Item | Percentage of the Grade |
---|---|
Problem Sets | 40% |
Class Participation | 10% |
Midterm Paper | 25% |
Final Paper | 25% |
Important:
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.)