Lecture Grading Policies in Biology 102

Grading

In addition to the four scheduled lecture exams, there will be an Optional Comprehensive Lecture Examination to be administered on the same day as the fourth (final) exam, which you may take in order to improve your grade in the class. This optional exam will include material from the first 3 Exams (not the fourth exam) and the score from this Optional Comprehensive Lecture Examination can be used to help boost your average in the lecture part of the course. This option is intended to allow a student who did poorly on one of the first three exams to improve their situation in the course. However, you should be aware that if you do opt to take the Optional Comprehensive Lecture Exam, it will count toward your final grade even if it is your lowest exam score. In other words, once you commit to taking the Optional Comprehensive Exam, prepare well, because a low score will hurt, not help, your standing in the class.