Work in E103 will contribute to final course grades approximately as follows:
Exams 35%
Papers and Homework Assignments 35%
Discussion Section Attendance 5%
Discussion Section Active Pariticipation 15%
Quizzes 10%
This course does not use a fixed point scale for major exams. Percentage scores on exams will be curved. Grades for all other assignments will not be curved.
Make-up quizzes will not be given. The only valid reason to miss the final exam is illness. Medical excuses require a doctor's note. No make-up final exams will be given because of vacation schedules or other personal time conflicts. Please note the date and time of the final exam at the outset of the course.
Written assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the day they are due. Assignments handed in after class will be penalized one "half" letter grade (a plus/minus grade) and papers submitted after the due date will be penalized an additional half-grade for each subsequent weekday that they are late. Medical excuses require a doctor's note.
Initial homework assignments will be marked with checks, check-plusses, etc. After the first few weeks of the term, every assignment will receive a letter grade. Paper assignments will be graded on the basis of both substance and written form. For more information on written form, see the Guide for Written Work.
All written compositions in this course must be your own work and your own words, unless you are using explicit quotations. If you use the words of another person, always use quotation marks and indicate the source of the quote, and if you closely paraphrase another person, always indicate that you are doing so and whose ideas you are citing. Failure to follow these rules is considered plagiarism, which is serious academic misconduct and subject to severe penalties under university regulations. Please make sure never to submit work with plagiarized material; always acknowledge your sources.
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