Attendance Bonus

Beneficial contribution to the class dialectic will be treated as follows. Consistent participation in class discussion is assumed, at the Instructor's discretionary judgement.

Full attendance:

1. For the Final Paper, rounding up to the next letter grade where percentage is within five points. (E.g. Final paper is 85.5 %: grade assigned is 90%.)
2. For the Group Discussion Assignment, eliminating the lowest grade of the three presentations and scaling the remaining two for the fifteen percent component of the course grade.

One class absence:

1. For the Final Paper, rounding up to the next letter grade where percentage is within one point. (E.g. Final paper is 89.0 %: grade assigned is 90%.)
2. For the Group Discussion Assignment, eliminating the lowest grade of the three presentations and scaling the remaining two for the fifteen percent component of the course grade.

Two class absences:

1. For the Group Discussion Assignment, eliminating the lowest grade of the three presentations and scaling the remaining two for the fifteen percent component of the course grade.