Grading Scale

Grading in all courses in the Cultural Emphasis and International Relations tracks will take into account the factors listed below.

• Class participation: 17%
  • Homework/Class Preparation 7%
  • Attendance 10%
• Interpersonal component: 20%
  • Final interview with instructor/SOPI 10%
  • Work with native conversation partners, key pals, newsgroups, listserves 10%
• Interpretive Component: 20%
  • Reading and listening assignments: analyses, summaries etc. 10%
  • Self-directed interpretive portfolio assignments (reading and listening)10%
• Presentational Component: 20%
  • Oral presentations (2) 10%
  • Compositions 10%
• Evaluation/Research: 23%
  • Self-Evaluation, Progress Card 3%
  • Midterm/Project 10%
  • Final Exam/Term Paper 10%

The following grading scale is used throughout the Spanish Language Program and in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese:

Please see your instructor for his or her policy on late or missing assignments.