Grading Policy
Final grades will be determined
in the following manner:
| Weekly Discussions | 40% |
| Paper One | 25% |
| Paper Two | 35% |
Each week's discussion is worth 2.5% of the total course grade. There are fifteen weeks in the semester, and there are two assignments in the first week of class. These 16 assignments, therefore, contribute 40% of the final course grade. Please refer to the criteria for grading the weekly discussion assignments. Grades for the weekly discussion assignments will be posted to the gradebook in Blackboard no later than one week after the discussion concludes.
Paper One is worth 25% of the final course grade. Please refer to the criteria and the grading rubric for the Paper One assignment.
Paper Two is worth 35% of the final course grade. Please refer to the criteria and the grading rubric for the Paper Two assignment.
There also will be extra credit assignments from time-to-time. These will be spontaneous and un-planned. These assignments will be made in postings in the discussion forums in Blackboard.
Final grades will be determined on a traditional
scale:
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