• There will be 4 exams during the course of the semester and a cumulative final.

• YOU MUST DROP ONE GRADE of the four hourly examinations. You cannot drop the Final Exam.

• On the four hourly exams, there will UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES be make-ups or early exams. Presumably you will drop that grade. If you miss a second test and have a legitimate excuse (a legitimate excuse is NOT that you did not feel you were prepared), contact myself or the TA, who will arrange for a make-up. However, the test you take for the make-up will be different from the one taken by others in the course.
  

• People have excellent reasons for missing exams. Some of these reasons include illness, official university functions (like athletic teams, chorus trips, etc.), court dates, jury duty, sick relatives, surprise work obligations, and many other excellent reasons. I believe that (1) make-up exams are not fair to others who aren't allowed to take them, (2) you should not have to justify your absence at one of the exams, and (3) you shouldn't put me in the position of judging the validity of your excuse. Thus, I declare all excuses to be valid--for missing one exam. Because you cannot foresee the future, try to avoid missing any exams.

• Exams 1, 2, 3, and 4 will not be comprehensive; those exams will cover only the material since the previous exam. Each exam will consist of questions from both the book and lecture.
  
  

• The Final Exam will be cumulative (over the entire book and lecture). It may not be dropped. It counts 150 points.
  

• NOTE WELL: YOU MAY NOT DROP THE FINAL EXAM.
  

Summary of Points Possible:
Hourly Exams (each worth 100 points each) 300
Comprehensive Final Exam 150
Total 450
(Potential Extra Credit = 3 points, see below for explanation)

Points to Grade Conversion:

97% - 100% = A+	436-450
94% - 96% = A	423-435
90% - 93% = A-	405-422
87% - 89% = B+	391-404
84% - 86% = B	378-390
80% - 83% = B-	360-377
77% - 79% = C+	346-359
74% - 76% = C	333-345
70% - 73% = C-	315-332
67% - 69% = D+	301-314
64% - 66% = D	288-300
60% - 63% = D-	270-287

• Grades will NOT be curved. Your point total at the end of the course determines your grade, not how other people perform. Curving statistically necessitates that some people do well, some do average, and some do poorly. I am not out to attempt to fit the class to a predetermine "curve." Rather, my goal is to have as many students as possible do as well as possible. If we end up with all As, GREAT!
  

• To insure unbiased evaluation of your tests (a phenomena that we will be studying), you will not place your names on your exams. Rather, you will use your student identification number to identify yourself on all submitted materials. This facilitates both a fair and ethical evaluation of your tests as well as eliminates the potential for any complaints regarding this issue.

• Grades will be posted, by I.D. number, outside of the classroom at the beginning of class on the first day class meets following the exam. My teaching assistant will keep grades. If you have questions about your grade on a test, ask the TA.
  

• As a part of this course you are required to get some "hand-on" experience with psychological research. The usual way to meet this requirement is to take part in five (5) hours of experiments as a subject. You may also satisfy this requirement by reading several research papers and writing a brief paper describing each or by working as an experimental assistant in an on-going research project. The requirement and various options are described on the course website. In addition you may get extra credit by participating in additional hours of experiments. One point will be added to your final grade for each two (2) hours of extra participation up to 6 extra credit hours or 3 additional points toward your final grade.

• Click on Experiment Participation Description & Experimetrix for more information.