Your course grade will be determined by proctored assessments, individual assignments, a group presentation, and discussion activities according to the following.
| Assignment | Points |
|---|---|
| Group Presentation | 100 |
| Assignment- Spreadsheet and Word Processing | 80 |
| Assignment- Gene Identification | 60 |
| Assignment- Introduction to Sequence Analysis | 55 |
| Discussion- Comparative Genomics Tutorial | 70 |
| Assignment- Mining Protein Databases | 30 |
| Discussion- Phylogenetic Analysis | 55 |
| Discussion- Structure Analysis and 3D Modeling | 80 |
| Assignment- Objectively Identifiying Regular Expressions | 50 |
| Quiz- Unix Command Line | 40 |
| Assignment- Command Line Analysis | 50 |
| Assignment- Perl Code and Pseudo Code | 50 |
2 Proctored Assessments* (100 points each) *60% combined average required to pass the course |
200 |
| Total | 920 |
NOVA Online proctored or major assessments are required to maintain compliance with our accreditation standards and the Higher Education Act’s identity verification requirements for online courses. College-wide, proctored or major assessments must prove identity. To accomplish this in online courses, students must show overall passing levels on the proctored or major assessments in order to pass the course.
In this online course, if your average score on all proctored or major assessments is a passing percentage of 60 percent or higher, then your grade will be calculated according to the scale in the table below. Otherwise, a final grade of F will be assigned.
| Grade | Points | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 828-920 | 90-100 |
| B | 736-828 | 80-89 |
| C | 644-736 | 70-79 |
| D | 552-644 | 60-69 |
| F | 0-552 | 0-59 |