Grades

Your cumulative score for the semester is a weighted sum of component scores, with the following weights:

  • 30%: Homework

  • 30%: Final Project

  • 20%: Exam 1

  • 20%: Exam 2

Grade Cutoffs

Grade cutoffs are approximately as follows, where μ is the class average, σ is the standard deviation. These thresholds are not guaranteed, but they rarely change by much.

A+:min(0.99,μ+1.5σ),A:min(0.94,μ+0.5σ),A:min(0.90,μ+0.25σ)B+:min(0.85,μ),B:min(0.80,μ0.75σ),B:min(0.75,μσ)C+:min(0.70,μ1.25σ),C:min(0.65,μ2σ),C:min(0.60,μ2.25σ)D+:min(0.55,μ2.5σ),D:min(0.50,μ2.75σ),D:min(0.45,μ3σ)