xii Preface
Examinations
There will be three exams, two during the semester and one during the final exam week. The exam
schedule is as follows:
First Midterm: Monday February 3, 2020, 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Second Midterm: Thursday February 27, 2020 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Final Exam: Monday April 27, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
Exam locations will be announced in class, and posted at Bryan 125, the FIN3403 notice board outside
STZ 321, and on the class web page.
Your grade in the course will be determined based on your performance on the three examinations. Each
examination will count as one-third of your final course grade.
To determine your final grade in the course, we will first calculate your total score as follows:
Your total score has a maximum of 60 points.
To calculate the “cutoffs” for each course grade, we calculate a weighted average of the lowest scores for
each grade. So, for example, to determine the cutoff for an A:
Lowest A = (Lowest A, 1st Exam) + (Lowest A, 2nd Exam) + (Lowest A, Final Exam).
Likewise, the lowest C grade would be a weighted average of the lowest C grades from each of the exams.
Please recognize that the size of this class makes it necessary for the cutoffs to be firm, i.e.,
there will be no rounding up, regardless of how close you are to the higher grade.
There will be NO makeup exams. If you have a valid excuse for missing either of the first two exams,
your final grade will be based on your performance on the other two examinations—each of these
examinations will count as 50% of your final grade. If you miss the final with a valid excuse, you must make
it up the following term. If you do not have a valid excuse for missing an exam, it will count as a zero.