Grading Policy

Important:

• In order to obtain a passing grade, you MUST have obtained at least half of the points on EACH component.
  
  
• In general, Problem Sets will be due one week after the material was covered in class. See the syllabus for the exact dates. Problem Sets should be turned in at the beginning of class on the day they are due.
  
  
• Late homework will NOT be accepted except by prior arrangement with the instructor.
  
  
• Of the 12 problem sets to be turned in, only the highest 11 will be used to compute the grade. That is to say, the lowest problem set grade will be dropped.

Challenge questions:

At the end of each problem set, there will be challenge questions. These are optional: they will not count towards (or subtract from) the grade you get on that problem set. Full and correct solutions for a problem set's challenge questions does count, however, as a full class participation for the week in which the corresponding material was covered, even if you were not in class. (But only a full and correct solution set will count this way. If you try the challenge questions on a regular basis and you get partial success, then we will still count that in, somehow, in your final grade - but it will NOT make up for lack of class participation.)

This document last modified Tuesday, 03-Mar-2009 15:35:09 EST