Mini-exams |
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There will be 5 mini-exams during the semester. |
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Mini exam 1 Grade distribution |
Mini exam 2 Grade distribution |
Mini exam 3 Grade distribution |
Mini exam 4 Grade distribution |
Mini exam 5 Grade distribution |
Final Exam |
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The final exam is cumulative. |
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Regrade Policy |
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Deadline: One week after exam was returned to class! If there was an arithmetic error in adding up points on your exam, let me know right away, and I will record the correct grade. This doesn't constitute a regrade request. My experience with regrade requests is that fewer than 10% of them lead to a change in an exam grade, and an even fewer affect the final grade for the course. It seems a waste of our time to regrade these exams, and a waste of your time to agonize over the unlikely possiblity of gaining an additional point or two. You can almost certainly gain more points in the course by devoting this time to studying for the next exam. If you sincerely feel that your exam was unfairly graded, I will consider regrading it. However, I will regrade the entire exam, which may result in either an increase or a decrease in your grade. Let me repeat that. I will regrade the entire exam, which may result in either an increase or a decrease in your grade. Really. When calculating the final letter grades for the course, I give extra consideration to each student who is near a cut-off, to see if there is some justification for bumping the letter grade up a notch. I will keep a record of all regrade requests, and students who have asked for this extra consideration during the course of the semester may not receive additional consideration at the time that final grades are assigned. Unfortunately, there have been several instances in the past where students have modified an answer after the exam had been graded, and then submitted the exam for a regrade. Because of this, I will not consider regrades of exams that were written in pencil. Also, a random sample of exams are photocopied before they are returned. Any indication that an exam has been modified before the regrade was requested will be considered cheating, and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. If you feel that a regrade
request is justified, print out the Regrade Request Form
(a Word document),
fill it in, and staple it to the front of your exam.
If you want to study from the exam, make a copy for yourself before handing it in. The following are the usual circumstances that may lead to an increase in points:
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