Grading and Workload

Grading will be based on:

  • Four homework: to be completed individually (30%)

  • Two assignments: to be completed individually (30%)

  • Final project: individual or group of two students (20%): proposal (5%), progress report (5%), final report (10%)

  • Midterm Exam (20%)

  • Extra credit (see Policies for details) (5%)

Workload for this class is expected to be in range of (2.5-3.0-2.5) that is translated as:

  • 2.5 hours for lectures per week (each 75 min)

  • 3.0 hours for homework, assignments, and projects per week

  • 2.5 hours for preparatory work for each class per week

Final grades will be assigned based on the following mapping:

ScoreGrade ScoreGrade Score Grade
>=95 A+ >=90 A >=85 A-
>=80 B+ >=75 B >=70 B-
>=67 C+ >=63 C >=60 C-
>=57 D+ >=53 D >=50 D-