Nature of examinations: All exams are short answer/essay in format. All exams require you to map features, spatial patterns, or spatial interactions. Short answer or essay questions involve defining, describing, and explaining phenomena, patterns, or processes.

• Determination of Final Grade:
• Writing and Mapping exercises (5): 30 percent
• Term project: 25 percent
• Midterm examinations (2): 30 percent
• Comprehensive final exam: 15 percent

The final letter grade awarded in the course will be determined according to a scale of 90-100 percent =A; 80-89 percent =B, and so forth. Final averages less than 60 percent are considered Fs.

I do not scale exam grades or give individual extra credit assignments. On occasion there may be an opportunity for the class as a whole to win extra credit points.

Assignments are due at the beginning of a class unless otherwise indicated. Late assignments will only be accepted within one week of their due date. Any assignment turned in during that week but after the due date will lose one letter grade.