Grade scale

Your overall course grade will be converted from a percent grade to a letter at the end of the semester according to the following grade scale:

A scale indicating how percent grades correspond to letter grades

Grading scheme

Your overall course grade will come from the following components

  • 20% WeBWorK
  • 10% Participation
  • 10% Project #1
  • 10% Project #2
  • 10% Term test #1
  • 10% Term test #2
  • 10% Term test #3
  • 10% Term test #4
  • 10% Final exam

WeBWorK (20%)

WeBWorK is an online homework platform. You will have homework sets due most Monday nights at 11:59pm. If you don’t finish, you can earn 50% credit for answers submitted by the following Tuesday night at 11:59pm. Login information has been emailed to students.

Participation (10%)

Staying engaged in your online class is critical for success. Each time you engage in one of the following activities, you will earn one participation point. Your participation grade will be the number of points you earn out of 20.

  • Participating in OpenLab discussions
    • You will be given prompts to post on the OpenLab throughout the semester; make sure you follow the instructions and use the correct category. But this is your website, so you may submit a post whenever you want! You will get credit for posts that are relevant to course content. Use the category Discussion for posts that are not responses to prompts.
  • Attending student office hours
  • Attending tutoring (for programs that provide attendance)
  • Using the WeBWorK Ask for Help feature
  • Other options for earning participation credit may be available later in the semester.

Projects (10% each)

You will complete two small projects during the semester. More details will be posted as the dates approach.

Tentative project due dates:

  • Project #1 – Applications of first order equations (sessions 6-7 in the course outline), due during Weeks 8 & 9 (weeks of October 16 & 23)
  • Project #2 – Applications of Linear Second Order Equations (sessions 19-20 in the course outline) due during Weeks 12 & 13 (weeks of November 13 & 20)

Term tests (10% each)

You will take four term tests during the semester. More details will be announced as the dates approach. No make-up tests will be given; any student who has an excused absence from a test will have each of the other tests count for more toward their final grade. For an absence to be excused, the student must seek approval from the The Center for Student Accessibility (the instructor cannot excuse an absence). If a student has more than one excused absence from a test, arrangements with their instructor must be made ASAP.

  • Test #1 on Module 1 (1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5), taken during Week 4 (September 21)
  • Test #2 on Module 2 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3), taken during Week 6 (October 5)
  • Test #3 on Module 3 (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7), taken during Week 11 (November 7)
  • Test #4 on Module 4 (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4), taken during Week 14 (November 30)

Final exam (10%)

The final exam is cumulative. More details will be announced as the date approaches.

  • Final exam on all topics, taken in class during Week 17 (December 19)