BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Course at a Glance: Grading
Spring 2005 

Problem Sets
Study Questions
Problem sets and study questions lie at the heart of this course. Much time will be spent in class on them, and I expect that you'll spend even more time out of class. I encourage you to hand in your responses to problem sets, particularly to those questions you're unsure about. But problem sets will not be graded (but see discussion of exams).
Exams Each exam counts equally, with weighting factors of 22.
Research Project The research project, including the final symposium presentation, has a weighting factor of 22.
Mentoring Project The mentoring project will be evaluated mostly for effort and has a weighting factor of 12.
Attendance Come and go as you think best.
Class Discussion Discussion is important to make this course work, but only you can decide how fired up you are to participate.
Final Grade A weighted average of all exams and projects, which you can calculate yourself:
Numeric grade = SUM (grade * weight) / SUM (weight)
A = 90.0 and above
B = 80.0 to 89.9
C = 70.0 to 79.9
D = 60.0 to 69.9
F = 59.9 and below