• Tutorials 10%
• Assignments (2 @ 10% each) 20%
• Midterms (In class: 2 @ 15% each) 30%
• Final exam (Cumulative) 40%

NOTES:

GRADING:
There will be no extensions granted for any of the evaluations except in exceptional circumstances that are beyond your control. Students who miss an examination due to exceptional circumstances (such as serious illness or compassionate reasons) are required to obtain a physician’s certificate, whereby the physician states that you were unable to attend the examination on the set date due to a medical condition beyond your control, or other supporting documents in order to obtain consideration in the course. These documents must be filed with the Department Chair (via the Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology office) or Registrar within four calendar days of the date on which the examination was to have been written. Exceptional circumstances must be approved by the Undergraduate Programme Committee in order for a student to receive consideration. Please see the following link detailing the procedure and expectations for class work missed due to illness. If a medical note is appropriate, please bring a Health Care Provider Statement to your physician for completion. Students must check the exam schedule when making course selections. Students are reminded that the final examinations may be scheduled at any time during the examining period and that students should avoid making travel or employment arrangements for this period.

Examination grading/regrading policy
Midterms will normally be graded within one week, and scores will be posted to Canvas. You will normally be able to view your exam within two weeks of writing the exam. Minor errors that occur in scoring or addition can be resolved by your TA. Note that your instructors will NOT change your score for individual exam questions. If you wish to dispute a mark, your recourse is to submit your exam to your instructor for regrading. Your exam will be regraded in full, and your score may go up, or it may go down. If you complete your exam in pencil, you forfeit your right to have your exam regraded. Regrades will not be considered after two weeks have elapsed since the exam; however, you are welcome to make an appointment to view your midterm exams at any point during the term.

Academic Honesty and Student Conduct
Academic honesty is a condition of continued membership in the University community. Academic dishonesty, including plagiarism or any other form of cheating is subject to serious academic penalty. The University codes of student conduct and academic honesty are contained in policies T10.01 and T10.02 which are available in the Course Timetable and on the Web via http://www.reg.sfu.ca. A library tutorial on understanding and avoiding plagiarism is available. 

Grading criteria:
In BPK, examination of student learning fulfills many purposes:
(i)     it provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate and celebrate their learning;
(ii)    through the processes of preparing for, taking examinations, and receiving feedback on their work, it provides a learning opportunity;
(iii)   it provides a means for instructors to assess student learning, enabling the documentation and discrimination of learning achievements, and permitting the fair assignment of course grades. In this course we will follow BPK grading criteria. For more information about grading criteria please see the following link: https://www.sfu.ca/bpk/undergrad_program/faqs/grading_policy.html

REQUIREMENTS:

TUTORIALS: Tutorials are a compulsory component of the course. Tutorial participation is mandatory and will facilitate an active learning environment to complement material covered in lectures. The policy for missed tutorials is the same as the policy for missed examinations. Tutorials are designed for you to work together to solve problems that reinforce major concepts from lecture. Tutorial marks will be assigned by the course TA on the basis of your contribution to the group’s learning process.