Syllabus (Genome 361 Summer 2012) - UW Courses Web Server

Quiz section participation points. If you attend at least 6 out of the 8 quiz sections, you
will receive 10 points. Otherwise, you will receive zero points. You must attend your
registered section to receive credit.
Final grade. The total number of points available is 320 (300 points from exams, 10 points
from class participation, and 10 points from quiz section participation). The curve will be
set so that the median score is a 2.8. The lowest passing grade will be set at half the
median.
Conflict policy. Make-up exams are not automatically given for scheduling conflicts. Our
policy is to allow students to schedule a make-up exam, at the instructors’ discretion, for
only a few reasons:
• Medical/family emergencies. Visiting relatives on their birthdays does not count as
a family emergency!
• Academic events – the student must be interviewing for a job or medical/graduate
school, or presenting academic research that was conducted at the University at a
conference.
• University-sponsored sporting events – the student must be part of a University
sponsored team. University clubs do not count as university-sponsored sports
teams; if in doubt, check with the Athletics department.
Airline reservations do not constitute a valid excuse. If you will need to reschedule an
exam (for one of the reasons listed above), you must fill out an exam conflict form and
return it to Frances by June 21. If an exam is missed because of a medical or other
emergency, there will be NO opportunity to take a written make-up exam after the
scheduled exam date. The instructors may choose to give an oral exam in cases of
unforeseeable emergencies. If you cannot meet the exam schedule, you should not take this
class.
Re-grades. If you feel that an error was made in grading an exam, state your case in an
email to Frances (kcheong3@uw.edu) within one week after the graded exam was returned
to you. We reserve the right to re-grade the entire exam, not just the question in contention.
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