Course Grading

Grading:

Three lab exams,                  15% each

Lab homework,                    15% total, Lab homeworks will be graded as Pass/Fail. YOU WILL HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL LAB TO BRING IT TO A PASS.

Final project presentation,      35% 

Contemporary Issues Paper              5%

Final course grade will be based on the following absolute scale:
 
90.0 and above        4.0

85.0 to 89.9             3.5

80.0 to 84.9             3.0

75.0 to 79.9             2.5

70.0 to 74.9             2.0

65.0 to 69.9             1.5

50.0 to 64.9             1.0

49.9 and below        0.0

Homework projects will be available the last 30 minutes of most lab sessions. They will be due at the beginning of the next lab period. 

If you choose not to complete them, it is virtually guaranteed that you will not be successful in the lab exams or final project.

Each lab test is due at the end of the lab session that the test is administered and must be saved in the proper directory, which is;

               T:\courses-test\ME\280\Sections\(your section number)\Students\(your user name)\Tests

with the proper file name to receive credit. The proper file name will be indicated on the test. 

If you do not save the test properly you will receive a 0 for the test.

Advanced notice is required to qualify for any make-up exam.

Without prior approval, homework, or tests will NOT be accepted after the due date.

You have 7 days from the date a grade is first posted to challenge a test score. After this time the score will NOT be changed. 

 

The final project is a Group project and will be graded as a group.