Grading and Workload

Grading will be based on:

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

  • One assignment: to be completed individually (10%)

  • Two spotlight paper reviews: to be completed individually (10%)

  • Final project: groups of two students (15%): proposal (2.5%), progress report (2.5%), final report (10%)

  • Midterm Exam (35%)

  • 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
>=94 A >=90 A-
>=87 B+ >=84 B >=80 B-
>=77 C+ >=74 C >=70 C-
>=67 D+ >=64 D >=60 D-