Geol
150: Methods in GeoloGY
grading
15
% Exam I
20%
Exam II
25
% Final Exam (cumulative)
40
% Laboratory
assignments, class
assignments, quizzes, participation and preparedness
A
variety assignment types will play an integral role in your success in
this
course. Some assignments will stem from
readings, some from group work, some from individual work, etc. To keep track of your grade in the non-exam
category,
simply add up all of the points you have earned and divide that by the
total
number of points possible. For example,
if you have earned 48 of 57 points possible, your grade in this
category is
84%. Laboratory activities and policies
will be described during our first lab meeting.
All
work submitted for this course must meet minimum college-level
requirements
with respect to writing, clarity, and completeness.
Work submitted that does not meet minimum
expectations will not be accepted for evaluation; work that is not
accepted may
be corrected and resubmitted with a "late" penalty of 20 % per
day. All late work, without an approved
excuse, will receive a "late" penalty of 20 % per day (including the
weekend and holidays). Unless specified otherwise, all out-of-class
written
assignments must be word-processed (i.e. typed), 12 point font,
double-spaced,
and have one inch margins. All
references used must be cited in a standard reference format.
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Plagiarism
is the intentional or unintentional use of the ideas or words of
someone
else, or another piece of work, without crediting the source.
Be
sure you fully understand what constitutes plagiarism (see WCU writing
center
web site: www.wcu.edu/writingcenter).
Violation of Westerns’s Academic Honesty Policy may result in
failure of
this course and dismissal from