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ABOUT EXAMS: HOURLY TESTS AND FINAL EXAM |
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(Fall 2008) |
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There will be three (3) fifty-minute Hourly Tests and a two hour
Final Exam. All tests and exams are
open book. Bring with you whatever
notes and texts you wish, and your hand-held self-powered calculator. Also, bring a pen to sign your name, and a
#2 pencil to complete the exam answer sheet. Finally be sure to have your
student ID with you. If you are not recognized you will have to produce it in
order to take the exam. And do not bring a cell phone, or any device which
can communicate by wireless, into the exam room. We take a negative view
towards communication, or even the capacity for communication, during exams. |
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NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. Instead the lowest scored (after
renormalization) hour of the five exam hours (3 Hourly Exams plus the two
hour Final Exam) for each student will be dropped. Thus, if one of the hourly
exam scores is lowest, it will be dropped. Or, if the final exam score is the
lowest, then the final exam score will be weighted only once, not twice. Then a student who misses an hourly exam
will earn a zero, and that score will automatically be the one dropped. NOTE: If a student misses two hourly exams or the final exam, he
automatically fails the course. YOU MUST TAKE THE FINAL EXAM and at
least two hourly exams to complete the course. |
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If the
University closes for any reason on an exam day, the exam will be given
during the next lecture period. Also, if ever you are delayed in getting to
an exam, come late rather than not at all, since it is sometimes possible to
arrange extra time for a late student, whereas it would be quite impossible
to re-administer the same exam at a later non-overlapping time. |
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Exam Schedule |
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In accord with the Official Final
Examination Schedule, the final exam for Physics 117, all sections, is
scheduled for |
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Thursday, December 18, 1:30 – 3:30 PM. |
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at a location to be announced (but perhaps in our 1410 lecture hall). YOU MUST TAKE THE FINAL EXAM TO PASS THE COURSE. (If for religious reasons you are unable to take the Final Exam, or any Hourly Exam, at the scheduled time, please speak to Dr. Griffin about alternative arrangements at least one month before the exam date.)
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The three in-class hourly exams are tentatively scheduled
for the classes of |
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Friday, October 3; |
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Plan to arrive as early as possible in order to locate your assigned seating for the exam. |
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Pre-Exam Question and Answer Sessions are scheduled before each exam. See the Syllabus for times and places. |
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