How to Calculate Your Semester Grade

Class Tests

are given during the regular semester. There is no final exam given in this class. The week of the finals will be used for any make-up work which might be done.

Your course grade is established by averaging the grades for the following five items.

• Test 1 is ``Philosophy and the Meaning of Life.''
• Test 2 is ``The Philosophy of Religion.''
• Test 3 is ``Ethics and Philosophical Ethics.''
• Paper (50%) and Comments to Papers (50%) are posted to the mwforumMessage Board.
• Weekly Posts are posted to the mwforum Message Board.

Make-up Tests

are offered at the time of the Final Exam.

Semester Average

is determined by adding the take-home tests, the paper and comments, and the weekly posts and dividing by five. Your grade for the course is based upon this average in accordance with the corresponding letter grade in the table given above under the heading of ``Grades'' in ``Class Policies'' in this Syllabus.