101 Test and Final Exam Policies Spring 2023 SCHEDULING AND COMPOSITION The three tests will cover material indicated in the schedule by lecture numbers. If the public health situation continues to improve, then all three tests are expected to be in-person. If the public health situation deteriorates, then some or all of the tests may be at WebAssign. Check here for updates, and more policy details, as we get close to our first test on THU 2/09. The final examination is expected to be in-person in PSF-101. It will consist of 45 multiple choice questions. The final will be comprehensive, with roughly one-third of the questions coming from the material from each third of the course. For the test and final exam dates, please see the lecture schedule which accompanies this syllabus. PROCEDURES You will need a small hand calculator for the tests. It should be capable of doing calculations in scientific notation. Test paper (including scratch paper) will be provided. Bring only your pencils and/or pens, calculators, and your Sun Card. Your scratch paper will also contain a list of any equations that might be used in the test. A complete list of test rules is provided on the class web page. Seating will be assigned. A Seatmap for PSF-101 is available from our class webpage. Approximately two days before a Test, the seating chart is also posted on our class webpage. In the event of a fire alarm occuring during an examination, students will be asked to turn over their test papers, gather their belongings and leave the room as expeditiously as possible, leaving their test papers on the tables where they were working. The papers will be gathered and graded as they are. Unless the alarm proves to represent a bona fide emergency, there will be no make-up test. MISSING A TEST You must take two of the three tests. If you take all three tests, then the lowest score of the three test scores will be deleted in the calculation of your test average. If you miss one test for a unexcused reason, that test will be your dropped score. If you miss two tests, please see Dr. Adams about requesting an incomplete; you must be passing at the time that you request an incomplete, or your request cannot be considered. Deadline for class withdrawal this semester is Apr 2. The final exam cannot be dropped. CHEATING Academic dishonesty on an examination will result AUTOMATICALLY in a failing grade for the course and referral to the Dean for further sanctions. Cheating in any form will not be tolerated! GRADING AND WEIGHTING Partial credit is given on the free-response questions, assuming you follow the proper format for answering free-response questions as given during lecture. Multiple choice questions are either right or wrong. Numerical questions (in the case of tests at WebAssign) lose one-third credit for each incorrect try. The combination of average test scores and your final exam score will count 40% of your overall grade. The fraction of that 40% which is test average and which is exam score might depend on the method of delivery of the tests. TEST GRADING APPEALS Tests will be graded by graders and TA's. If you wish to appeal the grading of one of your tests, you must follow these procedures: (1) If you think you deserve more points on a graded problem, you must submit an appeal IN WRITING, in pdf form, following the instructions in Section (2) below. Explain carefully exactly why you deserve more points, and ask for as many points as you think your answer deserves. Please DO NOT ASK your recitation TA to consider your appeal or to give advice on your appeal; they are not permitted to do so. It is unlikely that your TA graded the problem in question. (2) Send your WRITTEN appeal, in pdf form, along with the relevant pdf page of your original test, to Dr. Adams within two school days of receiving your graded test. (3) I will return your test to the person who graded it; that person must give you a written reply, in pdf form. If you are not satisfied with the grader's response to your appeal, then you may ask Dr. Adams to consider your appeal; in such cases I reserve the right to regrade your entire test.