New Mexico Tech

Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Geobiology

Spring 2009

Last update: April 22, 2009


The following is a provisional distribution of grading for the semester.  Changes may be made to reflect either the omission of tasks listed here or the addition of tasks not listed.  Changes made will be announced in class and reflected here soon after they have been made.  

 Lecture - 75% of course grade 

Lecture Subgrades (the column labeled "Final" will be used to calculate course grades): 

Category

Provisional Final
Midterm 15% 16.1%
Final 20% 21.5%
Quizzes 8% x 4 quizzes (32%) 8.6% x 5 (43%)
Presentation 10%  10.8%
Discussion participation 5%  5.4%
In class short writing  1% x 8 (8%) 1.1% x 3 (3.3%)
Miscellaneous homework 10% 0%

Lab - 25% of course grade


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