First figure your homework grade.  Keep your returned HW papers
in case your instructor makes a mistake in recording your grade.
Also check your recorded grades occasionally on the web.  

     Your HW percentage is your total number of HW points divided by
the number of HW points which are possible.  If I have counted correctly,
there are 336 possible HW points for the second summer session.  However,
we will figure the final HW percentage out of only 300 points.  You 
can't get more than 100% though, so once you have 300 points you don't
need to turn in any more HW, unless you just like to have your HW
graded.

     As an example, say you have earned 266 HW points for the session.
Your HW percentage would be:

             266/300  = 88.7%

HW is worth 8 points overall, so you would have earned 7.09 HW points.


       112 HOMEWORK POINTS ARE REQUIRED FOR A PASSING GRADE
       IN THE COURSE.  LESS THAN 112 HOMEWORK POINTS IS AN
                           AUTOMATIC E.

     Now figure your Turning Point grade.  There will be about 50 Turning
Point questions for the session, so a total of 150 Turning Point points
are possible.  However, we will figure the final Turning Point percentage
out of only 135 points (or about 90% of all possible Turning Point points
should the number of possible Turning Point points change).  Once again,
you can't get more than 100%.  Say you have earned 111 Turning Point
points for the session.  Your Turning Point percentage would be

                        111/135 = 82.2%.

Turning Point is worth 5 points overall, so your Turning Point points for
the semester are 4.11 (82.2% of 5).

     Now figure your quiz total.  We grade quizzes out of 10 points
and we take your best 13 of 18 quizzes.  Say your best 13 quizzes total 
up to 102 points.  Your quiz average is then 102/13 = 7.85.  Quizzes are 
worth 7 points overall so your quiz points for the session are 5.49 
(78.5% of 7).


 Now figure your test total.  In the summer there are three tests
in 2 parts each, for a total of 6 parts, or "halves".  Multiple Choice
halves are worth 60 points and Problem halves are worth 60 points.  The
lowest of the six halves is automatically dropped.  Your test average
is the total of the five halves you keep, divided by 300.  For example, 
say these are your test scores:

           TEST 1      TEST 2      TEST 3 
         MC   PROB   MC   PROB   MC   PROB
         45    54    40    38    45    50 

With these scores you drop TEST 2 PROBLEMS.  Your test average would be:

   (45 + 54 + 40 + 45 + 50)/300 = (234/300) = 0.7800 or 78.0%

Tests are worth 80 points overall, so your total test points are

                 80 * (0.7800) = 62.40 points

     This makes your overall total 4.11 + 5.49 + 7.09 + 62.40 = 79.1.  
What will be your final letter grade?  That depends on what the final
grade scale is.  I start with no curve.  That is 

                 90 and above           A
                 80-90                  B
                 70-80                  C
                 60-70                  D
                 below 60               E

If the class average is 75 or higher, there is no change.  If the
class average falls below 75, I feel obliged to relax this scale
somewhat.  Look at 

                     last summer's web page 
                     summer 2008 web page 
                     summer 2007 web page 
                     summer 2006 web page 
                 or  summer 2005 web page 
                 or  summer 2004 web page 
                 or  summer 2003 web page 
                 or  summer 2002 web page 

to get an idea for what this year's scale might be.