Grade Scales for Exams
MAA 4402
Complex Variables
Fall 2009

The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the "flat" grade, not for the minus grade. The A- cutoff is 3/10 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff; the B+ cutoff is 3/10 of the way up from the B cutoff to the A cutoff. The other plus and minus grades work similarly, except that I do not give D-'s (anything lower than the D cutoff is an E).

Hour Exams

A B C D class
median
class
average
Exam 1 (140 points)   109
(78%)
  95
(68%)
  75
(54%)
52 
(37%)
69
(49%)
69
(49%)
list of scores
Exam 2 (100 points)
90
78
59
43
47
53
list of scores

Final Exam (278 points)

A B C D class
median
class
average
253
(91%)
226
(81%)
179
(64%)
136
(49%)
192
(69%)
196
(71%)
list of scores

Course (1000 points: each hour-exam counts for 250; final exam counts for 400; homework counts for 100)

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D E
Points needed 868 837 796 765 717 653 605 559 498 453 NA
Number of students receiving grade 2 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0

The class GPA was 2.54.

If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please DO NOT EMAIL ME THE QUESTION; please see me in my office after the start of the spring semester. I will post my office hours when I know them. I will not send or discuss grades by email, and will delete, without responding, any email requesting a response related to grades or exam-scores.


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