Grading and grades


Students are expected to participate actively in classroom discussions, contribute to their group's project, assimilate the knowledge developed by other groups, and integrate their understanding of the diverse topics in the class.

Grades will be based on:

5% Classroom discussions

5% Weekly homework (will be graded only for timeliness and completeness, not detailed content due to the lack of a reader)

30% Group projects

10% In-class quizzes

25% Takehome midterm

25% Takehome final


In the following, grades are listed by a random sequence number. You were sent your sequence number by email, but if you are missing it, please request of the instructor.

First takehome exam grades:

Roughly speaking, 10=A+, 9=A, 8=A-, 7=B+, 6=B, 5=B- was the scale we used on this exam. However, the final class grades will be determined by a curve.

Note: Question four has double weighting in the average.

Sequence #1 #2 #3 #4 Average
20 9 0 0 9 9.00
7 8.5 8 8 0 8.17
11 0 8 0 8 8.00
10 8.5 7 8 0 7.83
23 9 7 7.5 0 7.83
18 8 8 7.5 0 7.83
14 8 8 7 0 7.67
3 8 8 7 0 7.67
13 8 8 7 0 7.67
1 8 7 8 0 7.67
17 7 9 7 0 7.67
21 0 8 0 7 7.33
5 7.5 0 0 7 7.17
4 8 5 8 0 7.00
9 7 6 8 0 7.00
24 7.5 6 6.5 0 6.67
19 7 6 7 0 6.67
15 7 6 6 0 6.33
16 7 5 7 0 6.33
8 7 6 6 0 6.33
22 6 6 7 0 6.33
2 7.5 7 4 0 6.17
12 7 5 6 0 6.00
6 0 0 5.5 5 5.17

Second takehome exam:

Sequence #1 #2 #3 #4 Average
3 8.0 0.0 9.0 8.0 8.33
16 8.0 8.0 9.0 0.0 8.33
23 8.0 0.0 8.0 9.0 8.33
13 8.0 0.0 9.0 7.5 8.17
2 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 8.00
5 8.0 7.0 9.0 0.0 8.00
14 7.0 0.0 9.0 8.0 8.00
18 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0 8.00
20 8.0 0.0 8.0 8.0 8.00
9 7.0 0.0 8.0 8.5 7.83
17 8.0 0.0 8.0 7.5 7.83
1 8.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 7.67
4 8.0 0.0 8.0 7.0 7.67
11 7.0 7.0 0.0 9.0 7.67
19 8.0 0.0 8.0 7.0 7.67
21 8.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 7.67
24 7.0 0.0 9.0 7.0 7.67
10 7.0 8.0 0.0 7.5 7.50
7 7.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 7.33
8 8.0 0.0 8.0 6.0 7.33
12 8.0 7.0 7.0 0.0 7.33
15 8.0 0.0 7.0 7.0 7.33
22 6.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 7.00
6 6.0 6.0 0.0 7.0 6.33

Final grades:

There were no quizzes, and we ended up giving everybody full credit for class discussion. The homework grade is equal to the number of homework assignments turned in. Let us know if you see any errors or omissions.

Seq Disc Homework Quizes Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Takehome 1 Takehome 2 Average Grade
10 5 10 10 10 10 10 10
5% 5% 10% 7.5% 7.5% 15% 25% 25%
20 10 4 10 9 8 8 9.00 8.00 86.3% A+
13 10 5 10 9 8.25 8 7.67 8.17 84.5% A+
18 10 5 10 6.5 8.5 9 7.83 8.00 84.3% A+
23 10 5 10 6.5 8.25 8 7.83 8.33 83.5% A
14 10 5 10 6.5 7.5 9 7.67 8.00 83.2% A
1 10 4 10 9 8 8 7.67 7.67 82.1% A
3 10 4 10 8.5 7 7 7.67 8.33 81.1% A
4 10 4 10 9 8.25 8 7.00 7.67 80.6% A
7 10 4 10 8.5 7 7 8.17 7.33 79.9% A-
17 10 1 10 6.5 8.5 9 7.67 7.83 79.5% A-
11 10 0 10 9 8.25 8 8.00 7.67 79.1% A-
9 10 3 10 6.5 7.5 9 7.00 7.83 79.1% A-
5 10 3 10 8.5 7 7 7.17 8.00 78.0% B+
21 10 3 10 8.5 7 7 7.33 7.67 77.6% B+
16 10 4 10 8.5 7.5 6.5 6.33 8.33 77.4% B+
15 10 4 10 6.5 7.5 9 6.33 7.33 77.2% B+
12 10 4 10 6.5 8.5 9 6.00 7.33 77.1% B+
8 10 3 10 6.5 8.5 9 6.33 7.33 76.9% B+
24 10 4 10 8.5 7.5 6.5 6.67 7.67 76.6% B+
19 10 1 10 9 8 8 6.67 7.67 76.6% B+
2 10 4 10 8.5 7.5 6.5 6.17 8.00 76.2% B
10 10 1 10 8.5 7.5 6.5 7.83 7.50 76.1% B
22 10 3 10 6.5 7.5 9 6.33 7.00 75.3% B
6 10 2 10 9 8 8 5.17 6.33 70.5% B-