Evaluation and Grading
Procedures
Evaluation in this course will be accomplished
with a combination of Multiple Choice/Short Answer questions
(lectures and discussions), Essays (lectures), and Identification
(ID) questions from laboratories. In
addition there will be homework assignments and discussion problems.
A total of about 287 points is anticipated to be distributed
approximately as follows:
Quiz One (19 points; ~ 7%)
One MC/SA question per Lectures 1-10
Three ID questions per Labs 1-3
MidTerm 1 (75 points; ~ 26 %)
One MC/SA question per Lectures 1-10
Two MC/SA question per Lectures 11-18
Four Essay questions (10 points each)
Three ID questions per Labs 4-6
Quiz Two (14 points; ~ 5 %)
One MC/SA question per Lectures 19-26
Three ID questions per Labs 7-8
MidTerm 2 (68 points; ~ 23 %)
One MC/SA question per Lectures 19-26
Two MC/SA questions per Lectures 27-36
Four essay questions (10 points each)
Laboratory Final (50 points
~ 17%) Five ID questions per Laboratories
1-10
Homework Assignments (36 points ~
12%)
Discussion Assignments (25 points ~
9%)
End
of Semester Grading will approximate 90% (A), 80% (B), and 70%
(C) | 
