Grades for CHEM 151 are earned according to the following
scale of total points (not percentage). The total available points will be 1000 points or greater.
Letter Grade
Total Points Required
A
900 pts or higher
B
800-899 pts
C
650-799 pts
D
500-649 pts
F
fewer than 500 pts
Grade Category
Point Distribution
Quizzes
500 (best 5 of six)
Lab
250
Homework
50+
Final (comprehensive)
200
TOTAL
1000
Homework.
Assigned for each chapter, homework helps focus your studying
and prepares you for each quiz. Homework is due at 5:30 p.m.; see schedule for due dates.
When a quiz or homework assignment calls for a
calculated answer, you must show a clear, step-by-step
solution for the answer to receive full credit. This usually means that you need to show the units (dimensions) on each number and the conversion factor or equation used in each calculation.
All work must be original and your own.
Penalties, such as automatic grades of zero or
immediate course failure, will result from cheating, copying,
plagiarism, or deceit of any kind. (Cheating includes use of pre-written hints or notes, looking at another student's paper, or use of a programmable calculator.) You may work together outside of class, but the work you submit on homework
assignments must be your own. It may not be copied from another student's work. If you cheat on a quiz or
assignment, you and the person from whom you copied will both earn a zero on the assignment and/or be dropped from the
class with a failing grade without notice or exception.
Miramar College may also wish to pursue expulsion and/or
legal proceedings. Please be fair.
Make-up quizzes are not available.
So if you miss a quiz, you get a zero. (Only your five best quiz scores will count.)
Late homework will be accepted, with a grade reduction of 25% for each class period late.
Make-up labs may be available, with written permission from me prior to the scheduled lab activity date AND written permission from the Instructor in charge of the lab where you plan to work. Never assume that you can make up a lab activity.
