Micro 301- Grading System
The grade you receive in the course will be based on a pre-set scale that relates the percentage of points you earn to a numerical grade. In other words, your grade is related to an absolute standard rather than a curve in which a certain percentage of students must receive a high grade and a certain percentage must fail. The 100% level in the scale is not the total possible points, but the average of the total points earned by the top 5% of undergraduates in the course. Thus, if the top five percent of undergraduates average 108 out of a total of 120 points during the quarter, then 108 points will be set as the 100% level. This step serves to adjust the number of points relative to the difficulty of the exams
|
% |
Grade |
% |
Grade |
% |
Grade |
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|
98 or greater |
4.0 |
80 |
2.8 |
62 |
1.6 |
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|
96.5 |
3.9 |
78.5 |
2.7 |
60.5 |
1.5 |
||
|
95 |
3.8 |
77 |
2.6 |
59 |
1.4 |
||
|
93.5 |
3.7 |
75.5 |
2.5 |
57.5 |
1.3 |
||
|
92 |
3.6 |
74 |
2.4 |
56 |
1.2 |
||
|
90.5 |
3.5 |
72.5 |
2.3 |
54.5 |
1.1 |
||
|
89 |
3.4 |
71 |
2.2 |
53 |
1.0 |
||
|
87.5 |
3.3 |
69.5 |
2.1 |
51.5 |
0.9 |
||
|
86 |
3.2 |
68 |
2.0 |
50.1 |
0.8 |
||
|
84.5 |
3.1 |
66.5 |
1.9 |
50 |
0.7 |
||
|
83 |
3.0 |
65 |
1.8 |
less than 50 |
0.0 |
||
|
81.5 |
2.9 |
63.5 |
1.7 |
|
|
In determining the numerical grade the table will be used
as follows: Fifty percent will yield a numeric grade of 0.7.
From 50 through 51.4 the grade will be 0.8; 51.5 through
52.9 a grade of 0.9, etc., and finally, 98 through 100 or
more a grade of 4.0.