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GENERAL INFORMATION
This chapter provides standing instructions concerning the course. Most importantly, the grading scheme is explained.
3.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ON MILESTONES
3.1.1 Contract Grading
Contract grading is a simple concept: the exact criteria for a certain level of grade is spelled out beforehand. This course has milestones, participation, and a final exam. For a one-semester course, the contract matrix is shown in Figure 3.1. This contract scheme is dictated by the highest milestone completed. That is, if a student completes Milestone VI, attends every class, and gets 100 percent on the final, the student still can make no better than a C. Notice that there are no in-term exams; the milestones are those exams.
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