EXAM DATES
All exams occur on Mondays during the Open Block, from noon to 1:20 PM, with the
exception of the first exams in Math 5 and 11.  The first exams in Math 5 and 11 occur
on Tuesday, October 13, which follows a Monday schedule.  They will take place during
the Open Block as usual on that day, from noon to 1:20 PM.

Math 5 and 11:   October 13 (a Tuesday that follows a Monday schedule)
                          and  November 16

Math 12 and 13:   October 19  and  November 23

Math 38:   October 5,  November 2,  and  November 23


TAKING an EXAM
You must show your work in order to receive full credit for an answer on an exam, unless
it is explicitly stated otherwise.  Guesses are not accepted.  Be sure to cross out work that
you do not want counted.


CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE EXAMS (unless your course syllabus
states otherwise).  
ALL BOOKS AND NOTES MUST BE PUT AWAY, COMPLETELY OUT OF VIEW.
ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES MUST BE TURNED OFF AND PUT AWAY.


You are required to sign your exam book.  With your signature you are pledging that you
have neither given nor received assistance on the exam.  Students found violating this pledge
will receive an F in the course and will be reported to the Dean of Students.  On rare occasions
exams have been returned to us for regrading with doctored corrections made after the exams
were handed back.  This is considered a very grave violation of university conduct (see pp. 44
and 45 of the Academic Integrity handbook at http://uss.tufts.edu/dosa/publications ).
All complaints about the grading of exams must be made in class on the day the exams are
handed back.  Please indicate the problem you are questioning on the front of your blue book
along with the reason and give it to your instructor.  To be consistent we return a problem that
is questioned to the person who graded it.


MISSING an EXAM
WE DO NOT GIVE MAKE-UP EXAMS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES for the midterm
exams, and WE DO NOT DROP THE LOWEST EXAM GRADE.  Thus, missing an exam is a
very serious matter.  An unexcused absence from any exam will be counted as a zero. Excuses
will be accepted, at the discretion of the Mathematics Department, for genuine emergencies
(for example, illness on the day of the exam or a death in the immediate family), for some
unavoidable and unforeseen events of an extremely serious nature (your living quarters suffer a
bad fire), or for a very limited category of foreseen, but unavoidable, serious events (your surgeon
attests that you must have surgery later in the semester rather than waiting until the semester ends).
REQUESTS TO BE EXCUSED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION (for example, a letter from Health Services stating that you are too ill to take
the exam on that day or a note from your Academic Dean confirming that there has been a death in
your immediate family).
IF YOU ARE EXCUSED FROM AN EXAM, YOU WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO SIGN
AN AFFIDAVIT stating the reason for missing the exam and pledging that your account is
truthful.  Anyone found to have violated this pledge will be reported to the Dean of Students and
will receive an F in the course.
Should you have a serious but foreseeable conflict with one of the exams, you are obligated to
contact your instructor as soon as you become aware of it.  The Mathematics Department will
determine whether or not you will be excused from the exam.  (For example, wanting to attend
your sister’s dance performance or having booked a flight that interferes with an exam date will
not be deemed valid reasons for missing an exam.)  If you are not excused, then you must take the
exam or it will be counted as a zero.  If you fail to inform your instructor or the Mathematics
Department well in advance of a foreseeable conflict and then miss the exam, you will receive a
zero on the exam.  Unawareness of the date or time of an exam will not be considered a valid
excuse, since this information is clearly announced on the syllabus.


GRADING in MATH 5, 12, and 13
Your course grade will be computed as follows.  Suppose that L is the lower of your two midterm
exam scores, T is your other midterm exam score, F stands for your final exam score, and H is
your homework credit.  Your overall course average is the larger of these two numbers:
                  .20L + .30T + .50F + H       or       1/3 L + 1/3 T + 1/3 F + H
This average will be converted into a letter grade according to the conversion chart given below.
If you miss a midterm exam for a reason accepted as legitimate by the Mathematics Department,
your average would become the larger of these two numbers:
                               .25T + .75F + H      or      .45T + .55F + H

GRADING in MATH 11
Your course grade will be computed as follows.  Suppose T and T' are your midterm exam scores,
F stands for your final exam score, and H is your homework score.
Your overall course average is the larger of these two numbers:
           .20T + .20T' + .40F + .20H        or       .25T + .25T' + .30F + .20H
This average will be converted into a letter grade according to the conversion chart given below.
If you miss a midterm exam for a reason accepted as legitimate by the Mathematics Department,
your average would become the larger of these two numbers, where T is now your midterm
exam score:
                        .35T + .45F + .20H       or       .20T + .60F + .20H

GRADING in MATH 38
Your course grade will be computed as follows.  Suppose that L is your lowest midterm exam
score, T and T' are your other midterm exam scores, F stands for your final exam score, and H
is your homework credit.  Your overall course average is the larger of these two numbers:
      .10L + .20T + .20T' + .50F + H        or       .25L + .25T + .25T' + .25F + H
This average will be converted into a letter grade according to the conversion chart given below.
If you miss a midterm exam for a reason accepted as legitimate by the Mathematics Department,
your average would become the larger of these two numbers, where L is now the lower of your
two midterm exam scores:
                   .20L + .30T + .50F + H       or       1/3 L + 1/3 T + 1/3 F + H


HOW TO CONVERT YOUR COURSE AVERAGE INTO YOUR GRADE
Compute your final course average, based on the grading scheme announced both above and on
the syllabus.  Do not round off yet.  If your score is 98 or above, you will receive an A+.
Otherwise round to the nearest integer and apply the following rules:

93 and above        A  (unless you receive an A+ by the rule above)
90-92            A-
87-89            B+
83-86            B
80-82            B-
77-79            C+
73-76            C
70-72            C-
67-69            D+
63-66            D
60-62            D-
Below 60        F