Grading Policy
Evaluation of students will be based on: exams, quizzes on simulations and coursework, homework assignments of problem-solving review questions and exercises, class discussion participation. Written assignments may include synopsis and/or critique of online material, newspapers, magazine projects, text articles, explanation of chemical principles, qualitative, and quantitative problem solving.
Each
week begins at 5:00 am PST and each week ends on Sunday at 11:59 PST. Discussion
boards, online quizzes, and self-assessments are turned off for posts or
entry at the end of each week on Sunday at 11:59 pm PST.
Examinations are usually available from Thursday or Saturday until the following
Monday and are taken online in CE.
* Each online quiz is worth 10 points. The online quizzes are available in The Chemistry Place and the each quiz along with the score should be emailed to me in CE as an attachment. Send a copy of the score and quiz to a secure email of your own (just in case there is an email failure of some sort). * You are required to complete homework assignments which are end-of-chapter review, exercises, and problems that are scanned and submitted in CE6 or you can take the Exercises and Problems at the companion website. The Exercises and Problems are required to submit via email and details are found in the course management system, CE6 in the Learning Modules. Either the homework assignment or Problems & Exercises must be submitted by the due date for each exam. * Each Discussion topic is worth a total of 10 points. Your initial post is worth 4 points and each reply to three separate students in the posted topic replies are worth 2 points for a maximum of 10 points. The replies should be meaningful and focus on the content in the course and on the specific forum topic. All discussions are posted in the course management system, CE. * Each exam is worth 100 points. I drop your lowest exam score. * The final is comprehensive and worth 200 points. The final examination covers all of the textbook readings, quizzes, and any other material discussed online. Chemistry 103 is graded on a percentage basis. You are assigned points for each section, but each assessment below is acts as a percentage of the score. I use an online grading tool that permits me to enter your scores as points and then the assignments are adjusted to the relative weights below. You will be given access to this grading tool so you can see any graded material online at any time. However, remember that your grade at any time during the semester is just a snapshot of how you are doing at that time based on what I have graded and may not reflect your overall score at the end of the course. |
Chemistry 103 is graded on a percentage basis. You are assigned points for each section, but each assessment below is acts as a percentage of the score. I use an online grading tool that permits me to enter your scores as points and then the assignments are adjusted to the relative weights below. You will be given access to this grading tool so you can see any graded material online at any time. However, remember that your grade at any time during the semester is just a snapshot of how you are doing at that time based on what I have graded and may not reflect your overall score at the end of the course.
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Exam (drop lowest score, 100 pts each) |
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20% |
Final (200 points) |
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Online
Quizzes |
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Self-Assessments/Homework |
| 20% | Discussion Board ( 40 points each) |
Letter Grades
Letter grades are
based on percentage scores. Grades are assigned only at the end of the
semester when all items have been graded; the percentage on a portion of
the course is not a meaningful measure of your total performance. However,
please
note that at the discretion of the instructor, if you fail a portion
of this course you will not pass the entire course. A failing grade
is considered receiving less than 55% of the score in the final, examination
total,
or discussion board total. In
this event, you will have to take all components of this course again in
order to receive credit for the entire course. Grades will be assigned
based on the following straight percentages:
Total Percentage Score |
Letter Grade |
100-88 |
A |
87-77 |
B |
76-66 |
C |
65-55 |
D |
less than 55 |
F |