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| Home > Assignments> Extra Credit |
| Extra Credit Opportunities |
Note: by successfully completing FIVE
THREE (or more) of these
extra credit opportunities by Wednesday December 9th your final grade will be
increased by a third of a letter grade, i.e. from B+ to A-. Doing less
than FIVE THREE will earn no extra credit. There will be
between 6 and 10 FIVE extra credit
opportunities throughout the semester. If there are less ECO, then the "magic
ECO barrier" will be lowered to HALF the number of total ECOs available (rounded
up).
All ECO's must be turned in by the
last day of class (Wed Dec 9).
No one source of ECO can be a majority of your ECOs.
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Name |
Date Assigned | Date Due | TASK |
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1 |
Tim Lucas Talk |
Wed Oct 7 | Wed Oct 14 | Go to the talk in Fowler 307 4:30-5:30pm and type up a one page reflection and submit within 7-days of the event. |
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2 |
Test 1 Re-Write |
Fri Oct 23 | Fri Oct 30 | You can re-write Exam #1 as a Take-Home Exam and get more than 90% correct then that counts as an ECO. |
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3 |
Mid-Term Assessment |
Fri Oct 23 | Fri Oct 30 | Filling out the Mid-Term Assessment Form (anonymously) and handing in with your HW the next week. |
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4 |
Test 2 Re-Write |
Mon Nov 23 | Mon Nov 30 | You can re-write Exam #2 as a Take-Home Exam and get more than 90% correct then that counts as an ECO. |
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5 & 6 |
ODS in the Media |
Mon Nov 23 | Wed Dec 9 | Find an example of ODEs appearing in the popular media (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Time, etc) and write up a 1-2 page explanation of the concepts and ideas from ODEs that occur in the media. Also, include a copy of the excerpt from the popular media source. LIMIT OF TWO ODEs in the Media and they have to be different media. In other words, from either print, television, or film. |