Each day of class that you attend is worth 0.25 % of your grade, up to a maximum of 4 %. This does not include holidays, inservice days, or days where the entire class period is devoted to an exam. Typically in a term this leaves at least one absence that would not have a direct effect on your grade. However missing class will hurt your chances for success on exams because you will not get the same attention that your classmates had.

Most of your homework for this class is to be submitted online through the free program WeBWorK. For details, see Section 9. Collectively, all web assignments are worth 12 % of your final grade. For every web assignment that you do not submit (or have a poor score for), I will replace that score with the score you get on your next exam.

Selections of problems from the textbook will be assigned to be be written up formally. Each written assignment is worth 1.3 % of your grade for a total of 13 %. See Written Assignments for the specifics.

Web assignments are due whenever WeBWorK says they are due for full credit. There is no way to get credit for a late web assignment (unless you unlock an achievement item reward). After the due date, you may still type in answers to check your work, but doing so will not increase your score. After the due date, answers are available if you re-visit the problem. A reminder: any WeBWorK score can be overwritten by your next exam score, if that is to your benefit.

Written assignments that are received late may receive a zero. If I have already graded the stack of everyone else's papers, then I do not have time to go back and grade any more. You may try to turn in something late, and if I have not yet graded everyone else's, then I can grade yours.

Please refer to the Calendar for exam dates, and Exams for details about what is covered on each exam. Exams 1, 2, 3, and 4 are worth 12 %, 17 %, 17 %, and 25 % of your grade, respectively.