Grading Your grade in this class will consist of the following components: Chapter Quizzes –There will be one quiz for each chapter and each quiz will be worth 10 points. You may take up to 16 quizzes but I will count only the 10 highest scores. See for yourself Video Quizzes: most, but not all, chapters will have quizzes associated with videos that you must watch. Points will vary. Keyword Quizzes: each chapter will have a keyword quiz. Some questions may be repeated on the unit exams. Discussion Board (DB): You must answer the question prompt and post your answer for the rest of the class to read. Once you have posted an initial post, you should read your classmates posts. You must reply to at least two of your classmates original posts. The goal is to further discussion and understanding of the original question asked. Points will be deducted for inappropriate comments, rudeness, lack of respect etc. Points will be added for level of reasoning and logic applied. References to the assigned text required. Additional references to major news cites may also help. There are 14 graded DBs for a total of 140 points possible. Unit Exams (400 points) – there will be five exams (one over each unit), each worth 100 points. Your lowest exam grade will be dropped. Course grades will be assigned as follows: 711 -- 790 points = A 632 -- 710 points = B 553 -- 631 points = C 474 -- 552 points = D 473 points or less = F You must turn in all assigned work to pass this class. Late and Make As all quizzes and assignments are available online for some period of time, they cannot up work be made up if they are not completed before the unit closes (at 11:59 PM on exam day). Individual exams may not be made up. If a student misses one exam, that exam score (a zero) will be dropped from their course point total. A second missed exam will stand as a zero. No make-up exams will be offered.
Grading Your grade in this class will consist of the following components: Chapter Quizzes –There will be one quiz for each chapter and each quiz will be worth 10 points. You may take up to 16 quizzes but I will count only the 10 highest scores. See for yourself Video Quizzes: most, but not all, chapters will have quizzes associated with videos that you must watch. Points will vary. Keyword Quizzes: each chapter will have a keyword quiz. Some questions may be repeated on the unit exams. Discussion Board (DB): You must answer the question prompt and post your answer for the rest of the class to read. Once you have posted an initial post, you should read your classmates posts. You must reply to at least two of your classmates original posts. The goal is to further discussion and understanding of the original question asked. Points will be deducted for inappropriate comments, rudeness, lack of respect etc. Points will be added for level of reasoning and logic applied. References to the assigned text required. Additional references to major news cites may also help. There are 14 graded DBs for a total of 140 points possible. Unit Exams (400 points) – there will be five exams (one over each unit), each worth 100 points. Your lowest exam grade will be dropped. Course grades will be assigned as follows: 711 -- 790 points = A 632 -- 710 points = B 553 -- 631 points = C 474 -- 552 points = D 473 points or less = F You must turn in all assigned work to pass this class. Late and Make up work As all quizzes and assignments are available online for some period of time, they cannot be made up if they are not completed before the unit closes (at 11:59 PM on exam day). Individual exams may not be made up. If a student misses one exam, that exam score (a zero) will be dropped from their course point total. A second missed exam will stand as a zero. No make-up exams will be offered.