There will be several individual assignments which you will be expected to complete for the course. The assignments will distributed as the class progresses. The assignments will include application of the material we are covering in class and outside reading and summaries. Each assignment will have specific instructions and will be graded based on design style and solution. Some assignments will be homework and some will lab workd and some will include online discussions. If you are absent on the day an assignment is due and you do not submit the work, then the assignment is late.
You are expected to participate in ALL the assigned work.

Participation Grade

10% of Final Grade

Each student is expected to attend all classes--both lecture and lab sessions and participate in work presentations. Failure to attend and actively participate in class will be reflected in this component of your grade. You will be given participation grade exercises at the midterm and final.

Semester Tests
The average of these exams will be worth 60% of the final grade. Each test is worth 15% of the final grade.

Your test dates are
Test 1--9/19
Test 2--10/17
Test 3--11/14
Test 4--12/3

If you miss one test, you will take the final exam. The final exam will be used for people who have missed a test or for people who wish to improve another test grade. If you miss a test, then your missed test will be replaced by the final exam. If you miss more than one test, then your final exam grade will be used to replace ALL grades for missed tests. Tests are NOT cummulative. Tests are closed book.

The final EXAM is cummulative. The final exam will be given at the time assigned by the REGISTRAR during the final exam week. The final exam WILL NOT BE GIVEN early. You are expected to be available that week to complete ALL test work for this course.

Each test and the final exam will be set for 75 minutes in length.

MAKE-UP Tests will NOT be given. If you missed the scheduled test, this will replaced by the grade for the final exam. If you have completed all the tests, then you are NOT required to take the final EXAM.