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Grading The course has both a laboratory and a lecture component. The grant is included as a separate section in the grading I describe below. Approximately half of your final grade will be determined by your performance on two tests and the case studies/focus reading assignments. About a third of your grade is determined by the grant exercise (broken up into several portions). These include the preliminary exercises (assignments 1-4) that you will be required to do before starting the grant. And finally the laboratory projects will compose about one sixth of your final grade. Please note that unexcused absences from lab will result in the loss of ten points from your final total. As in any class, cheating will not be tolerated. You know what cheating is and I have learned from hard experience to not be lenient. If you have any questions about what constitutes cheating or plagiarism, it is your responsibility to ask. You can also refer to the Scot's Key. |
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Overview 1. Lecture: 2 tests, 200 points 2. Laboratory: 1 lab report and lab notebook, 100 points 3. Grant: 6 assignments, 200 points 4. Homework assignments: Case studies and focus readings, 100 points Lecture Grade (50% of total grade)
1. Tests Two tests @ 200 points total* Lab
Grade (~17% of Total Grade) 2. Lab notebook - 50 points; The notebook will be collected at the end of the course but in addition you will receive progress points for keeping the aspect up to date
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Participation - minus 10 points for each unexcused absence in
lab
The
Grant Writing Exercise (~33% of total grade) 1. Individual contribution - 20 points (individual and peer evaluation) 2. Assignments 1-5 - 50 points total (assignment 1 & 2 - 5 points each, 10 points total; assignment 3 - 10 points, assignments 4 & 5 - 15 points each, 30 points total) 3. Notebook - 10 points (with all drafts, notes and articles) 2. Group Portion - 120 points (100 for completed grant; 10 points for each of the two drafts I evaluate) Total points from the exercise - 200 points (Group project, peer evaluation) Plagarism of last year's grants will result in flunking the course.
1. Case studies: 3 of 4 assignments at 20 points each = 60 points 2. Focus readings: 2 of 3 assignments at 20 points each = 40 points
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