Development Economics 01:220:477
Rutgers University, Professor Ira N. Gang, Email: gang at rutgers.edu Include 477 in the subject line

DATES
Exam Dates Fall 2016
Exam 1: Class #10, Monday, 10 October, in class, 4:30-5:50PM
Exam 2: Class #22, Monday, 21 November, in class, 4:30-5:50PM
Final Exam:     At officially scheduled time,  Thursday, 22 December 4:00-7:00PM

EARNING POINTS TOWARDS YOUR FINAL GRADE
Your grade in the course will be based your performance on examinations.

Examinations:  There will be two in-class exams given during the semester (Exams 1 and 2), taking the full class period (80 minutes), and a comprehensive Final Exam given at the officially scheduled University time. Each in-class exam will primarily cover material not on the previous exam, though because of the nature of the class there will be overlapping material.

Each of the three (3) exams will be scaled to 100%.  I will apply six different weighting schemes.  You will receive the letter grade based on your best of six schemes. The six schemes in the format [%1st exam, %2nd exam, %Final] are: (1) [30, 30, 40]; (2) [20, 40, 40]; (3) [40, 20, 40]; (4) [40, 40, 20]; (5) [15, 05, 80]; and (6) [05, 15,80]. I do not plan on giving make-up exams.  

CALCULATING YOUR FINAL LETTER GRADE
To calculate your grade, take the highest of your four weighted grades and  look at the chart below.
 

Conversion of points received during the semester into final course grade.
Percentage of total points (p)	Grade you will receive
p greater than or equal to 85%	A
p greater than or equal to 80% but below 85%	B+
p greater than or equal to 70% but below 80%	B
p greater than or equal to 65% but below 70%	C+
p greater than or equal to 60% but below 65%	C
p greater than or equal to 50 % but below 60%	D
p below 50%	F
Please note there is no rounding with the grades.  For example, an 84.99 is a B+, not an A.