Math Department grades policy

Students who get at least 97% of the total
points in this course are guaranteed an A+,

93% guarantees an A
90% an A-
87% a B+
83% a B
80% a B-
77% a C+
73% a C
70% a C- 
67% a D+
63% a D
and 60% a D-

For each of these grades, it's possible that
at the end of the semester a somewhat lower
percentage will be enough to get that grade.
In fact, in a graduate course like MA 530
designed to prepare math PhD students for
one of the PhD qualifier exams, it is quite
likely.

Only four problems from each homework assignment
will be graded at 5 points each for a total of
20 points per assignment. The total homework
score will be scaled to 100 points and course
grades will be determined by total points in
the course via

Homework         100 pts
Midterm Exam     100
2nd Midterm Exam 100
Final Exam       200
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Total points     500

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