Activities Overview

All activities are point-valued toward the final grade, and, as such, are graded. Guidelines and descriptions of activities are found on the page noted in parentheses after the name of each activity in the following table. Grades are calculated as a percentage of 1000 possible points, broken into the following categories.  Below you will find a listing of extra credit opportunities.

Activity

Number of assignments and value

Total Points Possible

WarmUps (10):

27 offered @ 8 points to a maximum of 200

==> 200

Quiz Bowl Points (11):

Unlimited number offered @ 1 point, a minimum of 30 points required, the remainder are extra credit.

==> 30

End-of-Lab Quizzes (11):

10 end-of-lab quizzes offered @ 4 points to a maximum of 40.

==> 40

Team Project (11):

3 parts totaling 180 possible points.

==>180

Saturday Exams (12):

2 @ 100 points

==>200

Lab Exams (12):

2 @ 75 points

==>150

Comprehensive Final (12):

1 @ 200 points

==>200

Total Points Possible

==>1000

Extra Credit Opportunities:

Pre-Lab Quizzes (11)
 

Conduct Points (13)


Quiz Bowl Points (10, 13)

11 @ 3 points each to a maximum of 30 points.

Awarded by lab coaches using a distribution with a maximum of 20, centered at 10.

Any points over 30; see page 9, above.