Final Grades in Nat Sci 102 L11
and L12H
Contents:
Distribution of grades for the final exam
How the final course numerical grade was calculated.
The curve: How to translate your final course numerical grade to
your letter grade.
Distribution of grades for the final exam
Here are the distributions of grades
for the Final Exam.
For L11:
For L12H, the final exam grades had the
following distribution:
How the final course numerical grade was
calculated.
As described in the syllabus, the final grade is composed of
the following:
Midterms
35%
Telescope
Lab
10%
Homework, Labs, and all other assignments 20%
Final
Exam
35%
The lowest midterm grade was dropped. The extra credit points
were added.
The Homework grade included
Starry Night Lab
HW 1: Create a constellation
HW 2: Map a Planet
HW 3: Fractal HW
HW 4: HR Diagram
Solar Lab
These totaled to total of 228 points, and I counted that as 19% of the
final grade.
The practice quizzes counted for 1% of the final grade.
Under "final grade" in D2L is a number which represents your score out
of 100.
The distribution of the final numerical grade for L11 is:
For L12H, the distribution of the final course numerical grade is
The curve: How to translate your final course numerical
grade to your letter grade.
The curve was derived from the L11 distribution.
Final Numerical Grade
Final Grade
>
80
A
65-79
B
40-64
C
25-39
D
<25
E