Psych 202, 210, and 225 – Extra Credit Opportunities

Extra Credit

Students taking any version of the above courses have the option of earning up to 5% of the total points available for the course in extra credit.  Hence, if in your course students can earn a total of 300 points through exam performance, they can earn up to 15 extra credit points.  If the point value for exams is lower than 300, then you must apply a correction to ensure that students can earn only up to 5% of the total points (e.g., if the total points available is 240, then students can earn up to 5% of that value or 12 points in extra credit).

Please make sure that students understand that the rule is up to 5% of the total points for the course and make sure this is clear and explicit in your syllabus.  And, of course, to ensure fairness across all sections of the course, apply the “up to 5% of total points” rule when adding extra credit scores to students final point totals for the course. Our on-line sign-up and point tracking system is located at: http://uwmadison.sona-systems.com

Students can either participate in Department-approved research projects or take quizzes to earn the extra credit points.  The coordinator of the Extra Credit program is Valerie Ahl ([email protected]).  A handout is available from the coordinator specifying the details of the program. We now use an online sign-up and point tracking system located at http://uwmadison.sona-systems.com. The extra credit points are awarded after the grades have been assigned in the course.  Students can raise their grade by no more than one letter grade with the extra credit points.  The instructor of the course is not involved in administering either the extra credit points or the quizzes, but is responsible for getting the final tally of points added to each student’s grades.