You are expected to participate in class discussions, read
assigned papers, articles, and book chapters on time,
participate in the field trip, hand in homework and field trip
report on time, and complete the exams. Your final grade is
calculated with the following weights:
| A+ | 4.3 | Highly exceptional, rare performance |
| A | 4.0 | Outstanding achievement |
| A- | 3.7 | Excellent work, exceeds course expectations |
| B+ | 3.3 | Very good work, meets all course expectations |
| B | 3.0 | Good work, meets most course expectations |
| B- | 2.7 | Work meets major course expectations |
| C+ | 2.3 | Fair achievement, but below what is generally expected |
| C | 2.0 | Acceptable achievement |
| C- | 1.7 | Barely acceptable achievement |
| D | 1.0 | Lowest achievement to allow for pass |
| F | 0 | Failure. |