Grades are based on a midterm, a project, and a term-paper.
Grades will be numerical on the scale 0-100. Your final numerical grade, G, is computed as follows:
G =  0.30 * Midterm + 0.40 * Project + 0.30 * Term Paper 

The following table is used to convert the final numerical grade to a letter grade:
 
 
letter grade
[94,100]  A
[88,94)  A-
[83,88)  B+
[78,83)  B
[65, 78)  C
[0, 65)  F

There is no curving.

No extra credit assignments will be given after the semester is over to increase grades.