-[70, 73)
D[60, 70)
F[0, 60)