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YOUR COURSE
GRADE:
Your course grade will be
determined by your overall performance in the course based on your
cumulative point total from the following required activities. The
final letter grade for the course will be determined by your final
points with the letter grade defined by the following table. Because
this course enrolls predominately freshmen, Professor Aitken
believes it is important to give students a number of grading
activities. This allows students who do poorly early in the course
to raise their grade by doing better in subsequent grading
activities.
The hour and final exams
are multiple choice, comprised of questions on material covered in
the lectures and the textbook. Additional “bonus question” on
“Economics in the News” will be included on each exam based on
current economic issues presented in the lecture and referrals to
information sources by Professor Aitken as news stories break during
the semester. Additional bonus point activities will also be
provided.
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Required Activity |
Points |
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Your Final Grade |
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Exam 1 |
200 |
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Total Points |
Course
Grade |
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Exam 2 |
200 |
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950-1000 |
A |
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Final Exam |
200 |
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900-949 |
AB |
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Opportunity
Cost Essay |
25 |
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850-899 |
B |
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Stock Report |
85 |
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800-849 |
BC |
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Pre-Class
Quizzes |
120 |
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750-799 |
C |
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(24 @
5 points each) |
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700-749 |
CD |
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PRS Quizzes |
100 |
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650-699 |
D |
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Online
Interactive Tutor |
15 |
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< 650 |
F |
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Online Survey 1 |
15 |
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Online Survey 2
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40 |
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Total |
1000 |
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Bonus Activity |
Points |
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Lecture
Participation: |
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Good Question
or Answer |
40 pts |
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2 pts per Q or
A; limit 4 pts./class |
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limit 40
pts per semester |
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Exam Bonus
Questions: |
60 pts |
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5 questions per exam, 4
pts. per question |
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3
exams per semester = 60 pts per semester |
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Survey on
Online Tutor: |
5 pts |
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Bonus OWL
Quizzes: |
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Course Design &
Requirements (syllabus) |
13 pts |
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Using Graphs (Ch. 1, appendix) |
5 pts |
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Other
Elasticities (Ch. 5, pp. 105-110) |
5 pts. |
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Bonus PRS Quizzes: |
30 pts |
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Total |
158 |
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Note
that the extra 158 bonus points help raise your grade - this is
the built-in "curve" for this course.
Your course grade will be
set by the points show to the left . The points required for a
particular grade will not change. |
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