Your grade will be based on three criteria, equally weighted (33.33333% for each criterion)

1. Your grades on your papers (including the final paper) will be averaged together (weighted to reward improvement) for one grade. (33.33333%)
2. Your mini-quiz grades will be averaged together for one grade (33.33333%).
3. You will receive a grade for your Discussion Board participation (quality and quantity--based on the Rubric) in each Module. These grades will be averaged together for a third grade (33.33333%).

Your final grade in the course will be the average of these three grades.

The alert student will have noticed the extra .00001%...that's the bonus point for good behavior (maintaining the integrity of the time-stream, upholding the prime directive, respecting the laws of physics, and so on.)