From the Instructor - An important clarification about the final grade

There was a mistake in the Syllabus that affected my initial communication about the distribution of the points among the different activities (individual + group activities). In order to fit the table of page 3 of the Syllabus (90-100 points = A; 85-89 points = B+; 80-84 points = B...etc), NOW the mid-term and the final exams will account EACH for 40% of the final score and not for 20% as accidentally I wrote in the Syllabus and I continueed to repeat in class. Indeed, if I had to follow the instructions in the Syllabus, the maximum score would be 80 points, that is far away from the range 90-100 points that I've always considered the proper range to get an A attending my classes. I apologize for such inconvenience. Over the last past years, I've been allocating the grade by the following scheme: 20% class participation, 25% case presentations in class, 25% working projects, 40% final exam (one-shot-final exam!). On this Summer A, 2008 I made a little adjustment. First, I'm considering class participation only for 10%. Second, I splitted the exam in two exams-sessions (mid-term from Chapts 1 to 5 and final from Chapts 6 to 9) in order to facilitate the students learning process. Obviously, I couldn't split also the grade without re-aligning the table of page 3 of the Syllabus! I hope this important clarification will help you in pre-calculating your expected grade. Have a nice weekend and take care!