| Assignments | Points |
| Introductions | 10 |
| Self-Assessment Quizzes | 60 |
| Achieve Online Homework | 100 |
| Collaborative Work Project | 25 |
| Research Project Title and Partial Bibliography | 5 |
| Research Project | 100 |
| 4 Highest Exams (100 points each) | 400 |
| Total | 700 |
| Extra credit |
NOVA Online courses have a requirement for proctored assessments to maintain compliance with our accreditation standards and the Higher Education Act’s identity verification requirements for online courses. College-wide, proctored assessments prove identity so students must show overall passing levels on the proctored assessments in order to pass an online course. In this online course, the average of all proctored assessment scores must be a passing percentage of 60 percent in order for you to pass the course regardless of your scores on other graded activities. Please contact your instructor if you require any clarification on this proctored assessment policy.
Your final grade will be based on the scale listed below. Please note that in order to pass this course, you must earn at least a 60% average on all of the proctored assessments combined, regardless of how well you do on the other assignments in this class.
| Grade | Percentage |
| A | 90-100 |
| B | 80-89 |
| C | 70-79 |
| D | 60-69 |
| F | 0-59 |