Development Economics 01:220:439 A1 Summer 2017
Rutgers University, Professor Ira N. Gang, Email: gang at rutgers.edu Include 339 in the subject line

DATES
Exam Dates Summer 2017
Exam 1:        Day 8: Monday 12 June. Starts at 10AM!!
Final Exam:    Thursday,  22 June Scott 205 (classroom) . The Final Exam is COMPRENSIVE.

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

Each of the two (2) exams will be scaled to 100%.  I will  apply four different weighting schemes.  You will receive the letter grade based on your best of these four schemes. The four schemes in the format [%1st exam, %Final] are: (1) [30, 70]; (2) [15, 85]; (3) [50, 50]; and (4) [60, 40].  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.