The exams are not online and will be given on the NCTC Campus on Saturdays.
They are pencil & paper and must be proctored.
You must bring to each exam: pencils, a scientific calculator (non-graphing), and a photo ID.
No notes of any kind will be allowed during exams.
The exams are given on Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., on the NCTC Corinth campus (room TBD) according to the following schedule:
Exam Schedule NCTC Corinth Campus 10:00am - 12:00pm
Exam 1 February 15, 2020
Exam 2 March 07, 2020
Exam 3 April 11, 2020
Exam 4 May 02, 2020
Final Exam May 14, 2020 (Thursday) 5:30 – 7:30 pm
These dates are tentative and subject to change.
Students who are unable to attend the above primary exam dates & times on the Corinth campus may, with the instructor’s approval, test at another NCTC campus testing center, or at another institution’s official testing center. These alternate testing arrangements must be communicated to the instructor at least 2 weeks prior to the primary testing date and may be approved at the instructor’s discretion. If approved for an alternate testing location, the student must schedule the exam on any day Tuesday – Friday the week before the primary Saturday date for that exam.
Contact information for the NCTC Counseling & Testing Centers may be found at:
http://www.nctc.edu/testing-center/class-and-make-up-exams.html
Exams will generally be graded in about a week. Once graded, the grades will be posted in our Canvas course site, and the solutions will be posted in the Exam Solutions module. You can pick up your graded exams on the NCTC Flower Mound campus, room 107, Monday – Thursday 7:30 am – 7:00 pm. If you e-mail me, I can arrange for you to pick up an exam at another NCTC campus, or to have it scanned and e-mailed to you. Students who are unable to attend the above primary exam dates & times on the Corinth campus may, with the instructor’s approval, test at another NCTC campus testing center, or at another institution’s official testing center. These alternate testing arrangements must be communicated to the instructor at least 2 weeks prior to the primary testing date and may be approved at the instructor’s discretion. If approved for an alternate testing location, the student must schedule the exam on any day Tuesday – Friday the week before the primary Saturday date for that exam.
Grade Calculation:
Your grade will be the average of four class exams, homework, quizzes and the mandatory comprehensive final examination, which could count twice. These seven scores will be equally weighted, except that:
- The lowest test score may be replaced by the final exam if higher.
- There will be no make-up tests, quizzes, or final exam for any reason.
- Each test will contain approximately 11 problems of which one problem will not be counted in determining your test score.
- The homework and quizzes will be on My Math Lab.
- Homework and quizzes are worth 35 & 65 points respectively...
- Homework and quizzes combined equal 1 test grade (100 points).
- Border-line grades will determined by effort on homework & quizzes.
- There is no extra credit available in this course.
- I will drop your lowest MML quiz grade at the end of the semester.
- I will drop 3 lowest MML homework grades at the end of the semester.
- If your grade is not within ½ % point of the upper grade it will not be rounded up.
Scenario 1 Points Percentage
1) Four semester exams 400 pts 66.11 %
2) Final Exam 100 pts 16.53 %
3) MML Quizzes 65 pts 10.74 %
4) MML Homework 35 pts 5.79 %
5) Off-Line Homework 5 pts 0.83 %
6) Total 605 pts 100 %
Scenario 2 Points Percentage
1) Three semester exams 300 pts 49.58 %
2) Final Exam 200 pts 33.06 %
3) MML Quizzes 65 pts 10.74 %
4) MML Homework 35 pts 5.79 %
5) Off-Line Homework 5 pts 0.83 %
6) Total 605 pts 100 %
Grade Scale
A = 90 – 100%; B = 80 – 89.99%; C = 70 – 79.99%; D = 60 – 69.99%; F = 0 – 59.99%
A = 544.5 - 605 pts B = 484 - 544.4 pts C = 423.5 - 483.9 pts D = 363 - 423.4 pts F = 0 – 362.9 pts
There will be no make-up exams or quizzes. If your final exam score is higher than the lowest of the 4 intra-semester exams, then the final exam score will replace the lowest of the 3 exam grades. In this case, the final exam score will be weighted 33.06% of your overall grade.
Sample tests are posted on Canvas/Modules, they will not be counted for credit.
Exam, quiz, & homework scores will be posted on Course Compass and NCTC Canvas websites.
Your Final Letter Grade will be posted on My NCTC website.
Exams will be graded and scores posted on Course Compass (MML) & Canvas within one week.
The grading policy may be amended during the semester at the instructor’s discretion.
Students who take the final exam.
- the final exam grade could replace a semester exam if higher.
- I will drop your lowest MML quiz grade at the end of the semester.
- I will drop your 3 lowest MML homework grades at the end of the semester.
- If your grade is not within ½ % point of the upper grade it will not be rounded up.
Students who are satisfied with their grade may waive the Final Exam.
No exam grades will be dropped. You must sign a waiver form to be exempt from the final exam and attend class on the day of the final exam. The grades you earned will not be rounded up and you must meet the following:
- you must have a 70 average on your four exams.
- you must have a 70 average on your homework.
- you must have a 70 average on your quizzes.
- you must attend class on the day of the final exam.
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