A midterm and a final . . . 

The mid-term will be held May 6-7. The final exam will happen on June 12 (Thursday from 10am-12).

On the mid-term exam, you will take the test individually on Tuesday May 6 and re-take the test Wednesday in a small group, where you will be able to discuss your answers before turning in one exam for the group (still closed book, though). We’ll consider options for doing the same on the final (which would require extending the block period from 10 am to 12:45 pm).

The individual portion of the midterm exam will be worth 75% of your exam grade, and the group portion 25%. If you prefer, you can take the test again individually (in the Testing Center) on the second day and average your grades, or choose not to take it a second time and settle for whatever grade you ended up with on the first day. The second day score will only be used if it improves your overall score (class averages usually improve a half to whole letter grade). The point of this exercise is to, hopefully, turn the test into a learning exercise as well as an evaluation tool. The final will not be comprehensive, and will cover only material after the first exam. Videos we watch are fair game on exams.

Keep in mind: Anyone caught capturing an image of the exam with their phones or any other image capturing device (to study from for the group exam) will receive a zero for the exam, and their future status in the course determined subsequently by me.

We will use the week 5 small groups to review material, and discuss the kinds of questions (e.g., multiple choice, matching, short answer, essay) you can expect on the midterm. For the final, much of week 10 will be review and preparation.

Each exam is worth 100 points, 2 x 100, 200 points total.