Your final score in the course will be determined using the following algorithm

Homework: 20%
Midterm Exams: 17.5% each
Final Examination: 25%
Laboratory #1: 7.5%
Laboratory #2: 7.5%
 Design Project: 5%

 

We will not assign special projects to make up for missed homeworks and laboratories or poor performance on examinations.

We will follow the tenets of the Academic Honor Code of Brown University . 

Homework

Homework will be assigned approximately weekly

Homework will usually be assigned in class on Tuesdays. They will usually be due in class the following Tuesday. Graded homework will be returned to you in the folders opposite Ms. Mercurio on the 6th south floor of Barus Holley.

Homework handed in after 12:00 pm (noon) on the due date will not be graded.

We will excuse homework only for medical reasons or with a Dean's letter. If you want to be excused from a homework, you must submit a request in writing before the homework is due.

We encourage collaboration on homework assignments: you can learn a lot from working with a group. However, material submitted for grading should represent work done by its author. Any work done in collaboration should be clearly marked as such. See the Academic Honor Code of Brown University for further clarification.

 

Collaboration Policy

Homeworks:  You may work on homework problems as a group.  However, any work submitted for grading must represent work done by the person who will receive credit for the assignment.  It is not acceptable for two students to submit identical copies of a homework problem.  It is not acceptable for one student to copy work previously done by another.

Laboratories: Laboratory measurements are done as a group.  Collaboration is permitted on calculations associated with a laboratory.  No collaboration of any kind is permitted while writing laboratory reports.  Reports must represent work done by their author.

Examinations: No collaboration of any kind is permitted during examinations.

Any violation of these policies or the Academic Honor Code will automatically be referred to the Academic Standing Committee.  Penalties for honor code violations may include one or more of the following

1. Loss of credit for the exercise (loss of credit for a lab will almost certainly cause you to drop a grade)

2. Loss of credit for the course

3. An entry in the student's permanent record

4. Mention of the incident in any recommendation letter supplied by Brown to prospective employers

5. Dismissal.

 

Grade change requests

If you find that your grades have been added incorrectly, or you would like a grade on your homework, examination or laboratory assignment reconsidered, you should

(i) Prepare a brief written statement explaining why you think your grade is incorrect;

(ii) Leave your written request, together with the homework/lab/exam in question in the box marked `grade change requests' across from Ms. Mercurio's desk on the 6th north floor of Barus-Holley.

Keep in mind that each entire HW set amounts to about 1.5% of your final grade, and hence each problem amounts to less than 0.3% of your final grade, and each point of each problem about 0.03% of your final grade.  In other words, please do not haggle over very minor grading issues in the HW.  We are certainly willing to correct mistakes but are not interested in negotiating over whether a certain solution was worth 6 or 7 points.  It is not worth your time either. 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Grading Policy Your final score in the course will be determined using the following algorithm Homework: 20% Midterm Exams: 17.5% each Final Examination: 25% Laboratory #1: 7.5% Laboratory #2: 7.5% Design Project: 5%   We will not assign special projects to make up for missed homeworks and laboratories or poor performance on examinations. We will follow the tenets of the Academic Honor Code of Brown University .  Homework Homework will be assigned approximately weekly Homework will usually be assigned in class on Tuesdays. They will usually be due in class the following Tuesday. Graded homework will be returned to you in the folders opposite Ms. Mercurio on the 6th south floor of Barus Holley. Homework handed in after 12:00 pm (noon) on the due date will not be graded. We will excuse homework only for medical reasons or with a Dean's letter. If you want to be excused from a homework, you must submit a request in writing before the homework is due. We encourage collaboration on homework assignments: you can learn a lot from working with a group. However, material submitted for grading should represent work done by its author. Any work done in collaboration should be clearly marked as such. See the Academic Honor Code of Brown University for further clarification.   Collaboration Policy Homeworks:  You may work on homework problems as a group.  However, any work submitted for grading must represent work done by the person who will receive credit for the assignment.  It is not acceptable for two students to submit identical copies of a homework problem.  It is not acceptable for one student to copy work previously done by another. Laboratories: Laboratory measurements are done as a group.  Collaboration is permitted on calculations associated with a laboratory.  No collaboration of any kind is permitted while writing laboratory reports.  Reports must represent work done by their author. Examinations: No collaboration of any kind is permitted during examinations. Any violation of these policies or the Academic Honor Code will automatically be referred to the Academic Standing Committee.  Penalties for honor code violations may include one or more of the following 1. Loss of credit for the exercise (loss of credit for a lab will almost certainly cause you to drop a grade) 2. Loss of credit for the course 3. An entry in the student's permanent record 4. Mention of the incident in any recommendation letter supplied by Brown to prospective employers 5. Dismissal.   Grade change requests If you find that your grades have been added incorrectly, or you would like a grade on your homework, examination or laboratory assignment reconsidered, you should (i) Prepare a brief written statement explaining why you think your grade is incorrect; (ii) Leave your written request, together with the homework/lab/exam in question in the box marked `grade change requests' across from Ms. Mercurio's desk on the 6th north floor of Barus-Holley. Keep in mind that each entire HW set amounts to about 1.5% of your final grade, and hence each problem amounts to less than 0.3% of your final grade, and each point of each problem about 0.03% of your final grade.  In other words, please do not haggle over very minor grading issues in the HW.  We are certainly willing to correct mistakes but are not interested in negotiating over whether a certain solution was worth 6 or 7 points.  It is not worth your time either.