General information
Doing the Homework is essential in this course and constitutes a big chunk of the final grade. If you do the homework every week, you will almost certainly pass the course even if you were to do badly in the exam.
There will be 13 homework sheets and one written exam on 05 February 2025, 15:00 (room TBA). There will be no repeat exam.
Lecture attendance is mandatory. Up to two absences without valid excuse are tolerated; if you have more than that, you fail the course.
Each homework sheet allows you to earn up to 10 points (plus, potentially, bonus points for special bonus exercises). Homework must be uploaded to OLAT before the deadline (Thursday, 08:00) and you must be prepared to present any homework you submit (with the opportunity to earn presentation points, which can only improve your final mark). Don't worry if you get something wrong in your presentation! Getting things wrong is an essential part of learning and you will not be penalised for it.
Scores and Grading Table
Your overall mark is computed based on four scores:
- T, the percentage of points you achieved in the written exam (0 ≤ T ≤ 100)
- H, the percentage of points you achieved in the homework (0 ≤ H ≤ 100)
- S = max(0.7H + 0.4T, 0.2H + 0.9T)
- P, the points you got for presenting your homework. (0–3 points per presentation, the best 3 are counted, i.e. 0 ≤ P ≤ 9)
- B, the number of bonus points you collected. How many bonus exercises there will be and how many points they give is yet to be determined.
You pass the course if S ≥ 50. If you do pass, your mark is determined by the value of S + P + B as follows:
| S + P + B | [88,∞) | [75,88) | [63,75) | [50,63) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | Sehr Gut (1) | Gut (2) | Befriedigend (3) | Genügend (4) |