The grade will be based on two midterms and a final exam (375 pts total), weekly homework and lab problems (225 pts total), three or four data analysis projects (300 pts total), and in-class writing prompts (100 pts total). This adds up to 1000 possible points. I will drop one homework and one lab assignment. Final letter grades will be based on the standard percentages, unless I decide to adjust the thresholds downward somewhat at the end of the term, based on the overall distribution of grades in the class. More detail on each component is given below.