Exams and Grades

    Two exams will be given during the regularly scheduled class period in JGB 2.218 and a comprehensive final exam will be given on Monday, May 12 (2-5pm).  Each exam will count as 25% of your grade, and there will be several quizzes during class periods that will make up the remaining 25%. There are no make-ups for quizzes, but you will be allowed to drop one grade. Make-up exams are given only under RARE circumstances and MUST BE accompanied by written documentation of the absence and after approval from the instructor.  Each regularly scheduled exam will be in a short answer/essay format and will cover lectures and assigned reading material from the part of the course immediately preceding each exam.  Exams will be given according to the syllabus schedule unless there is an official University holiday. Approximate letter grades will be given for each exam.  These grades should only be considered as general indicators of your progress and not as formal partial grades. 

    Exams usually are graded within one week and will be returned during class periods (except the final exam).  Cheating WILL NOT be tolerated under any circumstances, and all exams are copied before they are returned.  Therefore, there is a written record of all responses during the exam period.  Regrading of exams will be considered only by returning the exam with a WRITTEN explanation by e-mail.  Exams will be considered for regrading only until another exam is given; this means you have about a month and a half to have regrades performed.