Your grade will be determined by a combination of graded homework, labs, projects, and examinations. There will be a mid-term and final exam, each of equal weight. The exams will be a mix of setting up problems for computation and some coverage of the science in itself.

The scale will be an absolute one; if you demonstrate a solid understanding of the material, you will get an A.

Projects will be graded on their correctness, completeness, and organization (some on style). The more "supporting material", e.g., plots, pseudocode, code, or analysis, the better. You will also be given a presentation grade that will comprise one "project" for the semester; you will be asked to present homework and projects.

Late homework will not be accepted. Late projects will have their grade lowered by one grade level when turned in past the beginning of class on their due date (e.g., A- to B+) and an additional grade level for each further two days late. No work will be accepted after the start time of the final exam. Labs are due at the end of the lab period (or sometimes by the next class meeting).

Undergraduate grade weighting

The components used to compute the grades will be homework (20%), labs (25%), projects (30%), exams (25%).

Graduate grade weighting

The components used to compute the grades will be homework (10%), labs (15%), projects (20%), grad projects (35%), exams (20%).