Grading and Workload

Grading will be based on:

  • Five assignments: to be completed individually (50%)

  • Final project: individual or group of two students (25%): proposal (10%), final report (15%)

  • Exam (25%): center around lecture notes and is open-book.

  • Extra credit (see Policies for details)

Submission details for assignments (AST), project proposal (PRP), and final report (PRR) can be found on Blackboard.

Item Credits Notes
AST1 10%
AST2 10%
AST3 10%
AST4 10%
AST5 10%
Exam 25% open book
PRP 10%
PRR 15% include code/data/report


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-