Exams

• Night Exams: Note that the three semester exams are night exams - from 8:00 to 9:30 pm - at locations to be announced. (As soon as the rooms are known, they will be announced in class and on these web pages.) Class is held on the day of the night exams and is excused for the next regularly scheduled class period.

• All exams will be closed book and closed notes (and closed neighbor). A crib sheet will be allowed. You will prepare it yourself. It should be no larger than 8 ½ by 11 in. You may put anything on the crib sheet that you want. You will also need to bring paper to work the exam on.

• Grades are based on all examinations. The material covered by the examinations are indicated for the individual one-hour examinations.

• There will be a common final exam scheduled for all sections. The time and place for this exam will be announced (here) as soon as it is known.

• The final examination will be comprehensive with an emphasis on the material covered after the last hour examination. You must be prepared to answer questions on every topic covered in the course for the final examination.

• Make-up Exams: Make-up exams will be given only for very unusual circumstances and/or approved medical excuses. For anticipated conflicts with a scheduled exam, you must contact your instructor BEFORE the exam to request and attempt to arrange an alternate exam. (All requests for make-up exams must be submitted in writing and must include the reason for the request and a copy of your class schedule.)

• Neatness and completeness count! Even though you may not have time on an exam to be as neat as you would on homework, you should be as neat and complete as time will allow. If part of the work is missing; or if the work is incomplete; or if the work cannot be read; or if the work cannot be understood, you will get little or no partial credit.

• Problem Solving: While a correct answer is the goal of any problem solution, we are most interested in the path that you take to obtain the solution.

  When grading your work, it is very important that all of your work is clearly described in your solution. In the case of an incorrect final answer, this can help the instructor determine where the conceptual or computational error is in the solution.

  The important elements of a good problem-solving technique are:
  

  1. Correct problem set-up.
  2. Correct analysis.
  3. Correct numbers and units.
  4. Correct interpretation of the answer (both units and direction).
  These are the elements which earn major credit.