Temple University

Economics 92
Principles of Microeconomics
Spring 2003

Grading Policy

1.  A bit of advice: Attendance is not mandatory, but game theory and economics, while of great practical importance, is a very difficult intellectual pursuit.  With that in mind, you must try to come to every class and work with the material a little every day.

2.  Class participation.  This semester I will be keeping track of who participates.  There will be points for an informed answer, fewer points for any thing that is a little relevant, and no points for non-response.   If I call on you 10 times during the semester and you have a substantive answer every time then you will receive a 100 for that part of your grade.  If you never are able to contribute then you would receive a zero for that part of your grade. If you are not in class then clearly you cannot contribute.

3.  There will be many (11 to be exact) short homework assignments during the semester.

4.  There will be a midterm and a final.  These will be closed book exams.

5.  The homework and exams will be scaled so that a numerical grade has the usual mapping to a letter grade.  That is, 80-89 is a B, and so on.   Therefore you will always know where you stand before class participation is factored into your course grade.

6.  Your grade will be determined as follows:

7.  There is no such thing as late homework.  There are no make-up exams.