Your grade will be computed from seven equally weighted components: homework average, quiz average,
three exams, and a final exam (which counts as two components).
Your lowest component
will be dropped and the rest averaged to produce your score for the course.
Students
will be ranked according to this score, and grades will be assigned according to the ranking.
Homework will be assigned weekly, and the lowest score will be dropped before the
average is computed.
Quizzes will be announced.
There will be no make up exams.
In cases of hardship, let me know of your absence
in advance and I will see what accommodation can be made.
Calculators are not allowed on quizzes and exams.
They may be used, and may occasionally be
useful, on homework; a basic calculator will be enough for this class.
Academic honesty is assumed as a matter of course.
Cheating on quizzes or exams will lead to
an automatic grade of zero and other consequences.
