MAA 4402 Grade Scales Grade Scales for Exams
MAA 4402
Complex Variables
Fall 2009
The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the “flat” grade, not for the minus grade. The A- cutoff is 3/10 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff; the B+ cutoff is 3/10 of the way up from the B cutoff to the A cutoff. The other plus and minus grades work similarly, except that I do not give D-‘s (anything lower than the D cutoff is an E).
Hour Exams
| A | B | C | D | class median |
class average |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam 1 (140 points) | 109 (78%) |
95 (68%) |
75 (54%) |
52 (37%) |
69 (49%) |
69 (49%) |
list of scores |
| Exam 2 (100 points) | 90 | 78 | 59 | 43 | 47 | 53 | list of scores |
Final Exam (278 points)
| A | B | C | D | class median |
class average |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 (91%) |
226 (81%) |
179 (64%) |
136 (49%) |
192 (69%) |
196 (71%) |
list of scores |
Course (1000 points: each hour-exam counts for 250; final exam counts for 400; homework counts for 100)
| A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points needed | 868 | 837 | 796 | 765 | 717 | 653 | 605 | 559 | 498 | 453 | NA |
| Number of students receiving grade | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
The class GPA was 2.54.
If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please DO NOT EMAIL ME THE QUESTION; please see me in my office after the start of the spring semester. I will post my office hours when I know them. I will not send or discuss grades by email, and will delete, without responding, any email requesting a response related to grades or exam-scores.