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.