Your grade in this course is based on 4 exams that will combine material from lecture, readings, and laboratory work; a laboratory notebook that you will develop from worksheets completed during laboratory sessions; and 2 writing assignments. Final grades will be based on a curve, with the mean typically in the C+ to B- range. Exceptional improvement will be rewarded. Your active participation in office hours, lecture and lab may be a positive factor in cases where your final course grade is near a boundary.
Exercise
Due date and place
Coverage
% of grade
Notes
“Preliminary” Exam
take home, end of week 3
Lecture Units 1-5
Labs A-C
1
a
Midterm Exam I
Lab Practical Exam I
F Feb 10, in lab (GML 101)
Lecture units 1-7
Labs A-D
10
6
b, c
Midterm EXAM II
Lab Practical Exam II
F Mar 30, in lab (GML 101)
Units 8-15
Labs E-I
12
8
b
Final Exam
T May 1, 8 am (SCIC 239)
“cumulative”
20
d
Lab worksheets
by Tuesday lecture after lab
week’s lab material
18
e
Report reference/topic 1
F Feb 3 by email, start of lab
0.5
f
Research REPORT 1
F Feb 17 by email, start of lab
see writing
10
g
Report reference/topic 2
F Mar 23 by email, start lab
0.5
f
Research REPORT 2
F Apr 6 by email, start of lab
see writing
12
g
Attendance/participation
lecture and lab
2
Questionnaire
T May 1, at final exam
course evaluation
x-credit
Notes:
a. Preliminary EXAM will give you experience with the format of questions used in lecture and lab exams. It will be a take-home exam that must be completed in one sitting.
b. Midterm EXAMS will include a lecture/reading written exam and a separate practical laboratory exam. The lecture/reading and lab exams will be given during a single lab session.
c. Note: first Midterm EXAM covers some of the same material as the Preliminary EXAM.
d. Final EXAM does not involve a lab practical. The exam is "cumulative" in that it will cover lecture/reading material and written information from laboratory covered in the last few weeks of course, but will also assume knowledge of general information from earlier lectures.
e. Laboratory exercise sheets are due by Tuesday at lecture.
f. Topic is due two weeks before report: send email to podolskyr@cofc.edu using this subject line: topic1Lastname for report #1, topic2Lastname for report #2. Give details requested on the assignment web page.
g. Report must be submitted by email to podolskyr@cofc.edu. Use the following subject line: report1Lastname for report #1, report2Lastname for report #2. Provide information requested on the assignment web page.
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