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MAT 244 Misc / Re: How much are quizzes and term tests and midterms worth?

« on: January 21, 2013, 02:18:37 PM »

I'm seeing:

Term Grade = min{0.4 * MT + 0.2 * T₁ + 0.2 * T₁ + 0.2 * Q + B; 100} where Q is all five quizzes.

That can make up 60% or 40 % of your grade, depending on final exam.
We have 5 quizzes, so one quiz is worth 4% of your term grade. Then 40% of this is 1.6%, and 60% of it is 2.4%. So each quiz is between 1.6-2.4%.

Anyway, that's what I gather from the Portal page.

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MAT 244 Misc / Missing a quiz for legitimate reasons

« on: January 20, 2013, 01:37:50 PM »

I was wondering what protocol should be followed if one were to miss a pop quiz for a legitimate reason.
So, I'm on a varsity sports team, and will be missing lecture on Thurs/Mon of next week. For classes where I'm missing an evaluation, I've contacted administrative people, but in this class, it's entirely possible that one of these days, there might be a quiz, and I'd have no way of knowing about that.
My question, I suppose, is whether I should e-mail ahead of time every time I might miss a lecture for a legitimate reason, or whether an e-mail written after the fact would be sufficient. Would it be posted that a quiz had been missed?
Thanks,
Tom
P.S. I don't know that there will be a quiz, I'm just wondering what would happen should there happen to be one.