The scale for each assignment or exam below is created after the assignment or exam is graded. These are the cutoffs that will inserted into the announced grading formulas to determine the "raw score" cutoffs for final grades.The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the "flat" grade, not the minus grade. (For example, if the cutoff listed for a B is 50 points, then 50 is a B and 49 is a B-). The A- cutoff is 1/3 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff, the B+ cutoff is 1/3 of the way up from the B cutoff to the A cutoff, the B- cutoff is 1/3 of the way down from the B cutoff to the C cutoff, etc. (except that I do not give D-'s; anything lower than the D cutoff is an E).
A cutoff like "17.5" in a grade-scale does not mean that any half-points were given to any student on the corresponding assignment or exam; it simply means that I thought 18 was too high for the cutoff and 17 was too low.
Each average below was computed from the scores of only those students who took that exam or who turned in that assignment. The average for total homework points was computed just from currently-registered students, and therefore does not reflect students who may have turned in earlier homeworks (and are therefore reflected in the averages for those earlier homeworks) but have since dropped the class.
Homework
Scores (and cutoffs) for the different assignments are simply added together at the end of the semester. Example: if there are only two homework assignments, worth 60 points and 80 points respectively, and the "A" cutoffs are 50 and 70 respectively, then the "A" cutoff for the homework component of the final grade is 120 out of a possible 140. A student earning 55 points on each of the two homeworks would have the same homework grade as a student earning 30 points on the first assignment and 80 points on the second.
A B C D class average Assignment 1 (34 points) 30
(88%)23.5
(69%)16
(47%)11
(32%)23.0
(58%)Assignment 2 (27 points) 22.5
(83%)17.5
(65%)12.5
(46%)8.5
(31%)22.1
(82%)Assignment 3 (34 points) 31
(91%)26
(76%)16.5
(49%)12
(35%)22.9
(67%)Assignment 4 (36 points) 32.5
(90%)26.5
(74%)20.5
(57%)16
(44%)28.9
(80%)Assignment 5 (30 points) 27
(90%)20.5
(68%)14
(47%)10
(33%)28.9
(80%)Assignment 6 (0 points) NA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NAAssignment 7 (25 points) 22.5
(90%)19.5
(78%)15
(60%)11
(46%)20.2
(81%)Assignment 8 (31 points) 27
(87%)23.5
(76%)16
(52%)10.5
(34%)22.8
(74%)Assignment 9 (34 points) 28.5
(84%)24
(71%)15.5
(46%)10.5
(31%)26.5
(78%)Assignment 10 (23 points) 19.5
(85%)15
(65%)9
(39%)6
(26%)16.1
(70%)Assignment 11 (0 points) NA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NAAssignment 12 (29 points) 24
(83%)19
(66%)13
(45%)8
(28%)19.9
(69%)Assignment 13 (42 points) 37
(88%)31.5
(75%)23
(55%)18.5
(44%)34.4
(82%)Assignment 14 (0 points) NA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NAAssignment 15 (0 points) NA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NANA
NAHomework totals (345 points) 301.5
(87%)246.5
(71%)171
(50%)103.5
(34%)
269
(78%)
Midterm Exams
A B C D class median class average Exam 1 (91 points) 79.5
(87%)67.5
(74%)45.5
(50%)30
(33%)50
(55%)56
(61%)list of scores Exam 2 (109 points) 95.5
(88%)81.5
(75%)63.5
(58%)49
(45%)89
(82%)83
(76%)list of scores
Final Exam (188 [+ 10 EC] points)
A B C D class median class average Final Exam (188) points) 164
(87%)140
(74%)101.5
(54%)73
(39%)159
(85%)147
(78%)list of scores
Current raw-score cutoffs for each grade
See Canvas "Assignment" and syllabus for explanation. `Current' means "As of the last exam or homework whose grade-scale is above."
max possible to date A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D 1000 872 826 779 732 664 596 527 478 428 378
Distribution of final grades for course
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D E Number of students receiving grade 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 The students who received E's are the ones who did not take the final exam. (All had stopped participating much earlier. One stopped shortly after the second midterm; one stopped between the first and second midterms; and one attended only a handful of classes, took none of the exams, and never handed in any homework.) They may be in the process of petitioning to drop the course, but were still on the roster when final grades were due.
If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please come to my office hours after January 9 (check my home webpage after Jan. 8 for my schedule). I will not send or discuss grades by email.